Audie Award for Original Work
The Audie Award for Original Work 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 not recorded from a pre-existing book or play released in a given year. It has been awarded since 1996.
Winners and finalists[]
2020s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[1] 26th | |||
| When You Finish Saving the World (2020) by Jesse Eisenberg | Kaitlyn Dever, Jesse Eisenberg, and Finn Wolfhard | Audible Originals | |
| Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews (2020) by Steve Kroft | Barack Obama and Steve Kroft | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Confederacy: Truth and Reconciliation (2020) by T Bone Burnett | T Bone Burnett | Audible Originals | |
| The End of My Heart (2020) by Gayle Forman | Diane Kruger, Piper Goodeve, Gabriel Vaughan, Elizabeth Evans, Josh Hurley, Amanda Ronconi, Emily Bauer, Neil Hellegers, and Jesse Einstein | Audible Originals | |
| Getting Started with Sourdough (2020) by Chad Robertson and Jennifer Latham | Chad Robertson and Jennifer Latham | Penguin Random House Audio | |
| 2020[2] 25th | |||
| Evil Eye (2019) by Madhuri Shekar | Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayaar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, and Rita Wolf | Audible Originals | |
| I Eat Men Like Air (2019) by Alice Berman | Elizabeth Evans | Audible Originals | |
| Lustily Ever After (2019) by Stephanie Bentley and Miranda Ray | Stephanie Bentley, Carolyn Jania, and Henry Kaiser | ACX | |
| Nevertheless, We Persisted (2018) by In This Together Media | a chorus of voices | Blunder Woman Productions | |
| Our Harlem: Seven Days of Cooking, Music and Soul at the Red Rooster (2019) by Marcus Samuelsson | Marcus Samuelsson | Audible Originals |
2010s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[3] 24th | |||
| Spin (2018) by Harvey Edelman and Neil Fishman | Jim Dale, Barrett Leddy, Lisa Livesay, Nicola Barber, Khristine Hvam, Nick Sullivan, John Brady, and Johnny Heller | HarperAudio | |
| Fandango at the Wall (2018) by Kabir Sehgal | Kabir Sehgal | Hachette Audio | |
| Loki Ragnarok (2017) by Mark Binder | Mark Binder | Light Publications | |
| Magus Elgar (2018) by Kennedy Phillips | Ricardo Cabral, William Violenus, Christopher Moore, Sandra Espinoza, Randy Nazarian, David Autovino, Kellen Goff, Brian Stivale, Kalinda Gray, Mandanna Wright, Kennedy Phillips, and Andrew Cornell | Kennedy Phillips/MelodyGun | |
| The Old Cart Wrangler's Saga (2018) by Brian Price | David Ossman | Blackstone Publishing/Great Northern Audio | |
| Splat! A Quirky Cat Audio Book (2018) by Adele Park | Eric Comeau, Luke Randall, Jove Trip-Thompson, Kent Hayes, Sherri Aldred, Garry Morris, Allie Boman, Adele Park, and Cindy Clemens | Straight to Audio Productions | |
| 2018[4] 23rd | |||
| Romeo and Juliet: A Novel (2017) by David Hewson | Richard Armitage | Audible Originals | |
| The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition (2017) by Margaret Atwood and Valerie Martin | Claire Danes, Margaret Atwood, and full cast | Audible | |
| Mother Go (2017) by James Patrick Kelly | January LaVoy | Audible Originals | |
| Nevertheless, We Persisted (2017) by Amy Oestreicher, Cat Gould, Charlotte McKinnon, Christa Lewis, Christina St. Clair, Danielle Dayney, Deepti Gupta, Echo Aspnes, Gina Dawe Weaver, Gracie Greenbaum, Jack Arkel, Jacaueline Pick, Janina Edward, Jerrianne Hayslett, Karen Randall, Karen White, Kass Hillard, Laura Schmidt, Lauren Ezzo, Lily Schmidt, Mark Blickley, Martha McSweeney Brower, Nancy Wagner, Rodney Vaccaro, Sandy Logan, Sahana Kumar, Sue Pitkin, Tanya Eby, Tamara Hansen, Tammy Scott, Tricia Lowther, and Viki Chary | Amy Landon, Amy McFadden, Bailey Carr, Cat Gould, Christa Lewis, Deepti Gupta, Emily Beresford, Emily Sutton-Smith, Erin Bennett, Erin Mallon, Gina Dawe Weaver, Gracie Greenbaum, Julie McKay, Lauren Ezzo, Lauri Jo Daniels, James Patrick Cronin, Karen White, Kate Rudd, Nancy Wagner, Nicol Zanzarella, Mark Kamish, Paul Heitsch, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Sue Pitkin, and Tanya Eby | Blunder Woman Productions | |
| Rebuttal (2017) by Jyotsna Hariharan | Phoebe Strole, Michael Crouch, Nina Mehta, Peter Ganim, and Dan Bittner | HarperAudio | |
| 2017[5] 22nd | |||
