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The Audies Awards 2009

The AudiesŪ are annual awards honoring excellence in audio publishing. Winners of 2009 awards were listed below.

The Chopin Manuscript

Audiobook of the Year

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman, read by Neil Gaiman (Harper Audio/ Recorded Books)

Tallgrass

Tallgrass

Fiction (TIE)

DUMA KEY by Stephen King, read by John Slattery
(Simon & Schuster Audio/ Recorded Books)

 


THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, read by Paul Boehmer, Susan Duerden, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, Juliet Mills (Random House Audio/ Books on Tape)

Tree of Smoke

Literature Fiction

ELMER GANTRY by Sinclair Lewis, read by Anthony Heald (Blackstone Audiobooks)

The Tin Roof Blowdown

Mystery

VOICE OF THE VIOLIN by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli [Trans.], read by Grover Gardner
(Blackstone Audiobooks)

Heart Shaped Box

Thriller/Suspense

CHILD 44 by Tom Rob Smith, read by Dennis Boutsikaris (Hachette Audio/ Books on Tape)

Natural Born Charmer

Romance

THE DARK HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning, read by Phil Gigante (Brilliance Audio)

Dune

Science Fiction

CALCULATING GOD by Robert J. Sawyer, read by Jonathan Davis (Audible, Inc.)

Roots

Non-Fiction

HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED by Thomas L. Friedman, read by Oliver Wyman (Macmillan Audio/ BBC Audiobooks America)

Einstein

Biographies / Memoirs

THE LAST LECTURE by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow, read by Erik Singer (Hyperion Audiobooks/ Books on Tape)

More About Paddington

Children's Titles For Ages Up to 8

JAMES HERRIOT'S TREASURY FOR CHILDREN by James Herriot, read by Jim Dale (Macmillan Audio/ BBC Audiobooks America)

Clementine

Children's Titles For Ages 8-12

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman, read by Neil Gaiman (Harper Audio/ Recorded Books)

Bloody Jack

Children's Titles For Ages 12+

CURSE OF THE BLUE TATTOO by L.A. Meyer, read by Katherine Kellgren (Listen & Live Audio)

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