ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

THE SILVER CHAIR: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

by C.S. Lewis

Narrated by a full cast (Focus on the Family)

FINALIST TITLES

Seek by Paul Fleischman; narrated by a full cast (Listening Library)

The Joy of Pi by David Blatner; narrated by Oliver Wyman, Hank Jacobs, and Laura Dean (Random House Audio)

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis; narrated by a full cast (Focus on the Family)

Two Plays for Voices by Neil Gaiman; narrated by Brian Dennehy, BeBe Neuwirth, and a full cast (HarperAudio)

AUDIO DRAMA

THE GUYS

by Anne Nelson

Narrated by Swoosie Kurtz and Bill Irwin (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville; narrated by a full cast (Focus on the Family)

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen; narrated by Juliet Stevenson with Michael Maloney, Phillip Voss, Emma Fielding and Cast (Naxos Audiobooks, Ltd)

King Lear by William Shakespeare; narrated by Paul Scofield with Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh and Cast (Naxos Audiobooks, Ltd)

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis; narrated by a full cast (Focus on the Family)

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

LUCKY MAN: A MEMOIR

by Michael J. Fox

Narrated by Michael J. Fox (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Getting to Know William Shakespeare by Joy Wake; narrated by Fred Child (Echo Peak Productions)

Legacy written and read by Doc Watson and David Holt (High Windy Audio)

Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris; narrated by Harry Chase (Random House Audio)

Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmayer; narrated by Nick Sullivan (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

BUSINESS INFORMATION/EDUCATIONAL

THE ART OF PROFITABILITY

by Adrian Slywotzky

Narrated by Scott Mosenson and Jack Ong (Time Warner AudioBooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan; narrated by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, with John Bedford Lloyd (Random House Audio)

Fish! Tales by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., John Christensen and Harry Paul; narrated by Beth Chaplin, Carr Hagerman (Hyperion Audiobooks)

Rich Dad's Prophecy by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, CPA; narrated by Jim Ward (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Throwing the Elephant by Stanley Bing; narrated by Simon Jones and Philip Bosco (HarperAudio)

CHILDREN'S TITLES FOR AGES 0-7

THE BLUES OF FLATS BROWN

by Walter Dean Myers

Narrated by Charles Turner (Live Oak Media)

FINALIST TITLES

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Folami Abiade and Dinah Johnson; narrated by Javaka Steptoe, Robin Miles, Charles Turner, and Lizan Mitchell (Live Oak Media)

John Coltrane's Giant Steps by Chris Raschka; narrated by Richard Allen (Live Oak Media)

Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley; narrated by Tom Bodett (Live Oak Media)

Sheila Rae, The Brave by Kevin Henkes; narrated by Laura Hamilton (Live Oak Media)

CHILDREN'S TITLES FOR AGES 8+

TROY

by Adèle Geras

Narrated by Miriam Margolyes (Listening Library)

FINALIST TITLES

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park; narrated by Graeme Malcolm (Listening Library)

Coraline written and read by Neil Gaiman (HarperAudio)

Summerland written and read by Michael Chabon (HighBridge Audio)

Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye; narrated by Campbell Scott (Listening Library)

CLASSIC

COMPLETE SHORT STORIES, VOLUME TWO

by W. Somerset Maugham

Narrated by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)

FINALIST TITLES

Ernest Hemingway: The Short Stories, Volume 1 by Ernest Hemingway; narrated by Stacy Keach (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Moby Dick by Herman Melville; narrated by Paul Boehmer (Books on Tape, Inc.)

Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters; narrated by Patrick Fraley, with Edward Asner and a cast of 50 (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; narrated by Tim Robbins (HarperAudio)

FICTION OR NON-FICTION, LICENSES OR DISTRIBUTED

TWO PLAYS FOR VOICES

by Neil Gaiman

Narrated by Brian Dennehy, Bebe Neuwirth, and a full cast (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

1000 Years of English Royalty by Richard Hampton and David Weston; narrated by Derek Jacobi (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie; narrated by Rosemary Leach (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens; narrated by Martin Jarvis (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Man and Boy by Tony Parsons; narrated by Colin Buchanan (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FICTION, ABRIDGED

