Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir
The Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir 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 autobiography or memoir released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2015 when it was broken apart, along with the Audie Award for History or Biography, from the Audie Award for Biography or Memoir (awarded since 2003).
Winners and finalists[]
2020s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[1] 26th | |||
| The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (1965) by Malcolm X and Alex Haley | Laurence Fishburne | Audible | |
| Becoming Duchess Goldblatt (2020) by anonymous | Gabra Zackman (feat. J. Smith-Cameron and Lyle Lovett) | HMH Audio | |
| Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend (2009) by Frenchy Brouillette and Matthew Randazzo | Louis Herthum | Sound Off Productions | |
| Sigh, Gone (2020) by Phuc Tran | Phuc Tran | Macmillan Audio | |
| Uncanny Valley (2020) by Anna Wiener | Suehyla El-Attar | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2020[2] 25th | |||
| Becoming (2018) by Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| From Scratch (2019) by Tembi Locke | Tembi Locke | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Me (2019) by Elton John | Taron Egerton and Elton John | Macmillan Audio | |
| MotherStruck! (2019) by Staceyann Chin | Staceyann Chin | Audible Originals | |
| Too Much Is Not Enough (2019) by Andrew Rannells | Andrew Rannells | Penguin Random House Audio |
2010s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[3] 24th | |||
| Educated (2018) by Tara Westover | Julia Whelan | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning (2018) by Leslie Odom, Jr. | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Audible | |
| In Pieces (2018) by Sally Field | Sally Field | Hachette Audio | |
| Letter to Louis (2018) by Alison White | Eve Webster | Bolinda Audio | |
| Small Fry (2018) by Lisa Brennan-Jobs | Eileen Stevens | Blackstone Audio | |
| 2018[4] 23rd | |||
| Born to Run (2016) by Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017) by Al Franken | Al Franken | Hachette Audio | |
| Born a Crime (2016) by Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah | Audible | |
| Nevertheless (2017) by Alec Baldwin | Alec Baldwin | HarperAudio | |
| We're Going to Need More Wine (2017) by Gabrielle Union | Gabrielle Union | HarperAudio | |
| What Happened (2017) by Hillary Rodham Clinton | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2017[5] 22nd | |||
| The Greatest (1975) by Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham | Dion Graham | Graymalkin Media | |
| Around the Way Girl (2016) by Taraji P. Henson | Taraji P. Henson | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded (2016) by Hannah Hart | Hannah Hart and Judy Young | HarperAudio | |
| The Rainbow Comes and Goes (2017) by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt | Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt | HarperAudio | |
| When Breath Becomes Air (2016) by Paul Kalanithi | Sunil Malhotra and Cassandra Campbell | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
| 2016[6] 21st | |||
| Ghost Boy (2011) by Martin Pistorius | Simon Bubb | Thomas Nelson/HarperAudio | |
| Born with Teeth (2015) by Kate Mulgrew | Kate Mulgrew | Hachette Audio | |
| The Courage to Act (2015) by Ben S. Bernanke | Grover Gardner | Brilliance Audio | |
| I Must Say (2014) by Martin Short | Martin Short | HarperAudio | |
| Keep Moving, and Other Tips and Truths About Aging (2015) by Dick Van Dyke | Dick Van Dyke | Blackstone Audio | |
| Travels (1988) by Michael Crichton | Christopher Lane | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2015[7] 20th | |||
| Not My Father's Son (2014) by Alan Cumming | Alan Cumming | HarperAudio | |
| Daring: My Passages (2015) by Gail Sheehy | Bernadette Dunne | HarperAudio | |
| Living on Air (2011) by Joe and Ann Cipriano | Joe Cipriano | Joe Cipriano Promos | |
| My Life in Middlemarch (2014) by Rebecca Mead | Kate Reading | Blackstone Audio | |
| Yes Please (2014) by Amy Poehler | Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio |
Biography/Memoir winners and finalists 2003–2014[]
2010s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014[8] 19th | |||
| The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild (2009) by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence | Simon Vance | Tantor Audio | |
| [sic]: A Memoir (2011) by Joshua Cody | Edoardo Ballerini | Audible | |
| My Beloved World (1992) by Sonia Sotomayor | Rita Moreno | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
| World on a String (2012) by John Pizzarelli | Joseph Cosgriff | Audible | |
| I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (2013) by Malala Yousafzai | Archie Panjabi | Hachette Audio | |
| 2013[9] 18th | |||
| The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival (1999) by Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton, and Marlene Bernstein Samuels | Wanda McCaddon | Tantor Audio | |
| Cronkite (2012) by Douglas Brinkley | George Guidall | HarperAudio | |
| Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey (2011) by Fiona Aitken, Lady Carnarvon | Wanda McCaddon | Tantor Audio | |
| My Cross to Bear (2012) by Gregg Allman and Alan Light | Will Patton | HarperAudio | |
| Two Rings: A Story of Love and War (2012) by Millie Werber and Eve Keller | Yelena Shmulenson and Eve Keller | HighBridge Audio | |
| 2012[10][11] 17th | |||
| Bossypants (2011) by Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio | |
| The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love (2010) by Kristin Kimball | Tavia Gilbert | Tantor Audio | |
| Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (2011) by Michael Moore | Michael Moore | Hachette Audio | |
| My Dog Tulip (1956) by J. R. Ackerley | Ralph Cosham | Blackstone Audio | |
| Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever (2011) by Luis Carlos Montalvan | Luis Carlos Montalvan | Audible | |
| 2011[12] 16th | |||
| Life (2010) by Keith Richards | Johnny Depp and Joe Hurley | Hachette Audio | |
| The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How an American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking (2010) by Theresa Flores | Renee Raudman | ChristianAudio | |
| Somewhere Inside (2010) by Lisa Ling and Laura Ling | Lisa Ling and Laura Ling | HarperAudio | |
| This Time Together (2010) by Carol Burnett | Carol Burnett | Random House Audio | |
| Abigail Adams: A Life (2009) by Woody Holton | Cassandra Campbell | Tantor Audio | |
| 2010[13] 15th | |||
| Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family (1987) by Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Barbara Rosenblat | Oasis Audio | |
| The Golden Willow: The Story of a Lifetime of Love (2009) by Harry Bernstein | Mike Kellogg | Oasis Audio | |
| The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister (2009) by Nonna Bannister and Denise George | Rebecca Gallagher | Oasis Audio | |
| True Compass (2009) by Edward Kennedy | John Bedford Lloyd | Hachette Audio | |
| Valkyrie: The Story of the Plot to Kill Hitler by Its Last Member (2009) by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager and Florence and Jérôme Fehrenbach | Michael Prichard | Tantor Audio |
2000s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[14][15] 14th | |||
| The Last Lecture (2008) by Randy Pausch | Erik Singer | HyperionAudio | |
| Black Wave: A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster (2008) by John and Jean Silverwood and Malcolm McConnell | Carrington MacDuffie and Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Legs Are the Last to Go (2008) by Diahann Carroll | Diahann Carroll | HarperAudio | |
| The Middle Place (2005) by Kelly Corrigan | Tavia Gilbert | Blackstone Audio | |
| Waiter Rant (2008) by Steve Dublanica | Dan John Miller | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2008[16][17] 13th | |||
| Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007) by Walter Isaacson | Edward Herrmann | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| My Lobotomy (2007) by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming | Johnny Heller | Tantor Audio | |
| Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography (2007) by David Michaelis | Holter Graham | HarperAudio | |
| Shakespeare: The World As Stage (2007) by Bill Bryson | Bill Bryson | HarperAudio | |
| Tearing Down the Wall of Sound (2008) by Mick Brown | Ray Porter | Blackstone Audio | |
| 2007[18] 12th | |||
| Teacher Man (2005) by Frank McCourt | Frank McCourt | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Diana: Finally, the Complete Story (2006) by Sarah Bradford | Katie Kellgren | Penguin Audio | |
| Dispatches from the Edge (2006) by Anderson Cooper | Anderson Cooper | HarperAudio | |
| Elizabeth (2006) by J. Randy Taraborrelli | Lynne Maclean | Hachette Audio | |
| Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship (2006) by David Kindred | Dick Hill | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World (2006) by Kati Marton | Anna Fields | Tantor Audio | |
| 2006[19] 11th | |||
| Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (2005) by Ruth Reichl | Ruth Reichl | Random House Audio | |
| iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business (2005) by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon | Alan Sklar, Jeffrey S. Young, and William L. Simon | Penton Overseas | |
| The Tender Bar (2005) by J. R. Moehringer | J. R. Moehringer | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love (2004) by Jim Wooten | Alan Sklar | Tantor Audio | |
| The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) by Joan Didion | Barbara Caruso | HighBridge Audio | |
| 2005 10th | |||
| Chronicles: Volume One (2004) by Bob Dylan | Sean Penn | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Big Russ and Me: Father and Son (2004) by Tim Russert | Tim Russert | Hyperion AudioBooks | |
| Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America (2003) by Firoozeh Dumas | Firoozeh Dumas | Audible | |
| Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure (2002) by Sarah McDonald | Kate Hosking | Bolinda Audio | |
| The House on Beartown Road (2003) by Elizabeth Cohen | Bernadette Dunne | Blackstone Audio | |
| Mornings on Horseback (1981) by David McCullough | Edward Herrmann | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Twelve Caesars (AD 121) by Suetonius | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | |
| 2004 9th | |||
| The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust (1999) by Edith Hahn Beer | Barbara Rosenblat | Jewish Contemporary Classics | |
| A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland (2002) by Tom Brokaw | Tom Brokaw | Random House Audio | |
| Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) by Walter Isaacson | Boyd Gaines | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Hannibal: One Man Against Rome (1958) by Harold Lamb | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | |
| My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile (2003) by Isabel Allende | Blair Brown | HarperAudio | |
| 2003 8th | |||
| Lucky Man: A Memoir (2002) by Michael J. Fox | Michael J. Fox | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Getting to Know William Shakespeare (2001) by Joy Wake | Fred Child | Echo Peak Productions | |
| Legacy (2002) by Doc Watson and David Holt | Doc Watson and David Holt[disambiguation needed] | High Windy Audio | |
| Theodore Rex (2001) by Edmund Morris | Harry Chase | Random House Audio | |
| Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See (2002) by Erik Weihenmayer | Nick Sullivan | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. |
References[]
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