Audie Award for Best Female Narrator

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The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration by a woman released in a given year. Before 2016 the award was given as the Audie Award for Female Solo Narration. It has been awarded since 1998, when it superseded the .

Winners and finalists[]

2020s[]

Year of Release Audiobook Narrator Audiobook Publisher
2021[1]
26th
The City We Became (2020) by N. K. Jemisin Robin Miles Hachette Audio
The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker Samira Wiley Audible
The Lying Life of Adults (2019) by Elena Ferrante (trans. Ann Goldstein) Marisa Tomei Penguin Random House Audio
One by One (2020) by Ruth Ware Imogen Church Simon & Schuster Audio
Such a Fun Age (2019) by Kiley Reid Nicole Lewis Penguin Random House Audio
2020[2]
25th
Nothing to See Here (2019) by Kevin Wilson Marin Ireland HarperAudio
All the Lost Things (2019) by Michelle Sacks Cassandra Morris Hachette Audio
The Boy (2018) by Tami Hoag Hillary Huber Brilliance Audio
Prime Suspect (1991) by Lynda La Plante Rachel Atkins Zaffle
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) by Alix E. Harrow January LaVoy Hachette Audio

2010s[]

Year of Release Audiobook Narrator Audiobook Publisher
2019[3]
24th
Educated (2018) by Tara Westover Julia Whelan Penguin Random House Audio
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (2018) by Zora Neale Hurston Robin Miles HarperAudio
Girls & Boys (2018) by Dennis Kelly Carey Mulligan Audible
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock (2018) by Imogen Hermes Gowar Juliet Stevenson HarperAudio
Transcription (2018) by Kate Atkinson Fenella Woolgar Hachette Audio
2018[4]
23rd
The Hate U Give (2017) by Angie Thomas Bahni Turpin HarperAudio
The Alice Network (2017) by Kate Quinn Saskia Maarleveld HarperAudio
Anne of Green Gables (1908) by Lucy Maud Montgomery Rachel McAdams Audible
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (1990) by Jennifer Lynch Sheryl Lee Audible
The Stone Sky (2017) by N. K. Jemisin Robin Miles Hachette Audio
2017[5]
22nd
Be Frank with Me (2016) by Julia Claiborne Johnson Tavia Gilbert HarperAudio
Another Brooklyn: A Novel (2016) by Jacqueline Woodson Robin Miles HarperAudio
The Little Red Chairs (2015) by Edna O'Brien Juliet Stevenson Hachette Audio
The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James Emma Thompson Audible
The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead Bahni Turpin Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape
2016[6]
21st
Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life and Times of Jacky Faber (2014) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
All the Stars in the Heavens: A Novel (2015) by Adriana Trigiani Blair Brown HarperAudio
The Boston Girl (2014) by Anita Diamant Linda Lavin Simon & Schuster Audio
Lair of Dreams (2015) by Libba Bray January LaVoy Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio
The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age (2015) by Joyce Carol Oates Cassandra Campbell HarperAudio
The Nightingale (2015) by Kristin Hannah Polly Stone Macmillan Audio
2015[7]
20th
Yellow Crocus (2010) by Laila Ibrahim Bahni Turpin Brilliance Audio
Boston Jacky (2013) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
Life Drawing: A Novel (2014) by Robin Black Cassandra Campbell Penguin Random House Audio
Murphy's Law (2001) by Rhys Bowen Nicola Barber Audible
Until the End of the World (2013) by Sarah Lyons Fleming Julia Whelan Podium Publishing
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014) by Diana Gabaldon Davina Porter Recorded Books
2014[8]
19th
The Twelve Clues of Christmas: A Royal Spyness Mystery (2012) by Rhys Bowen Katherine Kellgren Audible
Heartburn (1983) by Nora Ephron Meryl Streep Random House Audio/Books on Tape
My Beloved World (2013) by Sonia Sotomayor Rita Moreno Random House Audio/Books on Tape
NOS4A2 (2013) by Joe Hill Kate Mulgrew HarperAudio
The Testament of Mary (2012) by Colm Tóibín Meryl Streep Simon & Schuster Audio
2013[9]
18th
The Boy in the Suitcase: A Nina Borg Mystery (2011) by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis Katherine Kellgren AudioGO
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s (2002) by Jennifer Worth Nicola Barber HighBridge Audio
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unseen Guest (2012) by Maryrose Wood Katherine Kellgren HarperAudio
Juliet in August / Cool Water (2010) by Dianne Warren Cassandra Campbell Tantor Audio
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum Anne Hathaway Audible
2012[10][11]
17th
The Winter Sea (2008) by Susanna Kearsley Rosalyn Landor Audible
Ashes Trilogy: Ashes (2011) by Ilsa J. Bick Katherine Kellgren Audible/Brilliance Audio
First Grave on the Right (2011) by Darynda Jones Lorelei King Macmillan Audio
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter (1976) by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey Sissy Spacek Random House Audio/Books on Tape
The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay (2010) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
2011[12]
16th
Glorious (2010) by Bernice McFadden Alfre Woodard Audible
The Invisible Order: Rise of the Darklings (2010) by Paul Crilley Katherine Kellgren Audible
The Magician's Elephant (2009) by Kate DiCamillo Juliet Stevenson Brilliance Audio
Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy (2009) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
The Golden Notebook (1962) by Doris Lessing Juliet Stevenson Naxos AudioBooks
Spoken from the Heart (2010) by Laura Bush Laura Bush Simon & Schuster Audio
2010[13]
15th
The Chosen One: A Novel (2009) by Carol Lynch Williams Jenna Lamia Macmillan Audio
In the Belly of the Bloodhound (2006) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
Mississippi Jack (2007) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
Washington Square (1880) by Henry James Lorna Raver Tantor Audio
Fatally Flaky (2009) by Diane Mott Davidson Barbara Rosenblat HarperAudio

