Audie Awards 2004
| The Audie Awards are presented annually
by the Audio
Publisher's Association to honor excellence in audio publishing.
The following list includes literature only. The awards for
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Audiobook
of the Year:
Finalists:
THE JOHN CHEEVER
AUDIO COLLECTION, read by John Cheever, Blythe Danner, Peter
Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plympton, and Meryl Streep
(Caedmon-Harper Audio)
HARRY POTTER AND
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, by J.K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale
(Listening Library)
THE COMPLETE
ARKANGEL SHAKESPEARE, by William Shakespeare, read by Arkangel
Cast (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
DAVID SEDARIS
LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL, read by David Sedaris (Time Warner
AudioBooks)
A PATRIOT'S
HANDBOOK, by Caroline Kennedy, Featuring archival recordings by
Neil Armstrong, Robert Frost, John McCain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
et. al., with selections also read by Caroline Kennedy, James Earl
Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, et.al. (Hyperion Audiobooks)
Fiction, Abridged:
Finalists:
BRICK LANE,
by Monica Ali, read by Elizabeth Sastre (Highbridge Audio)
THE KING OF TORTS,
by John Grisham, read by Dennis Boutsikaris (Random House Audio)
A HIDING PLACE,
by Elizabeth George, read by Simon Jones (Random House Audio)
THE STONE CARVERS,
by Jane Urquhart, read by Nicky Guadagni (BTC Audiobooks, an imprint of
Goose Lane Editions)
THE TIME
TRAVELER'S WIFE, by Audrey Niffenegger, read by Maggi-Meg Reed
and Christopher Burns (Highbridge Audio)
Fiction, Unabridged:
Finalists:
ALL OVER CREATION,
by Ruth Ozeki, read by Anna Fields (Blackstone Audio)
THE FIVE PEOPLE
YOU MEET IN HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom, read by Erik Singer
(Hyperion Audiobooks)
THE LAST DETECTIVE,
by Robert Crais, read by James Daniels (Brilliance Audio)
MONSTROUS REGIMENT,
by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (Harper Audio)
THE NAMESAKE,
by Jhumpa Lahiri, read by Sarita Choudry (Random House Audio)
Mystery, Fiction:
Finalists:
BANGKOK 8,
by John Burdett, read by B.D. Wong (Random House Audio)
FEAR ITSELF,
by Walter Mosley, read by Don Cheadle (Time Warner AudioBooks)
A FINE DARK LINE,
by Joe R. Lansdale, read by Dick Hill (Brilliance Audio)
THE LAST DETECTIVE,
by Robert Crais, read by James Daniel (Brilliance Audio)
LOST LIGHT,
by Michael Connelly, read by Len Cariou (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Science Fiction:
Finalists:
THE CALLAHAN
CHRONICLES, by Spider Robinson, read by Barrett Whitener
(Blackstone AudioBooks)
DARWIN'S CHILDREN,
by Greg Bear, read by Scott Brick (Books on Tape, Inc.)
DUNE: THE MACHINE
CRUSADE, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, read by Scott
Brick (Audio Renaissance)
MONSTROUS REGIMENT,
by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs (Harper Audio)
STILL LIFE WITH
CROWS, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, read by Rene
Auberjonois (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Inspirational/Faith-Based
Fiction:
Finalists:
ARMAGEDDON,
by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, read by Richard Ferrone (Recorded
Books, LLC)
THE CHRISTMAS
BLESSING, by Donna VanLiere, read by Oliver Wyman (Audio
Renaissance)
COVER GIRLS,
by T.D. Jakes, read by Pamala Tyson (Time Warner AudioBooks)
THIS FAR BY FAITH,
by Jaun Williams and Quinton Dixie, read by Lorraine Toussaint (Harper
Audio)
TREASURE OF
STONEWYCKE, by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella, read by Davina
Porter (Recorded Books, LLC)
Classic
Finalists:
THE BELL JAR,
by Sylvia Plath, read by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Caedmon Harper Audio)
EAST OF EDEN,
by John Steinbeck, read by Richard Poe (Recorded Books, LLC)
THE SHORT STORIES
OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, VOL. 2, by Ernest Hemingway, read by Stacy
Keach (Simon & Shuster Audio)
TREASURE ISLAND,
by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Richard Matthews (Books on Tape)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS,
by Emily Bronte, read by Donada Peters (Books on Tape)
Non-Fiction, Abridged:
Finalists:
THE BOUNTY,
by Caroline Alexander, read by Michael York (Penguin Audiobooks)
THE DEVIL IN THE
WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson, read by Tony Goldwyn (Random House
Audio)
HITLER'S
SCIENTISTS, by John Cornwell, read by Simon Prebble (Listen
& Live Audio, Inc.)
