AUDIE AWARD NOMINEES 2023

The Audio Publishers Association announced the 2023 Audie Awards finalists. The awards “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” There are 26 categories of nominees. Winners will be announced on March 28.

MYSTERY NOMINEES

The Bangalore Detectives Club, by Harini Nagendra, narrated by Soneela Nankani (Blackstone)
The Heron, by Don Winslow, narrated by Ed Harris (Audible Originals)
The Maid, by Nita Prose, narrated by Lauren Ambrose (Penguin Random House Audio)
The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray,
narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown (Penguin Random House Audio)
Suspect, by Scott Turow, narrated by Helen Laser (Hachette Audio)

THRILLER/SUSPENSE NOMINEES

The Boys from Biloxi, by John Grisham, narrated by Michael Beck (Penguin Random House Audio)
Greenwich Park, by Katherine Faulkner, narrated by Laura Kirman (Simon & Schuster Audio)
The Island, by Adrian McKinty, narrated by Mela Lee (Hachette Audio)
The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley, narrated by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson (HarperAudio)
Snowstorm in August, by Marshall Karp, narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel (Blackstone)
Where Secrets Live, by S.C. Richards, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya (Dreamscape Media)

Crime, Suspense, Thriller and Mystery Nominees in other Categories:

The Silent Sisters, by Robert Dugoni, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (Brilliance)

The Violin Conspiracy, by Brendan Slocumb, narrated by J.D. Jackson (Penguin Random House Audio) 

The Butcher and the Wren, by Alaina Urquhart, narrated by Sophie Amoss and Joe Knezevich (Zando) Sparring Partners, by John Grisham, narrated by Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and John Grisham (Penguin Random House Audio)

Winners will be announced on March 28.

HT: The Rap Sheet

Audie Award Nominees

Thanks to The Rap Sheet, I learned that the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the finalists for the 25th annual Audie Awards® competition, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Winners will be revealed at the Audie Awards® Gala in May in New York City. Stay 'tuned.' Congratulations to all.

Of interest to mystery readers:

Mystery:
• Along Came a Spider (25th anniversary edition), by James Patterson, narrated by Taye Diggs (Hachette Audio)• The Boy, by Tami Hoag, narrated by Hillary Huber (Brilliance)
• The Chestnut Man, by Søren Sveistrup, narrated by Peter Noble (HarperAudio)
• The Lost Man, by Jane Harper, narrated by Stephen Shanahan (Macmillan Audio)
• The New Iberia Blues, by James Lee Burke, narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Thriller/Suspense:
• Blood in the Water, by Jack Flynn, 
narrated by Dion Graham (Recorded Books)
• Freefall, by Jessica Barry, narrated by Hillary Huber, Karissa Vacker, and MacLeod Andrews (HarperAudio)
• The Institute, by Stephen King, 
narrated by Santino Fontana (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman, 
narrated by Susan Bennett (HarperAudio)
• Winter Dark, by Alex Callister, 
narrated by Ell Potter (Audible Originals)

To see the full list of nominees, click here. 

AUDIE AWARD NOMINEES

Thanks to The Rap Sheet and In Reference to Murder, I learned that the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the finalists for the 24th annual Audie Awards® competition, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Winners will be revealed at the Audie Awards® Gala in May in New York City. Stay 'tuned.' Congratulations to all.

Of interest to mystery readers:

Mystery:

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith, narrated by Robert Glenister
The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt
The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George, narrated by Simon Vance
The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey
Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Kenny Blyth.

Thriller/Suspense: 

Crimson Lake by Candice Fox, narrated by Euan Morton
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, narrated by Imogen Church
Macbeth by Jo Nesbo, narrated by Euan Morton
The Outsider by Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton
The Terminal List by Jack Carr, narrated by Ray Porter
Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis, narrated by Richard Armitage

Audie Award Nominations: Mystery & Thriller

Last month, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the finalists for the 23rd annual Audie Awards® competition, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Winners will be revealed at the Audie Awards® Gala on May 31, 2018 at the New-York Historical Society in New York City.