| The Dispatcher (2016) by John Scalzi | Zachary Quinto | Audible | |
| The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent (2016) by Larry Correia | Adam Baldwin | Audible | |
| Alien: Out of the Shadows (2016) by Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs | Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, and Mac McDonald | Audible | |
| Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back (2016) by Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | HighBridge/Recorded | |
| In the Embers (2016) by Brian Price and Jerry Stearns | Robin Miles, Edwin Strout, Dean Johnson, Jacque Maddix, and full cast | Great Northern Audio Theatre/Blackstone | |
| Pete Seeger: The Storm King (vol. 2) (2016) by Pete Seeger | Jeff Haynes | Hachette Audio | |
| 2016[6] 21st | |||
| The Starling Project (2015) by Jeffery Deaver | Alfred Molina and full cast | Audible | |
| Carmilla (1872) by J. Sheridan Le Fanu | Rose Leslie and David Tennant | Audible | |
| Drunken Fireworks (2015) by Stephen King | Tim Sample | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Locke & Key (2015) by Joe Hill | Haley Joel Osment, Tatiana Maslany, and full cast | Audible | |
| NPR American Chronicles: First Ladies (2015) by National Public Radio | Cokie Roberts | HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books | |
| StoryCorps: Outland (2015) by David Isay | Ari Shapiro and full cast | HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books | |
| 2015[7] 20th | |||
| Mandela: An Audio History (2014) by Nelson Mandela | Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman | HighBridge | |
| The Child (2014) by Sebastian Fitzek | Rupert Penry-Jones, Jack Boulter, Emilia Fox, Stephen Marcus, Robert Glenister, and Andy Serkis | Audible | |
| Gadzooks! A Comically Quirky Audio Book (2014) by Adele Park | Garry Morris, Andra Harbold, Lesley Mendenhall, Abby Elvidge, Rhett Guter, Melissa Sandberg, Kent Hayes, Jack de Golia, and Steve Campbell | Straight to Audio Productions | |
| Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (2014) by A. J. Hartley and David Hewson | Richard Armitage | Audible | |
| Transparent (2014) by Jeffrey Tambor | Jeffrey Tambor | Audible | |
| 2014[8] 19th | |||
| THIRTEEN (2013) by Scott Harrison, George Mann, Mark Morris, Kaaron Warren, Martin Day, Gary McMahon, Cavan Scott, Dan Abnett, Alasdair Stuart, Kim Newman, Mark Wright, Simon Cark, and Johnny Mains | Barnaby Edwards et al. | Spokenworld Audio/Labroke Audio | |
| Ender's Game Alive (2013) by Orson Scott Card | full cast | Audible | |
| Letters to a Birmingham Jail (2013) by Martin Luther King, Jr. | Dion Graham | eChristian | |
| METAtropolis: Green Space (2013) by Jay Lake et al. | Dion Graham, Robin Miles, Mark Boyett, Scott Brick, Allyson Johnson, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Jonathan Davis | Audible | |
| Pete Seeger: The Storm King (2013) by Pete Seeger | Pete Seeger | Hachette Audio | |
| Rip-Off! (2013) by John Scalzi et al. | Wil Wheaton, Scott Brick, Christian Rummel, Jonathan Davis, Stefan Rudnicki, and L. J. Ganser | Audible | |
| 2013[9] 18th | |||
| Gun Church (2012) by Reed Farrel Coleman | Joe Barrett and John Keating | Audible | |
| Coming Home to Us (2012) by Helen Engelhardt and Marjorie Van Halteren | Helen Engelhardt and Marjorie Van Halteren | Midsummer Sound Company | |
| Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You! (2012) by Yuri Rasovsky | Sandra Oh, Simon Helberg, Kate Burton, and full cast | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Junkie Quatrain (2012) by Peter Clines | Christian Rummel and Thérèse Plummer | Audible | |
| Titanium Rain (Episode One) (2012) by Josh Finney | Lance Roger Axt, Elizabeth Knowelden, Carrington Macduffie, and full cast | The AudioComics Company | |
| 2012[10][11] 17th | |||
| METAtropolis: Cascadia (2011) by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, and Tobias Buckell | René Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, and LeVar Burton | Audible | |
| Macbeth (2011) by David Hewson and A. J. Hartley | Alan Cumming, David Hewson, and A. J. Hartley | Audible | |
| The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (vol. 3) (2011) by Max Allan Collins | Stacy Keach and full cast | Blackstone Audio | |