MIDDLETOWN,
AMERICA, by Gail Sheehy, read by Gail Sheehy (Brilliance Audio)
THE OPPOSITE OF
FATE, by Amy Tan, read by Amy Tan (Brilliance Audio)
Non-fiction, Unabridged:
Finalists:
THE BOUNTY,
by Caroline Alexander, read by Simon Prebble (Penguin Audiobooks)
CHARLIE'S WAR,
by George Crile, read by Christopher Lane (Blackstone Audio Books)
FLYBOYS,
by James Bradley, read by James Bradley (Time Warner Audio)
KRAKATOA,
by Simon Winchester, read by Simon Winchester (Harper Audio)
NAKED IN BAGHDAD,
by Anne Garrels, read by Anne Garrels & Vint Lawrence (Audio
Renaissance)
Biography/Memoir:
Finalists:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
by Walter Isaacson, read by Boyd Gaines (Simon & Schuster Audio)
HANNIBAL: ONE MAN
AGAINST ROME, by Harold Lamb, read by Charlton Griffin (Audio
Connoiseur)
A LONG WAY FROM
HOME, by Tom Brokaw, read by Tom Brokaw (Random House Audio)
MY INVENTED
COUNTRY, by Isabel Allende, read by Blair Brown (Harper Audio)
THE NAZI
OFFICER'S WIFE, by Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin, read by
Barbara Rosenblat
(Jewish Contemporary Classics)
Personal
Development/Motivational:
Finalists:
CONFESSIONS OF A
REFORMED DIETER, by A. J. Rochester, read by A. J. Rochester
(Bolinda Audio Books)
IF MAMA GOES
SOUTH, WE'RE ALL GOING WITH HER, by Lindsey O'Connor, Ph.D.,
read by Lindsey O'Connor (Brilliance Audio)
LOVE THE LIFE YOU
LIVE, by Les Parrott, Ph.D and Neil Clark Warren, Ph.D, read by
Chris Fabry (Tyndale Audio)
THE PRESENT,
by Spenser Johnson, read by Dennis Boutsikaris (Random House Audio)
THE ULTIMATE
WEIGHT SOLUTION: THE 7 KEYS TO WEIGHT LOSS FREEDOM, by Dr. Phil
McGraw, read by Dr. Phil McGraw (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Business
Information/Educational:
Finalists:
CRACKING YOUR
RETIREMENT NEST EGG, by Margaret A. Malaspina, read by Celeste
Lawson
(Blackstone AudioBooks)
READY FOR ANYTHING,
by David Allen, read by David Allen(Simon & Schuster Audio)
USE WHAT YOU'VE
GOT & OTHER BUSINESS LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY MOM, by
Barbara Corcoran and Bruce Littlefield, read by Barbara Corcoran
(Listen and Live Audio)
WHAT CLIENTS LOVE,
by Harry Beckwith, read by Harry Beckwith (Time Warner AudioBooks)
WHO SAYS
ELEPHANTS CAN'T DANCE?, by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., read by
Edward Herrmann (Harper Audio)
Children's Titles For Ages
up to 8:
Finalists:
CHATO AND THE
PARTY ANIMALS, by Soto, read by Luis Guzman (Weston Woods
Studios)
ELLA FITZGERALD:
THE TALE OF A VOCAL VIRTUOSA, by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian
Pinkney, read by Billy Dee Williams (Weston Woods Studio)
GREEN EGGS AND
HAM AND OTHER SERVINGS OF DR. SEUSS, by Dr. Seuss, read by Jason
Alexander, Michael McKean, and David Hyde Pierce (Listening Library)
RAISING SWEETNESS,
by Diane Stanley, read by Tom Bodett (Live Oak Media)
THE TALE OF
DESPEREAUX, by Kate DiCamillo, read by Graeme Malcolm (Listening
Library)
Children’s Titles For Ages
8+:
Finalists:
A CORNER OF THE
UNIVERSE, by Ann M. Martin, read by Judith Ivey (Listening
Library)
DEAR MR.
