The Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for an audiobook collection of short stories released in a given year. From 2000 to 2001 it was given as the Audie Award for Short Stories, Essays, or Collections. It has been awarded since 2000.
Winners and finalists 2000s Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) PublisherResult2000 Malice Domestic: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1997) et al. , Juliet Mills, Judy Geeson, Christopher Cazenove, Stephanie Beacham, Reed Diamond, and William Windom NewStar MediaWinner Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories (1993) , Harlan Ellison, Elliott Gould, John Rubinstein, and Jerry Zaks NewStar MediaFinalist Zoe Caldwell reads Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales (1999) and Zoe Caldwell NYS Theatre Institute/Family Classic Audio BooksFinalist2001Ten by Maugham (2000)Full castKCRWWinnerHigh: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (1998), George Guidall, Simon Prebble, and Alan SklarListen & Live AudioFinalistMe Talk Pretty One Day (2000)Time Warner AudioBooksFinalist2002Blood: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War (2000) et al., Colleen Delany, Grover Gardner, Barrett Whitener, and Delores King WilliamsListen & Live AudioWinnerStories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1989), Peter Gallagher, Blythe Danner, Eric Stoltz, Martha Plimpton, Dylan Baker, Parker Posey, Bill Irwin, and Campbell ScottHarperAudioFinalistTexas Bound IV (2001), Larry Hagman, and Judith IveyArts & Letters Live/Southern Methodist University PressFinalist2003Classic Women's Short Stories (1994), Kate Chopin, and Virginia Woolf, Liza Ross, and Teresa GallagherNaxos AudiobooksWinnerClassic Chinese Short Stories (vol. 1) (2003), Lin Yu Tang, P'u Sung-ling, et al.Audio ConnoisseurFinalistIn the Ravine & Other Short Stories (1900)Naxos AudiobooksFinalistMy Man Jeeves (1919)Audio PartnersFinalist and Other Stories (1991)BBC Audiobooks AmericaFinalist2004Home on the Prairie: Stories from Lake Wobegon (2003)HighBridge AudioWinnerClassic Chinese Short Stories (vol. 2) (2004), Lien Pu, Hsieh Liang, Mao Tun, and Feng Meng-lungAudio ConnoisseurFinalistDrinking Coffee Elsewhere (2003)HighBridge AudioFinalistShepherds Abiding (2003)Penguin AudiobooksFinalist (2003), Blythe Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plimpton, and Meryl StreepCaedmon/HarperAudioFinalist2005Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)Time Warner AudioBooksWinnerChain of Command (2004) and Seymour HershHarperAudioFinalistHeavenly Date and Other Flirtations (1995), Lisette Lecat, and Susan LyonsRecorded BooksFinalist, Vol. 3 (2004)Audio ConnoisseurFinalistTwisted (2003), Michele Pawk, and Frederick WellerSimon & Schuster AudioFinalist2006Runaway (2004)BBC Audiobooks AmericaWinnerFacts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1990), Johnny Stange, Randolph Jones, Barbara Caruso, and David LedouxHighBridge AudioFinalistFairy Tales (TBD) (trans. Tina Nunnally) and Richard MatthewsPenguin AudiobooksFinalist (2004), Lisette Lecat, Steven Crossley, Danai Gurira, and Nyambi NyambiRecorded BooksFinalist (2007), Simon Jones, and Margaret LeightonHarperAudioFinalist2007This I Believe (2006) and Dan Gediman, Martha Graham, et al.Audio RenaissanceWinnerFragile Things (2006)HarperAudioFinalist (2006)Blackstone AudioFinalistParis Stories (2002) and Yuri RasovskyBlackstone AudioFinalist (2005) and Caroline LeeBolinda AudioFinalist200820th Century Ghosts (2005)HarperAudioWinnerBig Country (2007)Blackstone AudioFinalistGrace Under Fire (2007)Tantor AudioFinalistGrowing Up Ethnic in America (1999) et al.Full castPenguin AudioFinalistSelected Readings from The Portable Dorothy Parker (2006)Blackstone AudioFinalist2009Armageddon in Retrospect (2008) and Michael VonnegutPenguin AudioWinnerFine Just the Way It Is (2008)Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist (2008) and Bruce GeorgeFull castAudibleFinalistThis I Believe II (2004) and Dan GedimanFull castMacmillan AudioFinalistWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008)Hachette AudioFinalist
