Audie Award for Nonfiction
The Audie Award for Nonfiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a nonfiction audiobook released in a given year. Before 2008 the award was given as the Audie Award for Unabridged Nonfiction. It has been awarded since 1996.
Winners and finalists[]
2020s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[1] 26th | |||
| Fire in Paradise (2020) by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano | T. Ryder Smith | Recorded Books | |
| If You Tell (2019) by Gregg Olsen | Karen Peakes | Brilliance | |
| Rage (2020) by Bob Woodward | Robert Petkoff | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope (2020) by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | Jennifer Garner | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| Wandering in Strange Lands (2020) by Morgan Jerkins | Morgan Jerkins | HarperAudio | |
| 2020[2] 25th | |||
| Grace Will Lead Us Home (2019) by Jennifer Berry Hawes | Karen Chilton and Jennifer Berry Hawes | Macmillan Audio | |
| Mama's Last Hug (2019) by Frans de Waal | L. J. Ganser | Recorded Books | |
| The Perfect Predator (2019) by Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson, and Teresa Barker | Christine Lakin and Dan Woren | Hachette Audio | |
| Talking to Strangers (2019) by Malcolm Gladwell | Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Audio | |
| We Are the Weather (2019) by Jonathan Safran Foer | Jonathan Safran Foer | Macmillan Audio |
2010s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[3] 24th | |||
| The Perfectionists (2014) by Simon Winchester | Simon Winchester | HarperAudio | |
| The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist (2018) by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington | Robert Fass | Hachette Audio | |
| Dopesick (2018) by Beth Macy | Beth Macy | Hachette Audio | |
| Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (2018) by Ben Goldfarb | Will Damron | Chelsea Green Publishing | |
| Heartland (2018) by Sarah Smarsh | Sarah Smarsh | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967) by Martin Luther King, Jr. | J. D. Jackson | Beacon Press Audio | |
| 2018[4] 23rd | |||
| American Wolf (2017) by Nate Blakeslee | Mark Bramhall | Random House Audio | |
| The Butterfly Effect (2017) by Jon Ronson | Jon Ronson | Audible Originals | |
| Ghosts of the Tsunami (2017) by Richard Lloyd Parry | Simon Vance | Macmillan Audio | |
| Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign (2017) by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes | Kimberly Farr | Random House Audio | |
| This Fight Is Our Fight (2017) by Elizabeth Warren | Elizabeth Warren | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2017[5] 22nd | |||
| Hillbilly Elegy (2016) by J. D. Vance | J. D. Vance | HarperAudio | |
| Adnan's Story (2016) by Rabia Chaudry | Rabia Chaudry | Macmillan Audio | |
| Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016) by Matthew Desmond | Dion Graham | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
| The Gene: An Intimate History (2016) by Siddhartha Mukherjee | Dennis Boutsikaris | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| A Million Years in a Day (2015) by Greg Jenner | Matthew Lloyrd Davies | Tantor Audio (Recorded Books) | |
| Words on the Move: Why English Won't – and Can't – Sit Still (Like, Literally) (2016) by John McWhorter | John McWhorter | Audible | |
| 2016[6] 21st | |||
| Ghettoside (2015) by Jill Leovy | Rebecca Lowman | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | |
| The Dorito Effect (2015) by Mark Schatzker | Chris Patton | Dreamscape | |
| I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out (2013) by Lee Gutkind | Tavia Gilbert | Tantor Audio | |
| Missoula (2015) by Jon Krakauer | Mozhan Marno | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | |
| The Song Machine (2015) by John Seabrook | Dion Graham | HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books | |
| 2015[7] 20th | |||
| Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him (2013) by David Henry and Joe Henry | Dion Graham | Tantor Audio | |
| Being Mortal (2014) by Atul Gawande | Robert Petkoff | Macmillan Audio | |
| Deep Down Dark (2014) by Héctor Tobar | Henry Leyva | Macmillan Audio | |
| Flash Boys (2014) by Michael Lewis | Dylan Baker | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014) by Walter Isaacson | Dennis Boutsikaris | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Unruly Places (2014) by Alastair Bonnett | Derek Perkins | Tantor Audio | |
