# Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance

The Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance, established in 1996, is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobooks narrated by multiple performers who do not interact. Only English-language texts are eligible.
Between 1996 and 2001, two awards were presented annually, one for multi-voiced performance and one for multi-voiced narration.

## Winners and finalists

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

### 1990s

| Year | Category | Title | Author(s) | Narrators | Publisher | Result |
| 1996 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Myst: The Book of Atrys | Rand Miller and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove | Eric Conger, Kevin Dewey, Bruch Goodh, Graeme Malcom, Annie Meisels, Alexandra Ospina, and Barbara Rosenblat | Random House Audio | Winner |
| 1996 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Burns & Allen | Original Radio Broadcasts | George Burns and Gracie Allen | Radio Spirits, Inc. | Finalist |
| 1996 | Multi-Voiced Performance | David Copperfield (1849–1850) | Charles Dickens (dramatized by Betty Davies) | Full cast (including Gary Cady, Miriam Margolyes, John Moffatt, Timothy Spall and Sheila Hancock) | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | Finalist |
| 1997 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Grow Old Along with Me the Best is Yet to Be | Sandra Haldeman Martz | Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, CCH Pounder, and Alfre Woodard | Audio Literature | Winner |
| 1997 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | George Lucas (adapted by Brian Daley) | Anthony Daniels, John Lithgow, Edward Asner, and a full cast | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 1997 | Multi-Voiced Narration | The Prince's Choice | William Shakespeare (selected by Charles, the Prince of Wales) | Full cast | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 1998 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Dayton Duncan | Ken Burns, Adam Arkin, Donovan Sylvest, David Magee, and Jason Culp | Random House Audio | Winner |
| 1998 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Abuse of Power | Stanley Kutler | David Ackroyd, David Dukes, and William Windom | Dove Audio | Finalist |
| 1998 | Multi-Voiced Narration | The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells (adapted by Howard Koch) | Leonard Nimoy, Jerry Hardin, Gates McFadden, Dwight Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent Spiner, and Wil Wheaton | Listening Library | Finalist |
| 1998 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Women in the Material World | Faith D'Alusio and Peter Menzel | CCH Pounder | Audio Literature | Winner |
| 1998 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Star Wars—Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire | William C. Dietz | Randall Berger and a full cast | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 1998 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Voices of the Civil War: Gettysburg | Time Life Books | Full cast | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist |
| 1999 | Multi-Voiced Narration | The Complete Audio Bible, Old Testament | Dove Audio | Michael York and a full cast | Dove Audio | Winner |
| 1999 | Multi-Voiced Narration | The New Testament | Oasis Audio | Max McLean | Oasis Audio | Finalist |
| 1999 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Sales Closing for Dummies | Tom Hopkins | Tom Hopkins | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 1999 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation | Tom Kuntz | Michael York and a full cast | Dove Audio | Winner |
| 1999 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Lost Civilizations: Pompeii | Time Life Books | Blair Brown, David McCallum, and a full cast | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist |
| 1999 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Star Wars—Dark Forces: Rebel Agent | William C. Dietz | Full cast | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |

