AUDIOBOOK ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM

SLEEPING BEAUTY

by Ross Macdonald

Narrated by a full cast featuring Harris Yulin and Edward Asner (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

FINALIST TITLES

Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater by Garrison Keillor; narrated by Tim Russell, Tom Keith, Sue Scott, Allison Janney, Karen Braga, Victoria Clark, Chris Forth, Alice Playten, Walter Bobbie, and Erica Rhodes (HighBridge Audio)

Taking Charge written and read by Michael B. Beschloss (Simon & Schuster Audio)

BEST NEW PUBLISHER

SELLING POWER LIVE!

by Laura Day, Nido Qubein, Tom Hopkins, Jose Suquet, and Art Sobczak

Narrated by Laura Day, Nido Qubein, Tom Hopkins, Jose Suquet, and Art Sobczak (Personal Selling Power, Inc.)Selling Power Live! is published by Personal Selling Power, Inc. located in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

FINALIST TITLES

Magazines on Tape by Personal Audio; narrated by a full cast (Personal Audio, LLC)

Old Man Thunder: Father of the Bullet Train written and read by Bill Hosokawa (Sogo Way)

BUSINESS

POUR YOUR HEART INTO IT: HOW STARBUCKS BUILT A COMPANY ONE CUP AT A TIME

by Howard Schultz

Narrated by Eric Conger (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Ben & Jerry's Double-Dip Capitalism written and read by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Forbes Great Minds of Business written and read by Andrew Grove, Fred Smith, Peter Lynch, Pleasant Rowland, and Paul Volcker (Simon & Schuster Audio)

CHILDREN'S PRODUCTION

REDWALL

by Brian Jacques

Narrated by a full cast (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine; narrated by Zachary Carlin, et al. (Walt Disney Records)

Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner; narrated by Novella Nelson (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

CHILDREN'S TITLE

REDWALL: BOOKS 1, 2 & 3

by Brian Jacques

Narrated by a full cast (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper written and read by John R. Erickson (Gulf Publishing Company)

The Amber Brown Collection by Paula Danziger; narrated by Alicia Witt (Listening Library)

EDUCATIONAL/HOW-TO/INSTRUCTIONAL

STOKES FIELD GUIDE TO BIRD SONGS

by Lang Elliot with Donald and Lillian Stokes

Narrated by Lang Elliot with Donald and Lillian Stokes (Time Warner AudioBooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Divine Singing written and read by Chaitanya Kabir (Sounds True)

Kaplan Word Power written and read by Kaplan (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FICTION, ABRIDGED

GOD'S LITTLE ACRE

by Erskine Caldwell

Narrated by Burt Reynolds (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara; narrated by George Hearn (HighBridge Audio)

The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton; narrated by Mare Winningham (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FICTION, UNABRIDGED

THE BREAKER

by Kit Denton

Narrated by Terence Donovan (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

American Pastoral by Philip Roth; narrated by Ron Silver (Dove Audio)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; narrated by Jeremy Irons (Random House Audio)

HUMOR

DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY

by Douglas Adams

Narrated by Douglas Adams (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Babyhood written and read by Paul Reiser (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing by Patrick F. McManus; narrated by Terry Beaver (Simon & Schuster Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL

JUST AS I AM: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BILLY GRAHAM

by Billy Graham

Narrated by Cliff Barrows (HarperAudio)

FINALIST TITLES

Girlfriends: Invisible Bonds, Enduring Tales by Carmen Renee Berry and Tamara Traeder; narrated by Cindy Williams, Katy Hickman, and Amy Hill (Audio Literature)

The Greatest Story Ever Told by Fulton Oursler; narrated by Edward Herrmann (HighBridge Audio)

MULTI-VOICED NARRATION

LEWIS & CLARK: THE JOURNEY OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY

by Dayton Duncan

Narrated by Ken Burns, Adam Arkin, Donovan Sylvest, David Magee, and Jason Culp (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Abuse of Power by Stanley I. Kutler; narrated by David Ackroyd, David Dukes, and William Windom (Dove Audio)

