| Nominated 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
(Harper Audio)
| Fiction, Abridged | | | |  Jackdaws, by Ken Follett
Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat and Colin Stinton
(Penguin Audiobooks)
D-Day is approaching梐nd for Felicity "Flick" Clariet, a senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the stakes have never been higher. Her job is to sabotage the Germans' lines of communications in the days before the Allied invasion, and no target is of greater strategic importance than the largest telephone exchange in Europe. But when her direct, head-on assault goes horribly wrong, her world turns upside down. Her group destroyed, her Resistance-leader husband missing, her superiors unsure of her, she has one last chance to prove herself. The new plan requires an all-woman team, none of them professionals, to be assembled and trained within days. Code-named the Jackdaws, they will attempt to infiltrate the exchange under the noses of the Germans. But the Germans are waiting for them now and have plans and secrets of their own�. | | Nominated Titles | | Isobel Gunn, by Audrey Thomas, narrated by Duncan Fraser
(BTC Audiobooks, an imprint of Goose Lane Editions)
| | | 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)
| Mystery, Fiction | | | |  Jolie Blon's Bounce, by James Lee Burke
Narrated by Will Patton, with an introduction by the author
(Simon & Schuster Audio)
New Iberia, Louisiana, is reeling from a one-two punch of brutal rape-homicides, and drug-addicted blues singer Tee Bobby Hulin has been tagged as the prime suspect. No stranger to bucking popular opinion, police detective Dave Robicheaux senses it's not Hulin behind the atrocities. But the town is on fire for swift revenge, and the father of one of victims, a local mafia bigwig, may take matters into his own hands. Before Robicheaux can solve these crimes and bring the true killer to justice, he must battle his own inner demons, including a painkiller addiction resulting from the brutal and humiliating beating he suffered at the hands of the mysterious, diabolical Legion Guidry. Now, as Robicheaux treads among land mines of injustice, mob payoffs, and deadly secrets, he must guess at whom he can trust梐nd whom he should fear. | | Nominated 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
(Harper Audio)
| Science Fiction | | | |  Dune: Butlerian Jihad, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Narrated by Scott Brick
(Books on Tape, Inc.)
Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the grandest epics of imaginative literature. Decades after the original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson, in an acclaimed prequel trilogy. Now Herbert and Anderson, working from Frank Herbert's own notes, reveal the chapter of the Dune saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: the Butlerian Jihad. Here is the tale of how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the war that will liberate humans from their machine masters. Here are the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here, on the nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange. Against the brute efficiency of the Machines, the human race has only imagination, compassion, and the capacity for love. It will have to be enough. | | Nominated 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)
| Children's Titles For Ages 0-7 | | | |  The Blues of Flats Brown, by Walter Dean Myers
Narrated by Charles Turner
(Live Oak Media)
A guitar-pickin� junkyard dog named Flats and his older, bone-rattling friend Caleb love to play the blues into the long night. But when their mean owner threatens to make them fighting dogs, they take to the road, with only each other and their music for comfort. From Memphis to New York City, these musical mutts are making a name for themselves with their soulful playing. But can their tune touch the hard heart of old A.J. Grubbs? | | Nominated Titles | | In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall, 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 AdTle Geras
Narrated by Miriam Margolyes
(Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio)
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war and decides to stir things up. When Eros fits an arrow to his silver-lit bow and lets it fly, love will strike the war抯 deadliest blows. Ad鑜e Geras breathes personality, heartbreak and humor into this classic story, told through the eyes of the women of Troy. | | Nominated Titles | | A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, narrated by Graeme Malcolm
(Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio)
| | | Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Neil Gaiman
(Harper Audio)
| | | Summerland, by Michael Chabon, narrated by Michael Chabon
(HighBridge Audio)
| | | Time Stops for No Mouse, by Michael Hoeye, narrated by Campbell Scott
(Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio)
| Classic | | | |  The Short Stories of W.S. Maugham, Vol. 2, by W. Somerset Maugham
Narrated by Charlton Griffin
(Audio Connoisseur)
To improve his lot, a prisoner in a French penal colony accepts an odious job梐nd the consequences梚n 揂n Official Position�. 揜ed� is a poignant love story of youth, beauty, and the fleeting moments of ecstasy that pass away only too soon. In 揟he Alien Corn�, a young Jewish man devotes himself to the pursuit of music and the Bohemian world of performing artists over the violent objections of his aristocratic family. When a lowly verger is fired because of his illiteracy, it turns out to be his lucky day in 揟he Verger�. A lawyer decides to make a clean break with his past and moves to Capri in 揗ayhew�. After a lifetime of living abroad, a penniless old sailor finally comes 揌ome�. And while traveling 揑n a Strange Land�, a vacationer meets an extraordinary English woman. | | Nominated 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
(Harper Audio)
| Solo Narration - Male | | | |  Tishomingo Blues, by Elmore Leonard
Narrated by Frank Muller
(Recorded Books, LLC)
At the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, daredevil Dennis Lenahan dives off an eighty-foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers, gangsters, and luscious belles. The gig is going well, until the day he looks down from the high-dive platform and witnesses a mob hit桪ixie style. Turns out there was a second witness: Robert Taylor, a blues-loving Detroit hustler touring the Southland in a black Jaguar. Taylor's got his own secret agenda re the "Cornbread Cosa Nostra," and he wants Dennis in on the game. But there's a lot more in Robert Taylor's pocket than a photo of his lynched great-grandfather. And high-diver Dennis could be about to take a long, fatal fall梤ight into a mess of hoop skirts, Civil War play-acting...and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible. | | Nominated 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)
| Solo Narration - Female | | | |  Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, by Kate Simon
Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
(Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.)
This classic, unforgettable memoir of a young girl's coming of age in the Bronx recalls the vitality of a working-class immigrant neighborhood in the early 20th century. Through the unsentimental eyes of a child, we witness the colorful characters, the sidewalks, stoops, public schools and railroad flats, the mood and atmosphere of a unique place and time in American culture. With an unerring eye for detail and an iridescent, clear-eyed prose, Kate Simon captures not only the particular world of her childhood but the universal uncertainties and triumphs of a young girl on the threshold of womanhood. | | Nominated 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
(Harper Audio)
| | | 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) |
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Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides 
