The Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a thriller or suspense audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2007.
Winners and finalists
Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.
2000s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 12th |
The Dead Yard (2006) | Adrian McKinty | Gerard Doyle | Blackstone Audio | Winner | |
| Night of the Jaguar (2006) | Michael Gruber | Jonathan Davis | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist | ||
| Surrender (2005) | Sonya Hartnett | Humphrey Bower | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Foreign Correspondent (2006) | Alan Furst | Alfred Molina | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Wall (2006) | Jeff Long | Grover Gardner | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2008 13th |
Heart-Shaped Box (2007) | Joe Hill | Stephen Lang | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| Daddy's Girl (2007) | Lisa Scottoline | Barbara Rosenblat | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The Judas Strain (2007) | James Rollins | Peter Jay Fernandez | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| No Time for Goodbye (2007) | Linwood Barclay | Christopher Lane | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Secret Servant (2007) | Daniel Silva | Phil Gigante | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| What the Dead Know (2007) | Laura Lippman | Linda Emond | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2009 14th |
Child 44 (2008) | Tom Rob Smith | Dennis Boutsikaris | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| Blue Heaven (2008) | C. J. Box | John Bedford Lloyd | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Dying Breed (2008) | Declan Hughes | Stanley Townsend | Isis Publishing | Finalist | ||
| Sweetheart (2008) | Chelsea Cain | Carolyn McCormick | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Finalist |
2010s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
Darling Jim (2007) | Christian Moerk | Stephen Hoye and Justine Eyre | Tantor Audio | Winner | |
| The Devil's Punchbowl (2009) | Greg Iles | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| Level 26: Dark Origins (2009) | Anthony E. Zuiker and Duane Swierczynski | John Glover | Penguin Audiobooks | Finalist | ||
| The Price of Love (2009) | Peter Robinson | John Lee, Gideon Emery, Rosalyn Landor, and Angela Goethals | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Road Dogs (2009) | Elmore Leonard | Peter Francis James | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2011
16th |
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009) | Stieg Larsson | Simon Vance | Random House Audio | Winner | |
| Interface by | Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George | Oliver Wyman | Audible, Inc. | Finalist | ||
| The Book of Spies | Gayle Lynds | Kate Reading | Blackstone Audio, Inc. | Finalist | ||
| Vengeance | AJ Scudiere | Kristoffer Tabori, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Don Leslie | Griffyn Ink | Finalist | ||
| Dead Aim | Thomas Perry | Michael Kramer | Tantor Media | Finalist | ||
| 2012 17th |
The Nightmare Thief (2012) | Meg Gardiner | Susan Ericksen | Brilliance Audio | Winner | |
| Adrenaline (2010) | Jeff Abbott | Kevin T. Collins | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Bone House (2011) | Brian Freeman | Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| A Kiss Before Dying (1953) | Ira Levin | Mauro Hantman | AudioGO | Finalist | ||
| Silent Scream (2010) | Karen Rose | Marguerite Gavin | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Out of My Head (2003) | Didier Van Cauwelaert | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2013 18th |
Red, White, and Blood: The President's Vampire (2012) | Christopher Farnsworth | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio | Winner | |
| The Boy in the Suitcase (2011) | Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis | Katherine Kellgren | AudioGO | Finalist | ||
| The Chalk Girl (2012) | Carol O'Connell | Barbara Rosenblat | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| Odd Apocalypse (2012) | Dean Koontz | David Aaron Baker | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| Rise Again (2010) | Ben Tripp | Kirsten Potter | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2014 19th |
The Hit (2013) | David Baldacci | Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| The Book of Obeah (2010) | Sandra Carrington-Smith | Dave Fennoy | Cherry Hill Publishing | Finalist | ||
| The Fifth Assassin (2013) | Brad Meltzer | Scott Brick | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Suspect (2013) | Robert Crais | MacLeod Andrews | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| Sycamore Row (2013) | John Grisham | Michael Beck | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||
| 2015 20th |
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2014) | Michael Koryta | Robert Petkoff | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| "Hot Snow" in The Avengers Lost Episodes (Vol. 1) (2014) | John Dorney | Full cast | Big Finish Productions | Finalist | ||
| Dead Six (2013) | Larry Correia and Mike Kupari | Bronson Pinchot | Audible | Finalist | ||
