Audie Awards
Awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA)
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  • Play Bossypants
    AUDIOBOOK
    Bossypants
    UNABRIDGED
    • By Tina Fey
    • Narrated by Tina Fey
    • Length:5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release Date: 04-05-11
    • 4.30  (12695 ratings)
    Audie Award, Audiobook of the Year and Biography and Memoir, 2012

    Bossypants

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By Tina Fey
    • Narrated By Tina Fey
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (12695)
    Performance
    (8868)
    Story
    (8792)

    Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told....

    Warren says: "Tina Fey broke my new SUV"
  • Play The Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide to Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom
    AUDIOBOOK
    The Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide to Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Business and Educational, 2012

    The Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide to Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By Carrie Wilkerson
    • Narrated By Carrie Wilkerson
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (49)
    Performance
    (40)
    Story
    (43)

    Don't think you have what it takes to run a business? It's time to reconsider. Carrie Wilkerson offers the opportunity to live life on your terms. Want to start your workday with e-mail and coffee on the back patio? Want the flexibility of joining your fourth grader on an all-day field trip? Are you ready to take that vacation you’ve been planning for years? Then you have a choice to make, and The Barefoot Executive will help jump-start your transition. You’ll learn: Your “why.” The most important question.

    David says: "Where is the substance?"
  • Play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
    AUDIOBOOK
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Classic, 2012

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    • UNABRIDGED (30 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Charles Dickens
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
    Overall
    (110)
    Performance
    (86)
    Story
    (81)

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is closely modelled on the 18h-century novels that Charles Dickens loved as a child, such as Robinson Crusoe, in which the fortunes of a hero shape the plot. The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects.

    Blue Ridge Book Lover says: "loved it much more than expected!"
  • Play Daughter of Smoke and Bone
    AUDIOBOOK
    Daughter of Smoke and Bone
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Fantasy, 2012

    Daughter of Smoke and Bone

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 32 mins)
    • By Laini Taylor
    • Narrated By Khristine Hvam
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1166)
    Performance
    (1037)
    Story
    (1048)

    Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages - not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color.

    Coffee says: "Amazing story & INCREDIBLE Narrator!"
  • Play Alas, Babylon
    AUDIOBOOK
    Alas, Babylon
    UNABRIDGED
    • By Pat Frank
    • Narrated by Will Patton
    • Length:11 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release Date: 12-21-10
    • 4.30  (2569 ratings)
    Audie Award, Fiction, 2012

    Alas, Babylon

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Pat Frank
    • Narrated By Will Patton
    Overall
    (2569)
    Performance
    (1666)
    Story
    (1651)

    This true modern masterpiece is built around the two fateful words that make up the title and herald the end - “Alas, Babylon.” When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness....

    Jerry says: "Excellent audiobook"
  • Play Shatner Rules: Your Key to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
    AUDIOBOOK
    Shatner Rules: Your Key to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Humor, 2012

    Shatner Rules: Your Key to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By William Shatner, Chris Regan
    • Narrated By William Shatner
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (258)
    Performance
    (244)
    Story
    (244)

    Admit it. You want to BE William Shatner. This collection of rules, illustrated with stories from Bill’s illustrious life and career, will show you how Bill became WILLIAM SHATNER, larger than life and bigger than any role he ever played. Shatner Rules is your guide to becoming William Shatner. Or, more accurately, beautifully Shatneresque.

    Jacli says: "William Shatner DOES Rule!"
  • Play Courageous: A Novel
    AUDIOBOOK
    Courageous: A Novel
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Inspirational and Faith Based Fiction, 2012

    Courageous: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
    • Narrated By Roger Mueller
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (168)
    Performance
    (146)
    Story
    (144)

    Four men, one calling: to serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners willingly stand up to the worst the world can offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they’re quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift....