PRESIDENT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LETTERS FROM A SLAVE GIRL, by Andrea
Davis Pinkney, read by Geoege Guidall, Sisi Johnson, and Tom Stechshult
(Live Oak Media)
HARRY POTTER AND
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, by J. K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale
(HighBridge)
INKHEART,
by Cornelia Funke, read by Lynn Redgrave (Listening Library)
THE MISFITS,
by James Howe, read by Spencer Murphy and the Full Cast Family (Full
Cast Audio)
Inspirational/Spiritual:
Finalists:
ART OF HAPPINESS
AT WORK, by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler,
M.D., read by Howard C. Cutler, M.D. and B. D. Wong (Simon &
Schuster Audio)
CREATING TRUE
PEACE, by Thich Nhat Hanh, read by Michael York (Simon &
Schuster Audio)
THE LAKOTA WAY:
NATIVE AMERICAN WISDOM ON ETHICS AND CHARACTER, by Joseph M.
Marshall, III, read by Joseph M. Marshall, III (Makoche)
IN THE PRESENCE
OF MY ENEMIES, by Gracia Burnham and Dean Merrill, read by Aimee
Lilly (Tyndale House Publishers)
THE RED SUIT
DIARIES, by Ed Butchart, read by Ed Butchart (Brilliance Audio)
Humor:
Finalists:
BOOGERS ARE MY
BEAT, by Dave Barry, read by Dick Hill (Brilliance Audio)
DAVID SEDARIS
LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL, by David Sedaris, read by David Sedaris
(Time Warner AudioBooks)
THE FUNNY THING
IS..., by Ellen DeGeneres, read by Ellen DeGeneres (Simon &
Schuster Audio)
THE PLEASURE OF
MY COMPANY, by Steve martin, read by Steve Martin (Hyperion
Audiobooks)
SHOPAHOLIC TAKES
MANHATTAN, by Sophie Kinsella, read by Emily Gray (Recorded
Books)
Short Stories/Collections:
Finalists:
CLASSIC CHINESE
SHORT STORIES, VOL. 2, 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)
DRINKING COFFEE
ELSEWHERE, by ZZ Packer, read by Shirley Jordan (Highbridge
Audio)
HOME ON THE
PRAIRIE, by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor, et al.
(Highbridge Audio)
THE JOHN CHEEVER
AUDIO COLLECTION, by John Cheever, read by John Cheever, Blythe
Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plympton, and Meryl
Streep (Caedmon-Harper Audio)
SHEPERDS ABIDING,
INCLUDING ESTHER'S GIFT AND MITFORD SNOWMEN, by Jan Karon, read
by John McDonough (Penguin Audiobooks)
Original Work:
Finalists:
THE BRONX
SOUNDWALK, read by Tony Morante, BG183 aka Sotero Ortiz, and the
Original Jazzy Jay (Oversampling Inc.)
GREATEST CARTOON
VOICE TRICKS EVER SMUGGLED OUT OF HOLLYWOOD, by Patrick Fraley,
read by Patrick Fraley (Fraley/Hubber)
THE KILLINGS TALE,
by W.A. Frankonis, performed by a Full Cast (Family Classics/NYS
Theatre Institute)
A LIFE IN COMEDY,
by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor (Highbridge Audio)
THEY SAW IT HAPPEN,
by Matthwe Lewin, read by Teresa Gallagher, Tom George, Steve Hodson,
and Kerry Shale (Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.)