Here are the audiobook finalists in the Mystery and Thriller/Suspense categories:

MYSTERY:

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz, narrated by Simon Vance, published by Random House Audio
 
Glass Houses by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst, published by Macmillan Audio
 
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, narrated by Samantha Bond, published by HarperAudio
 
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service: A Royal Spyness Mystery, Book by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, published by Audible Studios
 
Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Julia Franklin, published by Macmillan Audio

THRILLER/SUSPENSE:

The Breakdown by B.A. Paris, narrated by Georgia Maguire, published by Macmillan Audio
 
Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben, narrated by Steven Weber, published by Brilliance Publishing
 
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer, narrated by Ellen Archer, published by Hachette Audio
 
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and Graham Winton, published by Recorded Books
 
A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré, narrated by Tom Hollander, published by Penguin Audio                                                                                                                                              

Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles, narrated by Scott Brick, published by HarperAudio

2013 Audie Award Nominees

Audio Publishers Association announced the nominees for the 2013 Audie Awards recognizing the best in spoken word entertainment. Winners  will be announced at the Audies Gala May 30, 2013, at the New York Historical Society in New York City. For nominees in all categories, go HERE.

Here are the Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction Related Nominees:

Mystery
For excellence in narration, direction, engineering, mix and abridgment when applicable of an unabridged or abridged mystery audiobook, usually featuring a protagonist trying to solve a crime, usually a murder committed early in the story.
The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas by Chris Ewan, read by Simon Vance (AudioGO)
Hush Money by Chuck Greaves, read by Dan Butler (AudioGO)
The Nightmare by Lars Kepler, read by Mark Bramhall (Macmillan Audio)
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman, read by Linda Emond (Harper Audio)
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny, read by Ralph Cosham (Macmillan Audio)

Thriller/Suspense
Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth, read by Bronson Pinchot (Blackstone Audiobooks)
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis, read by Katherine Kellgren (AudioGO)
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz, read by David Aaron Baker (Brilliance Audio)
The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell, read by Barbara Rosenblat (Recorded Books)
Rise Again by Ben Tripp, read by Kirsten Potten (Tantor Media)

Fiction  
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes, read by Samuel L. Jackson (Audible)
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, read by Edoardo Ballerini (Harper Audio)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, read by Claire Danes (Audible, Inc)
The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig, read by David Aaron BAker (Recorded Books)
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon, read by Edoardo Ballerini (Audible)

Original Work
Gun Church by Reed Farrel Coleman, read by Joe Barrett, John Keating (Audible)
(see other nominees here)

Package Design: 
Savages by Don Winslow, Read by Michael Kramer (Tantor Media)

Audie Award Nominees 2011

And, for those of you who 'read' your books with your ears, here's the list of Audie Award Nominees from the Audio Publishers Association. These awards recognize the best in audiobooks. The winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on May 24, 2011in New York City.

Awards are given out in many categories. These are the nominees for excellence in narration, direction, engineering, mix and abridgment (when applicable) of an unabridged or abridged mystery or thriller/suspense audiobook. Narrator(s) and publisher in parentheses. Thanks to Omnimystery News for this information. For the complete list of nominees, go HERE.

Mystery
Dog Tags by David Rosenfelt (Grover Gardner, Listen & Live Audio)
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (Katherine Kellgren, Audible.com)
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré (Robin Sachs, Penguin)
The Dead Room by Chris Mooney (Regina Reagan, Isis Publishing)
The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Peter Giles, Hachette Audio)
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George (John Lee, HarperCollins)

Thriller/Suspense
Dead Aim by Thomas Perry (Michael Kramer, Tantor Media)
Interface by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George (Oliver Wyman, Audible.com)
The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds (Kate Reading, Blackstone Audio)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Reg Keeland, Random House Audio)
Vengeance by A. J. Scudiere (Kristoffer Tabori, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Don Leslie, Griffyn Ink)