Audie Award - Classics

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 5:43pm

The Audie Awards are given out annually by the Audio Publisher's Association for the best in audiobooks.

 

2008

Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by Alfred Molina. Treasure Island
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, an innkeeper and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. (Unabridged CD)

2007

Harper Lee. Read by Sissy Spacek. To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus Finch, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him. (Unabridged CD)

2006

Jules Verne. Read by Jim Dale. Around the World in 80 Days
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. (Unabridged CD)
 

2005

Charles Dickens. Read by Jim Dale. A Christmas Carol
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. (Unabridged CD)
 

2004

John Steinbeck. Read by Richard Poe. East of Eden
Adam and Charles Trask are raised by their stern father to become soldiers. But even as boys, they are at war. Adam's gentle passivity enrages the fiercely competitive Charles, who is sure his father favors Adam. Cathy Ames is beautiful but amoral; she uses the world to get what she wants. When Adam falls under her spell, she become a force that will poison both brothers and the future generations of two families. (Unabridged Cassette)
 

2003

William Somerset Maugham. Read by Charlton Griffin. The Short Stories of W.S. Maugham, Vol. 2

2002

Betty Smith. Read by Kate Burton. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The story of the Nolan family, including daughter Francie, and life in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn during the early part of the 20th century. (Unabridged Cassette)
 

2001

William Somerset Maugham. Read by Charlton Griffin. The Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vol. 1
 

2000

C.S. Lewis. Read by John Cleese. The Screwtape Letters
Lewis' most famous work is a series of letters from a senior devil to a junior "agent in the field", instructing him in the arts of temptation. (Abridged Cassette)

1999

John Steinbeck. Read by Dylan Baker. The Grapes of Wrath
The novel about the plight of American farmers who were forced off their farms by drought and foreclosure during the 1930's. (Unabridged Cassette & CD)