Nominated Titles
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
(Random House Listening Library)
I am America (And so can you!), by Stephen Colbert, narrated by Stephen Colbert
(Hachette Audio)
Inspired by...The Bible Experience: Old and New Testaments, narrated by Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker et al (Zondervan)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, narrated by Jeff Woodman
(Scholastic Audio)
| Fiction |  | | |  Tallgrass, by Sandra Dallas
Narrated by Lorelei King
(Macmillan Audio)
During Word War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers.
This is her town as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things.
Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest-and best-parts of the human heart. | Nominated Titles
Exile, by Richard North Patterson, narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
(Macmillan Audio)
The Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacobs, narrated by Carrington MacDuffie
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney, narrated by Sally Armstrong
and Adam Sims
(Ulverscroft Group / Isis Publishing)
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O'Farrell, narrated by Anne Flosnick
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
| Literary Fiction | | | |  Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
Narrated by Will Patton
(Macmillan Audio)
This is the story of Skip Sands, a spy-in-training engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong, and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether by sex, death, or the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. | Nominated Titles
Blood Meridian, by JCormac McCarthy, narrated by Richard Poe
(Recorded Books)
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai, narrated by Meera Simhan
(Penguin Audio)
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, by Vanora Bennett, narrated by Josephine Bailey
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon, narrated by Peter Riegert
(HarperAudio)
| Mystery | | | |  Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke
Narrated by Will Patton
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. With the power grid of the city destroyed and the neighborhoods awash with looters and predators, New Orleans has been reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, and no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of this apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. | Nominated Titles
A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny, narrated by Ralph Cosham
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Hollywood Station, by Joseph Wambaugh, narrated by Adam Grupper
(Hachette Audio)
Thunder Bay, by William Kent Krueger, narrated by Buck Schirmer
(Brilliance Audio)
Up in Honey's Room/em>, by Elmore Leonard, narrated by Arliss Howard
(HarperAudio)
| Thriller/Suspense | | | |  Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill
Narrated by Stephen Lang
(HarperAudio)
Judas Coyne was a collector of the bizarre, the uncanny, and the grotesque: a cookbook for cannibals, a used hangman's noose, a snuff film. Many of these objects were gifts from the fans who made his metal band legendary-but not all. When his personal assistant told him there was a ghost for sale on the Internet, Jude knew he had to have it for his private collection. He should have thought twice. Jude has spent a lifetime evading ghosts-of an abusive father, of the bandmates he betrayed, of Anna, the suicidal girl he loved and abandoned. But this spirit is different. This one means to chase him to the edge of sanity. His new acquisition, delivered to his doorstep in a black heart-shaped box, is the restless soul of Anna's vengeful stepdaddy. Soon, everywhere Jude turns, Craddock is there, waiting厀ith a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand. | Nominated Titles
Daddy's Girl, by Lisa Scottoline, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
(HarperAudio)
The Judas Strain, by James Rollins, narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez
(HarperAudio)
No Time for Goodbye, by Linwood Barclay, narrated by Christopher Lane
(Brilliance Audio)
The Secret Servant, by Daniel Silva, narrated by Phil Gigante
(Brilliance Audio)
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman, narrated by Linda Emond
(HarperAudio)
| Romance | | | |  Natural Born Charmer, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Narrated by Anna Fields
(HarperAudio)
Chicago Stars quarterback Dean Robillard is the luckiest man in the world. But life in the glory lane has started to pale, and Dean has set off on a trip to figure out what's gone wrong. When he hits a lonely stretch of highway, he spies something that will shake up his gilded life in ways he can't imagine: a young woman卍ressed in a beaver suit. Blue Bailey is on a mission. Is it her fault that life keeps throwing her curve balls? Witness the expensive sports car pulling up next to her, and the Greek god driving it. Soon, at his summer home, their already complicated lives and inconvenient attraction to each other will become entangled with a charismatic but aging rock star; a beautiful, fifty-two-year-old woman trying to make peace with her rock and roll past; an eleven-year-old who desperately needs a family; and a bitter old woman who hates them all. | Nominated Titles
Beyond the Highland Mist, by Karen Marie Morning, narrated by Phil Gigante
(BBC Audiobooks America)
Consequences, by Penelope Lively, narrated by Josephine Bailey
