Fiction, Unabridged
I Know This Much is True, by Wally Lamb, read by George Guidall (Recorded Books, LLC)

Mystery, Fiction
The Breaker, by Minette Walters, read by Robert Powell (Chivers North America)

    Finalists:
    O is for Outlaw, by Sue Grafton, read by Judy Kaye (Random House AudioBooks)
    Prayers for Rain, by Dennis Lehane, read by Thomas J.S. Brown (Brilliance Audio)

Classic, Fiction
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis, read by John Cleese (Audio Literature, an imprint of NewStar Media Inc.)

    Finalists:
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, read by Patrick Fraley (The Audio Partners)
    On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, read by Frank Muller (Recorded Books, LLC)

Non-Fiction, Abridged
The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition, by Caroline Alexander, read by Michael Tezla, Martin Rubin (HighBridge Company)

    Finalists:
    Isaac’s Storm, by Eric Larson, read by Edward Herrmann (Random House AudioBooks)
    ‘Tis, by Frank McCourt, read by Frank McCourt (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Non-fiction, Unabridged
 ‘Tis, by Frank McCourt, read by Frank McCourt (Simon & Schuster Audio)

    Finalists:
    Elegy for Iris, by John Bayley, read by David Case (Books on Tape, Inc.)
    The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause, by Major Damon "Rocky" Gause, read by Dick Hill (Brilliance Audio)

Personal Development
How Men Have Babies, by Alan Thicke, read by Alan Thicke (The Audio Partners)

    Finalists:
    Eat, Drink, & Be Merry, by Dean Edell, M.D., read by Dean Edell, M.D. (HarperAudio)
    What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should), by Ronda Rich, read by Ronda Rich (Brilliance Audio)

Business Information
Beer Blast, by Philip Van Munching, read by Philip Van Munching (Audio Book Club Publishing)

    Finalists:
    Business at the Speed of Thought, by Bill Gates, read by Roger Steffens, Bill Gates (Time Warner Audiobooks)
    Faster, by James Gleick, read by James Gleick (Random House AudioBooks)

Motivational
Joe Torre’s Ground Rules for Winners, by Joe Torre, Henry Dreher, read by Joe Torre (Simon & Schuster Audio)

    Finalists:
    I Refuse to Raise a Brat, by Marilu Henner, Ruth Velikovsky Sharon, Ph.D., read by Marilu Henner (HarperAudio)
    Take Yourself to the Top, by Laura Berman Fortgang, read by Laura Berman Fortgang (NewStar Media Inc.)

Educational and Training
If You Can Talk, You Can Write, by Joel Saltzman, read by Joel Saltzman (The Audio Partners)

Finalists:
    How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend, by Monks of New Skete, read by Michael Wager (Highbridge Company)
    The Savage Truth on Money, by Terry Savage, read by Terry Savage (B & B Audio, Inc.)

Inspirational/Spiritual
Reason for Hope, by Jane Goodall, Phillip Berman, read by Jane Goodall (Time Warner AudioBooks)

    Finalists:
    Friendship with God, by Neale Donald Walsch, read by Neale Donald Walsch, Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn (NewStar Media Inc.)
    Song of the Sun: The Life, Poetry, and Teachings of Rumi, by Andrew Harvey, read by Andrew Harvey (Sounds True)

Humor
How Paul Robeson Saved My Life, by Carl Reiner, read by Carl Reiner (NewStar Media Inc.)

    Finalists:
    How Men Have Babies, by Alan Thicke, read by Alan Thicke (The Audio Partners)
    Rants Redux, by Dennis Miller, read by Dennis Miller (BDD Audio)

Poetry
Realms of Gold, The Letters and Poems of John Keats, by John Keats, read by Samuel West, Matthew Marsh (Naxos AudioBooks UK)

    Finalists:
    The Voice of the Poet: Auden, by W.H. Auden, read by W.H. Auden (Random House Audiobooks)
    The Voice of the Poet: Plath, by Sylvia Plath, read by Sylvia Plath (Random House Audiobooks)

Short Stories/Essays/Collections
Malice Domestic 6, by Edward Marston, Peter Lovesey, Dorothy Cannell, Peter Robinson, David Williams, Simon Brett, Catherine Aird, Marjorie Eccles, Jan Burke, Sarah Caudwell, Jon L. Breen, read by Patrick Macnee, Juliet Mills, Judy Geeson, Christopher Cazenove, Stephanie Beacham, Reed Diamond, William Windom (NewStar Media Inc.)

