AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

THE END OF THE AFFAIR

by Graham Greene

Narrated by Colin Firth (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

American Grown by Michelle Obama; narrated by Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Christeta Comerford, Sam Kass, Bill Yosses, and a full cast (Random House Audio)

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (HarperAudio)

Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard; narrated by Bill O'Reilly (Macmillan Audio)

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

DRACULA

by Bram Stoker

Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, et al. (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

Shadow Show by Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Audrey Niffenegger, Dave Eggers, et al.; narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Peter Appel, and James Urbaniak (HarperAudio)

Society’s Child by Janis Ian; narrated by Janis Ian (Audible, Inc.)

We Are America by Walter Dean Myers; narrated by Macleod Andrews, Olivia DuFord, Dion Graham, Lizann Mitchell, Christopher Myers, Walter Dean Myers, Johanna Parker, Adriana Sananes, and Kaipo Schwab (Live Oak Media)

AUDIO DRAMA

SWORDSPOINT: A MELODRAMA OF MANNERS

by Ellen Kushner

Narrated by Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, Simon Jones, Sam Guncler, and Anne Bobby (SueMedia Productions for Neil Gaiman Presents/ACX)

FINALIST TITLES

Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You! by Yuri Rasovsky; narrated by Sandra Oh, Simon Helberg, Kate Burton, and a full cast (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

The Star Angel by Jerry Robbins; narrated by Jerry Robbins and the Colonial Radio Players (Brilliance Audio)

Titanium Rain, Episode One by Josh Finney, from the novel by Josh Finney and Kat Rocha; narrated by Lance Roger Axt, Elizabeth Knowelden, Carrington Macduffie, and a full cast (The Audiocomics Company)

Trouble On His Wings by L. Ron Hubbard; narrated by Jennifer Aspen, Bob Caso, Rf Daley, Jim Meskimen, and Matt Scott (Galaxy Press)

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

THE SEAMSTRESS

by Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton, and Marlene Bernstein Samuels

Narrated by Wanda McCaddon (Tantor Media)

FINALIST TITLES

Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley; narrated by George Guidall (HarperAudio)

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess Of Carnarvon; narrated by Wanda Mccaddon (Tantor Media)

My Cross To Bear by Gregg Allman, with Alan Light; narrated by Will Patton (HarperAudio)

Two Rings: A Story Of Love and War by Millie Werber and Eve Keller; narrated by Yelena Shmulenson, with introduction by Eve Keller (Highbridge Company)

BUSINESS/EDUCATIONAL

SPY THE LIE: FORMER CIA OFFICERS TEACH YOU HOW TO DETECT DECEPTION

by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero, and Don Tennant

Narrated by Fred Berman (Macmillan Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

A Capitalism for the People by Luigi Zingales; narrated by Jonathan Davis (Audible, Inc.)

Great on the Job by Jodi Glickman; narrated by Tanya Eby (Brilliance Audio)

Inside Apple written and read by Adam Lashinsky (Hachette Audio)

The Personal MBA written and read by Josh Kaufman (Audible, Inc.)

CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES 8-12

SAME SUN HERE

by Silas House and Neela Vaswani

Narrated by Silas House and Neela Vaswani (Brilliance Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Cheshire Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright; narrated by Katherine Kellgren and Robin Sachs (Listening Library)

The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman; narrated by Robin Miles (Listening Library)

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz; narrated by Davina Porter (Recorded Books, Llc)

Wonder by R. J. Palacio; narrated by Diana Steele, Nick Podehl, and Kate Rudd (Brilliance Audio)

CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES UP TO 8

THE GREAT CAKE MYSTERY: PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE’S VERY FIRST CASE

by Alexander McCall Smith

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh (Listening Library)

FINALIST TITLES

Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems; narrated by Mo, Cher, and Trixie Willems (Weston Woods Studios)

A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead; narrated by David De Vries (Weston Woods Studios)

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig; narrated by James Earl Jones (Simon & Schuster)

We Are America by Walter Dean Myers; narrated by Macleod Andrews, Olivia Duford, Dion Graham, Lizann Mitchell, Christopher Myers, Walter Dean Myers, Johanna Parker, Adriana Sananes, and Kaipo Schwab (Live Oak Media)

CLASSIC

DOMBEY AND SON

by Charles Dickens

Narrated by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)

FINALIST TITLES

A Death in the Family by James Agee; narrated by Lloyd James (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

Dracula by Bram Stoker; narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, et al. (Audible, Inc.)