    Jennifer says: "Excellent!!"
  • Play The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People
    AUDIOBOOK
    The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Inspirational and Faith Based Fiction, 2012

    The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 20 mins)
    • By Zondervan Bibles (editor)
    • Narrated By Michael Blain-Rozgay, Allison Moffett
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (113)
    Performance
    (98)
    Story
    (99)

    God has gone to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people. That is what The Story is all about - the story of the Bible, God's great love affair with humanity. Condensed into 31 accessible chapters, The Story sweeps you into the unfolding progression of Bible characters and events from Genesis to Revelation. Using the clear, accurate, and easy-to-understand text of the NIV, it allows the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible to read like a novel.

    Ryan says: "An easy to understand Bible translation."
  • Play State of Wonder: A Novel
    AUDIOBOOK
    State of Wonder: A Novel
    UNABRIDGED
    • By Ann Patchett
    • Narrated by Hope Davis
    • Length:12 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release Date: 06-07-11
    • 4.00  (3476 ratings)
    Audie Award, Literary Fiction, 2012

    State of Wonder: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Ann Patchett
    • Narrated By Hope Davis
    Overall
    (3476)
    Performance
    (2407)
    Story
    (2397)

    Research scientist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past.

    F. B. Herron says: "Do yourself a favor and listen to this book!"
  • Play Feast Day of Fools: A Novel
    AUDIOBOOK
    Feast Day of Fools: A Novel
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Mystery, 2012

    Feast Day of Fools: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 11 mins)
    • By James Lee Burke
    • Narrated By Will Patton
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (980)
    Performance
    (809)
    Story
    (794)

    Celebrated crime master and two-time Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke returns with a gorgeously crafted, brutally resonant chronicle of violence along the Texas-Mexico border. Sheriff Hackberry Holland patrols a small Southwest Texas border town, meting out punishment and delivering justice in his small square of this magnificent but lawless land. When an alcoholic ex-boxer named Danny Boy Lorca begs to be locked up after witnessing a man tortured to death by a group of bandits, Hack and his deputy, Pam Tibbs, slowly extract the Indian man’s gruesome tale.

    Melinda says: "Shoot Out at the More-Than-OK Corral"
  • Play Beauty Queens
    AUDIOBOOK
    Beauty Queens
    UNABRIDGED
    • By Libba Bray
    • Narrated by Libba Bray
    • Length:14 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release Date: 05-24-11
    • 3.70  (158 ratings)
    Audie Award, Narration by the Author, 2012

    Beauty Queens

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 37 mins)
    • By Libba Bray
    • Narrated By Libba Bray
    Overall
    (158)
    Performance
    (131)
    Story
    (130)

    The 50 contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water, and practically no eyeliner. What’s a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program - or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan - or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up?

    Vanessa says: "No one left unscathed"
  • Play The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars
    AUDIOBOOK
    The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Nonfiction, 2012

    The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Paul Collins
    • Narrated By William Dufris
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (532)
    Performance
    (417)
    Story
    (423)

    In Long Island, a farmer found a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys playing at a pier discovered a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumbled upon neatly severed limbs in an overgrown ditch. Clues to a horrifying crime were turning up all over New York, but the police were baffled: There were no witnesses, no motives, no suspects. The grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives headlong into the era's most perplexing murder.

    Anthony says: "Well worth the credit!"
  • Play METAtropolis: Cascadia
    AUDIOBOOK
    METAtropolis: Cascadia
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Original Work, 2012

    METAtropolis: Cascadia

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, and others
    • Narrated By Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, and others
    Overall
    (512)
    Performance
    (261)
    Story
    (259)

    This sequel to the Hugo and Audie Award nominated METAtropolis features interconnected stories by today’s top writers of speculative fiction – performed by a galaxy of Star Trek stars. As the mid-20th century approaches, the Pacific Northwest has been transformed - politically, economically, and ecologically - into the new reality of Cascadia. Conspiracies and secrets threaten the tenuous threads of society. And the End of Days seems nearer than ever.

    Stephen says: "Some good, some bad"
  • Play Hard Magic: Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles
    AUDIOBOOK
    Hard Magic: Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Paranormal, 2012

    Hard Magic: Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Larry Correia
    • Narrated By Bronson Pinchot
    Overall
    (2426)
    Performance
    (2148)
    Story
    (2145)

    Jake Sullivan is a licensed private eye with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someoneto go after a suspected killer who has been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree.

