Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year

Audio Publishers Association annual award for best audiobook

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

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Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.

### 2000s

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Year  | Audiobook  | Author(s)  | Narrator(s)  | Publisher  | Result  | Ref.

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2004
9th | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)  | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio  | Winner  | [1][2]
A Patriot's Handbook | Caroline Kennedy | Caroline Kennedy, James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and full cast  | Hyperion Audiobooks  | Finalist  | [2]
David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall (2003)  | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Time Warner AudioBooks  | Finalist  | [2]
The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare (1589–1614)  | William Shakespeare | The Arkangel Cast | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.  | Finalist  | [2]
The John Cheever Audio Collection (1947–1964)  | John Cheever | John Cheever, Blythe Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plimpton, and Meryl Streep | Caedmon/HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [2]
2005
10th | My Life (2004)  | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton | Random House Audio  | Winner  | [1][3]
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (1999)  | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [3]
Ulysses (1918–1920)  | James Joyce | Jim Norton and Marcella Riordan  | Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd  | Finalist  | [3]
2006
11th | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004)  | Douglas Adams | Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast  | BBC Audiobooks America  | Winner  | [1]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)  | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio  | Finalist  |
The Truth (With Jokes) (2005)  | Al Franken | Al Franken | Brilliance Audio  | Finalist  |
2007
12th | Inspired by... The Bible Experience: New Testament (2007)  | Media Group | Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast  | Zondervan Publishing  | Winner  | [1][4]
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2004)  | Jay Allison and Dan Gediman | Bill Gates, Martha Graham, and full cast  | Audio Renaissance  | Finalist  |
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)  | Harper Lee | Sissy Spacek | HarperAudio/Caedmon  | Finalist  |
World War Z (2006)  | Max Brooks | Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, Carl Reiner, and full cast  | Random House Audio  | Finalist  |
2008

13th

| The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller (2007)  | Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, James Grady, David Hewson, P. J. Parrish, and Jeffery Deaver | Alfred Molina | Audible  | Winner  | [1][5]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)  | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House/Listening Library  | Finalist  |
I Am America (And So Can You!) (2007)  | Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, and Jon Stewart | Hachette Audio  | Finalist  |
Inspired by... The Bible Experience: Old Testament (2007)  | Media Group | Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast  | Zondervan Publishing  | Finalist  |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)  | Brian Selznick | Jeff Woodman | Scholastic Audio  | Finalist  |
2009
14th | The Graveyard Book (2008)  | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio  | Winner  | [1][6][7]
Brisingr (2008)  | Christopher Paolini | Gerard Doyle | Listening Library  | Finalist  |
A Wolf at the Table (2008)  | Augusten Burroughs | Augusten Burroughs | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  |

### 2010s

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2010
15th | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (2002)  | Nelson Mandela | Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, and full cast  | Hachette Audio  | Winner  | [1][8]
The Time of My Life (2009)  | Lisa Niemiand Patrick Swayze  | Patrick Swayze | Simon & Schuster Audio  | Finalist  |
The Word of Promise Audio Bible (2009)  | Nelson Bibles | Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and full cast  | Thomas Nelson  | Finalist  |
2011
16th | Life (2010)  | Keith Richards | Johnny Depp and Joe Hurley (feat. Keith Richards)  | Hachette Audio  | Winner  | [1][9]
The Woody Allen Collection (2010)  | Woody Allen | Woody Allen | Audible  | Finalist  |
The Red Pyramid (2010)  | Rick Riordan | Katherine Kellgren and Kevin P. Free  | Audible  | Finalist  |
2012
17th | Bossypants (2011)  | Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio  | Winner  | [1][10][11]
Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011)  | Adam Mansbach | Samuel L. Jackson | Audible/Brilliance Audio  | Finalist  |
American Gods (2001)  | Neil Gaiman | Dennis Boutsikaris and full cast  | HarperAudio  | Finalist  |
Steve Jobs (2011)  | Walter Isaacson | Dylan Baker | Simon & Schuster Audio/Recorded Books  | Finalist  |
2013
18th | The End of the Affair (1951)  | Graham Greene | Colin Firth | Audible  | Winner  | [1][12]
American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America (2012)  | Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Christeta Comerford, Sam Kass, Bill Yosses, and full cast  | Random House Audio  | Finalist  |
Beautiful Ruins (2012)  | Jess Walter | Edoardo Ballerini | HarperAudio  | Finalist  |
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (2012)  | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Bill O'Reilly | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  |
2014
19th | Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? (2013)  | Billy Crystal | Billy Crystal | Macmillan Audio  | Winner  | [1][13]
The Testament of Mary (2012)  | Colm Tóibín | Meryl Streep | Simon & Schuster Audio  | Finalist  | [13]
The Things They Carried (1990)  | Tim O'Brien | Bryan Cranston | Audible  | Finalist  | [13]
2015
20th | Mandela: An Audio History (2014)  | Nelson Mandela | Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman  | HighBridge (Recorded Books)  | Winner  | [1][14]
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (2013)  | Doris Kearns Goodwin | Edward Herrmann | Simon & Schuster Audio  | Finalist  | [14]
The Graveyard Book (2008)  | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and full cast  | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [14]
What I Know For Sure (2014)  | Oprah Winfrey | Oprah Winfrey | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  | [14]
Yes Please (2014)  | Amy Poehler | Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [14]
2016
21st | The Girl on the Train (2015)  | Paula Hawkins | Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, and India Fisher | Penguin Audio/Books on Tape  | Winner  | [1][15]
Go Set a Watchman (2015)  | Harper Lee | Reese Witherspoon | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [15]
The Nightingale (2015)  | Kristin Hannah | Polly Stone | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  | [15]
The Water Diviner (2014)  | Andrew Anastasios and Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios  | Jack Thompson | Bolinda Audio | Finalist  | [15]
2017
22nd | Hamilton: The Revolution (2016)  | Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter  | Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jeremy Carter | Hachette Audio  | Winner  | [1][16]
Boys in the Trees (2015)  | Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  | [16]
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (2016)  | Amy Schumer | Amy Schumer | Simon & Schuster Audio  | Finalist  | [16]
The Underground Railroad (2016)  | Colson Whitehead | Bahni Turpin | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape  | Finalist  | [16]
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person (2015)  | Shonda Rhimes | Shonda Rhimes | Simon & Schuster Audio  | Finalist  | [16]
2018
23rd | Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)  | George Saunders | Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and full cast  | Random House Audio  | Winner  | [1][17]
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016)  | Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah | Audible  | Finalist  | [17]
Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1 (2017)  | Craig Alanson | R. C. Bray | Podium Publishing  | Finalist  | [17]
The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition (1985)  | Margaret Atwood and Valerie Martin | Claire Danes, Margaret Atwood, and full cast  | Audible  | Finalist  | [17]
The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness (2017)  | Paula Poundstone | Paula Poundstone | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books)  | Finalist  | [17]
2019