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
Everlasting, by E. Woodiwiss, narrated by Xanthe Elbrick
(HarperAudio)
On Tall Pine Lake, by Dorothy Garlock, narrated by Anna Fields
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
Sugar Daddy, by Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Jeannie Stith
(Brilliance Audio)
| Science Fiction | | | |  Dune, by Frank Herbert
Narrated by Brick, Simon Vance and a full cast
(Macmillan Audio)
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family-and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.\
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction. Frank Herbert's death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever. | Nominated Titles
The Draco Tavern, by Larry Niven, narrated by Tom Weiner
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon, by Diana L. Paxson,
narrated by Lorna Raver
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
Selections from Dreamsongs 1: Fan Fiction and Sci-Fi from Martin's Early Years:
Unabridged Selections, by George R.R. Martin,
narrated by Claudia Black, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick, Roy Dotrice, Kim Mai Guest,
Kirby Heyborne and Adrian Paul
(Random House Audio)
| Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction | | | |  River Rising, by Athol Dickson
Narrated by Dion Graham
(Recorded Books, LLC)
Welcome to Pilotville, Louisiana, 1927, isolated outpost on the Mississippi River-a stilt village bounded by swampland to the horizon, accessible only by boat, an island of brotherly love in a sea of racism. Meet Hale Poser, a stranger with a bad hip who's come looking for his roots. In the swamp beyond the cypress and the tupelo, veiled by Spanish moss, lies a lingering evil. Now comes Hale Poser, and it will sleep no more. It will rain down on Pilotville, and nothing but a miracle can stop this awful flood. | Nominated Titles
Ever After, by Karen Kingsbury, narrated by Kathy Garver
(Zondervan)
Not Easily Broken, by T.D. Jakes, narrated by Tracey Leigh
(BBC Audiobooks America)
The Penny, Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford, narrated by Ellen Archer
(Hachette Audio)
Renovating Becky Miller, by Sharon Hinck, narrated by Johanna Parker
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| Classic | | | |  Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrated by Alfred Molina
(Random House Audio and Listening Library)
The most popular pirate story ever written, this timeless adventure novel features buried treasure, exotic lands, murderous mutiny, and one of literature's most beloved "bad guys." Young Jim Hawkins, an innkeeper's son, finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune. He is joined in his quest by the honest Captain Smollett, the heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted old Squire Trelawney. Together, they must survive the hi-jinks of the frightening Blind Pew, the double-dealing Israel Hands, the seemingly mad Ben Gunn, and, of course, the ambiguous Long John Silver, who goes from jolly one-legged sea-cook to dangerous pirate leader! As Jim grows into a brave young man, he learns hard lessons about friendship and loyalty, courage and honor, and good and evil in this swashbuckling tale of heroes and villains. | Nominated Titles
1984, by George Orwell, narrated by Simon Prebble
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The Call of the Wild and White Fang, by Jack London, narrated by John Lee
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, narrated by Jay O. Sanders
(Scholastic Audio)
A Clockwork Orange (unabridged), by Anthony Burgess, narrated by Tom Hollander
with a selection read by Anthony Burgess
(HarperAudio Caedmon)
| Achievement in Abridgement | | | |  The Race, by Richard North Patterson
Narrated by Michael Boatman
(Macmillan Audio)
He's a decorated Gulf War pilot. A fashion plate. A ladies' man. An independent thinker who speaks his mind and never takes no for an answer. The only thing Americans can expect from Corey Grace is the unexpected... Love him or hate him, the country can't wait to see how this charismatic white senator from Ohio, who now has fallen in love with black movie star Lexie Hart, will perform in the most brutal of political contests. Will Grace endure in spite of his controversial lifestyle and a tragic mistake buried deep in his past? Or will he perish under pressure from players on both sides of the party line? Nothing and no one in Grace's life is off-limits once the race begins. Now, the only thing this candidate has to lose is卐verything. | Nominated Titles
I Am America (And So Can You!), by Colbert, narrated by Stephen Colbert
with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi,
Allison Silverman, Brian Stack and Jon Stewart
(Hachette Audio)
Reclaiming History, by Vincent Bugliosi, narrated by Edward Herrmann,
abridged by Jesse Boggs
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
The Reagan Diaries Abridged Selections, by Ronald Reagan, narrated by Eric Conger
(HarperAudio)
The Terror, by Dan Simmons, narrated by Simon Vance
(Hachette Audio)
| Non-Fiction | | | |  Roots: The Saga of an American Family, by Alex Haley
Narrated by Avery Brooks
(BBC Audiobooks America)
When he was a boy, Alex Haley's grandmother used to tell him stories about their family-stories that went down through the generations all the way to a man she called "the African," who out in the forest one day chopping wood when he was set upon by four men, beaten, chained, and dragged aboard a slave ship bound for Colonial America.