    Finalists:
    Goodbye Columbus and 5 Short Stories, by Philip Roth, read by Theodore Bikel, Harlan Ellison, Elliott Gould, John Rubinstein, Jerry Zaks  (NewStar Media Inc.)
    Zoe Caldwell Reads Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales, by Oscar Wilde, Dennis Buck, read by Christopher Plummer, Zoe Caldwell (NYS Theatre Institute – Family Classic Audio Books)

Original Work
(winner not known)

    Finalists:
    Braces, by Donald Davis, read by Donald Davis (August House Audio)
    The History of Opera, by Richard Fawkes, read by Robert Powell (Naxos AudioBooks UK)
    Song of the Unicorn, by Susan Hammond, Debra A. S. Olivia, read by Jeremy Irons, Graham Harley, Phelan Landry, Robert Lurtsema, Catherine McNally, Tracy Moore (The Children’s Group)

Solo Narration – Male
The Fencing Master, by Arturo Perez-Reverte, read by Michael York (NewStar Media Inc.)

    Finalists:
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, read by Patrick Fraley (The Audio Partners)
    Heartwood, by James Lee Burke, read by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Solo Narration - Female
Bridget Jones Diary, by Helen Fielding, read by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books, LLC)

    Finalists:
    Daughter of Fortune, by Isabel Allende, read by Blair Brown (HarperAudio)
    These is My Words, by Nancy E. Turner, read by Valerie Leonard (Chivers North America)

Solo Narration by the Author or Authors
The Exorcist, by William Peter Blattey, read by William Peter Blattey (NewStar Media Inc.)

    Finalists:
    Hannibal, by Thomas Harris, read by Thomas Harris (BDD Audio)
    ‘Tis by Frank McCourt, read by Frank McCourt (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Multi-Voiced Narration
The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain, by Mark Twain, read by Mandy Patinkin, Betty Buckley, Walter Cronkite (Fair Oaks Press (Fair Oaks Audio)

    Finalists:
    All the Best, George Bush, by George Bush, read by President Bush & his Family (Simon & Schuster Audio)
    Disappearing Acts, by Terry McMillan, read by Marjorie Johnson, Marc Damon Johnson (Chivers North America)

Multi-Voiced Presentation
Sherlock’s Secret Life, by Ed Lange, Will Severin, read by Karl Malden, Elizabeth Young, John Romeo, Joel Leffert, David Bunce, Eileen Schuyler, Joel Aroeste, Elisabeth S. Rodgers, John McGuire (NYS Theatre Institute – Family Classic Audio Books)

    Finalists:
    In the Name of Security, by Peter Goodchild, read by David Hyde Pierce, John Rubenstein, John de Lancie, Ella Joyce, Amy Pietz (L.A. Theatre Works)
    Misadventures in the (213), by Dennis Hensley, read by Kathy Griffin, Jack Plotnick, Rachel Harris, Gregg Rainwater, Shane Jacobsen, Rob Nash, Robert Abele, Dennis Hensley (The Publishing Mills)

Theatrical Productions
A Prairie Home Companion 25th Anniversary, by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor (HighBridge Company)

    Finalists:
    A Fair County, by Jon Robin Baitz, read by Judith Ivey, David Dukes, Kurt Deutsch, Matt McGrath (L.A. Theatre Works)
    Pretty Fire, by Charlayne Woodard, read by Charlayne Woodard (L.A. Theatre Works)

Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium
The Dybbuk, by S. Ansky, read by Edward Asner, Theodor Bikel, Harlan Ellison, Marian Mercer, Kristoffer Tabori, Carl Reiner (NewStar Media Inc.)

    Finalists:
    A Prairie Home Companion 25th Anniversary, by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor (HighBridge Company)
    Voices of Our Time, by Studs Terkel, read by Studs Terkel & Others (HighBridge Company)

Unabridged Fiction, Licensed or Distributed
Carry On, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse, read by Martin Jarvis (The Audio Partners)

    Finalists:
    A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, read by Miriam Margolyes (The Audio Partners)
    Trilby, by George Du Maurier, read by Peter Joyce (Thomas T. Beeler, Publisher)

Non-Fiction, Licensed or Distributed
Lord Byron Poems, by Lord Byron, read by Douglas Hodge, David Horovitch, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Dianna Quick, Prunella Scales, Sian Thomas (HighBridge Company)

    Finalists:
    The History of Opera, by Richard Fawkes, read by Robert Powell (Naxos of America Inc.)
    The Best of National Public Radio: Public Laughter, by Jerry Seinfeld, Lily Tomlin, Bill Maher, Carl Reiner, Andrei Codrescu, Car Talk’s Click and Clack & more, read by Jerry Seinfeld, Lily Tomlin, Bill Maher, Carl Reiner, Andrei Codrescu, Car Talk’s Click and Clack & more (Time Warner AudioBooks)