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
1990s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 1st |
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation (1995) | Jonathan Kozol | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | Winner | |
| Crossing the Threshold of Hope (1995) | Pope John Paul II | Earl Hammond and William Bogert | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Lincoln's Letters: The Private Man and the Warrior (1995) | Abraham Lincoln | George Vail | Commuter's Library | Finalist | ||
| 1997 2nd |
Genesis (1996) | Bill Moyers | Mandy Patinkin | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | Winner | |
| Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin (1996) | Stephen Jay Gould | Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. | Dove Audio | Finalist | ||
| It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972) | James Herriot | Christopher Timothy | Chivers North America | Finalist | ||
| 1998 3rd |
James Herriot's Animal Stories (1992) | James Herriot | Christopher Timothy | Audio Renaissance | Winner | |
| The Lord God Made Them All (1981) | James Herriot | Christopher Timothy | Chivers North America | Finalist | ||
| Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) | Mitch Albom | Mitch Albom | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| 1999 4th |
Full Circle: A Pacific Journey with Michael Palin (1997) | Michael Palin | Michael Palin | Chivers North America | Winner | |
| Ned Kelly: A Short Life (1995) | Ian Jones | Paul English | Australian Large Print Audio & Video | Finalist | ||
| White Coolies (1954) | Betty Jeffrey | Beverly Dunn | Australian Large Print Audio & Video | Finalist |
2000s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 5th |
'Tis (1999) | Frank McCourt | Frank McCourt | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | |
| Elegy for Iris (1999) | John Bayley | David Frederick Case | Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| The War Journal of Major Damon Rocky Gause (1999) | Damon Rocky Gause | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2001 6th |
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2000) | Sidney Poitier | Sidney Poitier | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| On Writing (2000) | Stephen King | Stephen King | Simon & Schuster | Finalist | ||
| 2002 7th |
John Adams (2001) | David McCullough | Nelson Runger | Recorded Books | Winner | |
| An Album of Memories (2001) | Tom Brokaw | Tom Brokaw et al. | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Life and Works of Chopin (2001) | Jeremy Siepmann | Jeremy Siepmann | Naxos Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| 2003 8th |
3000 Degrees (2002) | Sean Flynn | Richard Rohan | Listen & Live Audio | Winner | |
| Band of Brothers (1992) | Stephen E. Ambrose | Tim Jerome | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist | ||
| Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (1999) | Yossef Bodansky | Nadia May | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Mark Twain (2001) | Geoffrey C. Ward,Dayton Duncan, and Ken Burns | Bille Meisle | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Trial and The Death of Socrates (4th century B.C.) | Plato | Bruce Alexander and Jamie Glover | Naxos Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| 2004 9th |
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2003) | Amy Tan | Amy Tan | Brilliance Audio | Winner | |
| The Devil in the White City (2003) | Erik Larson | Tony Goldwyn | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Hitler's Scientists (2003) | John Cornwell | Simon Prebble | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | ||
| Middletown, America (2003) | Gail Sheehy | Gail Sheehy | Brilliance | Finalist | ||
| The Bounty (2003) | Caroline Alexander | Michael York | Penguin Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| 2005 10th |
Chasing the Devil (1997) | David Reichert | Dennis Boutsikaris | Time Warner AudioBooks | Winner | |
| Ask Not (2004) | Thurston Clarke | Edward Herrmann | Audio Renaissance | Finalist | ||
| Caddy for Life (2004) | John Feinstein | John Feinstein | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | ||
| The Culture of Fear (1999) | Barry Glassner | Barry Glassner | The Audio Partners | Finalist | ||
| Running with the Bulls (2004) | Valerie Hemingway | Anne Flosnik | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| They Made America (2004) | Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, and David Lefer | Harold Evans | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | ||
| 2006 11th |
The World Is Flat (2005) | Thomas L. Friedman | Oliver Wyman | Audio Renaissance | Winner | |
| The Boys of Pointe du Hoc (2005) | Douglas Brinkley | Douglas Brinkley | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Conspiracy of Fools (2005) | Kurt Eichenwald | Stephen Lang | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005) | Simon Winchester | Simon Winchester | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The Truth (with Jokes) (2005) | Al Franken | Al Franken | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2007 12th |
Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (2004) | Terry Darlington | Steve Hodson | IFIS Publishing | Winner | |