Still vividly remembering the stories after he grew up and became a writer, Haley began an astonishing ten-year genealogical detective mission to authenticate the narrative. Now he has written the monumental two-century drama of "the African," Kunta Kinte, and the six generations who came after him: slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, mill workers and porters, lawyers and architects-and one author. In tracing his own roots, Haley has rediscovered for an entire people a rich cultural heritage that slavery took away from them. Roots is an eloquent testimonial to the indomitability of the human spirit. | Nominated Titles
Banker to the Poor, by Muhammad Yunus, narrated by Ray Porter
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam, narrated by Edward Herrmann
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing,
narrated by Simon Prebble
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Jesus for the Non-Religious, by John Shelby Spong, narrated by Alan Sklar
(HarperAudio)
| Biography Memoir | | | |  Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson
Narrated by Edward Herrmann
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.
Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk, a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate, became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and a politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals. | Nominated Titles
My Lobotomy, by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming,
narrated by Johnny Heller
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
Schulz and Peanuts, by David Michaelis, narrated by Holter Graham
(HarperAudio)
Shakespeare, by Bill Bryson, narrated by Bill Bryson
(HarperAudio)
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound, by Mick Brown, narrated by Ray Porter
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
| Achievement In Production | | | |  Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls, by Yuri Rasovsky
Narrated by Phil Proctor, Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, and W. Morgan Sheppard
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. Titled The String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. Here he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to a nearby bakery where the cadavers became the stuffing for meat pies, the favorite mid-day repast of the lawyers who worked nearby and who got their shaves from Sweeney Todd. The man you lunched with yesterday could be your lunch today!
Blackstone Audio has commissioned this first audio version of the tale from the Audie® award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear. With tongue in cheek, writer/producer/director Yuri Rasovsky has gone back to the original penny dreadful to imbue an old string of pearls with new luster-and fresh blood.
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Dune, by Frank Herbert, narrated by Scott Brick,
Simon Vance and a full cast
(Macmillan Audio)
Inspired By...The Bible Experience: Old Testament, narrated by Angela Bassett,
narrated by Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L.Jackson,
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker et al
(Zondervan)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, narrated By Jeff Woodman
(Scholastic Audio)
Radio Theatre's Amazing Grace, by Paul McCusker and Dave Arnold,
narrated by Robert Lindsay, David Oyelowo, Chris Larkin,
Sir Donald Sinden, Martin Jarvis, Laura-Michelle Kelly and a full cast
(Focus on the Family/Tyndale House)
| Business Information/Educational | | | |  Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear, by Dr. Frank Luntz
Narrated by Dr. Frank Luntz and L.J. Ganser
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
The nation's premier communications expert shares his wisdom on how the words we choose can change the course of business, politics, and life in this country. Luntz offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the tactical use of words and phrases affects what we buy, who we vote for, and even what we believe in. Nobody is in a better position to explain than Frank Luntz: He has used his knowledge of words to help more than two dozen Fortune 500 companies grow. He'll tell us why Rupert Murdoch's six-billion-dollar decision to buy DirectTV was smart because satellite was more cutting edge than "digital cable," and why pharmaceutical companies transitioned their message from "treatment" to "prevention" and "wellness." If you ever wanted to learn how to talk your way out of a traffic ticket or talk your way into a raise, this book's for you. | Nominated Titles
The Dream Manager, by Matthew Kelly, narrated by David Slavin
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
The House of Mondavi, by Julia Flynn Siler, narrated by Alan Sklar
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
How to Get to the Top, by Jeffrey Fox, narrated by Jeffrey Fox
(Macmillan Audio)