    Jennifer Gerbyshak says: "So Good I Bought the Book and the Audiobook"
  • Play Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit - Making the Most of All of Your Life
    AUDIOBOOK
    Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit - Making the Most of All of Your Life
    UNABRIDGED
    • By Jane Fonda
    • Narrated by Jane Fonda
    • Length:12 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release Date: 08-09-11
    • 3.70  (44 ratings)
    Audie Award, Personal Development, 2012

    Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit - Making the Most of All of Your Life

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 26 mins)
    • By Jane Fonda
    • Narrated By Jane Fonda
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (44)
    Performance
    (32)
    Story
    (34)

    In this inspiring and candid book, Jane Fonda, number-one best-selling author, actress, and workout pioneer, gives us a blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. Covering sex, love, food, fitness, self-understanding, spiritual and social growth, and your brain, Prime Time offers a vision for successful living and maturing, A to Z.

    Sophia says: "Solid Jane Fonda Quality!"
  • Play New York to Dallas: In Death, Book 33
    AUDIOBOOK
    New York to Dallas: In Death, Book 33
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Romance, 2012

    New York to Dallas: In Death, Book 33

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 17 mins)
    • By J. D. Robb
    • Narrated By Susan Ericksen
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1592)
    Performance
    (1363)
    Story
    (1359)

    It was one of Eve Dallas’s earliest takedowns, back in her uniform days. A monster named Isaac McQueen had been abducting young victims and leaving them scarred in both mind and body. Thanks to Eve, he wound up where he belonged, removed from civilized society in Rikers. But he’s not behind bars anymore. After his escape, McQueen has two things in mind. One is to take up where he left off, preying on the young and innocent - when necessary, with the help of a female partner all too willing to be manipulated and to aid and abet his crimes.

    helen says: "How does she do it?"
  • Play Fuzzy Nation
    AUDIOBOOK
    Fuzzy Nation
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Science Fiction, 2012

    Fuzzy Nation

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By John Scalzi
    • Narrated By Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi
    Overall
    (2277)
    Performance
    (1931)
    Story
    (1926)

    In John Scalzi's re-imagining of H. Beam Piper's 1962 sci-fi classic Little Fuzzy, written with the full cooperation of the Piper Estate, Jack Holloway works alone for reasons he doesnt care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorps headquarters on planet, 178 light-years from the corporations headquarters on Earth, Jack is content as an independent contractor, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. As for his past, thats not up for discussion.

    Samuel Montgomery-Blinn says: "Short, sweet, and satisfying storytelling."
  • Play Selected Shorts: New American Stories
    PERFORMANCE
    Selected Shorts: New American Stories
    Audie Award, Short Stories and Collections, 2012

    Selected Shorts: New American Stories

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 59 mins)
    • By Aleksandar Hemon, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and others
    • Narrated By Boyd Gaines, Rita Wolf, Condola Rashad, and others
    Overall
    (19)
    Performance
    (15)
    Story
    (15)

    New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young contemporary writers - Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Aleksandar Hemon - as performed by terrific stage and screen actors. All four writers have a unique perspective on the American experience, which is reflected in their work.

    Michael says: "Weak"
  • Play The Winter Sea
    AUDIOBOOK
    The Winter Sea
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Solo Narration, Female, 2012

    The Winter Sea

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Susanna Kearsley
    • Narrated By Rosalyn Landor
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1783)
    Performance
    (1439)
    Story
    (1438)

    History has all but forgotten.... In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next best-selling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts to write. But then she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction....

    Pamela says: "Love it"
  • Play The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
    AUDIOBOOK
    The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
    UNABRIDGED
    Audie Award, Solo Narration, Male, 2012

    The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Mark Logue, Peter Conradi
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (481)
    Performance
    (286)
    Story
    (288)

    At the urging of his wife, Elizabeth, the Duke of York (known to the royal family as "Bertie") began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship - between a future monarch and a commoner born in Australia - would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse.

    Howard says: "As enjoyable as the film, and then some."
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