| Babylon by Bus (2006) | Ray LeMoine, Jeff Neumann, and Donovan Webster | Jeremy Davidson | Penguin Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| Striking Back (2005) | Aaron J. Klein | Stefan Rudnicki | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Team of Rivals (2005) | Doris Kearns Goodwin | Suzanne Toren | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| The Looming Tower (2006) | Lawrence Wright | Alan Sklar | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2008 13th |
Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976) | Alex Haley | Avery Brooks | BBC Audiobooks America | Winner | |
| Banker to the Poor (2006) | Muhammad Yunus | Ray Porter | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (2007) | David Halberstam | Edward Herrmann | Hyperion Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (1959) | Alfred Lansing | Simon Prebble | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Jesus for the Non-Religious (2007) | John Shelby Spong | Alan Sklar | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2009 14th |
Hot, Flat, and Crowded (2008) | Thomas Friedman | Oliver Wyman | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage (2008) | Joe Wheeler | Grover Gardner | Oasis Audio | Finalist | ||
| Buying In (2008) | Rob Walker | Robert Fass | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist | ||
| Gang Leader for a Day (2008) | Sudhir Venkatesh | Reg Rogers | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Out of Mao's Shadows (2008) | Philip P. Pan | David Colacci | Tantor Audio | Finalist |
2010s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) | Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan | Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Anne Frank Remembered (1995) | Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Barbara Rosenblat | Oasis Audio | Finalist | ||
| Columbine (2009) | Dave Cullen | Don Leslie | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Outliers (2008) | Malcolm Gladwell | Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| What Americans Really Want…Really (2009) | Frank Luntz | L. J. Ganser | Hyperion Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2011 16th |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010) | Rebecca Skloot | Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| No One Would Listen (2010) | Harry Markopolos | Harry Markopolos, Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, David Kotz, Gaytri Kachroo, and Michael Ocrant | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Game Change (2010) | John Heilemann and Mark Halperin | Dennis Boutsikaris | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Obama's Wars (2010) | Bob Woodward | Boyd Gaines | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Poisoner's Handbook (2010) | Deborah Blum | Coleen Marlo | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2012 17th |
The Murder of the Century | Paul Collins | William Dufris | AudioGO | Winner | |
| Dog Sense (2011) | John Bradshaw | Michael Page | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| The 4 Percent Universe (2011) | Richard Panek | Ray Porter | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| My Korean Deli (2010) | Ben Ryder Howe | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Unbroken (2010) | Laura Hillenbrand | Edward Herrmann | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| 2013 18th |
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (2012) | Florence Williams | Kate Reading | Tantor Audio | Winner | |
| Cemetery John (2012) | Robert Zorn | Sean Runnette | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Crisis of Zionism (2012) | Peter Beinart | Lloyd James | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| Love Is the Cure (2012) | Elton John | Elton John | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Sex and God at Yale (2012) | Nathan Harden | Scott Aiello | Audible | Finalist | ||
| 2014 19th |
David and Goliath (2013) | Malcolm Gladwell | Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| Beyond Belief (2013) | Jenna Miscavige Hill | Sandy Rustin | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The End of Nature (1989) | Bill McKibben | Jeff Woodman | Audible | Finalist | ||
| The Telling Room (2013) | Michael Paterniti | L. J. Ganser | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Thank You for Your Service (2013) | David Finkel | Arthur Bishop | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2015 20th |
Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him (2013) | David Henry and Joe Henry | Dion Graham | Tantor Audio | Winner | |
| Being Mortal (2014) | Atul Gawande | Robert Petkoff | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Deep Down Dark (2014) | Héctor Tobar | Henry Leyva | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Flash Boys (2014) | Michael Lewis | Dylan Baker | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014) | Walter Isaacson | Dennis Boutsikaris | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Unruly Places (2014) | Alastair Bonnett | Derek Perkins | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2016 21st |
Ghettoside (2015) | Jill Leovy | Rebecca Lowman | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | |
| The Dorito Effect (2015) | Mark Schatzker | Chris Patton | Dreamscape | Finalist | ||
| I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out (2013) | Lee Gutkind | Tavia Gilbert | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| Missoula (2015) | Jon Krakauer | Mozhan Marno | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Song Machine (2015) | John Seabrook | Dion Graham | HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| 2017 22nd |