The Tao of Warren Buffett, by Mary Buffett and David Clark, narrated by Anna Fields
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
Do You!, by Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow, narrated by Black Ic
(Penguin Audio)
| Children's Titles for Ages Up To 8 | | | |  More about Paddington, by Michael Bond
Narrated by Stephen Fry
(HarperChildren's Audio)
This new revised edition of the third book about Paddington captures all the playfulness of the incorrigible little bear. Living with the Brown family in London, Paddington has a talent for getting into trouble. His intentions are always the best, but he is seldom far from disaster. While his independent spirit and curious nature often get him into sticky situations, Paddington is always loved for the cheer he brings, and his stories have been a source of delight for young readers ever since he first appeared on the scene more than thirty years ago. Now, Paddington is sure to capture the hearts of a new generation of children. | Nominated Titles
In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden, by Jack Prelutsky, narrated by Jack Prelutsky
(HarperAudio)
Goodnight Hawaiian Moon, by Dr. Carolan, narrated by Amy Hanaialii Gilliom
(Banana Patch Press)
Ogre in a Toga, by Geoffrey McSkimming, narrated by Geoffrey McSkimming
(Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)
The One and Only Shrek! , by William Steig, narrated by Meryl Streep
and Stanley Tucci
(Macmillan Audio)
| Children's Titles for Ages 8-11 | | | |  Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker
Narrated by Jessica Almasy
(Recorded Books, LLC)
Clementine is having "not so good of a week." She can't help it-"spectacularful ideas are always sproinging up in my brain." On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cutting off Margaret's hair. Tuesday, Margaret's mother is mad at her. Wednesday, she's sent to the principal卆gain. Thursday, Margaret stops speaking to her. Friday starts with yucky eggs and gets worse. And by Saturday, even her mother is mad at her. Okay, fine-Clementine is having a Disastrous week. | Nominated Titles
The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper, by Jean van Leeuwen,
narrated by Daniel Bostick
(Full Cast Audio)
Rosa, by Nikki Giovanni, narrated by Nikki Giovanni
(Weston Woods Studios)
Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy, narrated by Rupert Degas
(HarperAudio)
The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt, narrated by Joel Johnstone
(Scholastic Audio)
| Children's Titles for Ages 12+ | | | |  Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, by L.A. Meyer
Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
(Listen & Live Audio)
Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas.
There's only one problem: Jacky is a girl. And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, and courage to keep the crew from discovering her secret. This could be the adventure of her life-if only she doesn't get caught� | Nominated Titles
InterWorld, by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Christopher Evan Welch
(HarperAudio)
A Mango Shaped Space, by Wendy Mass, narrated by Danielle Ferland
(Recorded Books, LLC)
M Is for Magic, by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Neil Gaiman
(HarperAudio)
Slam, by Nick Hornby, narrated by Nicholas Hoult
(Penguin Audio)
| Inspirational/Spiritual | | | |  Inspired by...The Bible Experience�: Old Testament, Narrated by Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker et al
(Zondervan Audio)
The most ambitious, critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible ever produced, Inspired By匱he Bible Experience�: Old Testament features a star-studded cast of almost 200 performers. Highlighting the cast is 2007 Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker as the voice of Moses, along with Angela Bassett (Esther), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Jonah), Denzel and Pauletta Washington (Song of Songs), LL Cool J (Samson), Eartha Kitt (Serpent), Bishop T.D. Jakes (Abraham), and Bishop Eddie L. Long (Joel) among others. The Bible Experience uses Zondervan's most accessible and up-to-date translation, Today's New International Version (TNIV), and includes dramatic performances set to an original musical underscore by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Hollywood-style sound design created at Technicolor Studios. | Nominated Titles
Ana's Story, by Jenna Bush, narrated by Jenna Bush
(HarperAudio)
Anger, by Gary Chapman, narrated by Gary Chapman
(Oasis Audio)
Finding Home, by Jim Daly, narrated by Jim Daly
(Oasis Audio)
The Great Omission, by Dallas Willard, narrated by Grover Gardner
(ChristianAudio)
Vienna Prelude, by Bodie Thoene, narrated by Sean Barrett
(FamilyAudioLibrary.com)
| Humor | | | |  I am America (And so can You!), by Stephen Colbert
Narrated by Stephen Colbert with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack and Jon Stewart