The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley, adapted by Yuri Rasovsky; narrated by Val Kilmer and a full cast (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope; narrated by Simon Vance (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

FANTASY

ANITA

by Keith Roberts

Narrated by Nicola Barber (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

All Men of Genius by Lev Ac Rosen; narrated by Emily Gray (Recorded Books, LLC)

Heroes Die by Matthew Stover; narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (Audible, Inc.)

Princess Of Wands by John Ringo; narrated by Suzy Jackson (Audible, Inc.)

The Restorer by Amanda Stevens; narrated by Khristine Hvam (Audible, Inc.)

Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan; narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds (Recorded Books, LLC)

FICTION

THE HANDMAID’S TALE

by Margaret Atwood

Narrated by Claire Danes (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig; narrated by David Aaron Baker (Recorded Books, LLC)

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (HarperAudio)

A Rage In Harlem by Chester Himes; narrated by Samuel L. Jackson (Audible, Inc.)

Speaks The Nightbird by Robert McCammon; narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (Audible, Inc.)

HISTORY

THE WRECKING CREW: THE INSIDE STORY OF ROCK AND ROLL’S BEST-KEPT SECRET

by Kent Hartman

Narrated by Dan John Miller (Tantor Media)

FINALIST TITLES

Da Vinci’s Ghost by Toby Lester; narrated by Stephen Hoye (Tantor Media)

L.A. Noir by John Buntin; narrated by Kirby Heyborne (Tantor Media)

Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll; narrated by Grover Gardner (Audible, Inc.)

Season Of The Witch by David Talbot; narrated by Arthur Morey (Brilliance Audio)

Twelve Desperate Miles by Tim Brady; narrated by Joe Barrett (AudioGo)

HUMOR

I SUCK AT GIRLS

by Justin Halpern

Narrated by Sean Schemmel (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

America Again written and read by Stephen Colbert (Hachette Audio)

The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days by Ian Frazier; narrated by Cynthia Nixon (Macmillan Audio)

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) written and read by Jenny Lawson (Penguin Audio)

Me The People written and read by Kevin Bleyer (Random House Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED FICTION

THE GOOD DREAM

by Donna VanLiere

Narrated by Donna VanLiere (Macmillan Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Coming Home by Karen Kingsbury; narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle de Cuir (Zondervan)

His Love Endures Forever by Beth Wiseman; narrated by Kirsten Potter (eChristian)

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff; narrated by Simon Vance (Tantor Media)

Touching the Sky by Tracie Peterson; narrated by Renée Raudman (Brilliance Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED NON-FICTION

FEARLESS: THE UNDAUNTED COURAGE AND ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX OPERATOR ADAM BROWN

by Eric Blehm

Narrated by Paul Michael (eChristian)

FINALIST TITLES

Anna and The King Of Siam by Margaret Langdon; narrated by Anne Flosnik (eChristian)

Kjv Audio Bible, Pure Voice by Zondervan Publishing; Narrated by Scott Brick, et al. (Zondervan Publishing)

Miracle For Jen by Linda Barrick and John Perry; narrated by Kirsten Potter (eChristian)

Real Marriage by Mark and Grace Driscoll; narrated by Tavia Gilbert and William Dufris (eChristian)

LITERARY FICTION

BRING UP THE BODIES: A NOVEL

by Hilary Mantel

Narrated by Simon Vance (Macmillan Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene; narrated by Colin Firth (Audible, Inc.)

Heft by Liz Moore; narrated by Kirby Heyborne and Keith Szarabajka (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro; narrated by Simon Prebble (Tantor Media)

Remember Ben Clayton by Stephen Harrigan; narrated by George Guidall (Recorded Books, LLC)

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE

DRACULA

by Bram Stoker

Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, et al. (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky; narrated by Seth Rudetsky, et al. (Audible, Inc.)