| 2014[8] 19th | |||
| David and Goliath (2013) by Malcolm Gladwell | Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Audio | |
| Beyond Belief (2013) by Jenna Miscavige Hill | Sandy Rustin | HarperAudio | |
| The End of Nature (1989) by Bill McKibben | Jeff Woodman | Audible | |
| The Telling Room (2013) by Michael Paterniti | L. J. Ganser | Audible | |
| Thank You for Your Service (2013) by David Finkel | Arthur Bishop | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2013[9] 18th | |||
| Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (2012) by Florence Williams | Kate Reading | Tantor Audio | |
| Cemetery John (2012) by Robert Zorn | Sean Runnette | Tantor Audio | |
| The Crisis of Zionism (2012) by Peter Beinart | Lloyd James | Tantor Audio | |
| Love Is the Cure (2012) by Elton John | Elton John | Hachette Audio | |
| Sex and God at Yale (2012) by Nathan Harden | Scott Aiello | Audible | |
| 2012[10][11] 17th | |||
| The Murder of the Century (TBD) by Paul Collins | William Dufris | AudioGO | |
| Dog Sense (2011) by John Bradshaw | Michael Page | Tantor Audio | |
| The 4 Percent Universe (2011) by Richard Panek | Ray Porter | Blackstone Audio | |
| My Korean Deli (2010) by Ben Ryder Howe | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio | |
| Unbroken (2010) by Laura Hillenbrand | Edward Herrmann | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
| 2011[12] 16th | |||
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010) by Rebecca Skloot | Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin | Random House Audio | |
| No One Would Listen (2010) by Harry Markopolos | Harry Markopolos, Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, David Kotz, Gaytri Kachroo, and Michael Ocrant | Audible | |
| Game Change (2010) by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin | Dennis Boutsikaris | HarperAudio | |
| Obama's Wars (2010) by Bob Woodward | Boyd Gaines | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Poisoner's Handbook (2010) by Deborah Blum | Coleen Marlo | Tantor Audio | |
| 2010[13] 15th | |||
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan | Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan | Random House Audio | |
| Anne Frank Remembered (1995) by Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Barbara Rosenblat | Oasis Audio | |
| Columbine (2009) by Dave Cullen | Don Leslie | Blackstone Audio | |
| Outliers (2008) by Malcolm Gladwell | Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Audio | |
| What Americans Really Want…Really (2009) by Frank Luntz | L. J. Ganser | Hyperion Audio |
2000s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[14][15] 14th | |||
| Hot, Flat, and Crowded (2008) by Thomas Friedman | Oliver Wyman | Macmillan Audio | |
| Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage (2008) by Joe Wheeler | Grover Gardner | Oasis Audio | |
| Buying In (2008) by Rob Walker | Robert Fass | BBC Audiobooks America | |
| Gang Leader for a Day (2008) by Sudhir Venkatesh | Reg Rogers | HarperAudio | |
| Out of Mao's Shadows (2008) by Philip P. Pan | David Colacci | Tantor Audio | |
| 2008[16][17] 13th | |||
| Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976) by Alex Haley | Avery Brooks | BBC Audiobooks America | |
| Banker to the Poor (2006) by Muhammad Yunus | Ray Porter | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (2007) by David Halberstam | Edward Herrmann | Hyperion Audiobooks | |
| Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (1959) by Alfred Lansing | Simon Prebble | Blackstone Audio | |
| Jesus for the Non-Religious (2007) by John Shelby Spong | Alan Sklar | HarperAudio | |
| 2007[18] 12th | |||
| Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (2004) by Terry Darlington | Steve Hodson | IFIS Publishing | |
| Babylon by Bus (2006) by Ray LeMoine, Jeff Neumann, and Donovan Webster | Jeremy Davidson | Penguin Audiobooks | |
| Striking Back (2005) by Aaron J. Klein | Stefan Rudnicki | Blackstone Audio | |
| Team of Rivals (2005) by Doris Kearns Goodwin | Suzanne Toren | Recorded Books | |
| The Looming Tower (2006) by Lawrence Wright | Alan Sklar | Tantor Audio | |
| 2006[19] 11th | |||
| The World Is Flat (2005) by Thomas L. Friedman | Oliver Wyman | Audio Renaissance | |
| The Boys of Pointe du Hoc (2005) by Douglas Brinkley | Douglas Brinkley | HarperAudio | |