### 2000s

| Year | Category | Title | Author(s) | Narrators | Publisher | Result |
| 2000 | Multi-Voiced Narration | The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain | Mark Twain | Walter Cronkite, Betty Buckley, and Mandy Patinkin | Fair Oaks Audio | Winner |
| 2000 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Friendship with God | Neale Donald Walsch | Neale Donald Walsch, Edward Asner, and Ellen Burstyn | NewStar Media, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2000 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Song of the Sun | Andrew Harvey | Andrew Harvey | Sounds True | Finalist |
| 2000 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Sherlock's Secret Life | Ed Lange and Will Severin | Karl Malden and a full cast | NYS Theatre Institute/Family Classic Audio Books | Winner |
| 2000 | Multi-Voiced Performance | In the Name of Security | Peter Goodchild | David Hyde Pierce, John Rubinstein, John de Lancie, Ella Joyce, and Amy Pietz | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist |
| 2000 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Misadventures in the (213) | Dennis Hensley | Kathy Griffin, Jack Plotnick, Rachel Harris, Gregg Rainwater, Shane Jacobson, Rob Nash, Robert Abele, and Dennis Hensley | The Publishing Mills | Finalist |
| 2001 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Pay It Forward (1999) | Catherine Ryan Hyde | Debra Monk and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner |
| 2001 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Complete Shakespeare Sonnets | William Shakespeare | Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, Lindsay Crouse, Eli Wallach, and a full cast | Airplay | Finalist |
| 2001 | Multi-Voiced Narration | Ten | W. Somerset Maugham | British cast | KCRW | Finalist |
| 2001 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Cakewalk | Peter Feibleman | Elaine Stritch and Bruce Davison | L.A. Theatre Works | Winner |
| 2001 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Subtle Knife (1997) | Philip Pullman | Full cast | Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2001 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Too Dead To Swing | Hal Glatzer | Full cast | Audio-Playwrights | Finalist |
| 2002 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Amber Spyglass (2000) | Philip Pullman | Philip Pullman and a full cast | Listening Library | Winner |
| 2002 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Crucible (1953) | Arthur Miller | Richard Dreyfuss, Stacy Keach, Michael York, Fionnula Flanagan, Madolyn Smith, and René Auberjonois | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist |
| 2002 | Multi-Voiced Performance | War Letters | Andrew Carroll | Noah Wyle, Steve Zahn, and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2003 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Big Mouth & Ugly Girl | Joyce Carol Oates | Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe | HarperAudio | Winner |
| 2003 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Every Tongue Got to Confess | Zora Neale Hurston | Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2003 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Seek | Paul Fleischman | Full cast | Listening Library | Finalist |
| 2003 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Shadowlands (1989) | William Nicholson | Harriet Harris, Martin Jarvis, and a full cast | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist |
| 2003 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Slave | Isaac Bashevis Singer | David Chandler and Tracy Sallows | Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2004 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Ghost Riders | Sharyn McCrumb | Dick Hill and Susie Breck | Brilliance Audio | Winner |
| 2004 | Multi-Voiced Performance | A Patriot's Handbook | Caroline Kennedy | Neil Armstrong, Robert Frost, John McCain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Caroline Kennedy, James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and a full cast | Hyperion Audiobooks | Finalist |
| 2004 | Multi-Voiced Performance | A Venetian Affair | Andrea di Robilant | Paul Hecht | Recorded Books, LLC | Finalist |
| 2004 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Hey Nostradamus! | Douglas Coupland | Jenna Lamia, David Ledoux, Jillian Crane, and John Randolph Jones | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 2004 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Misfits | James Howe | Spencer Murphy and the Full Cast Family | Full Cast Audio | Finalist |
