The 2009 Audie Winners

Audiobook of the Year

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Read by Neil Gaiman
Harper Audio/ Recorded Books

Distinguished Achievement in Production

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

Fiction
(Tie)

DUMA KEY
Stephen King, Read by John Slattery
Simon & Schuster Audio/ Recorded Books

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

Non-Fiction

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

Solo Narration - Female

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

Solo Narration - Male

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
Alexandre Dumas, Read by John Lee
Blackstone Audiobooks

 
Audio Drama

THE ODYSSEY
Homer, Read by Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman and a Full Cast
BBC Audiobooks America/ BBC Radio

Audiobook Adaptation

ENGLISH MAJORS
Garrison Keillor, Read by Garrison Keillor et al.
HighBridge Audio

 
Biography/Memoir

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

Business/Educational

LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING
Jeffrey Gitomer, Read by Jeffrey Gitomer
Simon & Schuster Audio/ Recorded Books

Children's Titles for Ages 8-12

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Neil Gaiman, Read by Neil Gaiman
Harper Audio/ Recorded Books

Children's Titles for Ages Up to 8

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

Classic

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Charles Dickens, Read by Simon Vance
Tantor Media

History

GANDHI & CHURCHILL
Arthur Herman, Read by John Curless
Recorded Books

Humor

THE LEARNERS
Chip Kidd, Read by Bronson Pinchot
Blackstone Audiobooks

Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction

THE PRAGUE COUNTERPOINT
Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene, Read by Sean Barrett
The1Audio Productions

Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction

THE WORD OF PROMISE®: NEXT GENERATION-NEW TESTAMENT
Read by Sean Astin, Codey Linley, AnnaSophia Robb and Jordin Sparks
Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Literary Fiction

ELMER GANTRY
Sinclair Lewis, Read by Anthony Heald
Blackstone Audiobooks

Multi-Voiced Performance

MUDBOUND
Hillary Jordan, Read by Ezra Knight, Kate Forbes, Joseph Collins, Tom Stechschulte, Peter Jay Fernandez, Brenda Pressley
Recorded Books

Mystery & Suspense

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

Narration by the Author or Authors

WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
David Sedaris, Read by David Sedaris
Hachette Audio

   
Original Work

LOUIS VUITTON SOUNDWALK, CHINA: BEIJING
Stephan Crasneanscki
Read by Gong Li
Soundwalk

Package Design

THE FOUNDING FATHERS COLLECTION
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. [Ed.], Read by Richard Rohan, Ira Claffey
Macmillan Audio

Personal Development

YOU: STAYING YOUNG
Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen, Read by Johnny Heller
Recorded Books

Politics - Judges Award

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

Romance
   
THE DARK HIGHLANDER
Karen Marie Moning, Read by Phil Gigante
Brilliance Audio

Science Fiction/Fantasy

CALCULATING GOD
Robert J. Sawyer, Read by Jonathan Davis
Audible, Inc.
   

Short Stories/Collections

ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
Kurt Vonnegut, Read by Rip Torn, Mark Vonnegut
Penguin Audio/ Blackstone Audiobooks

Spanish Language

POR UN DÍA MÁS / FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom, Read by Jose Manuel Vieira
FonoLibro

   
Teens

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

Thriller/Suspense

CHILD 44
Tom Rob Smith, Read by Dennis Boutsikaris
Hachette Audio/ Books on Tape