2010s Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) PublisherResult2010 Black Magazine Audio Magazine (Vol. 1) (2009), Paul Cain, Frederick Nebel, Reuben J. Shay, Dashiell Hammett, and William Cole Full cast Blackstone AudioWinner (1887–1927) Audio ConnoisseurFinalist Just After Sunset (2008) , Jill Eikenberry, Holter Graham, George Guidall, Ron McLarty, Denis O'Hare, and full cast Simon & Schuster AudioFinalist Love Letters of Great Men (vol. 2) (2008) Macmillan AudioFinalist Nothing with Strings (2008) Tantor AudioFinalist2011Stories: All-New Tales (2010), Jonathan Davis, Peter Francis James, Katherine Kellgren, and Euan MortonHarperAudioWinnerA Matter of Matter (1949), R. F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, Tait Ruppert, and Josh ThompsonGalaxy PressFinalistAnd Thereby Hangs a Tale (2010)Macmillan AudioFinalistHow Did You Get This Number (2010)Penguin AudioFinalistFord County (2009)Random House AudioFinalist (2009)Recorded BooksFinalistLong After Midnight (1976)Tantor AudioFinalist2012Selected Shorts: New American Stories (2011), Jhumpa Lahiri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Sherman Alexie, Rita Wolf, Condola Rashad, and BD WongSymphony SpaceWinnerBlack Mask Stories (Vol. 1) (2011), Erle Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett, George Harmon Coxe, Frederick Nebel, and Lester DentFull castHighBridge AudioFinalistBullfighting (2011)AudioGOFinalist (1980), Gabra Zackman, Marc Vietor, Kevin Pariseau, L. J. Ganser, Katherine Kellgren, Allyson Johnson, Victor Bevine, Elisabeth Rodgers, Jonathan Davis, Oliver Wyman, Jeremy Gage, Eileen Stevens, Joe Barrett, Jessica Almasy, Khristine Hvam, Suzanne Toren, Gayle Hendriz, and Mark BoyettAudibleFinalist and Other Stories (1892–1914)Tantor AudioFinalistYou Known When the Men Are Gone (2011)Tantor AudioFinalist2013Astray (2012), James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren, and Dion GrahamHachette AudioWinnerI Am an Executioner (2012) and Lina PatelDreamscape MediaFinalistSlouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)AudibleFinalistWelcome to Bordertown (2011) and Ellen Kushner, Ellen Kushner, Cassandra Campbell, and MacLeod AndrewsBrilliance AudioFinalistWhen It Happens to You (2012)HarperAudioFinalist2014Sherlock Holmes in America (2009), Martin H. Greenberg, and Daniel StashowerAudibleWinner (1951), Joe Barrett, Thérèse Plummer, Kevin Pariseau, Suzanne Toren, Edoardo Ballerini, and Barbara RosenblatAudibleFinalist (1989)Blackstone AudioFinalistNine Inches (2013), Andi Arndt, Tom Perrotta, and Rupert DegasMacmillan AudioFinalistNothing Gold Can Stay (2013), Robert Petkoff, Prentice Onayemi, Christian Baskous, and Phoebe StroleHarperAudioFinalistWe Live in Water (2013) and Jess WalterHarperAudioFinalist2015 (2014)Macmillan AudioWinnerDangerous Women (2014) and Gardner Dozois, Scott Brick, Karen Dotrice, Jonathan Frakes, Iain Glen, Janis Ian, Stana Katic, Inna Korobkina, Jenna Lamia, Lee Meriwether, Emily Rankin, Maggi-Meg Reed, Fred Sanders, Allan Scott-Douglas, Sophie Turner, Harriet Walter, and Jake WeberPenguin Random House AudioFinalistFaceoff (2014), Steve Berry, Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Linda Fairstein, Joseph Finder, Lisa Gardner, Heather Graham, Peter James, Raymond Khoury, Dennis Lehane, John Lescroart, Steve Martini, T. Jefferson Parker, Douglas Preston, Ian Rankin, James Rollins, M. J. Rose, John Sandford, R. L. Stine, and F. Paul Wilson, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jeremy Bobb, Daniel Gerroll, January LaVoy, and David BaldacciSimon & Schuster AudioFinalistHeroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths (1966)Graymalkin MediaFinalist (1988–2014), Danny Pudi, Al Yankovic, Felicia