Audie Award for Fiction
The Audie Award for Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a fiction audiobook released in a given year, typically to the exclusion of speculative fiction. Before 2008 the award was given as the Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction. It has been awarded since 1996.
Winners and finalists[]
2020s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[1] 26th | |||
| Such a Fun Age (2019) by Kiley Reid | Nicole Lewis | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| Big Lies in a Small Town (2020) by Diane Chamberlain | Susan Bennett | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Last Story of Mina Lee (2020) by Nancy Jooyoun Kim | Greta Jung | HarperAudio | |
| The Midnight Library (2020) by Matt Haig | Carey Mulligan | Canongate Books UK/Penguin Random House Audio US | |
| Sex and Vanity (2020) by Kevin Kwan | Lydia Look | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| 2020[2] 25th | |||
| City of Girls (2019) by Elizabeth Gilbert | Blair Brown | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| The Age of Light (2019) by Whitney Scharer | Thérèse Plummer | Hachette Audio | |
| Cilka's Journey (2019) by Heather Morris | Louise Brealey | Macmillan Audio | |
| Colombiano (2017) by Rusty Young | Rusty Young and Brian J. Ramos | Bolinda Audio | |
| The House We Grew Up In (2013) by Lisa Jewell | Karina Fernandez | Dreamscape |
2010s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[3] 24th | |||
| The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2018) by Heather Morris | Richard Armitage | HarperAudio | |
| An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) by Hank Green | Kristen Sieh and Hank Green | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| The Clockmaker's Daughter (2018) by Kate Morton | Joanne Froggatt | Bolinda Audio | |
| The Great Alone (2018) by Kristin Hannah | Julia Whelan | Macmillan Audio | |
| Life of Pi (2001) by Yann Martel | Vikas Adam | Audible | |
| Sanctuary (2017) by Judy Nunn | John Derum | Bolinda Audio | |
| 2018[4] 23rd | |||
| Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017) by Gail Honeyman | Cathleen McCarron | Penguin Audio | |
| An Almond for a Parrot (2016) by Wray Delaney | Rachel Atkins | Harlequin Audio | |
| Beartown (2016) by Fredrik Backman (trans. Neil Smith) | Marin Ireland | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| I Liked My Life (2017) by Abby Fabiaschi | Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, and Thérèse Plummer | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson (2013) by Nancy Peacock | JD Jackson | HighBridge Audio | |
| The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017) by Lisa See | Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, et al. | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2017[5] 22nd | |||
| Sister of Mine (2016) by Sabra Waldfogel | Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio | |
| America's First Daughter (2016) by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie | Cassandra Campbell | HarperAudio | |
| Belgravia (2026) by Julian Fellowes | Juliet Stevenson | Hachette Audio | |
| Darktown (2016) by Thomas Mullen | Andre Holland | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| End of Watch (2016) by Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2016[6] 21st | |||
| The Nightingale (2015) by Kristin Hannah | Polly Stone | Macmillan Audio | |
| Citizens Creek (2015) by Lalita Tademy | Bahni Turpin and J. D. Jackson | Brilliance Audio | |
| A God in Ruins (2015) by Kate Atkinson | Alex Jennings | Hachette Audio | |
| Kitchens of the Great Midwest (2015) by J. Ryan Stradal | Amy Ryan and Michael Stuhlbarg | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | |
| The Last Bus to Wisdom (2015) by Ivan Doig | David Baker | Recorded Books | |
| The Sellout (2015) by Paul Beatty | Prentice Onayemi | Audible | |
| 2015[7] 20th | |||
| All the Light We Cannot See (2014) by Anthony Doerr | Zach Appelman | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Five and Twenty-Fives (2014) by Michael Pitre | Kevin T. Collins, Nick Sullivan, Jay Snyder, Fajer Al-Kaisi, and Michael Pitre | Audible | |
