The 2004 Audie Award Finalists

The Audio Publishers Association announced the finalists for the ninth annual Audie Awards. Here is a sampling from the 27 categories:

Abridged Fiction:
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 PLACE OF HIDING by Elizabeth George, read by Simon Jones (Random House Audio)

THE STONE CARVERS by Jane Urquhart, read by Nicky Guadagni (BTC Audiobooks)

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger, read by Maggi-Meg Reed and Christopher Burns (HighBridge Audio)

Unabridged Fiction:
ALL OVER CREATION by Ruth Ozeki, read by Anna Fields (Blackstone Audiobooks)

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 (HarperAudio)

THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri, read by Sarita Choudhury (Random House Audio)

Abridged Nonfiction:
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, written and read by Gail Sheehy (Brilliance Audio)

THE OPPOSITE OF FATE, written and read by Amy Tan (Brilliance Audio)

Unabridged Nonfiction:
THE BOUNTY by Caroline Alexander, read by Michael York (Penguin Audiobooks, and Books on Tape, A Division of Random House, Inc.)

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR by George Crile, read by Christopher Lane (Blackstone Audiobooks)

FLYBOYS, written and read by James Bradley (Time Warner AudioBooks)

KRAKATOA, written and read by Simon Winchester (HarperAudio)

NAKED IN BAGHDAD by Anne Garrels, read by Anne Garrels and Vint Lawrence (Audio Renaissance, A Division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC)

The winners will be announced on June 4, 2004. For more information about the Audio Publishers Association and the Audie Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org.

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