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Audie Award Finalists and Winners


The Audie Awards recognizes distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). 2016 is the 21st year of annual Audies Awards. Finalists are announced in 25 categories. 

See the Press Release (pdf) of the 2016 Finalists—released February 9, here .
Explore the 2016 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below. 

Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction

COURAGEOUS

WINNER

Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick, Read by Roger Mueller

The novel follows the lives of four police officers and their families and an immigrant construction... Read More

Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction

THE STORY

WINNER

NIV, Read by Michael Blain-Rozgay, Allison Moffett

There are other audio Bibles on the market, including others that come like this one, with musical... Read More

Literary Fiction

STATE OF WONDER

WINNER

Ann Patchett, Read by Hope Davis

The audiobook equivalent of "couldn't put it down" must be "couldn't pause it." There was little... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

WINNER
A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Lorraine Hansberry, Read by Judyann Elder, James Gleason, Noah Gray-Cabey, Corey Hawkins, Deidrie Henry, Terrell Tilford, Rutina Wesley, Mirron E. Willis

LA Theatre Works presents an immensely powerful production of Hansberry's 1959 groundbreaking play.... Read More

Mystery

FEAST DAY OF FOOLS

WINNER

James Lee Burke, Read by Will Patton

Will Patton is a superb listen. He combines passion, power, and pathos with exquisite voicing to... Read More

Narration by the Author or Authors

BEAUTY QUEENS

WINNER
BEAUTY QUEENS

Libba Bray, Read by Libba Bray

Author-narrator Libba Bray starts with this premise: What would happen if a plane carrying Teen... Read More

Non-Fiction

THE MURDER OF THE CENTURY

WINNER
THE MURDER OF THE CENTURY

Paul Collins, Read by William Dufris

William Dufris does wonders narrating this long, convoluted tale of the shocking murder and... Read More

Original Work

METATROPOLIS: CASCADIA

WINNER

Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Ken Scholes, Read by René Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Jay Lake

It’s the 2070s. The United States is no longer united, and the breakaway territory of Cascadia in... Read More

Package Design

JANE AUSTEN CLASSIC BBC RADIO PRODUCTIONS

WINNER

Jane Austen, Read by Angharad Rees, Hannah Gordon, Juliet Stevenson, Annette Crosbie, and a Full Cast

Review pending. 2012 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Paranormal

HARD MAGIC

WINNER

Larry Correia, Read by Bronson Pinchot

Narrator Bronson Pinchot makes this story engagingly real. His close attention to Correia’s tonal... Read More

Personal Development

PRIME TIME

WINNER

Jane Fonda, Read by Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda’s familiar voice and warm engagement with this lovely book make listening as comfortable... Read More

Romance

NEW YORK TO DALLAS

WINNER

J.D. Robb, Read by Susan Ericksen

New York City's top murder cop, Eve Dallas, is plunged back into her own private nightmare when she... Read More

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