JACKDAWS

by Ken Follett

Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat and Colin Stinton (Penguin Audiobooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Isobel Gunn by Audrey Thomas; narrated by Duncan Fraser (BTC Audiobooks)

The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter; narrated by Peter Francis James (Random House Audio)

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus,; narrated by Julia Roberts (Random House Audio)

The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King; narrated by Joan Allen (Hyperion Audiobooks)

FICTION, UNABRIDGED

MIDDLESEX

by Jeffrey Eugenides

Narrated by Kristoffer Tabori (Audio Renaissance)

FINALIST TITLES

Atonement by Ian McEwan; narrated by Jill Tanner (Recorded Books, LLC)

Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald; narrated by Richard Matthews (Books on Tape, Inc.)

Sea Glass by Anita Shreve; narrated by Judith Ann Gantly (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Unless by Carol Shields; narrated by Joan Allen (HarperAudio)

HUMOR

THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT

by Peter Ackerman

Narrated by Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Clea Lewis, Alan Mandell, Mandy Siegfried, and Joey Slotnick (L.A. Theatre Works)

FINALIST TITLES

Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad written and read by Jon Hein (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)

Mirth of a Nation by Michael J. Rosen; narrated by Tony Roberts, David Rakoff, Gary Trudeau, Paul Rudnick, Rick Moranis, et al. (HarperAudio)

Sixteen Scandals written and read by William Strauss and Elaina Newport (Sourcebooks, Inc.)

Stupid White Men by Michael Moore; narrated by Arte Johnson (New Millennium Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED FICTION

HIDDEN VICTORY: A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF JESUS

by Herbert Francis Smith

Narrated by Richard Ferrone (Recorded Books, LLC)

FINALIST TITLES

In This Mountain by Jan Karon; narrated by John McDonough (Penguin Audiobooks)

The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere; narrated by Paul Michael (Audio Renaissance)

The Remnant by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins; narrated by Richard Ferrone (Recorded Books, LLC)

The Youngest Hero by Jerry B. Jenkins; narrated by Laurie O'Brien and Jack Sondericker (Time Warner AudioBooks)

INSPIRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD FOR TEENS

by Neale Donald Walsch

Narrated by Neale Donald Walsch, Alanis Morissette, LeVar Burton, and a full cast (Listening Library)

FINALIST TITLES

Restoring Faith written and read by Forrest Church, et al. (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Sister Wit by Jacqueline Jakes; narrated by Jacqueline Jakes, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Melody Butiu (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Wild & Wacky Collection 1 written and read by Frank Peretti (Tommy Nelson)

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE

BIG MOUTH & UGLY GIRL

by Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale Hurston; narrated by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis (HarperAudio)

Seek by Paul Fleischman; narrated by a full cast (Listening Library)

Shadowlands by William Nicholson; narrated by Harriet Harris, Martin Jarvis, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)

The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer; narrated by David Chandler and Tracy Sallows (Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.)

MYSTERY, FICTION

JOLIE BLON'S BOUNCE: A DAVE ROBICHEAUX NOVEL

by James Lee Burke

Narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton; narrated by Judy Kaye (Random House Audio)

Rumpole's Return by John Mortimer; narrated by Robert Hardy (BBC Audiobooks America)

The Diviner's Son by Gary Crew; narrated by Michael Veitch (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)

Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard; narrated by Paul Rudd (HarperAudio)

NON-FICTION, ABRIDGED

A BEAUTIFUL MIND: THE LIFE OF MATHEMATICAL GENIUS AND NOBEL LAUREATE JOHN NASH

by Sylvia Nasar

Narrated by Edward Herrmann (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

3000 Degrees by Sean Flynn; narrated by Christopher Walker (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)

A Cook's Tour written and read by Anthony Bourdain (HarperAudio)

Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani; narrated by Tony Roberts (Hyperion Audiobooks)

Takedown by Rick Cowan and Douglas Century; narrated by Christopher Meloni (Random House Audio)

NON-FICTION, UNABRIDGED

3000 DEGREES: THE TRUE STORY OF A DEADLY FIRE AND THE MEN WHO FOUGHT IT

by Sean Flynn

Narrated by Richard Rohan (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose; narrated by Tim Jerome (BBC Audiobooks America)

Bin Laden by Yosef Bodansky; narrated by Nadia May (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