| Prayers: A Personal Selection (2011) by various authors | Michael York | ChristianAudio | |
| Solaris (1961) by Stanisław Lem (trans. Bill Johnston) | Alessandro Juliani | Audible | |
| The Witches of Lublin (2011) by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz, and Yale Strom | Tovah Feldshuh, Barbara Rosenblat, and full cast | SueMedia Productions | |
| 2011[12] 16th | |||
| New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (vol. 2) (2010) by Max Allan Collins | Stacy Keach and full cast | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Alchemist and the Executioness (2010) by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell | Jonathan Davis and Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| Hearts, Keys and Puppetry (2010) by Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse | Katherine Kellgren | AudioGO | |
| Fashionably Undead (2010) by Meg Cabot and the Twitterverse | Sarah Drew | AudioGO | |
| William's Leap for Freedom (2010) by Renee Pringle and Sue Zizza | Dion Graham, Mirron E. Willis, and full cast | SueMedia Productions | |
| 2010[13] 15th | |||
| Tell Me a Story 3: Women of Wonder (2009) by Amy Friedman | Bryce Dallas Howard, Paula Poundstone, Wendy Hammers, Margot Rose, Jessica DiCicco, and Yvette Freeman | Listen & Live Audio | |
| The Copper Bracelet (2009) by Jeffery Deaver et al. | Alfred Molina | Audible | |
| In a Nutshell: Darwin (2009) by Peter Whitfield | Peter Whitfield | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| The Longest Night (2009) by Helen Englehardt | Helen Englehardt | Midsummer Sound Company | |
| A Way with Words IV (2009) by Michael D. C. Drout | Michael D. C. Drout | Recorded Books |
2000s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[14][15] 14th | |||
| Louis Vuitton Soundwalk, China: Beijing (2008) by Stephen Crasneanscki | Gong Li | Soundwalk | |
| Brainstorm: Using Science to Spark Maximum Creativity (2008) by Mariette DiChristina | William Dufris | Macmillan Audio | |
| Many Things Invisible (2008) by Carrington MacDuffie | Carrington MacDuffie | Blackstone Audio | |
| METAtropolis (2008) by John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, and Karl Schroeder | Michael Hogan, Alessandro Juliani, Kandyse McClure, Scott Brick, and Stefan Rudnicki | Audible | |
| Sugar Pop Thoughts (2008) by Shayna Lance | Shayna Lance | CoolBeat Audiobooks | |
| The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (2008) by Falcon Picture Group | Stacy Keach | Blackstone Audio | |
| 2008[16][17] 13th | |||
| Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls (2007) by Yuri Rasovsky | Phil Proctor, Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, and W. Morgan Sheppard | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Chopin Manuscript (2007) by Jeffery Deaver, David Hewson, James Grady, S. J. Rozan, Erica Spindler, John Ramsey Miller, David Corbett, John Gilstrap, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, Peter Spiegelman, Ralph Pezzullo, Lisa Scottoline, P. J. Parrish, and Lee Child | Alfred Molina | International Thriller Writers | |
| Hollowville (2007) by Mary Jane Hansen (music composed by Will Severin) | Bruce Dern | NYS Theatre Institute | |
| Hurricane Katrina (2007) by Pamela F. Pipes | Pamela F. Pipes and others | Tours BaYou | |
| Sunday Mornings in Plains (2007) by Jimmy Carter | Jimmy Carter | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2007[18] 12th | |||
| Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn for Men and Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn for Women (2006) by Soundwalk | Joseph Piekarski and Pearl Gluck | OverSampling/Soundwalk | |
| Fundamental Cases (2006) by Alan Dershowitz | Alan Dershowitz | Recorded Books | |
| Sherlock's Legacy (2006) by Ed Lange and Will Severin | full cast | Family Classics/NYS Theatre Institute | |
| Stories from the Storm (2006) by Carter Hooper, Celia Collins, et al. | Carter Hooper | Audible | |
| The Hero of Cape Lonely Light (2006) by Geoffrey T. Williams | Dennis F. Regan | Geoffrey T. Williams | |
| 2006[19] 11th | |||
| Famous Composers (2005) by Darren Henley | Marin Alsop | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| Billy Collins Live (2005) by Billy Collins | Billy Collins and Bill Murray | Random House Audio | |
