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Audiobooks: The 2006 Audies Winners

The Audies® are annual awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. The 2006 Winners & Finalists for The Audies® are highlighted in this dynamic, multimedia document. Listen to sound clips of each title and read the review from AudioFile magazine.

The awards, given in 29 categories, were announced May 19, 2006 at an awards ceremony held in Washington, DC. I have listed all the winners from these categories.
1.
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 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Tertiary Phase (Audio)
by Douglas Adams, performed by Simon Jones, Geofffey McGovern and a Full Cast
  
2.
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 Q&A
by Vikas Swarup
  
3. A Slight Trick of the Mind
by Mitch Cullin
  
4.
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 Upstate (Audio)
by Kalisha Buckhanon, read by Heather Simms, Chadwick Boseman
  
5. The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peabody Mysteries)
by Elizabeth Peters
  
6. Origin in Death
by J.D. Robb
  
7. Market Forces
by Richard K. Morgan
  
8. Grace Will Lead Me Home: A Novel
by Katherine Valentine
  
9. Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne
  
10. Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
by Jonathan Eig
  
11. The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
  
12. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl
  
13. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (Men's Edition)
by Gary Chapman
  
14. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins
  
15. Arnie, the Doughnut
by Laurie Keller
  
16. The Star of Kazan
by Eva Ibbotson
  
17. Finding God in Unexpected Places
by Philip Yancey
  
18. The Truth (with jokes)
by Al Franken
  
19. Runaway
by Alice Munro
  
20. Famous Composers
by Darren Henley
  
21.
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 Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
  
22. Breath of Snow of Ashes
by Diana Gabaldon
  
23. The Tender Bar: A Memoir
by J.R. Moehringer
  
24. Raymond and Hannah (Harvest Original)
by Stephen Marche
  
25.
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 The Sherlock Holmes Theatre (Audio)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle read by Martin Jarvis, Kristoffer Tabori et al.
  
26. Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters
by Nikki Silva
  
27. The Hiding Place
by Corrie ten Boom
  
28. At the Back of the North Wind
by Murray Watts
  
29. El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
  
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Created by mofo269 on Jul 14, 2006.