What's That Sound? Audie Nominees!

by Shannon Maughan, PW Daily for Booksellers -- Publishers Weekly, 3/2/2005

Sure, Oscar has a lock on much of this week's awards coverage. But the audio awards season is still heating up. The Grammys have been handed out and now the Audio Publishers Association has announced the finalists for its 10th annual Audie Awards, which will be presented during a gala event at Tavern on the Green in New York City on June 3.

The Audies recognize excellence in audiobook publishing in 31 different categories, including Audiobook of the Year. Two new categories have been added this year, Literary Fiction and Romance, and a new Judges' Award for Language Learning titles will also make its debut.

Here are a few highlighted finalists. For a full list, visit the APA Web site.

Fiction, Unabridged

• Going Postal, Terry Pratchett, HarperAudio?
• I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe, Audio Renaissance
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke, Audio Renaissance
• Our Sunshine, Robert Drewe, Bolinda Publishing
• The Darling, Russell Banks, BBC Audiobooks America

• An Unpardonable Crime, Andrew Taylor, Hyperion AudioBooks
• Gould's Book of Fish, Richard Flanagan, Bolinda Publishing
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke, Audio Renaissance
• The Crimson Petal and the White, Michael F aber, Recorded Books
• The Egyptian, Mida Waltari, Audio Connoisseur
• The Mark of the Angel, Nancy Huston, Bolinda Publishing
• The Master, Colm Toibin, Blackstone Audio Books

• Brimstone, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Time Warner AudioBooks
• Double Homicide, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, Time Warner AudioBooks
• Hark!, Ed McBain, Simon & Schuster Audio
• The Man in My Basement, Walter Mosley, Time Warner AudioBooks
• Twisted: Selected Unabridged Stories of Jeffrey Deaver, Jeffrey Deaver, Simon & Schuster Audio

• Big Russ and Me, Tim Russert, Hyperion AudioBooks
• Bob Dylan Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster Audio
• Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, Firoozett Dumas, Audible Inc.
• Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, Sarah MacDonald, Bolinda Publishing, Inc.
• Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough, Simon & Schuster Audio
• The House on Beartown Road, Elizabeth Cohen, Blackstone Audio Books
• The Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, Audio Connoisseur

• Invitation to Provence, Elizabeth Adler, BBC Audiobooks America
• Kiss Me While I Sleep, Linda Howard, Brilliance Audio
• Sam's Letters to Jennifer, James Patterson, Time Warner AudioBooks
• The Perfect Lover, Stephanie Laurens, Recorded Books, LLC
• The Summer I Dared, Barbara Delinsky, Simon & Schuster Audio
• The Virgin's Lover, Phillippa Gregory, Simon & Schuster Audio

• A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket, HarperAudio
• Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke, Listening Library
• Keesha's House, Helen Frost, Recorded Books, LLC
• Peter and the Starcatchers, Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry, Brilliance Audio
• The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis, HarperAudio

• I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe, narrated by Dylan Baker, Audio Renaissance
• Peter and the Starcatchers, Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry, narrated by Jim Dale, Brilliance Audio
• Shoot the Moon, Billie Letts, narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips, Time Warner AudioBooks
• The Breathtaker, Alice Blanchard, narrated by Peter Coyote, Time Warner AudioBooks
• The Enemy, Lee Child, narrated by Dick Hill, Brilliance Audio

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris, Time Warner AudioBooks
• My Life as a 10-Year-old Boy, Nancy Cartwright, Blackstone Audio Books
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Audiobook) , Jon Stewart and the Writers of "The Daily Show," Time Warner AudioBooks
• The Reluctant Metrosexual, Peter Hyman, Blackstone Audio Books
• When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, George Carlin, Hyperion AudioBooks