(Hachette Audio)
From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of your day. I Am America (And So Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast. Dictated directly into a microcassette recorder over a three-day weekend, this book contains Stephen's most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on The American Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form. Always controversial and outspoken, Stephen addresses why Hollywood is destroying America by inches, why evolution is a fraud, and why the elderly should be harnessed to millstones. You may not agree with everything Stephen says, but at the very least, you'll understand that your differing opinion is wrong. | Nominated Titles
Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings, by Tyler Perry,
narrated by Tyler Perry
(Penguin Audio)
Our Dumb World, by The Onion
(Hachette Audio)
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein,
narrated by Johnny Heller
(Recorded Books)
The Ultimate David Sedaris Box Set, by David Sedaris,
narrated by David Sedaris with Amy Sedaris and Ann Magnuson
(Hachette Audio)
| Short Stories/Collections | | | |  20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
Narrated by David Ledoux
(HarperAudio)
Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead, and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945�.
Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town�. Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing�. John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead�. | Nominated Titles
Big Country, by Louis L'Amour, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
Grace Under Fire, edited by Andrew Carroll, narrated by Patrick Lawlor
(Tantor Media Inc.)
Growing Up Ethnic in America, by various authors, narrated by a full cast
(Penguin Group)
Selected Readings from the Portable Dorothy Parker, by Marion Meade,
narrated by Lorna Raver
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
| Original Work | | | | Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls, by Yuri Rasovsky
Narrated by Phil Proctor, Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, and W. Morgan Sheppard
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. Titled The String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. Here he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to a nearby bakery where the cadavers became the stuffing for meat pies, the favorite mid-day repast of the lawyers who worked nearby and who got their shaves from Sweeney Todd. The man you lunched with yesterday could be your lunch today!
Blackstone Audio has commissioned this first audio version of the tale from the Audie® award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear. With tongue in cheek, writer/producer/director Yuri Rasovsky has gone back to the original penny dreadful to imbue an old string of pearls with new luster-and fresh blood. | Nominated Titles
The Chopin Manuscript, by various authors, narrated by Alfred Molina
(International Thriller Writers)
Hollowville: A Ghost Story, by Mary Jane Hansen, music composed by Will Severin,
narrated by Bruce Dern
(NYS Theatre Institute)
Hurricane Katrina: Devastation and Progress and Her Lessons for Us All,
by Pamela F. Pipes, narrated by Pamela F. Pipes and others
(Tours BaYou, LLC)
Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bringing Peace to a Changing World (Volume III),
by Jimmy Carter, narrated by Jimmy Carter
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
| Solo Narration - Male | | | |  Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Jim Dale
(Random House Audio Listening Library)
"There's only one word to describe Jim Dale's work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-magical. Few audiobook narrators can stretch the medium like Dale as he interprets more than 200 characters, giving each a distinctive voice. Giants, wizards, elves, centaurs, and muggles have singular voices that are easily recognizable. It's hard to imagine anyone else doing justice to J.K. Rowling's brilliant finale to the story of the boy wizard as he conquers fear and turns into a man. Dale has raised the bar on audiobook interpretation so high it's hard to imagine any narrator vaulting over it. If anyone were going to make a case that listening to an audiobook is superior to reading it, this book would be the best evidence. Bravo."-AudioFile | Nominated Titles
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, narrated by Jay O. Sanders
(HarperAudio Caedmon)
The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam, narrated by Edward Herrmann
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
The Long Walk, by Slavomir Rawicz, narrated by John Lee
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
| Solo Narration - Female | | | | Tallgrass, by Sandra Dallas
Narrated by Lorelei King
(Macmillan Audio)
During Word War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers.
