# Audie Award for Fantasy

The Audie Award for Fantasy is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a fantasy audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2012.

## Winners and finalists

Winners are listed first and highlighted in light green.

### 2010s

| Year of Release | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result |
| 2012 17th | Daughter of Smoke and Bone (2011) | Laini Taylor | Khristine Hvam | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2012 17th | The Automatic Detective (2008) | A. Lee Martinez | Marc Vietor | Audible | Finalist |
| 2012 17th | The Land of Laughs (1980) | Jonathan Carroll | Edoardo Ballerini | Audible | Finalist |
| 2012 17th | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After (2011) | Steve Hockensmith | Katherine Kellgren | Audible/Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2012 17th | Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (2003) | Walter Moers with John Brownjohn (trans.) | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | Anita (1970) | Keith Roberts | Nicola Barber | Audible | Winner |
| 2013 18th | All Men of Genius (2011) | Lev A. C. Rosen | Emily Gray | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | Heroes Die (1998) | Matthew Stover | Stefan Rudnicki | Audible | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | Princess of Wands (2006) | John Ringo | Suzy Jackson | Audible | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | The Restorer (2011) | Amanda Stevens | Khristine Hvam | Audible | Finalist |
| 2013 18th | Theft of Swords (2011) | Michael J. Sullivan | Tim Gerard Reynolds | Recorded Books | |
| 2014 19th | Wisp of a Thing (2013) | Alex Bledsoe | Stefan Rudnicki | Blackstone Audio | Winner |
| 2014 19th | Kill City Blues (2013) | Richard Kadrey | MacLeod Andrews | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2014 19th | The Republic of Thieves (2013) | Scott Lynch | Michael Page | Tantor Audio | Finalist |
| 2014 19th | The Rithmatist (2013) | Brandon Sanderson | Michael Kramer | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2014 19th | Swords of Waar (2012) | Nathan Long | Dina Pearlman | Audible | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | Words of Radiance (2014) | Brandon Sanderson | Kate Reading and Michael Kramer | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2015 20th | Cress (2014) | Marissa Meyer | Rebecca Soler | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | The Emperor's Blades (2014) | Brian Staveley | Simon Vance | Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | Hawk (2014) | Steven Brust | Bernard Setaro Clark | Audible | Finalist |
| 2015 20th | The Queen of the Tearling (2014) | Erika Johansen | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | Nice Dragons Finish Last (2014) | Rachel Aaron | Vikas Adam | Audible | Winner |
| 2016 21st | Ascension (2014) | Brian K. Fuller | Simon Vance | Podium Publishing | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | The Cycle of Arawn (2014) | Edward W. Robertson | Tim Gerard Reynolds | Podium Publishing | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | The Fifth Season (2015) | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2016 21st | Son of the Black Sword (2015) | Larry Correia | Tim Gerard Reynolds | Audible | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | The Hike (2016) | Drew Magary | Christopher Lane | Brilliance Audio | Winner |
| 2017 22nd | The Bands of Mourning (2016) | Brandon Sanderson | Michael Kramer | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | The Black Prism (2010) | Brent Weeks | Simon Vance | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | The Everything Box (2016) | Richard Kadrey | Oliver Wyman | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2017 22nd | League of Dragons (2016) | Naomi Novik | Simon Vance | Tantor Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (2017) | Theodora Goss | Kate Reading | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner |
| 2018 23rd | Red Sister (2017) | Mark Lawrence | Heather O'Neil | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | The Refrigerator Monologues (2017) | Catherynne M. Valente | Karis A. Campbell | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | Skullsworn (2017) | Brian Staveley | Elizabeth Knowelden | Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | Snake Eyes (2016) | John Conroe | James Patrick Cronin | Audible | Finalist |
| 2018 23rd | Spellmonger (2011) | Terry Mancour | John Lee | Podium Publishing | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Spinning Silver (2018) | Naomi Novik | Lisa Flanagan | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2019 24th | European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (2018) | Theodora Goss | | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Jade City (2017) | Fonda Lee | Andrew Kishino | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Kill the Farm Boy (2018) | Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson | Luke Daniels | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 24th | Second Hand Curses (2017) | Drew Hayes | Scott Aiello, Marc Vietor, and Tavia Gilbert | Audible | Finalist |

### 2020s

| Year of Release | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result |
| 2020 25th | The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) | Alix E. Harrow | January LaVoy | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2020 25th | Beasts of the Frozen Sun (2019) | Jill Criswell | Alana Kerr-Collins and Tim Campbell | Blackstone Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019) | Marlon Jones | Dion Graham | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | Ninth House (2019) | Leigh Bardugo | Michael David Axtell and Lauren Fortgang | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 25th | Time's Children (2018) | D. B. Jackson | Helen Keeley | Dreamscape | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | The City We Became (2020) | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2021 26th | The House in the Cerulean Sea (2020) | TJ Klune | Daniel Henning | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020) | V. E. Schwab | Julia Whelan | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | The Last Smile in Sunder City (2020) | Luke Arnold | Luke Arnold | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 26th | Raybearer (2020) | Jordan Ifueko | Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Blackstone Audio | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | Rhythm of War (2020) | Brandon Sanderson | Michael Kramer and Kate Reading | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2022 27th | The Jasmine Throne (2021) | Tasha Suri | Shiromi Arserio | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower | Tamsyn Muir | Moira Quirk | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | The Sandman: Act II | Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs | Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Emma Corrin, Brian Cox, Kat Dennings, John Lithgow, Bill Nighy, Regé-Jean Page, and a full cast | Audible Originals | Finalist |
| 2022 27th | The Witch's Heart | Genevieve Gornichec | Jayne Entwistle | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | The Monsters We Defy | Leslye Penelope | Shayna Small | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2023 28th | The Art of Prophesy | Wesley Chu | Natalie Naudus | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Cold as Hell | Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle | Roger Clark | Blackstone Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Good Omens (1990) | Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Katherine Kingsley, Arthur Darvill, Peter Forbes, Gabrielle Glaister, Louis Davison, Pixie Davies, Chris Nelson, Ferdinand Frisby Williams, Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, John Hopkins, Lorelei King, Matt Reeves, and Lemn Sissay | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2023 28th | Legends & Lattes (2022) | Travis Baldree | Travis Baldree | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | The Dragon Reborn (1991) | Robert Jordan | Rosamund Pike | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2024 29th | Tread of Angels (2022) | Rebecca Roanhorse | Dion Graham | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | The God of Endings | Jacqueline Holland | Saskia Maarleveld | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Red Rabbit | Alex Grecian | John Pirhalla | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Starling House | Alix E. Harrow | Natalie Naudus | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree | Travis Baldree | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2025 30th | Black Shield Maiden | Willow Smith and Jess Hendel | Willow Smith | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | The Bright Sword | Lev Grossman | Nicholas Guy Smith and Lev Grossman | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Goddess of the River | Vaishnavi Patel | Sneha Mathan | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Someone You Can Build a Nest In | John Wiswell | Carmen Rose | Tantor Audio | Finalist |