Finalists:
    Dune: House Harkonnen, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, read by Tim Curry (BDD Audio)
    Gap Creek, by Robert Morgan, read by Jill Hill  (HighBridge Company)

Fiction, Unabridged
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, by Tom Robbins, read by Keith Szarabajka (BDD Audio)

    Finalists:
    Dubliners, by James Joyce, read by cast of 15 actors  (Harper Audio)
    War of the Rats, by David L. Robbins, read by George Guidall  (Recorded Books, LLC)

Mystery, Fiction
The Naked Detective, by Laurence Shames, read by Ron McLarty (Recorded Books, LLC)

    Finalists:
    Hugger Mugger, by Robert B. Parker, read by Joe Mantegna  (BDD Audio)
    Moment of Truth, by Lisa Scottoline, read by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books, LLC)

Classic, Fiction
The Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vol. 1, by William Somerset Maugham, read by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)

    Finalists:
    Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, read by Peter Francis James (Recorded Books, LLC)
    Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, read by Ruby Dee (Harper Audio)

Non-Fiction, Abridged
The Times of My Life and My Life with the Times, by Max Frankel, read by Max Frankel (Airplay)

    Finalists:
    Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley with Ron Powers, read by Barry Bostwick (BDD Audio)
    From This Day Forward, by Cokie & Steve Roberts, read by Cokie & Steve Roberts (Brilliance Audio)

Non-fiction, Unabridged
The Measure of a Man, by Sidney Poitier, read by Sidney Poitier (Harper Audio)

    Finalists:
    On Writing, by Stephen King, read by Stephen King  (Simon & Schuster Audio)
    Ten Thousand Sorrows, by Elizabeth Kim, read by Elizabeth Kim  (BDD Audio)

Personal Development (Self Help)
The Protein Power Lifeplan, by Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Don Eades, M.D., read by Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Don Eades, M.D. (Time Warner AudioBooks)

    Finalists:
    Life Makeovers, by Cheryl Richardson, read by Cheryl Richardson (BDD Audio)
    Relationship Rescue, by Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D., read by Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D. (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Business/Informational
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A, read by Stephen Hoye (Time Warner AudioBooks)

    Finalists:
    The Invisible Touch: The Four Keys to Modern Marketing, by Harry Beckwith, read by Jim Ward  (Time Warner AudioBooks)
    Irrational Exuberance, by Robert J. Shiller, read by Robert J. Shiller (Random House Audible)

Educational and Training
Patton on Leadership, by Alan Axelrod, read by Bruce Winant and featuring Robert Foxworth (Simon & Schuster Audio)

    Finalists:
    101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers, by Caryl Rae Krannich, Ph.D., read by Beth McDonald (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
    Rush Hour Spanish, by Howard Beckerman, read by Howard Beckerman and cast (Berlitz Publishing Company)

Inspirational/Spiritual
It's Not About the Bike, by Lance Armstrong, read by Oliver Wyman (HighBridge Company)

    Finalists:
    How to Know God, by Deepak Chopra, read by Deepak Chopra  (Random House AudioBooks)
    Like Gold Refined, by Janette Oke, read by Alexandra O'Karma  (Recorded Books, LLC)

Humor
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, by Helen Fielding, read by Tracie Bennett (Random House AudioBooks)

    Finalists:
    Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris, read by David Sedaris  (Time Warner AudioBooks)
    Pretty Good Joke Tape, by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor, et al.  (HighBridge Company)

Poetry
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Poetry, by various artists, read by various artists (Rhino Entertainment)

    Finalists:
    The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets, by William Shakespeare, read by Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, Lindsay Crouse, Eli Wallach, Claire Bloom, Brian Dennehy, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Jordan Lage, Robert Bella, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Alfred Molina, Allyson Tucker, Fritz Weaver, Ruby Dee, Natasha Richardson, Anne Jackson, Jill Gascoin, Gerry Bamman  (Airplay)
    The Voice of the Poet: Robert Lowell, by Robert Lowell, read by Robert Lowell (Random House AudioBooks)

Short Stories/Essays/Collections
Ten by Maugham, by W. Somerset Maugham, read by a British cast (KCRW)

    Finalists:
    High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2, edited by Clint Willis with contributions by Matt Dickinson, Jim Haberl, Chris Bonington, Charles Clarke, Charles Houston, Robert Bates, Ed Webster, Brummie Stokes, F.S. Smythe, David Roberts, read by Eric Conger, George Guidall, Simon Prebble, Alan Sklar  (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
    Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris, read by David Sedaris (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Original Work
The History of Theatre, by David Timson, read by Derek Jacobi and cast (Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd.)