This is her town as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things.
Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest-and best-parts of the human heart. | Nominated Titles
The Blood of Flowers, by Amirrezvani, narrated by Shohreh Aghdashloo
(Hachette Audio)
Boomsday, by Christopher Buckley, narrated by Janeane Garofalo
(Hachette Audio)
Taking Flight, by Adriana Sevan, narrated by Adriana Sevan
(L.A. Theatre Works)
The Teahouse Fire, by Ellis Avery, narrated by Barbara Caruso
(HighBridge)
| Narration by the Author or Authors | | | |  Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, by Garrison Keillor
Narrated by Garrison Keillor
(HighBridge)
In Lake Wobegon lives a good Lutheran lady who is quite prepared to die and wishes to be cremated and her ashes placed inside a bowling ball and dropped into the lake, no prayers, no hymns, thank you very much. Meanwhile, the Detmer girl returns from California, where she has made a killing in veterinary aromatherapy, to marry her boyfriend Brent aboard Wally's pontoon boat. On Saturday, a delegation of renegade Lutheran pastors from Denmark come to town on their tour of America, their punishment for having denied the divinity of Jesus. And then there is Raoul of the cigars and tinted shades and rainbow sportscoat and his long phone message ("Hey, Precious") after the angel of death has already come and gone. All is in readiness for the wedding-and then something else happens. It is Lake Wobegon as you've imagined it: good loving people who drive each other slightly crazy. | Nominated Titles
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, narrated by Barbara Kingsolver,
Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp
(HarperAudio)
Here If You Need Me, by Kate Braestrup, narrated by Kate Braestrup
(Hachette Audio)
Michael Tolliver Lives, by Armistead Maupin, narrated by Armistead Maupin
(HarperAudio)
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Neil Gaiman
(HarperAudio)
The Traveler, by Ron McLarty, narrated by Ron McLarty
(Recorded Books, LLC)
| Personal Development/Motivational | | | |  Fit to Live: The 5-Point Plan to Be Lean, Strong, and Fearless for Life, by Pamela Peeke M.D.
Narrated by Pamela Peeke M.D.
(Macmillan Audio)
New York Times best-selling author Dr. Pamela Peeke helps readers trim their waists, shed pounds, and lengthen their lives in her witty, tough-love functional fitness and lifestyle plan. Her newest book shines light on the heavy weight of the 21st century lifestyle, with its fake food, desk jobs, clutter, and endless stress. Combining her trademark in-your-face wit with heart-stopping reality checks, Peeke helps readers gauge just how much fat-mental, nutritional, physical, financial, environmental-to cut from their toxic lifestyles and offers bottom-line strategies to adapt to life's stresses; get a stronger, leaner body; enjoy greater financial security; and create a healthier living space. Readers will become Fit to Live and lead dynamic and exciting lives. | Nominated Titles
From the Heart, by Robin Roberts, narrated by Robin Roberts
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, by Bill Clinton, narrated by Bill Clinton
(Random House Audio)
Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out, by Mariel Hemingway,
narrated by Mariel Hemingway
(HarperAudio)
Merle's Door, by Ted Kerasote, narrated by Patrick Lawlor
(Tantor Media, Inc.)
