The Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a religious or spiritual audiobook released in a given year. Before 2019, this was given as two distinct awards, the Audie Award for Inspirational and Faith-Based Fiction (awarded since 2003) and the Audie Award for Inspirational and Faith-Based Nonfiction (awarded since 1997), known as the Audie Award for Inspirational or Spiritual Title before 2007.
Faith-based fiction and nonfiction recipients 2010s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2019 (2017) AudibleWinner (2018) Macmillan AudioFinalist Goliath Code (2017) ACZ/Audible Pull It Off: Removing Your Fears and Putting On Confidence (2018) Hachette Audio (2017) Podium Publishing
2020s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2020 How the Light Gets In (2018) Oasis AudioWinner Breathe Again (2019) Oasis AudioFinalist Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind (2019) HarperAudio Dare to See: Discovering God in the Everyday (2019) Hachette Audio (2017) The Audio Flow2021 Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire (2020) Thomas NelsonWinner Chasing Vines (2020) Oasis AudioFinalist Cliff Falls: The Missing Pieces Edition (2020) Cliff Falls Media Old School Love (2020) and Justine Simmons and Justine Simmons HarperAudio (2019) Hachette Audio2022 Brilliance PublishingWinnerCrazy Faith Penguin Random House AudioFinalist HarperAudioHe Saw That It Was Good and Chris Broussard Penguin Random House AudioHome Sweet RoadJohnnyswim Penguin Random House Audio2023Dark Angel and Jeffrey WilsonTyndale HouseWinnerMarriage Be Hard and Melissa Fredericks and Melissa FredericksPenguin Random House AudioFinalistPart of My World and Carol Traver, foreword by Paige O'HaraTyndale HouseHarperAudioYou Should Sit Down for ThisHachette Audio2024Dark Fall and Jeffrey WilsonTyndale House PublishersWinnerRecorded BooksFinalistOnce We Were Home and Vikas AdamMacmillan AudioSix Sermons and a full castAudible OriginalsSoul Boom - Why We Need a Spiritual RevolutionHachette Audio2025HarperAudioWinnerDo the New You Hachette AudioFinalistIntercessorCovenant BooksLife-Minded Our Daily Bread PublishingMostly What God Does HarperAudio2026Silent Horizons and Jack StewartTyndale FictionWinnerChristian AudioFinalistEmbergoldOasis AudioEvery Deadly SuspicionTyndale Fiction, The Dream Keeper Saga Book 5Crossway/Good News Publishing and Jesse VilinskyHarperAudio
Nonfiction recipients 1997–2018 1990s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 1997 (1996) Random House AudioWinner Conversations with God (1995) , Edward Asner, and Ellen Burstyn Audio LiteratureFinalist Grow Old Along with Me: The Best Is Yet to Be (1996) , Ellen Burstyn, C. C. H. Pounder, and Alfre Woodard Audio Literature1998 Just As I Am (1997) Hachette AudioWinner Girlfriends: Invisible Bonds, Enduring Tales (1995) and Tamara Traeder , Katy Hickman, and Amy Hill Audio LiteratureFinalist (1949) HighBridge Audio1999 Still Me (1999) Random House AudioWinner : Old Testament (1611) et al. Dove AudioFinalist (1970) Oasis Audio
2000s Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s)(s) Publisher Result 2000 Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (1999) and Phillip Berman Time Warner AudioBooksWinner Friendship with God (2002) , Edward Asner, and Ellen Burstyn NewStar MediaFinalist Song of the Sun (1999) Sounds True2001 It's Not About the Bike (2000) and Sally Jenkins HighBridge AudioWinner How to Know God (2000) Random House AudioFinalist Like Gold Refined (2000) Recorded Books2002 NIV Audio Bible: New Testament (1978)Zondervan Publishing Full cast Zondervan PublishingWinner (1978) Fellowship for the Performing ArtsFinalist Safely Home (2001) Tyndale Audio2003 Conversations with God for Teens (2001) , Alanis Morissette, LeVar Burton, and full cast Listening LibraryWinner Restoring Faith (2001) et al. The Audio PartnersFinalist Sister Wit (2002) , Bishop T. D. Jakes, and Melody Butiu Time Warner AudioBooks Wild & Wacky Totally True Bible Stories!: Volume 1 (2002) Tommy Nelson2004 (2001) MakocheWinner Creating True Peace (2005) Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist In the Presence of My Enemies (2003) and Dean Merrill Tyndale Audio (2003)His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler and B. D. Wong Simon & Schuster Audio (2003) Brilliance Audio2005 (2003) , John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin, and Andre Watts Simon & Schuster AudioWinner (2003) Zondervan PublishingFinalist (2003) Brilliance Audio NIrV: The Little Kid's Adventure Bible (1996) Full cast Zondervan Publishing (2003) and Hana Ali and Hana Ali Simon & Schuster Audio2006 Finding God in Unexpected Places (1995) Brilliance AudioWinner It's Not Easy Being Green (2005) and Friends Hyperion AudioFinalist (2005) Hachette Audio Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers (2005) , B. D. Wong, Blair Brown, and Richard Kind Time Warner AudioBooksLiving in God's Love (2005)Penguin AudioVaranasi (2005)Soundwalk2007 Inspired by... The Bible Experience: New Testament (2007)Media Group , Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast Zondervan PublishingWinnerMama Made the Difference (2006)Penguin AudiobooksFinalist (2006) HighBridge Audio: Remix (TBD)Full castOasis Audio (1942)Blackstone Audio2008 Inspired by... The Bible Experience: Old Testament (2007)Media Group , Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast Zondervan PublishingWinner Ana's Story (2007) Hachette AudioFinalist Anger (2007) Oasis Audio Finding Home (2007) Oasis Audio (2006)ChristianAudioVienna Prelude (2005)FamilyAudioLibrary.com2009 The Word of Promise: Next Generation (1982) , Cody Linley, AnnaSophia Robb, Jordin Sparks, and full cast Thomas NelsonWinnerAbraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage (2008)Oasis AudioFinalistLife Beyond Measure (2008)HarperAudioMother Teresa: Come By My Light (2007) and Sherry Kennedy-BrownriggSt. Anthony Messenger Press (1963) and John and Elizabeth SherrillChristianAudio