October Mourning by Lesléa Newman; narrated by Lesléa Newman, et al. (Brilliance Audio)

The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner; narrated by Ellen Kushner, et al. (SueMedia Productions for Neil Gaiman Presents/ACX)

Suddenly, A Knock On The Door by Etgar Keret; narrated by Etgar Keret, et al. (Macmillan Audio)

That is All by John Hodgman; narrated by John Hodgman, et al. (Penguin Audio)

MYSTERY

THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY: A CHIEF INSPECTOR GAMACHE NOVEL

by Louise Penny

Narrated by Ralph Cosham (Macmillan Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman; narrated by Linda Emond (HarperAudio)

The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas by Chris Ewan; narrated by Simon Vance (AudioGO)

Hush Money by Chuck Greaves; narrated by Dan Butler (AudioGO)

The Nightmare by Lars Kepler; narrated by Mark Bramhall (Macmillan Audio)

NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS

SOCIETY’S CHILD: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

by Janis Ian

Narrated by Janis Ian (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

American Dervish written and read by Ayad Akhtar (Hachette Audio)

How To Be Black written and read by Baratunde Thurston (HarperAudio)

Most Talkative written and read by Andy Cohen (Macmillan Audio)

When It Happens To You written and read by Molly Ringwald (HarperAudio)

Yes, Chef written and read by Marcus Samuelsson (Random House Audio)

NON-FICTION

BREASTS: A NATURAL AND UNNATURAL HISTORY

by Florence Williams

Narrated by Kate Reading (Tantor Media)

FINALIST TITLES

Cemetery John by Robert Zorn; narrated by Sean Runnette (Tantor Media)

The Crisis of Zionism by Peter Beinart; narrated by Lloyd James (Tantor Media)

Love is the Cure written and read by Elton John (Hachette Audio)

Sex and God at Yale by Nathan Harden; narrated by Scott Aiello (Audible, Inc.)

ORIGINAL WORK

GUN CHURCH

by Reed Farrel Coleman

Narrated by Joe Barrett and John Keating (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

Coming Home To Us written and read by Helen Engelhardt and Marjorie Van Halteren (Midsummer Sound Company)

Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You! by Yuri Rasovsky; narrated by Sandra Oh, Simon Helberg, Kate Burton, and a full cast (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

The Junkie Quatrain by Peter Clines; narrated by Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer (Audible, Inc.)

Titanium Rain, Episode One by Josh Finney; narrated by Lance Roger Axt, Elizabeth Knowelden, Carrington Macduffie, and a full cast (The AudioComics Company)

PACKAGE DESIGN

ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BORN

by Nancy Tillman

Package Design: Margo Goody (Macmillan Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Da Vinci’s Ghost by Toby Lester; narrated by Stephen Hoye (Tantor Media)

Coming Home To Us by Helen Engelhardt and Marjorie Van Halteren; Package Design by David Shinn (Midsummer Sound Company)

The Great Gazzoon by Rick Scott and Valley Hennell; Package Design by Linda Sanborn and Valley Hennell (Grand Poobah Music)

NPR Road Trips by NPR and hosted by Noah Adams; Package Design by Sandy Ackerman (Highbridge Company)

Savages by Don Winslow; Package Design by Elaine Byers (Tantor Media)

PARANORMAL

SPELLBOUND: BOOK II OF THE GRIMNOIR CHRONICLES

by Larry Correia

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot (Audible, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green; narrated by Marc Vietor (Audible, Inc.)

The Greybriar by Clay and Susan Griffith; narrated by James Marsters (Buzzy Multimedia Publishing)

Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews; narrated by Renée Raudman (Tantor Media)

My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland; narrated by Allison McLemore (Audible, Inc.)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

THE TAO OF POOH

by Benjamin Hoff

Narrated by Simon Vance (Tantor Media)

FINALIST TITLES

It Worked for Me written and read by Colin Powell (HarperAudio

Just One Thing by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.; narrated by Fred Stella (Brilliance Audio)

Naked at Our Age by Joan Price; narrated by Suzanne Toren (Audible, Inc.)

