Finalists:
The Emperor of Ocean Park, by Stephen L. Carter, read by Peter Francis James (Random House Audio Publishing)
Isobel Gunn, by Audrey Thomas, read by Duncan Fraser (BTC Audiobooks, an imprint of Goose Lane Editions)
The Nanny Diaries, by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus, read by Julia Roberts (Random House Audio Publishing)
The Sunday Wife, by Cassandra King, read by Joan Allen (Hyperion AudioBooks)
  

Finalists:
Atonement, by Ian McEwan, read by Jill Tanner (Recorded Books, LLC)
Austerlitz, by W.G. Sebald, read by Richard Matthews (Books on Tape, Inc.)
Sea Glass, by Anita Shreve, read by Judith Ann Gantly (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Unless, by Carol Shields, read by Joan Allen (HarperCollins Publishers)

Finalists:
The Diviner’s Son, by Gary Crew, read by Michael Veitch (Bolinda Audiobooks, Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.)
Q Is for Quarry, by Sue Grafton, read by Judy Kaye (Random House Audio Publishing)
Rumpole’s Return, by Sir John Mortimer, read by Robert Hardy (BBC Audiobooks America)
Tishomingo Blues, by Elmore Leonard, read by Paul Rudd (HarperCollins Publishers)

Finalists:
Catch the Lightning, by Catherine Asaro, read by Anna Fields (Blackstone AudioBooks)
The Fifth Sorceress, Robert Newcomb, read by John Lee (Books on Tape, Inc.)
The Pillars of Creation, by Terry Goodkind, read by Jim Bond (Brilliance Audio)
Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (Ulverscroft Large Print)

Finalists:
The Christmas Shoes, by Donna VanLiere, read by Paul Michael (Audio Renaissance)
In This Mountain, by Jan Karon, read by John McDonough (Recorded Books, LLC)
The Remnant, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, read by Richard Ferrone (Recorded Books, LLC)
The Youngest Hero, by Jerry B. Jenkins, read by Laurie O’Brien and Jack Sondericker (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Finalists:
Ernest Hemingway: The Short Stories, Volume 1, by Ernest Hemingway, read by Stacy Keach (Simon & Schuster Audio)
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Tim Robbins (HarperCollins Publishers)
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, read by Paul Boehmer (Books on Tape, Inc.)
Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, read by Patrick Fraley with Edward Asner and a cast of 50 (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Finalists:
3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It, by Sean Flynn, read by Christopher Walker (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
A Cook’s Tour, by Anthony Bourdain, read by Anthony Bourdain (HarperCollins Publishers)
Leadership, by Rudolph W. Giuliani, read by Tony Roberts, with an introduction by Rudolph W. Giuliani (Hyperion AudioBooks)
Takedown, by Rick Cowan & Douglas Century, read by Christopher Meloni (Random House Audio Publishing)

Finalists:
Band of Brothers, by Stephen E. Ambrose, read by Tim Jerome (BBC Audiobooks America)
Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America, by Yosef Bodansky, read by Nadia May (Blackstone Audio Books)
Mark Twain, by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns, read by Bill Meisle (Random House Audio Publishing)
The Trial & The Death of Socrates, by Plato, read by Bruce Alexander & Jamie Glover with Neville Jason, Gordon Griffin & David Timson (Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd.)

Finalists:
Getting to Know William Shakespeare, by Joy Wake, read by Fred Child (Echo Peak Productions)
Legacy, by Doc Watson and David Holt, read by Doc Watson and David Holt (High Windy Audio)
Theodore Rex, by Edmund Morris, read by Harry Chase (Random House Audio Publishing)
Touch the Top of the World, by Erik Weihenmayer, read by Nick Sullivan (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Finalists:
Authentic Happiness, by Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., read by John Dossett (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Men’s Health Playbooks, by the writers of Men’s Health, read by Hank Jacobs & Nicole Fonarow (Random House Audible)
Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot, by Richard M. Restak, read by Richard M. Restak (Random House Audible)
What About the Big Stuff?, by Richard Carlson, Ph.D., read by Richard Carlson, Ph.D. (Hyperion AudioBooks)

Finalists:
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan, read by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, with John Bedford Lloyd (Random House Audible)
Fish! Tales, by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., John Christensen and Harry Paul,with Philip Strand, read by Beth Chaplin, Carr Hagerman, with an introduction and conclusion by Stephen C. Lundin and John Christensen (Hyperion AudioBooks)
Rich Dad’s Prophecy, by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, CPA, read by Jim Ward with an introduction by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Throwing the Elephant/ What Would Machiavelli Do?, by Stanley Bing, read by Simon Jones and Philip Bosco (HarperCollins Publishers)

Finalists:
In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, read by Javaka Steptoe, Robin Miles, Charles Turner, and Lizan Mitchell (Live Oak Media)
John Coltrane’s Giant Steps, by Chris Raschka, read by Richard Allen (Live Oak Media)
Saving Sweetness, by Diane Stanley, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, read by Tom Bodett (Live Oak Media)
Sheila Rae, The Brave, by Kevin Henkes, read by Laura Hamilton (Live Oak Media)

