The Audie Award for Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It recognizes excellence in narration, production, and content for a fiction audiobook released in a given year, typically excluding speculative fiction. Before 2008, the award was known as the Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction. It has been awarded since 1996.
Winners and finalists
1990s
Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Audiobook Publisher |
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1996 1st |
The Homecoming (1964) | Earl Hamner, Jr. | Richard Thomas | Audio Renaissance |
Dead Man's Walk (1995) | Larry McMurtry | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
Montana 1948 (1993) | Larry Watson | Beau Bridges | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
1997 2nd |
The Green Mile (1996) | Stephen King | Frank Muller | Penguin Audiobooks |
The Runaway Jury (1996) | John Grisham | Frank Muller | Random House Audio | |
Odyssey (8th-7th century BC) | Homer (trans. Robert Fagles) | Ian McKellen | Penguin Audiobooks | |
1998 3rd |
The Breaker (1973) | Kit Denton | Terence Donovan | Bolinda Audio |
American Pastoral (1997) | Philip Roth | Ron Silver | Dove Audio | |
Lolita (1955) | Vladimir Nabokov | Jeremy Irons | Random House Audio | |
1999 4th |
A Widow for One Year (1998) | John Irving | George Guidall | Random House Audio |
Oliver Twist (1838) | Charles Dickens | Miriam Margolyes | Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | |
Summer Sisters (1998) | Judy Blume | Kate Reading | Books on Tape |
2000s
2010s
Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Audiobook Publisher |
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2010 15th |
The Help (2009) | Kathryn Stockett | Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, and Bahni Turpin | Penguin Audiobooks |
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) | Tom Wolfe | Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | |
Face of Betrayal (2009) | Lis Wiehl and April Henry | Pam Turlow | Oasis Audio | |
The Pigman (1968) | Paul Zindel | Eden Riegel and Charlie McWade | Graymalkin Media | |
Slumdog Millionaire (2005) | Vikas Swarup | Christopher Simpson | BBC Audiobooks America | |
2011 16th |
Winter's Bone (2006) | Daniel Woodrell | Emma Galvin | Hachette Audio |
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) | Seth Grahame-Smith | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
The Postmistress (2010) | Sarah Blake | Orlagh Cassidy | Blackstone Audio | |
Fall of Giants (2010) | Ken Follett | John Lee | Penguin Audio | |
The Lonely Polygamist (2010) | Brady Udall | David Aaron Baker | Recorded Books | |
Every Last One (2010) | Anna Quindlen | Hope Davis | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
2012 17th |
Alas, Babylon (1959 | Pat Frank | Will Patton | Audible |
American Gods (2001) | Neil Gaiman | Dennis Boutsikaris and full cast | HarperAudio | |
Heat Rises (2011) | Richard Castle | Johnny Heller | Hyperion Audio | |
Portrait of a Spy (2011) | Daniel Silva | Simon Vance | HarperAudio/Recorded Books | |
The Winds of War (1971) | Herman Wouk | Kevin Pariseau | Audible | |
2013 18th |
The Handmaid's Tale (1985) | Margaret Atwood | Claire Danes | Audible |
The Bartender's Tale (2012) | Ivan Doig | David Aaron Baker | Recorded Books | |
Beautiful Ruins (2012) | Jess Walter | Edoardo Ballerini | HarperAudio | |
A Rage in Harlem (1985) | Chester Himes | Samuel L. Jackson | Audible | |
Speaks the Nightbird (2002) | Robert R. McCammon | Edoardo Ballerini | Audible | |
2014 19th |
Doctor Sleep (2013) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio |
The Golem and the Jinni (2013) | Helene Wecker | George Guidall | HarperAudio | |
The Good House (2013) | Ann Leary | Mary Beth Hurt | Macmillan Audio | |
The Imposter Bride (2012) | Nancy Richler | Tavia Gilbert | Tantor Audio | |
Jacob's Oath (2013) | Martin Fletcher | George Guidall | Macmillan Audio | |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2012) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | |
2015 20th |
All the Light We Cannot See (2014) | Anthony Doerr | Zach Appelman | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Five and Twenty-Fives (2014) | Michael Pitre | Kevin T. Collins, Nick Sullivan, Jay Snyder, Fajer Al-Kaisi, and Michael Pitre | Audible | |
The Invention of Wings (2014) | Sue Monk Kidd | Sue Monk Kidd, Jenna Lamia, and Adepero Oduye | Penguin Random House Audio | |
Mr. Mercedes (2014) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
Us (2014) | David Nicholls | David Haig | HarperAudio | |
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014) | Diana Gabaldon | Davina Porter | Recorded Books | |
2016 21st |
The Nightingale (2015) | Kristin Hannah | Polly Stone | Macmillan Audio |
Citizens Creek (2015) | Lalita Tademy | Bahni Turpin and J. D. Jackson | Brilliance Audio | |
A God in Ruins (2015) | Kate Atkinson | Alex Jennings | Hachette Audio | |
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (2015) | J. Ryan Stradal | Amy Ryan and Michael Stuhlbarg | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | |
The Last Bus to Wisdom (2015) | Ivan Doig | David Baker | Recorded Books | |
The Sellout (2015) | Paul Beatty | Prentice Onayemi | Audible | |
2017 22nd |
Sister of Mine (2016) | Sabra Waldfogel | Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio |
America's First Daughter (2016) | Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie | Cassandra Campbell | HarperAudio | |
Belgravia (2026 | Julian Fellowes | Juliet Stevenson | Hachette Audio | |
Darktown (2016) | Thomas Mullen | Andre Holland | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
End of Watch (2016) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
2018 23rd |
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017) | Gail Honeyman | Cathleen McCarron | Penguin Audio |
An Almond for a Parrot (2016) | Wray Delaney | Rachel Atkins | Harlequin Audio | |
Beartown (2016) | Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (trans.) | Marin Ireland | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
I Liked My Life (2017) | Abby Fabiaschi | Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, and Thérèse Plummer | Macmillan Audio | |
The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson (2013) | Nancy Peacock | JD Jackson | HighBridge Audio | |
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017) | Lisa See | Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, et al. | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
2019 24th |
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2018) | Heather Morris | Richard Armitage | HarperAudio |
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) | Hank Green | Kristen Sieh and Hank Green | Penguin Random House Audio | |
The Clockmaker's Daughter (2018) | Kate Morton | Joanne Froggatt | Bolinda Audio | |
The Great Alone (2018) | Kristin Hannah | Julia Whelan | Macmillan Audio | |
Life of Pi (2001) | Yann Martel | Vikas Adam | Audible | |
Sanctuary (2017) | Judy Nunn | John Derum |
2020s
Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Audiobook Publisher |
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2020 25th |
City of Girls (2019) | Elizabeth Gilbert | Blair Brown | Penguin Random House Audio |
The Age of Light (2019) | Whitney Scharer | Thérèse Plummer | Hachette Audio | |
Cilka's Journey (2019) | Heather Morris | Louise Brealey | Macmillan Audio | |
Colombiano (2017) | Rusty Young | Rusty Young and Brian J. Ramos | Bolinda Audio | |
The House We Grew Up In (2013) | Lisa Jewell | Karina Fernandez | Dreamscape | |
2021 26th |
Such a Fun Age (2019) | Kiley Reid | Nicole Lewis | Penguin Random House Audio |
Big Lies in a Small Town (2020) | Diane Chamberlain | Susan Bennett | Macmillan Audio | |
The Last Story of Mina Lee (2020) | Nancy Jooyoun Kim | Greta Jung | HarperAudio | |
The Midnight Library (2020) | Matt Haig | Carey Mulligan | Canongate Books UK/Penguin Random House Audio US | |
Sex and Vanity (2020) | Kevin Kwan | Lydia Look | Penguin Random House Audio | |
2022
27th |
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev | Dawnie Walton | Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, Gabra Zackman, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steve West, André De Shields, Matthew Lloyd Davies, David Sadzin, Fiona Hardingham, George Newbern, Leon Nixon, Ines del Castillo, Jackie Sanders, Pete Simonelli, Priya Ayyar, and Robin Miles | Simon & Schuster Audio |
All the Lonely People (2020) | Mike Gayle | Ben Onwukwe | Hachette Audio | |
The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah | Julia Whelan | Macmillan Audio | |
The Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles | Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, and Dion Graham | Penguin Random House Audio | |
The Nature of Fragile Things | Susan Meissner | Alana Kerr Collins and Jason Culp | Penguin Random House Audio | |
2023
27th |
Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan | Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and Jennifer Finney Boylan | Penguin Random House Audio |
Across a Hundred Mountains | Reyna Grande | Marisa Blake and Cynthia Farrell | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
The Bright Side of Running Club | Josie Lloyd | Danielle Cohen | Dreamscape Media | |
A House Full of Windsor | Kristin Contino | Barrie Kreinik | Wyatt-MacKenzie & Blackstone Audio | |
Less is Lost (2017) | Andrew Sean Greer | Robert Petkoff | Hachette Audio | |
Tracy Flick Can't Win (2022) | Tom Perrotta | Lucy Liu, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jeremy Bobb, Ramona Young, Ali Andre Ali, and Pete Simonelli, with a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
2024
29th |
Tom Lake (2023) | Ann Patchett | Meryl Streep | HarperAudio |
Birnam Wood (2023) | Eleanor Catton | Saskia Maarleveld | Audible Studios | |
Maame | Jessica George | Heather Agyepong | Macmillan Audio | |
One Blood | Denene Millner | Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and Tina Lifford | Macmillan Audio | |
Yellowface (2023) | R. F. Kuang | Helen Laser | HarperAudio |
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