| The Invention of Wings (2014) by Sue Monk Kidd | Sue Monk Kidd, Jenna Lamia, and Adepero Oduye | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| Mr. Mercedes (2014) by Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Us (2014) by David Nicholls | David Haig | HarperAudio | |
| Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014) by Diana Gabaldon | Davina Porter | Recorded Books | |
| 2014[8] 19th | |||
| Doctor Sleep (2013) by Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Golem and the Jinni (2013) by Helene Wecker | George Guidall | HarperAudio | |
| The Good House (2013) by Ann Leary | Mary Beth Hurt | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Imposter Bride (2012) by Nancy Richler | Tavia Gilbert | Tantor Audio | |
| Jacob's Oath (2013) by Martin Fletcher | George Guidall | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2012) by Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | |
| 2013[9] 18th | |||
| The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood | Claire Danes | Audible | |
| The Bartender's Tale (2012) by Ivan Doig | David Aaron Baker | Recorded Books | |
| Beautiful Ruins (2012) by Jess Walter | Edoardo Ballerini | HarperAudio | |
| A Rage in Harlem (1985) by Chester Himes | Samuel L. Jackson | Audible | |
| Speaks the Nightbird (2002) by Robert McCammon | Edoardo Ballerini | Audible | |
| 2012[10][11] 17th | |||
| Alas, Babylon (1959) by Pat Frank | Will Patton | Audible | |
| American Gods (2001) by Neil Gaiman | Dennis Boutsikaris and full cast | HarperAudio | |
| Heat Rises (2011) by Richard Castle | Johnny Heller | Hyperion Audio | |
| Portrait of a Spy (2011) by Daniel Silva | Simon Vance | HarperAudio/Recorded Books | |
| The Winds of War (1971) by Herman Wouk | Kevin Pariseau | Audible | |
| 2011[12] 16th | |||
| Winter's Bone (2006) by Daniel Woodrell | Emma Galvin | Hachette Audio | |
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) by Seth Grahame-Smith | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| The Postmistress (2010) by Sarah Blake | Orlagh Cassidy | Blackstone Audio | |
| Fall of Giants (2010) by Ken Follett | John Lee | Penguin Audio | |
| The Lonely Polygamist (2010) by Brady Udall | David Aaron Baker | Recorded Books | |
| Every Last One (2010) by Anna Quindlen | Hope Davis | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2010[13] 15th | |||
| The Help (2009) by Kathryn Stockett | Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, and Bahni Turpin | Penguin Audiobooks | |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe | Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | |
| Face of Betrayal (2009) by Lis Wiehl and April Henry | Pam Turlow | Oasis Audio | |
| The Pigman (1968) by Paul Zindel | Eden Riegel and Charlie McWade | Graymalkin Media | |
| Slumdog Millionaire (2005) by Vikas Swarup | Christopher Simpson | BBC Audiobooks America |
2000s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[14][15] 14th | |||
| Duma Key (2008) by Stephen King | John Slattery | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008) by Mary Ann Shaffer | Paul Boehmer, Susan Duerdan, and full cast | Books on Tape | |
| Change of Heart (2008) by Jodi Picoult | Danielle Ferland, Jim Frangione, Jenny Ikeda, Stafford Clarke-Price, and Nicole Poole | Recorded Books | |
| A Prisoner of Birth (2008) by Jeffrey Archer | Roger Allam | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Lace Reader (2006) by Brunonia Barry | Alyssa Bresnahan | HarperAudio | |
| 2008[16][17] 13th | |||
| Tallgrass (2008) by Sandra Dallas | Lorelei King | Macmillan Audio | |
| Exile (2007) by Richard North Patterson | Dennis Boutsikaris | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Friday Night Knitting Club (2006) by Kate Jacobs | Carrington MacDuffie | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Tenderness of Wolves (2006) by Stef Penney | Sally Armstrong and Adam Sims | Ulverscroft Group/Isis Publishing | |
| The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (2007) by Maggie O'Farrell | Anne Flosnick | Blackstone Audio | |
| 2007[18] 12th | |||
| Rise and Shine (2006) by Anna Quindlen | Carol Monda | Recorded Books | |
| Restless (2006) by William Boyd | Rosamund Pike | Audio Renaissance | |
| Telegraph Days (2006) by Larry McMurtry | Annie Potts | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Prestige (1995) by Christopher Priest | Simon Vance | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Two-Minute Rule (2006) by Robert Crais | Christopher Graybill | Brilliance Audio | |
