# Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year

The Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It has been awarded since 2004.

## Winners and finalists

Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.

### 2000s

| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result |
| 2004 9th | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2004 9th | A Patriot's Handbook | Caroline Kennedy | Caroline Kennedy, James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and full cast | Hyperion Audiobooks | Finalist |
| 2004 9th | David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall (2003) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist |
| 2004 9th | The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare (1589–1614) | William Shakespeare | The Arkangel Cast | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | Finalist |
| 2004 9th | The John Cheever Audio Collection (1947–1964) | John Cheever | John Cheever, Blythe Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plimpton, and Meryl Streep | Caedmon/HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2005 10th | My Life (2004) | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton | Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2005 10th | A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (1999) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2005 10th | Ulysses (1918–1920) | James Joyce | Jim Norton and Marcella Riordan | Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd | Finalist |
| 2006 11th | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004) | Douglas Adams | Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast | BBC Audiobooks America | Winner |
| 2006 11th | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2006 11th | The Truth (With Jokes) (2005) | Al Franken | Al Franken | Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2007 12th | Inspired by... The Bible Experience: New Testament (2007) | Media Group | Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast | Zondervan Publishing | Winner |
| 2007 12th | This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2004) | Jay Allison and Dan Gediman | Bill Gates, Martha Graham, and full cast | Audio Renaissance | Finalist |
| 2007 12th | To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) | Harper Lee | Sissy Spacek | HarperAudio/Caedmon | Finalist |
| 2007 12th | World War Z (2006) | Max Brooks | Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, Carl Reiner, and full cast | Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2008 13th | The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller (2007) | Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, James Grady, David Hewson, P. J. Parrish, and Jeffery Deaver | Alfred Molina | Audible | Winner |
| 2008 13th | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House/Listening Library | Finalist |
| 2008 13th | I Am America (And So Can You!) (2007) | Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, and Jon Stewart | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2008 13th | Inspired by... The Bible Experience: Old Testament (2007) | Media Group | Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast | Zondervan Publishing | Finalist |
| 2008 13th | The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) | Brian Selznick | Jeff Woodman | Scholastic Audio | Finalist |
| 2009 14th | The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Winner |
| 2009 14th | Brisingr (2008) | Christopher Paolini | Gerard Doyle | Listening Library | Finalist |
| 2009 14th | A Wolf at the Table (2008) | Augusten Burroughs | Augusten Burroughs | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |

### 2010s

| Year | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result |
| 2010 15th | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (2002) | Nelson Mandela | Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, and full cast | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2010 15th | The Time of My Life (2009) | Lisa Niemiand Patrick Swayze | Patrick Swayze | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2010 15th | The Word of Promise Audio Bible (2009) | Nelson Bibles | Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and full cast | Thomas Nelson | Finalist |
| 2011 16th | Life (2010) | Keith Richards | Johnny Depp and Joe Hurley (feat. Keith Richards) | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2011 16th | The Woody Allen Collection (2010) | Woody Allen | Woody Allen | Audible | Finalist |
| 2011 16th | The Red Pyramid (2010) | Rick Riordan | Katherine Kellgren and Kevin P. Free | Audible | Finalist |
| 2012 17th | Bossypants (2011) | Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2012 17th | Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) | Adam Mansbach | Samuel L. Jackson | Audible/Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2012 17th | American Gods (2001) | Neil Gaiman | Dennis Boutsikaris and full cast | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2012 17th | Steve Jobs (2011) | Walter Isaacson | Dylan Baker | Simon & Schuster Audio/Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | The End of the Affair (1951) | Graham Greene | Colin Firth | Audible | Winner |
| 2013 18th | American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America (2012) | Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Christeta Comerford, Sam Kass, Bill Yosses, and full cast | Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | Beautiful Ruins (2012) | Jess Walter | Edoardo Ballerini | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (2012) | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Bill O'Reilly | Macmillan 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 | Billy Crystal | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2014 19th | The Testament of Mary (2012) | Colm Tóibín | Meryl Streep | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2014 19th | The Things They Carried (1990) | Tim O'Brien | Bryan Cranston | Audible | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | Mandela: An Audio History (2014) | Nelson Mandela | Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman | HighBridge (Recorded Books) | Winner |
| 2015 20th | The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (2013) | Doris Kearns Goodwin | Edward Herrmann | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and full cast | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | What I Know For Sure (2014) | Oprah Winfrey | Oprah Winfrey | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | Yes Please (2014) | Amy Poehler | Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | The Girl on the Train (2015) | Paula Hawkins | Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, and India Fisher | Penguin Audio/Books on Tape | Winner |
| 2016 21st | Go Set a Watchman (2015) | Harper Lee | Reese Witherspoon | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | The Nightingale (2015) | Kristin Hannah | Polly Stone | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | The Water Diviner (2014) | Andrew Anastasios and Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios | Jack Thompson | Bolinda Audio | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | Hamilton: The Revolution (2016) | Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter | Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jeremy Carter | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2017 22nd | Boys in the Trees (2015) | Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (2016) | Amy Schumer | Amy Schumer | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | The Underground Railroad (2016) | Colson Whitehead | Bahni Turpin | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person (2015) | Shonda Rhimes | Shonda Rhimes | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) | George Saunders | Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and full cast | Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2018 23rd | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016) | Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah | Audible | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1 (2017) | Craig Alanson | R. C. Bray | Podium Publishing | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition (1985) | Margaret Atwood and Valerie Martin | Claire Danes, Margaret Atwood, and full cast | Audible | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness (2017) | Paula Poundstone | Paula Poundstone | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Children of Blood and Bone (2018) | Tomi Adeyemi | Bahni Turpin | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2019 24th | An American Marriage (2018) | Tayari Jones | Eisa Davis and Sean Crisden | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Beastie Boys Book (2018) | Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz | Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Calypso (2018) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers (2018) | Maxwell King | LeVar Burton | Oasis Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (2018) | Michelle McNamara | Gabra Zackman, Gillian Flynn, and Patton Oswalt | HarperAudio | Finalist |

