The Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration for an audiobook narrated by the author released in a given year. Before 2002 the award was given as the Audie Award for Solo Narration by the Author or Authors. It has been awarded since 1998.
Winners and finalists
Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.
1990s
| Year | Audiobook | Author/Narrator | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 3rd |
Sula (1973) | Toni Morrison | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| My Brother (1997) | Jamaica Kincaid | Penguin Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| Wobegon Boy (1997) | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | ||
| 1999 4th |
Still Me (1999) | Christopher Reeve | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Big Screen Drive-In Theater (1998) | Donald Davis | August House | Finalist | ||
| Reporting Live (1999) | Lesley Stahl | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
2000s
| Year | Audiobook | Author/Narrator | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 5th |
The Exorcist (1971) | William Peter Blatty | NewStar Media | Winner | |
| Hannibal (1999) | Thomas Harris | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | Finalist | ||
| 'Tis (1999) | Frank McCourt | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2001 6th |
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2000) | Sidney Poitier | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| From This Day Forward (2000) | Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| John Glenn (1999) | John Glenn | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2002 7th |
Ava's Man (2002) | Rick Bragg | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Believing It All (2002) | Marc Parent | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | ||
| The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001) | Amy Tan (narrated with Joan Chen) | New Millennium Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2003 8th |
Standing in the Rainbow (2002) | Fannie Flagg | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Lucky Man (2002) | Michael J. Fox | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Nothing Is Impossible (2002) | Christopher Reeve | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore (2001) | Ron Powers | Audio Partners | Finalist | ||
| Vernon Can Read! (2001) | Vernon Jordan (written with Annette Gordon-Reed) | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist | ||
| 2004 9th |
Naked in Baghdad (2003) | Anne Garrels | Audio Renaissance | Winner | |
| I Am the Central Park Jogger (2003) | Trisha Meili | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (2003) | Al Franken | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | ||
| Madam Secretary (2003) | Madeleine Albright | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist | ||
| The Great Unraveling (2003) | Paul Krugman | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The Lakota Way (2002) | Joseph M. Marshall III | Makoche | Finalist | ||
| 2005 10th |
Against All Enemies (2004) | Richard A. Clarke | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | |
| Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) | David Sedaris | AudioBooks | Finalist | ||
| My Life (2004) | Bill Clinton | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Off the Cuff (2004) | Carson Kressley | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | ||
| There and Back Again (2004) | Sean Astin (written with Joe Layden) | Audio Renaissance | Finalist | ||
| 2006 11th |
The Tender Bar (2005) | J. R. Moehringer | Time Warner AudioBooks | Winner | |
| 1776 (2005) | David McCullough | Simon & Schuster | Finalist | ||
| Kiss Me Like a Stranger (2005) | Gene Wilder | Audio Renaissance | Finalist | ||
| My Life So Far (1999) | Jane Fonda | Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| The Truth (with Jokes) (2005) | Al Franken | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2007 12th |
The Tortilla Curtain (1995) | T. C. Boyle | Blackstone Audio | Winner | |
| Marian McPartland's Jazz World: All in Good Time (1975) | Marian McPartland | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood (2006) | Teri Garr | Penguin Audio | Finalist | ||
| Teacher Man (2005) | Frank McCourt | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Mighty and the Almighty (2006) | Madeleine Albright | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2008 13th |
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (2007) | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio | Winner | |
| Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (2007) | Barbara Kingsolver (narrated with Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Here If You Need Me (2007) | Kate Braestrup | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Michael Tolliver Lives (2007) | Armistead Maupin | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Neverwhere (1996) | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Traveler (2007) | Ron McLarty | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| 2009 14th |
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008) | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| Just Who Will You Be? (2008) | Maria Shriver | HyperionAudio | Finalist | ||
| Ladies of Liberty (2009) | Cokie Roberts | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Letter to My Daughter (2008) | Maya Angelou | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Girl Who Stopped Swimming (2008) | Joshilyn Jackson | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
2010s
| Year | Audiobook | Author/Narrator | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
Odd and the Frost Giants (2008) | Neil Gaiman | HarperChildrensAudio | Winner | |
| Manhood for Amateurs (2009) | Michael Chabon | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| A Little Bit Wicked (2009) | Kristin Chenoweth | Oasis Audio | Finalist | ||
| Baseball Great (2009) | Tim Green | HarperChildrensAudio | Finalist | ||
| Half Broke Horses (2009) | Jeannette Walls | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2011 16th |
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) | Emma Thompson | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Crazy Heart (1987) | Thomas Cobb | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| A Christmas Blizzard (2009) | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Color Purple (1982) | Alice Walker | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| Role Models (2010) | John Waters | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2012 17th |
Beauty Queens (2011) | Libba Bray | Scholastic Audio | Winner | |