| 2005 | Multi-Voiced Performance | My Sister's Keeper (2004) | Jodi Picoult | Julia Gibson (narrator), Jenny Ikeda, Richard Poe and a full cast | Recorded Books, LLC | Winner |
| 2005 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956) | C.S. Lewis | Kenneth Branagh and a full cast | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2005 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Kiss Me While I Sleep | Linda Howard | Joyce Bean and Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2005 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy | Ted Allen | Ted Allen | Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2005 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Will They Ever Trust Us Again? | Michael Moore | Michael Moore and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2006 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Raymond and Hannah | Stephen Marche | Kathleen McInerney and David LeDoux | | Winner |
| 2006 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Assassination Vacation | Sarah Vowell | Sarah Vowell | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2006 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) | Jonathan Safran Foer | Jeff Woodman, Barbara Caruso, and Richard Ferrone | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2006 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Historian (2005) | Elizabeth Kostova | Jim Ward, Rosalyn Landor, Robin Atkin Downes, Dennis Boutsikaris, and Joanne Whalley | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist |
| 2006 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers | Fred Rogers with Joanne Rogers (intro) | Lily Tomlin, BD Wong, Blair Brown, and Richard Kind with Joanne Rogers (foreword) | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist |
| 2007 | Multi-Voiced Performance | World War Z (2006) | Max Brooks | Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, and Rob Reiner | | Winner |
| 2007 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Airborn | Kenneth Oppel | David Kelly and a full cast | Full Cast Audio | Finalist |
| 2007 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Operation Homecoming | Andrew Carroll | Joe Barrett, and David Birney | Blackstone Audio, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2007 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Suite Francaise | Irène Némirovsky | Daniel Oreskes and Barbara Rosenblat | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 2007 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Thirteenth Tale | Diane Setterfield | Ruthie Henshall and Lynn Redgrave | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2008 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Inspired by ... The Bible Experience (Old Testament) | Media Group | Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, and a full cast | Zondervan Publishing | Winner |
| 2008 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Dune (1965) | Frank Herbert | Scott Brick, Simon Vance, and a full cast | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2008 | Multi-Voiced Performance | I Am America (And So Can You!) | 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 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Word of Promise...New Testament Audio Bible | Thomas Nelson, Inc. | Full cast | Thomas Nelson, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2008 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Hollowville | Mary Jane Hansen | Bruce Dern | NYS Theatre Institute | Finalist |
| 2009 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Mudbound | Hillary Jordan | Joely Collins, Peter Jay Fernandez, Kate Forbes, Ezra Knight, Brenday Pressley, and Tom Stechschulte | Recorded Books | Winner |
| 2009 | Multi-Voiced Performance | Family Audio Bible | | Dick Cavett, Marsha Mason, Andrew McCarthy, Martha Plimpton, and Tom Wopat | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2009 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Plague of Doves (2008) | Louise Erdrich | Peter Francis James and Kathleen McInerney | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2009 | Multi-Voiced Performance | The Word of Promise Next Generation: New Testament | Nelson Bibles | Sean Astin, Cody Linley, AnnaSophia Robb, Jordin Sparks, and a full cast | Thomas Nelson, Inc. | Finalist |