| Conspiracy of Fools (2005) by Kurt Eichenwald | Stephen Lang | Random House Audio | |
| A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005) by Simon Winchester | Simon Winchester | HarperAudio | |
| The Truth (with Jokes) (2005) by Al Franken | Al Franken | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2005 10th | |||
| Chasing the Devil (1997) by David Reichert | Dennis Boutsikaris | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| Ask Not (2004) by Thurston Clarke | Edward Herrmann | Audio Renaissance | |
| Caddy for Life (2004) by John Feinstein | John Feinstein | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| The Culture of Fear (1999) by Barry Glassner | Barry Glassner | The Audio Partners | |
| Running with the Bulls (2004) by Valerie Hemingway | Anne Flosnik | Brilliance Audio | |
| They Made America (2004) by Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, and David Lefer | Harold Evans | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| 2004 9th | |||
| The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2003) by Amy Tan | Amy Tan | Brilliance Audio | |
| The Devil in the White City (2003) by Erik Larson | Tony Goldwyn | Random House Audio | |
| Hitler's Scientists (2003) by John Cornwell | Simon Prebble | Listen & Live Audio | |
| Middletown, America (2003) by Gail Sheehy | Gail Sheehy | Brilliance | |
| The Bounty (2003) by Caroline Alexander | Michael York | Penguin Audiobooks | |
| 2003 8th | |||
| 3000 Degrees (2002) by Sean Flynn | Richard Rohan | Listen & Live Audio | |
| Band of Brothers (1992) by Stephen E. Ambrose | Tim Jerome | BBC Audiobooks America | |
| Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (1999) by Yossef Bodansky | Nadia May | Blackstone Audio | |
| Mark Twain (2001) by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan, and Ken Burns | Bille Meisle | Random House Audio | |
| The Trial and The Death of Socrates (4th century B.C.) by Plato | Bruce Alexander and Jamie Glover | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| 2002 7th | |||
| John Adams (2001) by David McCullough | Nelson Runger | Recorded Books | |
| An Album of Memories (2001) by Tom Brokaw | Tom Brokaw et al. | Random House Audio | |
| The Life and Works of Chopin (2001) by Jeremy Siepmann | Jeremy Siepmann | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| 2001 6th | |||
| The Measure of a Man (2000) by Sidney Poitier | Sidney Poitier | HarperAudio | |
| On Writing (2000) by Stephen King | Stephen King | Simon & Schuster | |
| 2000 5th | |||
| 'Tis (1999) by Frank McCourt | Frank McCourt | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Elegy for Iris (1999) by John Bayley | David Case | Books on Tape | |
| The War Journal of Major Damon Rocky Gause (1999) by Damon Rocky Gause | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio |
1990s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 4th | |||
| Full Circle: A Pacific Journey with Michael Palin (1997) by Michael Palin | Michael Palin | Chivers North America | |
| Ned Kelly: A Short Life (1995) by Ian Jones | Paul English | Australian Large Print Audio & Video | |
| White Coolies (1954) by Betty Jeffrey | Beverly Dunn | Australian Large Print Audio & Video | |
| 1998 3rd | |||
| James Herriot's Animal Stories (1992) by James Herriot | Christopher Timothy | Audio Renaissance | |
| The Lord God Made Them All (1981) by James Herriot | Christopher Timothy | Chivers North America | |
| Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) by Mitch Albom | Mitch Albom | Brilliance Audio | |
| 1997 2nd | |||
| Genesis (1996) by Bill Moyers | Mandy Patinkin and Alfre Woodard | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
| Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin (1996) by Stephen Jay Gould | Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. | Dove Audio | |
| It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972) by James Herriot | Christopher Timothy | Chivers North America | |
| 1996 1st | |||
| Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation (1995) by Jonathan Kozol | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | |
| Crossing the Threshold of Hope (1995) by Pope John Paul II | Earl Hammond and William Bogert | Random House Audio | |
| Lincoln's Letters: The Private Man and the Warrior (1995) by Abraham Lincoln | George Vail | Commuter's Library |
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