The Whole-Brain Child written and read by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (Brilliance Audio)

ROMANCE

THE WITNESS

by Nora Roberts

Narrated by Julia Whelan (Brilliance Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Don’t Cry for Me by Sharon Sala; narrated by Kathe Mazur (Audible, Inc.)

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley; narrated by Angela Dawe (Tantor Media)

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks; narrated by Kirsten Potter (Tantor Media)

Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt; narrated by Ashford MacNab (Hachette Audio)

SCIENCE FICTION

THE AGE OF MIRACLES: A NOVEL

by Karen Thompson Walker

Narrated by Emily Rankin (Random House Audio)

“It still amazes me how little we really knew...Maybe everything that happened to me and my family had nothing at all to do with the slowing. It’s possible, I guess. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.”

FINALIST TITLES

14 by Peter Clines; narrated by Ray Porter (Audible, Inc.)

Agatha H. and The Clockwork Princess by Phil and Kaja Foglio; narrated by Angela Dawe (Brilliance Audio)

Invincible by Jack Campbell; narrated by Christian Rummel (Audible, Inc.)

Pure by Julianna Baggott; narrated by Julianna Baggott, Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Collins, and Casey Holloway (Hachette Audio)

SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS

ASTRAY

by Emma Donoghue

Narrated by Khristine Hvam, James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren, and Dion Graham (Hachette Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

I Am An Executioner by Rajesh Parameswaran; narrated by Neil Shah and Lina Patel (Dreamscape Media LLC)

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion; narrated by Diane Keaton (Audible, Inc.)

Welcome To Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner; narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Macleod Andrews, Holly Black, and Ellen Kushner. (Brilliance Audio)

When It Happens To You written and read by Molly Ringwald (HarperAudio)

SOLO NARRATION—FEMALE

THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE: A NINA BORG MYSTERY

by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis

Narrated by Katherine Kellgren (AudioGO)

FINALIST TITLES

Call The Midwife by Jennifer Worth; narrated by Nicola Barber (HighBridge Company)

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book III by Maryrose Wood; narrated by Katherine Kellgren (HarperAudio)

Juliet In August by Dianne Warren; narrated by Cassandra Campbell (Tantor Media)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum; narrated by Anne Hathaway (Audible, Inc.)

SOLO NARRATION—MALE

BEAUTIFUL RUINS

by Jess Walter

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Absolutist by John Boyne; narrated by Michael Maloney (Tantor Media)

Being There by Jerzy Kosinski; narrated by Dustin Hoffman (Audible, Inc.)

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene; narrated by Colin Firth (Audible, Inc.)

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff; narrated by Simon Vance (Tantor Media)

TEENS

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

by John Green

Narrated by Kate Rudd (Brilliance Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Diviners by Libba Bray; narrated by January Lavoy (Listening Library)

Dodger by Terry Pratchett; narrated by Stephen Briggs (HarperAudio)

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis; narrated by Katherine Kellgren (Brilliance Audio)

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini; narrated by Gerard Doyle (Listening Library)

THRILLER/SUSPENSE

RED, WHITE, AND BLOOD: THE PRESIDENT'S VAMPIRE, BOOK 3

by Christopher Farnsworth

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot (Blackstone Audio, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis; narrated by Katherine Kellgren (AudioGO)

The Chalk Girl by Carol O’Connell; narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books, LLC)

Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz; narrated by David Aaron Baker (Brilliance Audio)

Rise Again by Ben Tripp; narrated by Kirsten Potter (Tantor Media)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

BOB AND DEBRA DEYAN (DEYAN AUDIO)

Legendary in the audiobook industry, Deyan Audio was founded in 1990 by Bob and Debra Deyan. The company has worked with the largest publishers and has handled all aspects of production including casting and directing for thousands of audiobooks. Deyan Audio has to its credit multiple Grammy, Audie, Earphone, and Listen Up Awards.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SALES AWARD

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: BOOK ONE OF THE FIFTY SHADES TRILOGY AUDIOBOOK

by E.L. James

Narrated by Becca Battoe (Random House Audio)