2000s[]

Year of Release Audiobook Narrator Audiobook Publisher
2009[14][15]
14th
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (2004) by L. A. Meyer Katherine Kellgren Listen & Live Audio
Amarcord: Marcella Remembers (2008) by Marcella Hazan Concetta Tomei HarperAudio
The Age of Innocence (1920) by Edith Wharton Lorna Raver Blackstone Audio
The Lace Reader (2006) by Brunonia Barry Alyssa Bresnahan HarperAudio
The Palace of Illusions (2008) by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Sneha Mathan Blackstone Audio
2008[16][17]
13th
Tallgrass (2008) by Sandra Dallas Lorelei King Macmillan Audio
The Blood of Flowers (2007) by Anita Amirrezvani Shohreh Aghdashloo Hachette Audio
Boomsday (2007) by Christopher Buckley Janeane Garofalo Hachette Audio
Taking Flight (2009) by Adriana Sevahn Nichols Adriana Sevahn Nichols L.A. Theatre Works
The Teahouse Fire (2006) by Ellis Avery Barbara Caruso HighBridge Audio
2007[18]
12th
Telegraph Days (2006) by Larry McMurtry Annie Potts Simon & Schuster Audio
Darkfever (2006) by Karen Marie Moning Joyce Bean Brilliance Audio
Fortunate Son (2006) by Walter Mosley Lorraine Toussaint Hachette Audio
Leave a Candle Burning (2006) by Lori Wick Barbara Rosenblat Oasis Audio
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee Sissy Spacek Harper Audio/Caedmon
2006[19]
11th
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005) by Diana Gabaldon Davina Porter Recorded Books, LLC
The Ice Queen (2005) by Alice Hoffman Nancy Travis Time Warner AudioBooks
Last Days of Dogtown (2005) by Anita Diamant Kate Nelligan Simon & Schuster Audio
Pretty Birds (2005) by Scott Simon Christina Moore Recorded Books, LLC
Up from Orchard Street (2005) by Eleanor Widmer Lorna Raver Blackstone Audio
2005
10th
The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) by Alexander McCall Smith Lisette Lecat Recorded Books, LLC
Destination Unknown (1954) by Agatha Christie Emilia Fox The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
A Fugue in Hell's Kitchen (2004) by Hal Glazer Barbara Rosenblat Audio-Playwrights
When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927) by A. A. Milne Miranda Richardson HarperAudio
Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down (2003) by Neta Jackson Barbara Rosenblat Oasis Audio
2004
9th
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust (1999) by Edith Hahn Beer Barbara Rosenblat Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.
A Corner of the Universe (2002) by Ann M. Martin Judith Ivey Listening Library
Blow Fly (2003) by Patricia Cornwell Kate Reading Putnam Berkley Audio/Books on Tape
Inkheart (2003) by Cornelia Funke Lynn Redgrave Listening Library
Stuffed (2001) by Patricia Volk Barbara Rosenblat Blackstone Audio
2003
8th
Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood (1982) by Kate Simon Barbara Rosenblat Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.
Breathing Room (2002) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Kate Fleming Chivers North America
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1996) by Rebecca Wells Judith Ivey HarperAudio
Quentins (2002) by Maeve Binchy Terry Donnelly Penguin Audiobooks
The Secret Life of Bees (2001) by Sue Monk Kidd Jenna Lamia HighBridge Audio
2002
7th
My Dream of You (2001) by Nuala O'Faolain Dearbhla Molloy Simon & Schuster Audio
Lord of the Silent (2001) by Elizabeth Peters Barbara Rosenblat HarperAudio
Portrait in Sepia (2000) by Isabel Allende Blair Brown HarperAudio
2001
6th
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston Ruby Dee HarperAudio
The Blind Assassin (2000) by Margaret Atwood Margot Dionne Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
Winter Solstice (2000) by Rosamunde Pilcher Lynn Redgrave Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
2000
5th
Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) by Helen Fielding Barbara Rosenblat Recorded Books, LLC
Daughter of Fortune (1998) by Isabel Allende Blair Brown HarperAudio
These Is My Words (1998) by Nancy E. Turner Valerie Leonard Chivers North America

1990s[]

Year of Release Audiobook Narrator Audiobook Publisher
1999
4th
Oliver Twist (1837–1839) by Charles Dickens Miriam Margolyes The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Black Coffee (1930) by Agatha Christie Alexandra Thomas Soundelux Audio Publishing
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen Irene Sutcliffe The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
1998
3rd
Land Girls (1995) by Angela Huth Carole Boyd Isis Publishing
Sin (1992) by Josephine Hart Diana Rigg Dove Audio
To the Lighthouse (1927) by Virginia Woolf Eileen Atkins Penguin Audiobooks

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