2010s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2010 Audio Bible (1982), Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and full castThomas NelsonWinner (1971) ChristianAudioFinalist Lord of the Ringless (2008) Voice-Overs.com (2009) and Denise GeorgeOasis Audio What Southern Women Know About Faith (2009) Zondervan Publishing2011 In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving (2010) and Sean Tuohy and Sally Jenkins and Sean Tuohy, Kathleen McInerney, and Rick AdamsonMacmillan AudioWinner : A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms (2010) Brilliance AudioFinalist God Never Blinks (2010) Hachette Audio Shattered (2010) and Ellen VaughnOasis Audio Toward a True Kinship of Faiths (2010) His Holiness the Dalai LamaRandom House Audio2012 , NIV: The Bible As One Continuing Story of God and His People (1978), Allison Moffett, and full castZondervan PublishingWinner All Is Grace (2011) and John BlaséChristianAudioFinalist (2011) Audible The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything (2010) Audible Resolving Everyday Conflict (2011) ChristianAudio2013 Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Seal Team Six Operator Adam Brown (2012) eChristianWinner Anna and the King of Siam (1944) eChristianFinalist King James Version Audio Bible: Pure Voice (1611) et al.Zondervan Publishing His Love Endures Forever eChristian Real Marriage (2012) and Grace Driscoll and William DufriseChristian2014 Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman—90,000 Lives Changed (2013) and Sarah J. RobbinsHachette AudioWinner Break Out! (2013) Hachette AudioFinalist Called to the Fire (2012) eChristian Grace Happens Here (2012) , Kate Rudd, and Luke DanielsBrilliance Audio Sparkly Green Earrings (2013) eChristian2015 Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer (2014) and Thomas NelsonThomas NelsonWinner Living a Life That Matters (2012) and Jonathan SilvermanRemembrance PublishingFinalist Prepared for a Purpose (2014) eChristian (1999) Audible Steel Will (2014) eChristian2016 (2015) ChristianAudioWinner And Then There Were Nuns (2013) Post Hypnotic PressFinalist Glory Days (2015) Thomas Nelson/HarperAudio The Pastor's Wife (1970) ChristianAudio Through the Eyes of a Lion (2015) Thomas Nelson/HarperAudio2017 (2015) and Andy HardinThomas NelsonWinner Divine Collision: An African Boy, an American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom (2016) and Jason WhiteOasis AudioFinalist Forgiving My Daughter's Killer (2016) and Nancy French and Nick PodehlBrilliance Audio (2016) Thomas Nelson Space at the Table (2016) and Drew Harper and Drew HarperOasis Audio2018 Fire Road: The Napalm Girl's Journey Through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace (2017) HighBridge AudioWinner (2017) Thomas NelsonFinalist Of Mess and Moxie (2017) Thomas Nelson : What a Smiling God Brings to a Wounded World (2017) ChristianAudio Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life (2016) Random House AudioWe Stood Upon Stars (2017)Oasis Audio
Fiction recipients 2003–2018
2000s Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s)(s) Publisher Result 2003 Hidden Victory (2011) Recorded BooksWinner In This Mountain (2002) Penguin Random House AudioFinalist (2001) Audio Renaissance (2002) and Jerry B. Jenkins Recorded Books (2002) and Jack Sondericker Time Warner AudioBooks2004 Treasure of Stonewycke (1995) and Judith Pella Recorded BooksWinner Armageddon (2003) and Jerry B. Jenkins Recorded BooksFinalist Cover Girls (1984) Time Warner AudioBooks (2003) Audio Renaissance This Far By Faith (2003) and Quinton Dixie HarperAudio2005 (1956) HarperAudioWinner (2004) Oasis AudioFinalist (1999) Recorded Books Soul Tracker (2004) Zondervan Publishing (2003) Oasis Audio2006 Grace Will Lead Me Home (2004) Recorded BooksWinner Forgiven (2005) Brilliance AudioFinalist Just Above a Whisper (2005) Oasis Audio Lost in Rooville (2005) Oasis Audio (2005) (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) HarperAudio2007 (2008) Audio RenaissanceWinner Divine (2006) Brilliance AudioFinalist Grace at Low Tide (2005) Recorded Books Knitting (1977) Bolinda Audio (2005) Recorded Books2008 River Rising (2005) Recorded BooksWinner Ever After (2006) Zondervan PublishingFinalist Not Easily Broken (2006) BBC Audiobooks America (2007) and Deborah Bedford Hachette Audio Renovating Becky Miller (2007) Recorded Books2009 Prague Counterpoint (1989) FamilyAudioLibrary.comWinner Adam (2008) Oasis AudioFinalist John (2008) Bolinda Audio (2007) Oasis Audio (2006) Recorded Books
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