2015 Audie Award Winners Announced
The Audie Award winners were announced last evening at a Gala in New York, hosted by Jack Gantos. Selected by the Audio Publishers Association, the Audie Awards celebrate the best in recorded literature. Click here to revisit Mary Burkey’s post on the finalists or visit http://www.theaudies.com/ to learn more about the awards. The winning titles are below, with Booklist reviews linked when available.
Mandela: An Audio History, by Radio Diaries; narrated by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman. HighBridge.
Distinguished Achievement in Production
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman. Read by Derek Jacobi, Neil Gaiman, and others. HarperAudio.
Audio Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read by Geoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, and others. L.A. Theatre Works.
Autobiography/Memoir
Not My Father’s Son, by Alan Cumming. Read by Alan Cumming. HarperAudio.
Business/Educational
A More Beautiful Question, by Warren Berger. Read by Michael Quinlan. Audible, Inc.
Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman. Read by Derek Jacobi, Neil Gaiman, and others. HarperAudio.
Children’s Titles for Ages up to 8
H.O.R.S.E., by Christopher Myers. Read by Christopher Myers and Dion Graham. Live Oak Media.
The New York Stories, by John O’Hara. Read by E.L. Doctorow, Becky Ann Baker, and others. Penguin Random House Audio.
Erotica
Alpha, by Jasinda Wilder. Read by Summer Roberts and Tyler Donne. ACX/Seth Clarke.
Fantasy
Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson. Read by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. Macmillan Audio.
Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. Read by Zach Appelman. Simon & Schuster.
History/Biography
The Bully Pulpit, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Read by Edward Herrmann. Simon & Schuster.
Humor
Yes Please, by Amy Poehler. Read by Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, and others. HarperAudio.
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
The Auschwitz Escape, by Joel C. Rosenberg. Read by Christopher Lane. Brilliance Publishing.
Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction
Before Amen, by Max Lucado. Read by Ben Holland. Thomas Nelson.
Judges’ Award: Science & Technology
The Second Machine Age, by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. Read by Jeff Cummings. Brilliance Publishing.
Literary Fiction
Euphoria, by Lily King. Read by Simon Vance and Xe Sands. Blackstone Audio Inc.
Multi-Voiced Performance
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman. Read by Derek Jacobi, Neil Gaiman, and others. HarperAudio.
Mystery
The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith. Read by Robert Glenister. Hachette Audio.
Narration by the Author or Authors
Not My Father’s Son, written and read by Alan Cumming. HarperAudio.
Non-fiction
Furious Cool, by David Henry and Joe Henry. Read by Dion Graham. Tantor Media.
Original Work
Mandela: An Audio History, by Radio Diaries; narrated by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman. HighBridge.
Package Design
Light at the End, by Nicholas Briggs. Package Design by Alex Mallinson. Big Finish Productions.
The Girl with All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey. Read by Finty Williams. Hachette Audio.
Personal Development
What I Know For Sure, by Oprah Winfrey. Read by Oprah Winfrey. Macmillan Audio.
Romance
The Bridges of Madison County, by Robert James Waller. Read by Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale. Hachette Audio.
Science Fiction
The Martian, by Andy Weir. Read by R.C. Bray. Podium Publishing.
Short Stories/Collections
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, by Hilary Mantel. Read by Jane Carr. Macmillan Audio.
Solo Narration — Female
Yellow Crocus, by Laila Ibrahim. Read by Bahni Turpin. Brilliance Publishing.
Solo Narration — Male
The Hero’s Guide to Being an Outlaw, by Christopher Healy. Read by Bronson Pinchot. HarperAudio.
Teens
Egg & Spoon, by Gregory Maguire. Read by Michael Page. Brilliance Publishing.
Thriller/Suspense
Those Who Wish Me Dead, by Michael Koryta. Read by Robert Petkoff. Hachette Audio.