| Eyewitness: 1940–1940 (2004) by Joanna Bourke | Tim Pigott-Smith | AudioGO/BBC Audio | |
| Eyewitness: 1950–1959 (2004) by Joanna Bourke | Tim Pigott-Smith | AudioGO/BBC Audio | |
| Eyewitness: 1960–1969 (2004) by Joanna Bourke | Tim Pigott-Smith | AudioGO/BBC Audio | |
| 2005 10th | |||
| The Story of Classical Music (2004) by Darren Henley | Marin Alsop | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| Ground Zero Sonic Memorial Soundwalk (2004) by the Kitchen Sisters | Paul Auster | Soundwalk | |
| Heart of Troy (2004) by Ed Lange | full cast | Family Classics/NYS Theatre Institute | |
| Low Carb Yo-Yo (2004) by Barry Sears | Barry Sears | Oasis Audio | |
| What Was Civil About That War…? (2004) by Megan Hicks | Megan Hicks | stories: (un)folding | |
| 2004 9th | |||
| New York: The Bronx 2004 (2003) by Soundwalk | Tony Morante | Soundwalk/Oversampling | |
| Garrison Keillor: A Life in Comedy (2003) by Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio | |
| Greatest Cartoon Voice Tricks Ever Smuggled Out of Hollywood (2003) by Pat Fraley | Pat Fraley | Fraley/Huber | |
| The Killings Tale (2003) by W. A. Frankonis | full cast | Family Classics/NYS Theatre Institute | |
| They Saw It Happen: Eyewitness Accounts from Ancient Greece (2003) by Matthew Lewin | Teresa Gallagher, Tom George, Steve Hodson, and Kerry Shale | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| 2003 8th | |||
| Getting to Know William Shakespeare (2002) by Joy Wake | Fred Child | Echo Peak Productions | |
| Dreams from the Lost & Found (2002) by Ferde Grofé | Ferde Grofé and full cast | Stereo High Adventures | |
| Legacy (2002) by Doc Watson and David Holt | Doc Watson and David Holt | High Windy Audio | |
| Pill Hill Quartet (2002) by Jay O'Callahan | Jay O'Callahan | Jay O'Callahan | |
| Reagan in His Own Voice (2002) by Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2002 7th | |||
| The Life and Works of Chopin (2001) by Jeremy Siepmann | Jeremy Siepmann | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| Flight of the Voyager (2001) by Ferde Grofé | Ferde Grofé | Stereo High Adventures | |
| Maressa & Merlone (2001) by Shaeri Richards | Shaeri Richards | Heartfull Productions | |
| 2001 6th | |||
| The History of the Theatre (2000) by David Timson | Derek Jacobi and full cast | Naxos Audiobooks | |
| Story Telling of Ferde Grofé (2000) by Ferde Grofé | Ferde Grofé | Stereo High Adventures | |
| The Memory of Running (2000) by Ron McLarty | Ron McLarty | Recorded Books | |
| 2000 5th | |||
| Song of the Unicorn (1999) by Susan Hammond and Debra A. S. Olivia | Jeremy Irons, Graham Harley, Phelan Landry, Robert Lurtsema, Catherine McNally, and Tracy Moore | The Children's Group | |
| Braces (1999) by Donald Davis | Donald Davis | August House | |
| The History of Opera (1999) by Richard Fawkes | Robert Powell | Naxos Audiobooks UK |
1990s[]
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 4th | |||
| Haunted Cattle Drive (1998) by Connie Kingrey | Gerald Drake, James Ahrens, Jonathan Poland, Jackie Perlman, and Kevin Fitzgerald | K-tel International USA | |
| English As She Is Spoke (1998) by Donald Monat and June Dixon | Donald Monat and June Dixon | The Publishing Mills | |
| 1998 3rd | |||
| Diana, Princess of Wales: A Radio Tribute (1997) by BBC Productions | full cast | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
| Ambush at Fort Bragg (1997) by Tom Wolfe | Edward Norton | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
| How the West Was Read (vol. 2) (1996) by Robert J. Randisi | Lee Marshall and Kitty Brooks | DH Audio/Durkin Hayes | |
| 1997 2nd | |||
| Zeus: Thunderbolt from the Sky (1996) by Julie Fenster | Stan Winiarski | B&B Audio | |
| Letters from the Earth (1962; written c. 1909) by Mark Twain | McAvoy Layne | The Audio Partners | |
| Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace (1996) by Susie Mantell | Susie Mantell | Relax Intuit | |
| 1996 1st | |||
| Enjoying Italian Opera (1994) by Dale Harris | Dale Harris | HighBridge Audio | |
| A Prairie Home Christmas (1994) by Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio | |
| Whale Nation (1988) by Heathcote Williams | Heathcote Williams | Naxos Audiobooks |
References[]
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