Mark Twain by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan, and Ken Burns; narrated by Bill Meisle (Random House Audio)

The Trial and The Death of Socrates by Plato; narrated by Bruce Alexander and Jamie Glover (Naxos Audiobooks, Ltd)

ORIGINAL WORK

GETTING TO KNOW WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

by Joy Wake

Narrated by Fred Child (Echo Peak Productions)

FINALIST TITLES

Dreams From The Lost & Found by Ferde Grofé; narrated by Ferde Grofé and a full cast (Stereo High Adventures)

Legacy written and read by Doc Watson and David Holt (High Windy Audio)

Pill Hill Quartet written and read by Jay O'Callahan (Jay O'Callahan)

Reagan in His Own Voice written and read by Ronald Reagan (Simon & Schuster Audio)

PACKAGE DESIGN

JOHN ADAMS

by David McCullough

Narrated by Nelson Runger (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Dylan Thomas written and read by Dylan Thomas (HarperAudio) 

The David Sedaris Box Set by David Sedaris; narrated by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris, and Ann Magnuson (Time Warner AudioBooks)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; narrated by Tim Robbins (HarperAudio)

The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; narrated by a full cast (HighBridge Audio)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/MOTIVATIONAL

ANYWAY: THE PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS: FINDING PERSONAL MEANING IN ACRAZY WORLD

by Kent M. Keith

Narrated by Kent M. Keith (Putnam Berkley Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Authentic Happiness by Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.; narrated by John Dossett (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Men's Health Playbooks by writers of Men's Health; narrated by Hank Jacobs and Nicole Fonarow (Random House Audio)

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot written and read by Richard M. Restak (Random House Audio)

What About the Big Stuff? written and read by Richard Carlson, Ph.D. (Hyperion Audiobooks)

Poetry

GOOD POEMS

selected and narrated by Garrison Keillor

SCIENCE FICTION

DUNE: BUTLERIAN JIHAD

by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by Scott Brick (Books on Tape, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro; narrated by Anna Fields (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

The Fifth Sorceress by Robert Newcomb; narrated by John Lee (Books on Tape, Inc.)

The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind; narrated by Jim Bond (Brilliance Audio)

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett; narrated by Stephen Briggs (Ulverscroft Large Print)

SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS

CLASSIC WOMEN'S SHORT STORIES

by Katherine Mansfield, Kate Chopin, and Virginia Woolf

Narrated by Carole Boyd, Liza Ross, and Teresa Gallagher (Naxos Audiobooks, Ltd)

FINALIST TITLES

Classic Chinese Short Stories, Vol. 1 by Feng Meng-lung, Lin Yu Tang, P'u Sung-ling, et al.; narrated by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)

In the Ravine & Other Short Stories by Anton Chekhov; narrated by Kenneth Branagh (Naxos Audiobooks, Ltd)

My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse; narrated by Martin Jarvis (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

The Copper Peacock and Other Stories by Ruth Rendell; narrated by Penelope Keith (BBC Audiobooks America)

SOLO NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS

STANDING IN THE RAINBOW

by Fannie Flagg

Narrated by Fannie Flagg (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Lucky Man written and read by Michael J. Fox (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Nothing Is Impossible written and read by Christopher Reeve (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore written and read by Ron Powers (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Vernon Can Read! written and read by Vernon E. Jordan (BBC Audiobooks America)

SOLO NARRATION—FEMALE

BRONX PRIMITIVE: PORTRAITS IN A CHILDHOOD

by Kate Simon

Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

Breathing Room by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; narrated by Kate Fleming (Chivers North America)

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells; narrated by Judith Ivey (HarperAudio)

Quentins by Maeve Binchy; narrated by Terry Donnelly (Penguin Audiobooks)

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; narrated by Jenna Lamia (HighBridge Audio)

SOLO NARRATION—MALE

TISHOMINGO BLUES

by Elmore Leonard

Narrated by Frank Muller (Recorded Books, LLC)

FINALIST TITLES

The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge; narrated by Gil Bellows (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Mortal Prey by John Sandford; narrated by Richard Ferrone (Putnam Berkley Audio)

Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter; narrated by William Dufris (BBC Audiobooks America)

Street Boys by Lorenzo Carcaterra; narrated by Joe Mantegna (Random House Audio)