24th

| Children of Blood and Bone (2018)  | Tomi Adeyemi | Bahni Turpin | Macmillan Audio  | Winner  | [1][18]
An American Marriage (2018)  | Tayari Jones | Eisa Davis and Sean Crisden  | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books)  | Finalist  |
Beastie Boys Book (2018)  | Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz | Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, and full cast  | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  |
Calypso (2018)  | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio  | Finalist  |
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers (2018)  | Maxwell King | LeVar Burton | Oasis Audio  | Finalist  |
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (2018)  | Michelle McNamara | Gabra Zackman, Gillian Flynn, and Patton Oswalt | HarperAudio  | Finalist  |

### 2020s

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2020
25th | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (2019)  | Garrett M. Graff | Holter Graham and full cast  | Simon & Schuster Audio  | Winner  | [19]
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1991)  | Tony Kushner | Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and full cast  | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [19]
Becoming (2018)  | Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [19]
Charlotte's Web (1952)  | E. B. White | Meryl Streep and full cast  | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [19]
The Dutch House (2019)  | Ann Patchett | Tom Hanks | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [19]
The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (2019)  | Margaret Atwood | Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, and Margaret Atwood | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [19]
2021
26th | Piranesi (2020)  | Susanna Clarke | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Bloomsbury PLC  | Winner  | [20][21][22]
The Decision: Overcoming Today's BS for Tomorrow's Success (2020)  | Kevin Hart | Kevin Hart | Audible Originals  | Finalist  | [22][23]
More Myself: A Journal (2020)  | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  | [22][23]
The Mountains Sing (2020)  | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai | Quyen Ngo  | Dreamscape  | Finalist  | [22][23]
We're Better Than This (2020)  | Elijah Cummings with James Dale  | Nancy Pelosi, Laurence Fishburne, and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [22][23]
2022

27th

| Project Hail Mary (2021)  | Andy Weir | Ray Porter | Audible Studios  | Winner  | [24]
A Promised Land (2020)  | Barack Obama | Barack Obama | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [25]
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music(2021) | Dave Grohl | Dave Grohl | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [25]
The Sweetness of Water (2021)  | Nathan Harris | William DeMeritt  | Hachette Audio  | Finalist  | [25]
2023
28th | Finding Me (2022)  | Viola Davis | Viola Davis | Harper Audio  | Winner  | [26]
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021)  | Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine, edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein | Nikole Hannah-Jones, January LaVoy and full cast  | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [27][26]
Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon (2021)  | Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam | Paul Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce Headlam | Pushkin Industries | Finalist  | [27][26]
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022)  | Shelby Van Pelt | Marin Ireland and Michael Urie | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [27][26]
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2022)  | Tyler English-Beckwith (adapter), based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez  | DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams, Jerrie Johnson, Folake Olowofoyeku, Bahni Turpin, and full cast  | Podium Audio  | Finalist  | [27][26]
2024
29th | Surrender | Bono | Bono | Penguin Random House Audio  | Winner  | [28]
All the Sinners Bleed (2023)  | S. A. Cosby | Adam Lazarre-White | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  | [28][29]
Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound | Lake Bell | Lake Bell | Pushkin Industries  | Finalist  | [28][29]
Sing a Black Girl's Song | Ntozake Shange, edited by Imani Perry, foreword by Tarana Burke | Alfre Woodard, D. Woods, and full cast  | Hachette Audio  | Finalist  | [28][29]
Tom Lake (2023)  | Ann Patchett | Meryl Streep | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [28][29]
2025
30th | My Name Is Barbra (2023)  | Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand | Penguin Random House Audio  | Finalist  | [30]
George Orwell’s 1984 | George Orwell, adapted by Joe White  | Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, and full cast  | Audible Originals  | Finalist  | [31][32]
Playground | Richard Powers | Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, and full cast  | Spotify Audiobooks  | Finalist  | [31][32]
Poor Deer | Claire Oshetsky | Sophie Amoss | HarperAudio  | Finalist  | [31][32]
The Sing Sing Files | Dan Slepian | Dan Slepian | Macmillan Audio  | Finalist  | [31][32]

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