| Bossypants (2011) | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Drama (2011) | John Lithgow | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Seriously…I'm Kidding (2011) | Ellen DeGeneres | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Stories I Only Tell My Friends (2011) | Rob Lowe | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2013 18th |
Society's Child (2008) | Janis Ian | Audible | Winner | |
| American Dervish (2012) | Ayad Akhtar | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| How to Be Black (2012) | Baratunde Thurston | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Most Talkative (2012) | Andy Cohen | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| When It Happens to You (2012) | Molly Ringwald | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Yes, Chef (2012) | Marcus Samuelsson (written with Veronica Chambers) | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2014 19th |
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? (2013) | Billy Crystal | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Grace: A Memoir (2012) | Grace Coddington (written with Michael Roberts) | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| I, Rhoda (2013) | Valerie Harper | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish (2013) | David Rakoff | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Shirley Jones (2013) | Shirley Jones | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2015 20th |
Not My Father's Son (2014) | Alan Cumming | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| A Fighting Chance (2014) | Elizabeth Warren | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2014) | Herbie Hancock (written with Lisa Dickey) | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| What I Know for Sure (2014) | Oprah Winfrey | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Yes Please (2014) | Amy Poehler (narrated with Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2016 21st |
Born with Teeth (2015) | Kate Mulgrew | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| The Art of Asking (2014) | Amanda Palmer | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Furiously Happy (2015) | Jenny Lawson | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| I Must Say (2014) | Martin Short | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Thirteen Ways of Looking (2015) | Colum McCann | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2017 22nd |
A Life in Parts (2016) | Bryan Cranston | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | |
| Dear Mr. You (2015) | Mary-Louise Parker | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (2016) | Amy Schumer | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| In Such Good Company (2016) | Carol Burnett | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| LaRose (2016) | Louise Erdrich | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The View from the Cheap Seats (2016) | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2018 23rd |
Norse Mythology (2017) | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017) | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Born a Crime (2016) | Trevor Noah | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Love Poems (1997) and A Good Cry (2017) | Nikki Giovanni | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| This Fight Is Our Fight (2017) | Elizabeth Warren | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2019 24th |
The Secret of Nightingale Wood (2016) | Lucy Strange | Scholastic Audio | Winner | |
| How Not to Get Shot (2018) | D. L. Hughley | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| In Pieces (2018) | Sally Field | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| My Pride (2017) | Alton Fitzgerald White | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Poet X (2018) | Elizabeth Acevedo | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Promise Me, Dad (2017) | Joe Biden | Audible | Finalist |
2020s
| Year | Audiobook | Author/Narrator | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
With the Fire on High (2019) | Elizabeth Acevedo | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| Becoming (2018) | Michelle Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Inside Out (2019) | Demi Moore | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Madame Badobedah (2019) | Sophie Dahl | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | ||
| Shortest Way Home (2019) | Pete Buttigieg | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist | ||
| Tough Love (2019) | Susan Rice | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2021 26th |
More Myself (2020) | Alicia Keys | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Acid for the Children (2019) | Flea | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Hollywood Park (2020) | Mikel Jollett | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Homie (2020) | Danez Smith | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist | ||
| In Dependence (2009) | Sarah Ladipo Manyika | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| Little Weirds (2019) | Jenny Slate | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2022 27th |
A Promised Land (2020) | Barack Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | |
| All the Rage: A Partial Memoir in Two Acts and a Prologue | Brad Fraser | Penguin Random House Canada | Finalist | ||
| Going There | Katie Couric | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
|
Stories to Tell (2021) |
Richard Marx | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Truth About Lies | Aja Raden | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | ||
| Vulnerable AF | Tarriona Ball | Andrews McMeel Publishing | Finalist | ||
| 2023 28th |
Finding Me (2022) | Viola Davis | Harper Audio | Winner | |
| Apparently There Were Complaints | Sharon Gless | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Hello, Molly! | Molly Shannon | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Ten Steps to Nanette | Hannah Gadsby | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Waypoints | Sam Heughan | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2024
29th |
It. Goes. So. Fast. - The Year of No Do-Overs | Mary Louise Kelly | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| The Covenant of Water (2023) | Abraham Verghese | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| Sisters of the Lost Marsh | Lucy Strange | Scholastic Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Making It So | Patrick Stewart | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
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