### 2020s

| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result |
| 2020 25th | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (2019) | Garrett M. Graff | Holter Graham and full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner |
| 2020 25th | Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1991) | Tony Kushner | Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | Becoming (2018) | Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | Charlotte's Web (1952) | E. B. White | Meryl Streep and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | The Dutch House (2019) | Ann Patchett | Tom Hanks | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (2019) | Margaret Atwood | Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, and Margaret Atwood | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | Piranesi (2020) | Susanna Clarke | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Bloomsbury PLC | Winner |
| 2021 26th | The Decision: Overcoming Today's BS for Tomorrow's Success (2020) | Kevin Hart | Kevin Hart | Audible Originals | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | More Myself: A Journal (2020) | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | The Mountains Sing (2020) | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai | Quyen Ngo | Dreamscape | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | We're Better Than This (2020) | Elijah Cummings with James Dale | Nancy Pelosi, Laurence Fishburne, and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | Project Hail Mary (2021) | Andy Weir | Ray Porter | Audible Studios | Winner |
| 2022 27th | A Promised Land (2020) | Barack Obama | Barack Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music(2021) | Dave Grohl | Dave Grohl | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | The Sweetness of Water (2021) | Nathan Harris | William DeMeritt | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Finding Me (2022) | Viola Davis | Viola Davis | Harper Audio | Winner |
| 2023 28th | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021) | Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine, edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein | Nikole Hannah-Jones, January LaVoy and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon (2021) | Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam | Paul Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce Headlam | Pushkin Industries | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022) | Shelby Van Pelt | Marin Ireland and Michael Urie | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2022) | Tyler English-Beckwith (adapter), based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez | DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams, Jerrie Johnson, Folake Olowofoyeku, Bahni Turpin, and full cast | Podium Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Surrender | Bono | Bono | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2024 29th | All the Sinners Bleed (2023) | S. A. Cosby | Adam Lazarre-White | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound | Lake Bell | Lake Bell | Pushkin Industries | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Sing a Black Girl's Song | Ntozake Shange, edited by Imani Perry, foreword by Tarana Burke | Alfre Woodard, D. Woods, and full cast | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Tom Lake (2023) | Ann Patchett | Meryl Streep | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | My Name Is Barbra (2023) | Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | George Orwell’s 1984 | George Orwell, adapted by Joe White | Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, and full cast | Audible Originals | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Playground | Richard Powers | Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, and full cast | Spotify Audiobooks | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Poor Deer | Claire Oshetsky | Sophie Amoss | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | The Sing Sing Files | Dan Slepian | Dan Slepian | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |