Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year

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

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

2000s

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

Year	Audiobook	Author	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
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

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