| Multi-Voiced Performance | | | | Inspired by...The Bible Experience�: Old Testament, Narrated by Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker et al
(Zondervan Audio)
The most ambitious, critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible ever produced, Inspired By匱he Bible Experience�: Old Testament features a star-studded cast of almost 200 performers. Highlighting the cast is 2007 Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker as the voice of Moses, along with Angela Bassett (Esther), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Jonah), Denzel and Pauletta Washington (Song of Songs), LL Cool J (Samson), Eartha Kitt (Serpent), Bishop T.D. Jakes (Abraham), and Bishop Eddie L. Long (Joel) among others. The Bible Experience uses Zondervan's most accessible and up-to-date translation, Today's New International Version (TNIV), and includes dramatic performances set to an original musical underscore by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Hollywood-style sound design created at Technicolor Studios. | Nominated Titles
Dune, by Frank Herbert,
narrated by Scott Brick, Simon Vance and a full cast
(Macmillan Audio)
I Am America (And So Can You!), by by Stephen Colbert,
narrated by Stephen Colbert with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee,
David Pasquesi, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack and Jon Stewart
(Hachette Audio)
The Word of Promise� New Testament Audio Bible, narrated by a full cast
including Jim Caviezel, Louis Gossett, Jr., Richard Dreyfuss, Marisa Tomei, Stacy Keach,
Ernie Hudson, Terance Stamp, John Heard, John Schneider, Chris McDonald,
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Luke Perry
(Thomas Nelson, Inc.)
Hollowville: A Ghost Story, by Mary Jane Hansen,
music composed by Will Severin, narrated by Bruce Dern
(NYS Theatre Institute)
| Audio Drama | | | | Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls, by Yuri Rasovsky
Narrated by Phil Proctor, Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, and W. Morgan Sheppard
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. Titled The String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. Here he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to a nearby bakery where the cadavers became the stuffing for meat pies, the favorite mid-day repast of the lawyers who worked nearby and who got their shaves from Sweeney Todd. The man you lunched with yesterday could be your lunch today!
Blackstone Audio has commissioned this first audio version of the tale from the Audie® award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear. With tongue in cheek, writer/producer/director Yuri Rasovsky has gone back to the original penny dreadful to imbue an old string of pearls with new luster-and fresh blood. | Nominated Titles
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale, narrated by Laura Credidio
(Full Cast Audio)
Radio Theatre's Amazing Grace, by Paul McCusker and Dave Arnold
narrated by Robert Lindsay, David Oyelowo, Chris Larkin, Sir Donald Sinden,
Martin Jarvis, Laura-Michelle Kelly and a full cast
(Focus on the Family / Tyndale House)
Star Beast, by Robert A. Heinlein, narrated by David Baker
(Full Cast Audio)
Vienna Prelude, by Bodie Thoene, narrated by Sean Barrett
(FamilyAudioLibrary.com)
| Audiobook adapted from another Medium | | | |  The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas Collection 11, by Various authors
Narrated by various narrators including: Stacy Keach, Fred Willard and Blair Underwood
(Blackstone Audio Inc.)
The Twilight Zone� Radio Dramas will keep you glued to the edge of your seat, whether listening in your home or while driving in your car. Each tale unites classic stories and musical scores with contemporary sound effects and readings by a distinguished lineup of guest stars.
Adapted from original scripts written for the television show created by Rod Serling that aired from 1959 to 1965, these radio dramas were contemporized and expanded to accommodate a radio format. Serling's widow, Carol Serling, praised the radio adaptations, calling them "truly astounding."
Collection 11 includes: "Back There" - starring Jim Caviezel, "You Drive" - starring John Heard, "Queen of the Nile" - starring Kate Jackson, "Printer's Devil" - starring Bobby Slayton, and "The Silence" - starring Chris McDonald. | Nominated Titles
Douglas Adams Live: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams,
narrated by Douglas Adams
(Phoenix Books and Audio, Inc. and A Digital Village Production)
Selected Shorts: Pets!, by T.C. Boyle, Robertson Davies,
Molly Giles, Gail Godwin, Ana Mendez and Max Steele,
narrated by Jane Curtin, Jacqueline Kim, Charles Keating, Kate Burton,
Isaiah Sheffer and Paul Hecht
(Symphony Space)
Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives, by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein,
narrated by Johnny Heller
(Recorded Books)
The Ultimate David Sedaris Box Set, by Robert Olen Butler, Tom Bissell,
Charles Johnson, Tim O'Brien, Maile Meloy and Benjamin Percy,
narrated by Kathleen Chalfant, Oskar Eustis, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Dylan Baker,
Keith Szarabajka and Ted Marcoux
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The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller, by Various Authors (Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, David Hewson, and more) 