| In the Morning I'll Be Gone (2014) | Adrian McKinty | Gerard Doyle | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Lost Key (2014) | Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison | Renee Raudman and MacLeod Andrews | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| Wayfaring Stranger (2014) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2016 21st |
The Patriot Threat: Cotton Malone (2015) | Steve Berry | Scott Brick | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| Blue Labyrinth (2014) | Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | René Auberjonois | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The President's Shadow (2015) | Brad Meltzer | Scott Brick | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Season of Fear (2015) | Brian Freeman | Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Signal (2015) | Patrick Lee | Ari Fliakos | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2017 22nd |
Cross Justice (2015) | James Patterson | Ruben Santiago Hudson and Jefferson Mays | Hachette Audio | Winner | |
| The Fall of Moscow Station (2016) | Mark Henshaw | Eric G. Dove | Dreamscape | Finalist | ||
| Hidden Bodies (2016) | Caroline Kepnes | Santino Fontana | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Home (2016) | Harlan Coben | Steven Weber | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Short Drop (2015) | Matthew FitzSimmons | James Patrick Cronin | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2018 23rd |
The Fourth Monkey (2017) | J. D. Barker | Edoardo Ballerini and Graham Winton | Recorded Books | Winner | |
| The Breakdown (2017) | B. A. Paris | Georgia Maguire | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Don't Let Go (2017) | Harlan Coben | Steven Weber | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Chemist (2016) | Stephenie Meyer | Ellen Archer | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| A Legacy of Spies (2017) | John le Carré | Tom Hollander | Penguin Audio | Finalist | ||
| Mississippi Blood (2017) | Greg Iles | Scott Brick | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2019 24th |
Crimson Lake (2017) | Candice Fox | Euan Morton | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| The Death of Mrs. Westaway (2018) | Ruth Ware | Imogen Church | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Macbeth (2018) | Jo Nesbø | Euan Morton | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Outsider (2018) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Terminal List (2018) | Jack Carr | Ray Porter | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Their Lost Daughters (2017) | Joy Ellis | Richard Armitage | Audible | Finalist |
2020s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
The Institute (2019) | Stephen King | Santino Fontana | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | |
| Blood in the Water (2016) | Jack Flynn | Dion Graham | Recorded Books | Finalist | ||
| Freefall (2019) | Jessica Barry | Hillary Huber, Karissa Vacker, and MacLeod Andrews | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Lady in the Lake (2019) | Laura Lippman | Susan Bennett | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Winter Dark (2020) | Alex Callister | Ell Potter | Audible Originals | Finalist | ||
| 2021 26th |
When No One Is Watching (2020) | Alyssa Cole | Susan Dalian and Jay Aaseng | HarperCollins Publishers | Winner | |
| If It Bleeds (2020) | Stephen King | Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Only Good Indians (2020) | Stephen Graham Jones | Shaun Taylor-Corbett | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Sentinel (2020) | Lee Child and Andrew Child | Scott Brick | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Yard Work (2020) | David Koepp | Kevin Bacon | Audible Originals | Finalist | ||
| 2022 27th |
Local Woman Missing | Mary Kubica | Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and Jesse Vilinsky | HarperAudio | Winner | |
| The Last Thing He Told Me (2021) | Laura Dave | Rebecca Lowman | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Never Far Away | Michael Koryta | Robert Petkoff | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Night She Disappeared | Lisa Jewell | Joanne Froggatt | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||
| Razorblade Tears (2021) | S. A. Cosby | Adam Lazarre-White | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2023 28th |
Greenwich Park | Katherine Faulkner | Laura Kirman | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | |
| The Boys from Biloxi | John Grisham | Michael Beck | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Island | Adrian McKinty | Mela Lee | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Paris Apartment | Lucy Foley | Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| Snowstorm in August | Marshall Karp | Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Where Secrets Live | S. C. Richards | Jennifer Jill Araya | Dreamscape Media | Finalist | ||
| 2024
29th |
All the Sinners Bleed (2023) | S. A. Cosby | Adam Lazarre-White | Macmillan Audio | Winner | |
| The Woodkin | Alexander James | Alex Knox | CamCat Books | Finalist | ||
| Bad Cree | Jessica Johns | Tanis Parenteau | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| I Will Find You | Harlan Coben | Steven Weber | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | ||
| None of This Is True (2023) | Lisa Jewell | Nicola Walker, Louise Brealey, and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
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