Solo Narration – Male:
Finalists:
Don Cheadle, FEAR ITSELF,
by Walter Mosley (Time Warner AudioBooks)
Jim Dale, HARRY POTTER AND
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, by J.K. Rowling (Listening Library)
George Guidall, DON QUIXOTE,
by Miguel de Cervantes, Translator, Edith Grossman (Recorded Books, LLC)
Will Patton, LAST CAR TO
ELYSIAN FIELDS, by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Campbell Scott, ORYX AND
CRAKE, by Margaret Atwood(Random House Audio)
Solo Narration – Female:
Finalists:
Judith Ivey, A CORNER OF THE
UNIVERSE, by Ann M. Martin (Listening Library)
Kate Reading, BLOW FLY,
by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Audio)
Lynn Redgrave, INKHEART,
by Cornelia Funke (Listening Library)
Barbara Rosenblat, THE NAZI
OFFICER'S WIFE, by Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin (Jewish
Contemporary Classics, Inc.)
Barbara Rosenblat, STUFFED,
by Patricia Volk (Blackstone Audiobooks)
Narration by Author or
Authors:
Finalists:
Al Franken, LIES AND THE
LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM: A FAIR AND BALENCED LOOK AT THE RIGHT
(Highbridge Audio)
Anne Garrels and Vint Lawrence, NAKED IN BAGHDAD (Audio
Renaissance)
Paul Krugman, THE GREAT
UNRAVELING (Harper Audio)
Joseph M. Marshall, III, THE
LAKOTA WAY: NATIVE AMERICAN WISDOM ON ETHICS AND CHARACTER
(Makoche)
Trisha Meili, I AM THE
CENTRAL PARK JOGGER (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Madeleine Albright, MADAME
SECRETARY (BBC Audiobooks America)
Multi-Voiced Performance:
Finalists:
GHOST RIDERS,
by Sharyn McCrumb, read by Dick Hill and Susie Breck (Brilliance Audio)
HEY NOSTRADAMUS!,
by Douglas Coupland, read by Jenna Lamia, David Ledoux, Jillian Crane,
and John Randolph Jones (Highbridge Audio)
THE MISFITS,
by James Howe, read by Spencer Murphy and the Full Cast Family (Full
Cast Audio)
A PATRIOT'S
HANDBOOK, by Caroline Kennedy, Featuring archival recordings by
Neil Armstrong, Robert Frost, John McCain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
et. al., with selections also read by Caroline Kennedy, James Earl
Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, et.al. (Hyperion Audiobooks)
A VENETIAN AFFAIR,
by Andrea Di Robilant, read by Paul Hecht (Recorded Books)
Audio Drama:
Finalists:
THE CHRONICLES OF
NARNIA, by C. S. Lewis, performed by a full cast (Focus on the
Family)
THE COMPLETE
ARKANGEL SHAKESPEARE, by William Shakespeare, read by Arkangel
Cast (Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)
FATHER GILBERT
MYSTERIES II: HEALING AND SECRETS, by Paul McCusker, performed
by a full cast (Focus on the Family)
AT HOME IN MITFORD,
by Jan Karon, performed by a full cast (Focus on the Family)
ON THE WATERFRONT,
by Budd Schulberg, performed by a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)
Audiobook Adapted from
Another Medium:
Finalists:
CHATO AND THE
PARTY ANIMALS, by Gary Soto, read by Luis Guzman (Weston Woods
Studios)
HOME ON THE
PRAIRIE, by Garrison Keillor, read by Garrison Keillor, et. al.
(Highbridge Audio)
THE KILLINGS TALE,
by W.A. Frankonis, performed by a full cast (Family Classics/NYS
Theatre Institute)
TEA AT FIVE,
by Matthew lombardo, read by Kate Mulgrew (Highbridge Audio)
THE WORST OF
BOGOSIAN, VOL. ONE, by Eric Bogosian, read by Eric Bogosian
(Audible Inc.)
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