ACHIEVEMENT AND INNOVATION IN PRODUCTION

TOO DEAD TO SWING

by Hal Glatzer

Narrated by a full cast (Audio-Playwrights)

FINALIST TITLES

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman; narrated by a full cast (Listening Library/Random House)

The Wind Boy by Ethel Cook Eliot; narrated by Lorri Holt (Chinaberry, Inc.)

AUDIO, LICENSED OR DISTRIBUTED

TYPHOON

by Joseph Conrad

Narrated by Roger Allam (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

FINALIST TITLES

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney; narrated by Seamus Heaney (HighBridge Audio)

History of Britain by Simon Schama; narrated by Timothy West (Audio Renaissance)

AUDIOBOOK ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM

LOST AND FOUND SOUND, VOLUME ONE

by The Kitchen Sisters with Jay Allison

Narrated by The Kitchen Sisters (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Old Time Radio: 60 Greatest Christmas Shows by Andy Williams, et al.; narrated by a full cast (Media Bay, Inc.)

Pretty Good Joke Tape by Garrison Keillor; narrated by Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount, Jr., and Paula Poundstone (HighBridge Audio)

BUSINESS INFORMATION

RICH DAD POOR DAD: WHAT THE RICH TEACH THEIR KIDS ABOUT MONEY THAT THE POOR AND THE MIDDLE CLASS DO NOT!

by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A.

Narrated by Steve Hoye (Time Warner AudioBooks)

FINALIST TITLES

The Invisible Touch by Harry Beckwith; narrated by Jim Ward (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Irrational Exuberance by Robert J. Shiller; narrated by Robert J. Shiller (Random House Audio)

CHILDREN'S TITLES FOR AGES 0-7

OUCH!

by Natalie Babbitt

Narrated by Martin Jarvis (Live Oak Media)

FINALIST TITLES

Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop by Chris Raschka; narrated by Richard Allen (Live Oak Media)

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg; narrated by Liam Neeson (Houghton Mifflin)

CHILDREN'S TITLES FOR AGES 8+

THE SUBTLE KNIFE: HIS DARK MATERIALS, BOOK 2

by Philip Pullman

Narrated by a full cast (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis; narrated by James Avery (Random House Audio)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling; narrated by Jim Dale (Listening Library/Random House)

CLASSIC, FICTION

SHORT STORIES OF WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM, VOLUME 1

by W. Somerset Maugham

Narrated by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)

FINALIST TITLES

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison; narrated by Peter Francis James (Recorded Books, LLC)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; narrated by Ruby Dee (HarperAudio)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PATTON ON LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIC LESSONS FOR CORPORATE WARFARE

by Alan Axelrod

Narrated by Bruce Winant (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers by Caryl Rae Krannich, Ph.D.; narrated by Beth McDonald (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)

Rush Hour Spanish by Howard Beckerman; narrated by Howard Beckerman (Berlitz Publishing Company)

FICTION, ABRIDGED

RAVELING

by Peter Moore Smith

Narrated by Eric Stoltz (Time Warner AudioBooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson; narrated by Tim Curry (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

Gap Creek by Robert Morgan; narrated by Jill Hill (HighBridge Audio)

FICTION, UNABRIDGED

FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES

by Tom Robbins

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Dubliners by James Joyce; narrated by Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt, Dan O'Herlihy, Brendan Coyle, Aaron Hinds, T.P. McKenna, et al. (HarperAudio)

War of the Rats by David L. Robbins; narrated by George Guidall (Recorded Books, LLC)

HUMOR

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON

by Helen Fielding

Narrated by Tracie Bennett (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris; narrated by David Sedaris (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Pretty Good Joke Tape by Garrison Keillor; narrated by Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount, Jr., and Paula Poundstone (HighBridge Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE

by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins

Narrated by Oliver Wyman (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

How to Know God written and read by Deepak Chopra (Random House Audio)

Like Gold Refined by Janette Oke; narrated by Alexandra O'Karma (Recorded Books, LLC)

MULTI-VOICED NARRATION

PAY IT FORWARD

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrated by Debra Monk, et al. (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Complete Shakespeare Sonnets by William Shakespeare; narrated by Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, Lindsay Crouse, Eli Wallach, et al. (Airplay)

Ten by Maugham by W. Somerset Maugham; narrated by British cast (KCRW)

MULTI-VOICED PRESENTATION

CAKEWALK

by Peter Feibleman

Narrated by Elaine Stritch and Bruce Davison (L.A. Theatre Works)

FINALIST TITLES

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman; narrated by a full cast (Random House Audio)

Too Dead To Swing by Hal Glatzer; narrated by a full cast (Audio-Playwrights)

MYSTERY, FICTION

THE NAKED DETECTIVE

by Laurence Shames

Narrated by Ron McLarty (Recorded Books, LLC)

FINALIST TITLES

Hugger Mugger by Robert B. Parker; narrated by Joe Mantegna (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline; narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books, LLC)

NON-FICTION, ABRIDGED

THE TIMES OF MY LIFE AND MY LIFE WITH THE TIMES

by Max Frankel

Narrated by Max Frankel (Airplay)

FINALIST TITLES

Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley; narrated by Barry Bostwick (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

From This Day Forward written and read by Cokie and Steve Roberts (Brilliance Audio)

NON-FICTION, UNABRIDGED

THE MEASURE OF A MAN

by Sidney Poitier

Narrated by Sidney Poitier (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

On Writing written and read by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster Audio)

ORIGINAL WORK

THE HISTORY OF THEATRE

by David Timson

Narrated by Derek Jacobi and a full cast (Naxos Audiobooks, Ltd)

FINALIST TITLES

Story Telling of Ferde Grofé written and read by Ferde Grofé (Stereo High Adventures)

The Memory of Running written and read by Ron McLarty (Recorded Books, LLC)

PACKAGE DESIGN

THE POLAR EXPRESS

by Chris Van Allsburg

Narrated by Liam Neeson (Houghton Mifflin)

FINALIST TITLES

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling; narrated by Jim Dale (Listening Library/Random House)

Um Hmm written and read by Ysaye M. Barnwell (Sounds True/Windhorse Productions)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/SELF-HELP

THE PROTEIN POWER LIFEPLAN: A NEW COMPREHENSIVE BLUEPRINT FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH

by Michael Eades

Narrated by Michael Eades (Time Warner AudioBooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Life Makeovers written and read by Cheryl Richardson (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

Relationship Rescue written and read by Dr. Phil McGraw (Simon & Schuster Audio)

POETRY

OUR SOULS HAVE GROWN DEEP LIKE THE RIVERS

by Anthology

Narrated by Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, et al. (Rhino Publishing)

FINALIST TITLES

Complete Shakespeare Sonnets by William Shakespeare; narrated by Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, Lindsay Crouse, Eli Wallach, et al. (Airplay)

The Voice of the Poet written and read by Robert Lowell (Random House Audio)

SHORT STORIES/ESSAYS/COLLECTIONS

TEN BY MAUGHAM

by W. Somerset Maugham

Narrated by a full cast (KCRW)

FINALIST TITLES

High by Clint Willis; narrated by Eric Conger, George Guidall, Simon Prebble, and Alan Sklar (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)

Me Talk Pretty One Day written and read by David Sedaris (Time Warner AudioBooks)

SOLO NARRATION—AUTHOR OR AUTHORS

THE MEASURE OF A MAN

by Sidney Poitier

Narrated by Sidney Poitier (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

From This Day Forward written and read by Cokie and Steve Roberts (Brilliance Audio)

John Glenn written and read by John Glenn (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

SOLO NARRATION—FEMALE

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD

by Zora Neale Hurston

Narrated by Ruby Dee (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood; narrated by Margot Dionne (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher; narrated by Lynn Redgrave (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

SOLO NARRATION—MALE

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

by J.K. Rowling

Narrated by Jim Dale (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Boone's Lick by Larry McMurtry; narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Code to Zero by Ken Follett; narrated by George Guidall (Recorded Books, LLC)

THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE

AGNES OF GOD

by John Pielmeier

Narrated by Barbara Bain, Emily Bergl, and Harriet Harris (L.A. Theatre Works)

FINALIST TITLES

Neat written and read by Charlayne Woodard (L.A. Theatre Works)

Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn; narrated by Rosalind Ayres, Ken Danziger, Martin Jarvis, Jane Leeves, Christopher Neame, and Carolyn Seymour (L.A. Theatre Works)

NEW PUBLISHER

AMERICANA AUDIO

Established in 1997, Americana Audio was a vertically integrated multimedia publishing company that offered an electronic clearinghouse for unpublished manuscripts and music for small and medium-sized publishers.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

DUVAL AND SIEGRID HECHT, FOUNDERS OF BOOKS ON TAPE

Duvall and Sigrid Hecht, Co-founders of Books on Tape, were early pioneers in the unabridged audio field.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BARBARA HOLDRIDGE AND MARIANNE MANTELL, FOUNDERS OF CAEDMON

Caedmon celebrated 50 years in the business. They were recognized as one of the pioneers of the industry and for the outstanding quality of their work. The founders and HarperCollins, who had purchased Caedmon, were recognized.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

JENNY FROST

Jenny Frost, President of Random House Audio Publishing Group and Random House Diversified Publishing Group, was recognized as a leader in the audiobook field through her tremendous service to the industry, the APA, and the Audie Awards.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

PAUL RUSH, FOUNDER OF EARFUL OF BOOKS

Paul Rush was recognized for his contributions to the industry and the APA as he concluded his time as President.