### 2010s

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrators | Publisher | Result |
| 2010 | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktalkes | Nelson Mandela | Full Cast | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2010 | The Canterbury Tales (c. 1400) | Geoffrey Chaucer | Full Cast (Ric Jerrom, Bill Wallis, Cameron Stewart, Mark Meadows, Kim Hicks, Maggie Ollerenshaw) | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist |
| 2010 | The Canterbury Tales (c. 1400) | Geoffrey Chaucer | Martin Jarvis and a full cast | Blackstone Audio, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2010 | The Rivalry | Norman Corwin | Paul Giamatti, James Gleason, Lily Rabe, David Strathairn, and Shannon Cochran | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist |
| 2010 | The Word of Promise Audio Bible | Nelson Bibles | Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and a full cast | Thomas Nelson, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2011 | Jitters | Adele Park | Full cast | Straight to Audio Productions | Winner |
| 2011 | Great Classic Science Fiction | H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber, James H. Schmitz, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Andre Norton | Simon Vance, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren, Stephen R. Thorne, Greg Itzin, Scott Brick, Barbara Rosenblat | AudioGO | Finalist |
| 2011 | Room (2010) | Emma Donoghue | Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren | Hachette Audio | Finalist |
| 2011 | The Shadow Effect | Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson | Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2011 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, and Matthew Wolf | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist |
| 2012 | A Raisin in the Sun (1959) | Lorraine Hansberry | Judyann Elder, Rutina Wesley, Mirron Willis, and a full cast | L.A. Theatre Works | Winner |
| 2012 | Bruiser | Neal Shusterman | Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, Luke Daniels, and Laura Hamilton | Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2012 | The Graduate (1963) | Charles Webb and Terry Johnson, Calder Willingham, and adapted by Buck Henry | Kathleen Turner, Matthew Rhys, and a full cast | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist |
| 2012 | 1Q84 (2009–2010) | Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin, with Philip Gabriel (trans.) | Alison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, and Mark Boyett | Audible, Inc./Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2012 | The Watch That Ends the Night (2011) | Allan Wolf | Michael Page, Phil Gigante, Christopher Lane, Laural Merlington, and Angela Dawe | Brilliance Audio/Candlewick | Finalist |
| 2013 | Dracula (1897) | Bram Stoker | Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, and a full cast | Audible, Inc. | Winner |
| 2013 | My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan | Seth Rudetsky | Seth Rudetsky and a full cast | Audible, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2013 | October Mourning | Lesléa Newman | Lesléa Newman and a full cast | Brilliance Audio | Finalist |
| 2013 | The Privilege of the Sword | Ellen Kushner | Ellen Kushner and a full cast | SueMedia Productions for Neil Gaiman Presents/ACX | Finalist |
| 2013 | Suddenly, A Knock on the Door | Etgar Keret | Etgar Keret and a full cast | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2013 | That is All | John Hodgman | John Hodgman and a full cast | Penguin Audio | Finalist |
| 2014 | World War Z (2006) | Max Brooks | Martin Scorsese, Alfred Molina, and a full cast | Random House/Books on Tape | Winner |
| 2014 | Ender's Game Alive | Orson Scott Card | Full cast | Audible, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2014 | The Fall of the Kings | Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman | Ellen Kushner and a full cast | SueMedia Productions for Neil Gaiman Presents/Audible, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2014 | Snowbound | Richard S. Wheeler | Brian Hutchison, T. Ryder Smith, Robert Ian Mackenzie, James Colby, Cellest Ciulla, and Scott Sowers | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2014 | William Shakespeare's Star Wars | Ian Doescher | Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy, and Marc Thompson | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist |
| 2015 | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and a full cast | HarperAudio | Winner |
| 2015 | The Anatomy Lesson | Nina Siegal | Adam Alexi-Malle, Peter Altschuler, Emma Jayne Appleyard, Hannah Curtis, Gildart Jackson, Bruce Mann, and Steve West | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2015 | Land of Love and Drowning | Tiphanie Yanique | Cherise Boothe, Korey Jackson, Rachel Leslie, and Myra Lucretia Taylor | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2015 | A Long Time Gone | Karen White | Susan Bennett, Jennifer Ikeda, and Pilar Witherspoon | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2015 | The Sixteenth of June | Maya Lang | Julia Whelan, Will Damron, and MacLeod Andrews | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist |
| 2015 | Stars | Janis Ian and Mike Resnick (editors) | Janis Ian, Emily Rankin, Gabrielle du Cuir, John Rubinstein, Kathe Mazur, Kristoffer Tabori, Paul Boehmer, Sile Bermingham, Stefan Rudnicki and Susan Hanfield | Audible, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2016 | Illuminae (2015) | Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff | Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, and Johnathan McClain | Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2016 | Clockwork Lives | Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart | Morgan Hallet, George Guidall, Richard Poe, Jim Jenner, Tandy Cronyn, Pete Bradbury, Barbara Rosenblat, and Brian Hutchison | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2016 | How It Went Down | Kekla Magoon | Cherise Boothe, Shari Peele, Kevin R. Free, Avery Glymph, Patricia R. Floyd, and Brian Hutchison | Recorded Books | Finalist |
| 2016 | Just Kids from the Bronx | Arlene Alda | Alan Alda, Arlene Alda, and Christina Delaine with Milton Glaser, Regis Philbin, Robert Klein, Gabrielle Salvatto, and Carlos Serrano | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2016 | With Lee in Virginia (1890) | G.A. Henty | Brian Blessed, Sean Astin, Kirk Cameron, and a full cast | Heirloom Audio Productions | Finalist |
