Listen Up!

I can tell you from experience, that summer road trip goes by so quickly while you enjoy an audiobook! In everyday life, I have a fairly long commute that is made mIsErAbLe if I don't have a great book to listen to! Luckily for the audiobook lovers among us, audiobooks have their own awards so that we can pick through the cream of the crop for our listening enjoyment, The Audie Awards! The Audies, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.

Fiction

Duma Key by Stephen King

Literary Fiction

Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis

Mystery

Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri

Thriller/Suspense

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Romance

The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning

Science Fiction

Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer

Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction

Prague Counterpoint by Bodie and Brock Thoene

Classic

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Nonfiction

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America by Thomas Friedman (available as a downloadable audiobook)

Biography/Memoir

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (available as a downloadable audiobook)

History

Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age by Arthur Herman

Business/Educational

The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer

Children's Titles for Ages 8-12

James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by James Herriot

Teen

Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer

Children's Titles for Ages Up To 8

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (also won Audiobook of the Year!)

Inspirational/Faith-Based Nonfiction

The Word of Promise: Next Generation New Testament by Various Authors

Humor

When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (available as a downloadable audiobook)

Short Stories/Collections

Armaggedon in Retrospect: And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace by Kurt Vonnegut

Original Work

Louis Vuitton Soundwalk, China: Beijing by Stephan Crasneanscki

Personal Development

You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty by Michael Roizen and Mehment Oz (available as a Playaway)

Multi-Voiced Performance

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan

Audio Drama

The Odyssey by Homer narrated by Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, and a full cast

Audiobook Adaptation

English Majors: A Comedy Collection for the Highly Literate by Garrison Keillor

Happy Listening!

Holley

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