| Water for Elephants (2006) by Sara Gruen | David LeDoux and John Randolph-Jones | HighBridge Audio | |
| 2006[19] 11th | |||
| A Slight Trick of the Mind (2005) by Mitch Cullin | Simon Jones | HighBridge Audio | |
| The Last Kingdom (2004) by Bernard Cornwell | Jamie Glover | HarperAudio | |
| Road to Purgatory (2004) by Max Allan Collins | Stanley Tucci | Brilliance Audio | |
| Survivor in Death (2005) by J. D. Robb | Susan Ericksen | Brilliance Audio | |
| The Motive (2004) by John Lescroart | David Colacci | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2005 10th | |||
| The Darling (2005) by Russell Banks | Mary Beth Hurt | HarperAudio | |
| Going Postal (2004) by Terry Pratchett | Stephen Briggs | HarperAudio | |
| I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004) by Tom Wolfe | Dylan Baker | Audio Renaissance | |
| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) by Susanna Clarke | Simon Prebble | Audio Renaissance | |
| Our Sunshine (1991) by Roberte Drewe | Michael Veitch | Bolinda Audio | |
| 2004 9th | |||
| All Over Creation (2004) by Ruth Ozeki | Anna Fields | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) by Mitch Albom | Erik Singer | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| Monstrous Regiment (2003) by Terry Pratchett | Stephen Briggs | HarperAudio | |
| The Namesake (2003) by Jhumpa Lahiri | Sarita Choudhury | Random House Audio | |
| The Last Detective (2003) by Robert Crais | James Daniels | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2003 8th | |||
| Middlesex (2002) by Jeffrey Eugenides | Kristoffer Tabori | Audio Renaissance | |
| Atonement (2001) by Ian McEwan | Jill Tanner | Recorded Books | |
| Austerlitz (2001) by W. G. Sebald | Richard Matthews | Books on Tape | |
| Sea Glass (2002) by Anita Shreve | Judith Ann Gantly | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| Unless (2002) by Carol Shields | Joan Allen | HarperAudio | |
| 2002 7th | |||
| The Talisman (1984) by Stephen King and Peter Straub | Frank Muller | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Bel Canto (2001) by Ann Patchett | Anna Fields | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Priestess of Avalon (2000) by Marion Zimmer Bradley | Bernadette Dunne | Books on Tape | |
| 2001 6th | |||
| Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000) by Tom Robbins | Keith Szarabajka | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
| Dubliners (1914) by James Joyce | Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt, Dan O'Herlihy, Brendan Coyle, Aaron Hinds, T. P. McKenna, et al. | HarperAudio | |
| War of the Rats (1999) by David L. Robbins | George Guidall | Recorded Books | |
| 2000 5th | |||
| I Know This Much Is True (1998) by Wally Lamb | George Guidall | Recorded Books | |
| Duane's Depressed (1999) by Larry McMurtry | Larry McMurtry | NewStar Media | |
| The Testament (1999) by John Grisham | Frank Muller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
1990s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 4th | |||
| A Widow for One Year (1998) by John Irving | George Guidall | Random House Audio | |
| Oliver Twist (1838) by Charles Dickens | Miriam Margolyes | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | |
| Summer Sisters (1998) by Judy Blume | Kate Reading | Books on Tape | |
| 1998 3rd | |||
| The Breaker (1973) by Kit Denton | Terence Donovan | Bolinda Audio | |
| American Pastoral (1997) by Philip Roth | Ron Silver | Dove Audio | |
| Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov | Jeremy Irons | Random House Audio | |
| 1997 2nd | |||
| The Green Mile (1996) by Stephen King | Frank Muller | Penguin Audiobooks | |
| The Runaway Jury (1996) by John Grisham | Frank Muller | Random House Audio | |
| The Odyssey (8th–7th century BC) by Homer (trans. Robert Fagles) | Ian McKellen | Penguin Audiobooks | |
| 1996 1st | |||
| The Homecoming (1964) by Earl Hamner, Jr. | Richard Thomas | Audio Renaissance | |
| Dead Man's Walk (1995) by Larry McMurtry | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Montana 1948 (1993) by Larry Watson | Beau Bridges | Simon & Schuster Audio |
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