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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). 2017 is the 22nd year of annual Audies Awards. Finalists are announced in 26 categories. 


Explore the 2017 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below. 

Romance

DIRTY

WINNER
DIRTY

Kylie Scott, Read by Andi Arndt

When Lydia Green's wedding day becomes her fiancé's coming-out announcement, guitarist-on-hiatus... Read More

Science Fiction

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

WINNER
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Alan Dean Foster, Read by Marc Thompson

Authentic sound effects, the John Williams score, and Marc Thompson's range of voices and accents... Read More

Short Stories/Collections

THE BRINK

WINNER
THE BRINK

Austin Bunn, Read by Austin Bunn, Luke Daniels, Tanya Eby, Ralph Lister, Amy McFadden, Mikael Narramore, Nick Podehl

Each narrator skillfully captures the definition of the word “brink”—a point at which something... Read More

Thriller/Suspense

CROSS JUSTICE

WINNER
CROSS JUSTICE

James Patterson, Read by Ruben Santiago Hudson, Jefferson Mays

James Patterson fine-tunes his backstory in this latest Alex Cross audiobook. He sends Alex and his... Read More

Young Adult

SALT TO THE SEA

WINNER
SALT TO THE SEA

Ruta Sepetys, Read by Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch

The points of view of four young people caught in the clash between Germany and Russia during WWII... Read More

Young Listeners

28 DAYS

WINNER
28 DAYS

Charles R. Smith, Jr., Read by Dion Graham, William Jackson Harper, Zainab Jah, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Lizan Mitchell, Jonathan Earl Peck, Carter Woodson Redwood

This history of black culture performed by a talented ensemble of eight voices is a listening... Read More

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