Hillbilly Elegy (2016) | J. D. Vance | J. D. Vance | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| Adnan's Story (2016) | Rabia Chaudry | Rabia Chaudry | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016) | Matthew Desmond | Dion Graham | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| The Gene: An Intimate History (2016) | Siddhartha Mukherjee | Dennis Boutsikaris | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| A Million Years in a Day (2015) | Greg Jenner | Matthew Lloyd Davies | Tantor Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist | ||
| Words on the Move: Why English Won't – and Can't – Sit Still (Like, Literally) (2016) | John McWhorter | John McWhorter | Audible | Finalist | ||
| 2018 23rd |
American Wolf (2017) | Nate Blakeslee | Mark Bramhall | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| The Butterfly Effect (2017) | Jon Ronson | Jon Ronson | Audible Originals | Finalist | ||
| Ghosts of the Tsunami (2017) | Richard Lloyd Parry | Simon Vance | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign (2017) | Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes | Kimberly Farr | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| This Fight Is Our Fight (2017) | Elizabeth Warren | Elizabeth Warren | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2019 24th |
The Perfectionists | Simon Winchester | Simon Winchester | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist (2018) | Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington | Robert Fass | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Dopesick (2018) | Beth Macy | Beth Macy | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (2018) | Ben Goldfarb | Will Damron | Chelsea Green Publishing | Finalist | ||
| Heartland (2018) | Sarah Smarsh | Sarah Smarsh | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967) | Martin Luther King, Jr. | JD Jackson | Beacon Press Audio | Finalist |
2020s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
Grace Will Lead Us Home (2019) | Jennifer Berry Hawes | Karen Chilton and Jennifer Berry Hawes | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Mama's Last Hug (2019) | Frans de Waal | L. J. Ganser | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| The Perfect Predator (2019) | Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson, and Teresa Barker | Christine Lakin and Dan Woren | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Talking to Strangers (2019) | Malcolm Gladwell | Malcolm Gladwell | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| We Are the Weather (2019) | Jonathan Safran Foer | Jonathan Safran Foer | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2021 26th |
Fire in Paradise (2020) | Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano | T. Ryder Smith | Recorded Books | Winner | |
| If You Tell (2019) | Gregg Olsen | Karen Peakes | Brilliance | Finalist | ||
| Rage (2020) | Bob Woodward | Robert Petkoff | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope (2020) | Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | Jennifer Garner | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Wandering in Strange Lands (2020) | Morgan Jerkins | Morgan Jerkins | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2022
27th |
The Joy of Sweat | Sarah Everts | Sophie Amoss | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Freedom | Sebastian Junger | Sebastian Junger | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Last Call | Elon Green | David Pittu | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism | Jen Gunter | Jen Gunter | HighBridge Audio, a division of Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| The Premonition: A Pandemic Story | Michael Lewis | Adenrele Ojo | Audible Studios | Finalist | ||
| This Is Your Mind on Plants | Michael Pollan | Michael Pollan | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2023
27th |
The Ransomware Hunting Team (2022) | Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden | BD Wong | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Davos Man | Peter S. Goodman | Michael David Axtell | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Queer Ducks (And Other Animals) | Eliot Schrefer | Joel Froomkin, Dustin Ballard, Hope Newhouse, and Neo Cihi | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The Sex Lives of African Women | Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah | Iesha Nyree, Adenrele Ojo, Deanna Anthony, Stephanie Weeks, Joy Hooper, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Karen Murray, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Janina Edwards, M. J. Brown, and Karla Mosley | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation | Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) | Shaun Taylor-Corbett | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | ||
| 2024
29th |
Poverty, by America (2023) | Matthew Desmond | Dion Graham | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Fire Weather | John Vaillant | Alan Carlson | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (2023) | Elizabeth Winkler | Eunice Wong | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal | Bettina L. Love | Karen Chilton, introduction read by Bettina L. Love | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| A Refugee's American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service | Leth Oun, contribution by Joe Samuel Starnes | Tim Lounibos | Tantor Audio | Finalist |
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