    Finalists:
    The Story Telling of Ferde Grofé (The Drifter, Chili, Pudgy, Surefoot), by Ferde Grofé, read by Ferde Grofé (Stereo High Adventures)
    Memory of Running, by Ron McLarty, read by Ron McLarty  (Recorded Books, LLC)

Solo Narration - Male
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale (Listening Library / Random House)

    Finalists:
    Boone's Lick, by Larry McMurtry, read by Will Patton  (Simon & Schuster Audio)
    Code to Zero, by Ken Follett, read by George Guidall  (Recorded Books, LLC)

Solo Narration - Female
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, read by Ruby Dee (Harper Audio)

    Finalists:
    The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood, read by Margot Dionne  (BDD Audio)
    Winter Solstice, by Rosamunde Pilcher, read by Lynn Redgrave  (BDD Audio)

Solo Narration by the Author or Authors
The Measure of a Man, by Sidney Poitier, read by Sidney Poitier (Harper Audio)

    Finalists:
    From This Day Forward, by Cokie & Steve Roberts, read by Cokie & Steve Roberts (Brilliance Audio)
    John Glenn: A Memoir, by John Glenn, read by John Glenn (BDD Audio)

Multi-Voiced Narration
Pay It Forward, by Catherine Ryan Hyde, read by Debra Monk, with Leland Gantt, Enid Graham, Michael McGlone, Liam Norton, Anne Pitoniak, SharonQuinn, and Gordon Weiss (Simon & Schuster Audio)

    Finalists:
    The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets, by William Shakespeare, read by Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, Lindsay Crouse, Eli Wallach, Claire Bloom, Brian Dennehy, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Jordan Lage, Robert Bella, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Alfred Molina, Allyson Tucker, Fritz Weaver, Ruby Dee, Natasha Richardson, Anne Jackson, Jill Gascoin, Gerry Bamman  (Airplay)
    Ten by Maugham, by W. Somerset Maugham, read by a British cast  (KCRW)

Multi-Voiced Presentation
Cakewalk, by Peter Feibleman, read by Elaine Stritch and Bruce Davison (L.A. Theatre Works)

    Finalists:
    The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman, read by Philip Pullman and a full cast (Listening Library / Random House)
    Too Dead to Swing, by Hal Glatzer, read by cast (Audio-Playwrights)

Theatrical Performance
Agnes of God, by John Pielmeier, read by Barbara Bain, Emily Bergl, and Harriet Harris (L.A. Theatre Works)

    Finalists:
    Neat, by Charlayne Woodard, read by Charlayne Woodard (L.A. Theatre Works)
    Table Manners, by Alan Ayckbourn, read by Rosalind Ayres, Ken Danziger, Martin Jarvis, Jane Leeves, Christopher Neame, and Carolyn Seymour  (L.A. Theatre Works)

Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium
Lost & Found Sound, produced by the Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) (HighBridge Company)

    Finalists:
    The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Christmas Shows Selected by Andy Williams, by various artists, read by various artists (Media Bay, Inc., A Radio Spirits, Inc. Subsidiary)
    Pretty Good Joke Tape, by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor, et al.  (HighBridge Company)

Audio, Licensed or Distributed
Typhoon, by Joseph Conrad, read by Roger Allam, originally published by HNP (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

    Finalists:
    Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, read by Seamus Heaney  (HighBridge Company) (Original material © 2000 Seamus Heaney, Seamus Heaney's Beowulf was first broadcast exclusively on BBC Radio 4, produced by Sue Roberts. Penguin Books by arrangement with the BBC. Published arrangement with WW Norton.)
    A History of Britain: At the End of the World? 3000 B.C. - 1603 A.D., by Simon Schama, read by Timothy West, with an introduction by the author (Audio Renaissance Tapes) (© Simon Schama 2000, 2000 BBC Worldwide)