Day, Greg Grunberg, Melissa Rauch, Michael Chiklis, Sean Astin, Tom Felton, David Duchovny, Ice T, and Wil WheatonAudibleFinalist (2014)Macmillan AudioFinalist20162017 (2015), Luke Daniels, Tanya Eby, Talph Lister, Amy McFadden, Mikael Naramore, and Nick PodehlBlunder Woman Productions (via ACX)WinnerCertain Dark Things (2015)AudibleFinalistCoffee at Luke's (2007)Last Word AudioFinalist (2001), Jonathan Davis, and Ralph ListerAudibleFinalistEast, West (1994) and Steven CrossleyRecorded BooksFinalistKiller Women (2016), Alex Marwood, and Tammy Cohen, Adjoa Andoh, Rachel Atkins, and Carl PrekoppAudibleFinalist2018 (2017)AudibleWinnerDifficult Women (2017)AudibleFinalistGood Behavior (2016) and Julia WhelanBrilliance AudioFinalistTales of Ordinary Madness (1972)AudibleFinalistYou Don't Have to Say You Love Me (2017)Hachette Audio BooksFinalist2019Heads of the Colored People (2019)HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books)WinnerEveningland (2017)Recorded BooksFinalist (2018), Seth Rogen, Michael Shannon, Will Patton, Rodney Crowell, John Doe, Jim Fletcher, Ari Fliakos, Maggie Hoffman, Ross Marquand, and Neela VaswaniMacmillan AudioFinalist (1951)Tantor AudioFinalistYou Think It, I'll Say It (2018) and Mark DeakinsPenguin Random House AudioFinalist
2020s Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) PublisherResult2020 Full Throttle (2019) , Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Neil Gaiman, Ashleigh Cummings, Joe Hill, Laysla De Oliveira, Nate Corddry, Connor Jessup, Stephen Lang, and George Guidall HarperAudioWinner Evidence of the Affair (2018) , George Newbern, James Daniels, and Dara Rosenberg Brilliance AudioFinalist Forward (2019), Blake Crouch, N. K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay, and Andy Weir , Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, David Harbour, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar Brilliance AudioFinalist I'm Telling the Truth but I'm Lying (2019) HarperAudioFinalist Kabu Kabu (2013) and Whoopi Goldberg Tantor Audio (Recorded Books)Finalist2021 (2020) AudibleWinner Burnt Tongues (2014), Chris Lewis Carter, Gayle Towell, Tony Liebhard, Michael De Vito, Jr., Tyler Jones, Phil Jourdan, Richard Lemmer, Amanda Gowin, Matt Egan, Fred Venturini, Brandon Tietz, Adam Skorupskas, Bryan Howie, Brien Piechos, Jason M. Fylon, Terence James Eeles, Keith Bule, Gus Moreno, and Daniel W. Broallt , Jordan Killam, Pete Cross, Cady Zuckerman, Nick Mondelli, David Bendena, Pat Grimes, Mark Owen, Kat Rose-Martin, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Katherine Littrell, James Patrick Cronin, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Cary Hite, Qarie Marshall, Jack Meloche, Thom Rivera, Steve West, Steve Wojtas, Tanya Eby, and Patrick Lawlor DreamscapeFinalist Inquire Within (2020)IN-Q IN-Q HarperAudioFinalist Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine (2020) , Kevin T. Collins, and Ellen Archer Audible OriginalsFinalist Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (2020) Penguin Random House AudioFinalist2022Blackout (2021), Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, and Bahni TurpinHarperAudioWinner and Heidi Pitlor (editors) et al.HMH Audio (HarperCollins)FinalistBinge et al.Penguin Random House CanadaFinalistHow It EndsAudible OriginalsFinalistLyrics for Rock StarsV Press LCFinalist2023Getaway, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Catherine Steadman, Luanne Rice, Jess Lourey, and Rumaan Alam, Shayna Small, Samara Naeymi, Jennifer Jill Araya, Carly Robins, and Fajer Al-KaisiBrilliance PublishingWinnerGeneration Wonder and others, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Sarah Naughton, Mark Sanderlin, Ron Butler, James Anderson Foster, Jennifer Aquino, Tim Campbell, Jeanette Illidge, Ariana Delawari, Frankie Corzo, Kenny Ramos, and Eunice WongBlackstone AudioFinalistGiving the Devil His Due: A Charity Anthology (ed.)