The Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It has been awarded since 2004.
Winners and finalists 2000s Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.2004 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) Random House AudioWinner , James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and full cast Hyperion AudiobooksFinalist David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall (2003) Time Warner AudioBooksFinalist (1589–1614) The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.Finalist (1947–1964) , Blythe Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plimpton, and Meryl StreepCaedmon/HarperAudioFinalist2005 My Life (2004) Random House AudioWinner (1999) HarperAudioFinalist Ulysses (1918–1920) and Marcella Riordan Naxos AudioBooks, LtdFinalist2006 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004) , Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast BBC Audiobooks AmericaWinner Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) Random House AudioFinalist The Truth (With Jokes) (2005) Brilliance AudioFinalist2007 Inspired by... The Bible Experience: New Testament (2007)Media Group , Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast Zondervan PublishingWinner This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2004) and Dan Gediman , Martha Graham, and full cast Audio RenaissanceFinalist To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) HarperAudio/CaedmonFinalistWorld War Z (2006) , Mark Hamill, Carl Reiner, and full castRandom House AudioFinalist2008 (2007) , David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, James Grady, David Hewson, P. J. Parrish, and Jeffery Deaver AudibleWinner Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) Random House/Listening LibraryFinalist I Am America (And So Can You!) (2007) with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, and Jon Stewart Hachette AudioFinalistInspired by... The Bible Experience: Old Testament (2007) Media Group, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full castZondervan PublishingFinalist (2007) Scholastic AudioFinalist2009 (2008) HarperAudioWinner Brisingr (2008) Listening LibraryFinalist (2008) Macmillan AudioFinalist
2010s Year AudiobookAuthor Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.2010 Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (2002) , Whoopi Goldberg, and full cast Hachette AudioWinner (2009) and Patrick Swayze Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist (2009) , Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and full cast Thomas NelsonFinalist2011 Life (2010) and Joe Hurley (feat. Keith Richards) Hachette AudioWinner (2010) AudibleFinalist (2010) and Kevin P. Free AudibleFinalist2012 Bossypants (2011) Hachette AudioWinner Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) Audible/Brilliance AudioFinalist American Gods (2001) and full cast HarperAudioFinalist Steve Jobs (2011) Simon & Schuster Audio/Recorded BooksFinalist2013 (1951) AudibleWinner American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America (2012) , Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Christeta Comerford, Sam Kass, Bill Yosses, and full cast Random House AudioFinalist Beautiful Ruins (2012) HarperAudioFinalist Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (2012) and Martin Dugard Macmillan AudioFinalist2014 Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? (2013) Macmillan AudioWinner (2012) Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist (1990) Bryan Cranston AudibleFinalist2015 Mandela: An Audio History (2014) , Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman HighBridge (Recorded Books)Winner (2013) Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist (2008) , Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and full cast HarperAudioFinalistWhat I Know For Sure (2014)Macmillan AudioFinalist Yes Please (2014) , Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner HarperAudioFinalist2016 (2015) , Louise Brealey, and India Fisher Penguin Audio/Books on TapeWinner Go Set a Watchman (2015) HarperAudioFinalist (2015) Macmillan AudioFinalist (2014) and Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios Bolinda AudioFinalist2017 Hamilton: The Revolution (2016) and Jeremy McCarter , Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jeremy Carter Hachette AudioWinner Boys in the Trees (2015) Macmillan AudioFinalist (2016) Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist (2016) Penguin Random House Audio/Books on TapeFinalist Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person (2015) Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist2018 Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) , David Sedaris, George Saunders, and full cast Random House AudioWinner Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016) AudibleFinalistColumbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1 (2017) Podium PublishingFinalist The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition (1985) and Valerie Martin , Margaret Atwood, and full cast AudibleFinalist (2017) HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books)Finalist2019 Children of Blood and Bone (2018) Macmillan AudioWinner (2018) and Sean CrisdenHighBridge Audio (Recorded Books)FinalistBeastie Boys Book (2018) and Adam Horovitz, Adam Horovitz, and full castPenguin Random House AudioFinalistCalypso (2018) Hachette AudioFinalist (2018) Oasis AudioFinalistI'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (2018) , Gillian Flynn, and Patton OswaltHarperAudioFinalist
2020s Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.2020The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (2019) and full cast Simon & Schuster AudioWinner Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1991) , Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and full cast Penguin Random House AudioFinalist Becoming (2018) Penguin Random House AudioFinalist Charlotte's Web (1952) and full cast Penguin Random House AudioFinalist (2019) HarperAudioFinalist (2019) , Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, and Margaret AtwoodPenguin Random House AudioFinalist2021 Piranesi (2020) Bloomsbury PLCWinner (2020) Audible OriginalsFinalist More Myself: A Journal (2020) Macmillan AudioFinalist (2020) Quyen Ngo DreamscapeFinalist We're Better Than This (2020) with James Dale , Laurence Fishburne, and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings HarperAudioFinalist2022Project Hail Mary (2021)Audible StudiosWinner (2020)Penguin Random House AudioFinalist(2021)HarperAudioFinalist (2021)William DeMerittHachette AudioFinalist2023Finding Me (2022)Harper AudioWinner (2021) and The New York Times Magazine, edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein, January LaVoy and full castPenguin Random House AudioFinalistMiracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon (2021) and Bruce Headlam, Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce HeadlamPushkin IndustriesFinalistRemarkably Bright Creatures (2022) and Michael UrieHarperAudioFinalistWake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2022) (adapter), based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez, Chanté Adams, Jerrie Johnson, Folake Olowofoyeku, Bahni Turpin, and full cast Podium AudioFinalist2024SurrenderBonoBonoPenguin Random House AudioWinnerAll the Sinners Bleed (2023)Macmillan AudioFinalistInside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound Pushkin IndustriesFinalistSing a Black Girl's Song, edited by Imani Perry, foreword by Tarana Burke, D. Woods, and full castHachette AudioFinalistTom Lake (2023)HarperAudioFinalist2025My Name Is Barbra (2023)Penguin Random House AudioFinalistGeorge Orwell’s 1984, adapted by Joe White, Cynthia Erivo, and full castAudible OriginalsFinalistPlayground, Robin Siegerman, and full castSpotify AudiobooksFinalistPoor DeerHarperAudioFinalistMacmillan AudioFinalist2026Sunrise on the Reaping (2025)Scholastic AudioWinner with Garrett M. Graff, Vikas Adam, Arthur Bishop, Nicholas Boulton, Carlotta Brentan, Matthew Bridges, Danny Campbell, Neo Cihi, Raphael Corkhill, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Vas Eli, Kevin R. Free, Mieko Gavia, Holter Graham, Adam Grupper, JD Jackson, Simon Jones, Caitlin Kelly, Elisabeth Lagalée, Saskia Maarleveld, Jefferson Mays, Dan John Miller, Mirai, Brian Nishii, Joy Osmanski, Lee Osorio, Mizuo Peck, Robert Petkoff, Jacques Roy, and Rob ShapiroSimon & Schuster AudioFinalistKing of AshesMacmillan AudioFinalistPride and Prejudice (1813) and Lulu Raczka, Harris Dickinson, Glenn Close, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bill Nighy, Sophie Wilde, Jessie Buckley, Toheeb Jimoh, Patricia Allison, Bertie Carvel, Leah Hazard, David Gyasi, Rosalind Eleazar, and a full castAudible OriginalsFinalistShield of Sparrows and Jason ClarkeTantor AudioFinalistWild Dark Shore (2025), Katherine Littrell, Cooper Mortlock, and Steve WestMacmillan AudioFinalist
References
External links
Audie Award winners Audie Awards official website