Finalists:
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, read by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins Publishers)
A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, read by Graeme Malcolm (Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio)
Summerland, by Michael Chabon, read by Michael Chabon (HighBridge)
Time Stops for No Mouse, by Michael Hoeye, read by Campbell Scott (Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio)

Finalists:
The Bible – New Testament – New International Version, read by a multi-cast (Americana Publishing, Inc.)
Restoring Faith, edited and with an introduction by Forrest Church, read by 11 clergymen and clergywomen representing Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faiths (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
Sister Wit, by Jacqueline Jakes, read by Jacqueline Jakes, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Melody Butiu (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Wild & Wacky Collections Vol. 1, by Frank Peretti, read by Frank Peretti (Tommy Nelson)

Finalists:
Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad, by Jon Hein, read by Jon Hein (Listen & Live Audio, Inc.)
Mirth of a Nation, edited by Michael J. Rosen, read by Tony Roberts, Susie Essman with several guest performances, including Cynthia Kaplan, Martha Plimpton, David Rakoff, and many more (HarperCollins Publishers)
Sixteen Scandals: 20 Years of Sex, Lies, and Other Habits of Our Great Leaders, by William Strauss and Elaina Newport, read by William Strauss and Elaina Newport (Sourcebooks, Inc.)
Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore, read by Arte Johnson (New Millennium)

Finalists:
The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats, compiled by John Kavanagh, read by Jim Norton, Denys Hawthorne, Nicholas Boulton, and Marcella Riordan (Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd.)
The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, by Nikki Giovanni, read by Nikki Giovanni (HarperCollins Publishers)
Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, read by Patrick Fraley with Edward Asner and a cast of 50
(Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
What We Have Lost: New & Selected Poems 1977 - 2001, by Jeffery Beam, read by Jeffery Beam (Green Finch Press)

Finalists:
Classic Chinese Short Stories, Vol. 1, by Feng Meng-lung, Lin Yu Tang, P’u Sung-ling, Lu Hsün, Yeh Shao-Chün, Yü Ta-fu, read by Charlton Griffin (Audio Connoisseur)
The Copper Peacock and Other Stories, by Ruth Rendell, read by Penelope Keith (BBC Audiobooks America)
In the Ravine & Other Short Stories, by Anton Chekhov, read by Kenneth Branagh (Naxos AudioBooks)
My Man Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse, read by Martin Jarvis (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Finalists:
Dreams From The Lost & Found, by Ferde Grofé, read by Ferde Grofé with supporting cast (Stereo High Adventures)
Legacy, by Doc Watson and David Holt, read by Doc Watson and David Holt (High Windy Audio)
Pill Hill Quartet, by Jay O’Callahan, read by Jay O’Callahan (Jay O’Callahan)
Reagan: In His Own Voice, edited and with commentary by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, read by Ronald Reagan with special introduction by George P. Schultz (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Finalists:
Gil Bellows, The Beach House, by James Patterson & Peter De Jonge (Time Warner AudioBooks)
William Dufris, Pale Horse Coming, by Stephen Hunter (BBC Audiobooks America)
Richard Ferrone, Mortal Prey (unabr.), by John Sandford (Putnam Berkley Audio)
Joe Mantegna, Street Boys, by Lorenzo Carcaterra (Random House Audio Publishing)

Finalists:
Kate Fleming, Breathing Room, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (BBC Audiobooks America)
Judith Ivey, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells (HarperCollins Publishers)
Terry Donnelly, Quentins, by Maeve Binchy (Penguin Audiobooks)
Jenna Lamia, The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd (HighBridge)

Finalists:
Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Christopher Reeve, Nothing Is Impossible (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Ron Powers, Tom & Huck Don’t Live Here Anymore (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Vernon Can Read! (BBC Audiobooks America)

Finalists:
Every Tongue Got to Confess, by Zora Neale Hurston, read by Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis (HarperCollins Publishers)
Seek, by Paul Fleischman, read by a Full Cast (Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio)
Shadowlands, by William Nicholson, read by Harriet Harris, Martin Jarvis & full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)
The Slave, by Isaac Bashevis Singer, read by David Chandler & Tracy Sallows (Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.)

Finalists:
Billy Budd, Sailor, adapted from the novel by Herman Melville, read by a full cast (Focus on the Family)
Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, read by Juliet Stevenson with Michael Maloney, Phillip Voss, Emma Fielding & Cast (Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd.)
King Lear, by William Shakespeare read by Paul Scofield with Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh & Cast (Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd)
The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis, read by a full cast (Focus on the Family)

Finalists:
1000 Years of English Royalty: William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, by Richard Hampton & David Weston, read by Derek Jacobi (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
At Bertram’s Hotel, by Agatha Christie, read by Rosemary Leach (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, read by Martin Jarvis (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
Man and Boy, by Tony Parsons, read by Colin Buchanan (Simon & Schuster Audio)