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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). 2015 is the 20th year of annual Audies Awards. Finalists are announced in 28 categories.

Explore the 2015 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below.

Audio Drama

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

WINNER

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Read by Geoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Henri Lubatti, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson

L.A. Theatre Works delivers a lively and funny full-cast adaptation of Doyle’s best-known Sherlock... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

MANDELA: AN AUDIO HISTORY

WINNER

Radio Diaries, Read by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman

This remarkable audio history begins with Nelson Mandela's voice proclaiming on a crackly recording... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

NOT MY FATHER'S SON

WINNER

Alan Cumming, Read by Alan Cumming

Celebrated actor Alan Cumming is best known for his lilting Scottish accent and his well-trained... Read More

Business/Educational

A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION

WINNER

Warren Berger, Read by Michael Quinlan

This is a crisply written overview of how our impatient culture and top-down learning paradigms... Read More

Children's Titles - Ages 8-12

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

WINNER

Neil Gaiman, Read by Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Emilia Fox, Reece Shearsmith, Lenny Henry, Neil Gaiman, and an Ensemble Cast

Neil Gaiman fans, rejoice! There are now TWO wonderful versions of THE GRAVEYARD BOOK to listen to.... Read More

Children's Titles - Ages Up to 8

H.O.R.S.E.

WINNER

Christopher Myers, Read by Dion Graham, Christopher Myers

Listeners will start grinning from the very first words of this production as narrator Dion Graham... Read More

Classic

THE NEW YORK STORIES

WINNER

John O'Hara, Read by Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale, Jon Hamm, Richard Kind, Jan Maxwell, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, E.L. Doctorow

John O'Hara was a master of documenting social relationships, and he had an uncanny ear for... Read More

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

WINNER

Neil Gaiman, Read by Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Emilia Fox, Reece Shearsmith, Lenny Henry, Neil Gaiman, and an Ensemble Cast

Neil Gaiman fans, rejoice! There are now TWO wonderful versions of THE GRAVEYARD BOOK to listen to.... Read More

Erotica