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells; narrated by Leonard Nimoy, Jerry Hardin, Gates McFadden, Dwight Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent Spiner, and Wil Wheaton (Listening Library)

MULTI-VOICED PRESENTATION

WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

by Faith D'Alusio and Peter Menzel

Narrated by CCH Pounder (Audio Literature)

FINALIST TITLES

Star Wars—Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire by William C. Dietz; narrated by Randall Berger, et al. (HighBridge Audio)

Voices of the Civil War: Gettysburg by Time-Life Books ; narrated by a full cast (Time Warner AudioBooks)

MYSTERY (FICTION)

VINTAGE CRIME STORIES

by Charles Dickens, Ruth Rendell, et al.

Narrated by Patrick Malahide (Tangled Web Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke; narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett; narrated by William Dufris (Isis Publishing)

NON-FICTION, ABRIDGED

WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

by Faith D'Alusio and Peter Menzel

Narrated by CCH Pounder (Audio Literature)

FINALIST TITLES

Bound Feet & Western Dress written and read by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang (Audio Literature)

Wait Till Next Year written and read by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster Audio)

NON-FICTION, UNABRIDGED

JAMES HERRIOT'S ANIMAL STORIES

by James Herriot

Narrated by Christopher Timothy (Audio Renaissance)

FINALIST TITLES

The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot; narrated by Christopher Timothy (Chivers North America)

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom; narrated by Mitch Albom (Brilliance Audio)

ORIGINAL WORK

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES: A RADIO TRIBUTE

by BBC Productions

Narrated by a full cast (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Ambush at Fort Bragg by Tom Wolfe; narrated by Edward Norton (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

How the West Was Read, Volume 2 by Robert J. Randisi; narrated by Lee Marshall and Kitty Brooks (DH Audio/Durkin Hayes)

PACKAGE DESIGN

LOLITA

by Vladimir Nabokov

Narrated by Jeremy Irons (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris; narrated by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris, and Ann Magnuson (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Selena: Como la Flor written and read by Joe Nick Patoski (B&B Audio)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (SELF-HELP)

THE REST OF US: DISPATCHES FROM THE MOTHER SHIP

by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Narrated by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Penguin Audiobooks)

FINALIST TITLES

The Gift of Fear written and read by Gavin De Becker (Audio Literature)

The Girlfriend's Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood written and read by Vicki Iovine (DH Audio/Durkin Hayes)

POETRY

THE SPIRIT LEVEL: POEMS

by Seamus Heaney

Narrated by Seamus Heaney (Penguin Audiobooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; narrated by Todd Barton (Shambala Publications)

The Poetry of Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman; narrated by Joan Allen, et al. (Dove Audio)

POETRY

THE POETRY OF THE ROMANTICS

by John Keats, et al.

Narrated by Joan Allen, et al. (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Star Wars—Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire by William C. Dietz; narrated by Randall Berger, et al. (HighBridge Audio)

The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr; narrated by Boyd Gaines (Simon & Schuster Audio)

SOLO NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR

SULA

by Toni Morrison

Narrated by Toni Morrison (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

My Brother written and read by Jamaica Kincaid (Penguin Audiobooks)

Wobegon Boy written and read by Garrison Keillor (HighBridge Audio)

SOLO NARRATION—FEMALE

LAND GIRLS

by Angela Huth

Narrated by Carole Boyd (Isis Publishing)

FINALIST TITLES

Sin by Josephine Hart; narrated by Diana Rigg (Dove Audio)

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf; narrated by Eileen Atkins (Penguin Audiobooks)

SOLO NARRATION—MALE

AMERICAN PASTORAL

by Philip Roth

Narrated by Ron Silver (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley; narrated by Paul Winfield (Dove Audio)

The Classic Pooh Treasury: Volume 3 by A.A. Milne; narrated by Peter Dennis (K-tel International USA, Inc.)