| 2017 | Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult | Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, and Ari Fliakos | Penguin Random House Audio / Books on Tape | Winner |
| 2017 | Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) | Choderlos de Laclos | Dominic West, Janet McTeer, Una Stubbs, Elaine Cassidy, Adjoa Andoh, Edward Holcroft, and Morfydd Clark | Audible Studios | Finalist |
| 2017 | The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto (2015) | Mitch Albom | Mitch Albom, Roger McGuinn, Ingrid Michaelson, John Pizzarelli, Paul Stanley, George Guidall, and a full cast | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2017 | Pruno, Ramen, and a Side of Hope | Courtney Lance and Nikki Pope | Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Kurtis | Post Hill Press | Finalist |
| 2017 | Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man | Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox | James Brinkley, Alexander Brinkley, and Christina Rideout | James Brinkley/Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox | Finalist |
| 2017 | A Wild Swan | Michael Cunningham | Lili Taylor and Billy Hough | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 | Restart | Gordon Korman | Jonathan Todd Ross, Laura Knight Keating, Ramon de Ocampo, Andy Paris, Suzy Jackson, Graham Halstead, and John Kroft | Recorded Books | Winner |
| 2018 | Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders | George Saunders, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, and 163 others | Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Alma Cuervo, Robin Miles, and Julia Whelan | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 | The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane | Lisa See | Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2018 | The X-Files: Cold Cases | Joe Harris, Chris Carter, and Dirk Maggs | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood | Audible Studios | Finalist |
| 2019 | Dreamland Burning | Jennifer Latham | Pyeng Threadgill and Luke Slattery | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2019 | An American Marriage | Tayari Jones | Eisa Davis and Sean Crisden | HighBridge Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 | Any Man | Amber Tamblyn | Glenn Davis, Ben Foster, Marc Maron, Jason Ritter, John Roberts, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn, January LaVoy, Phoebe Strole, Robin Miles, Thérèse Plummer, Dan Bittner, James Fouhey, and Michael Crouch | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2019 | Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales | Hans Christian Andersen | F. Murray Abraham and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio/ Listening Library | Finalist |
| 2019 | Sadie (2018) | Courtney Summers | Dan Bittner, Rebecca Soler, Gabra Zackman, and Fred Berman | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2019 | There There (2018) | Tommy Orange | Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo, and Kyla Garcia | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrators | Publisher | Result |
| 2020 | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 | Garrett M. Graff | Full 45-person cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner |
| 2020 | 200 Women | Geoff Blackwell, Ruth Hobday, Sharon Gelman, Marianne Lassandro, and Kieran Scott | Full cast | Chronicle Books | Finalist |
| 2020 | Daisy Jones & The Six | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, Pablo Schreiber, and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 | Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) | Cavan Scott | Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Robert Petkoff, and Rebecca Soler | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2020 | Hey, Kiddo (2018) | Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Richard Ferrone, Jenna Lamia, and a full cast | Scholastic Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 | Clap When You Land (2020) | Elizabeth Acevedo | Elizabeth Acevedo and Melania-Luisa Marte | HarperAudio | Winner |
| 2021 | How the Penguins Saved Veronica | Hazel Prior | Helen Lloyd, Andrew Fallaize, and Mandy Williams | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 | No Name | Wilkie Collins | Nicholas Boulton, Lucy Scott, Rachel Atkins, David Rintoul, Russell Bentley, and John Foley | Naxos AudioBooks c/o Naxos of America, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2021 | The Switch | Beth O'Leary | Daisy Edgar-Jones and Alison Steadman | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee, and Daniel L. Greenberg | J. K. Simmons, Jeff Daniels, Chris Jackson, Corey Stoll, John Hawkes, Chris Chalk, Luke Kirby, Norbert Leo Butz, George Newbern, and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2021 | Women Who Wrote | Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Gertrude Stein, and Phillis Wheatley | Chloe Dolandis, Jude Mason, and Tyra Kennedy | Thomas Nelson | Finalist |
| 2022 | Heresy | Melissa Lenhardt | Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, and James Fouhey | Hachette Audio | Winner |
| 2022 | The Anatomy of Desire | L. R. Dorn | Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hillary Huber, Lisa Flanagan, and Sharahn LaRue | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2022 | Bourdain | Laurie Woolever | Full 92-person cast | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| 2022 | Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 | Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (ed.) | Full 87-person cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2022 | Twins | Varian Johnson | Ahnya O'Riordan, Grace Capeless, Mashari Bain, Malcolm Bowen, Antoinette Comer, André Blake, Armand Xavier, and Rufen-Blanchette | Scholastic Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 | Sparring Partners | John Grisham | Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and John Grisham | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner |
| 2023 | 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, Claudia Rankine, Nikky Finney, Janina Edwards, Dorothy Roberts, Shayna Small, Terrance Hayes, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Yusef Komunyakaa, Eve L. Ewing, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Erin Miles, Dominic Hoffman, Adenrele Ojo, Matthew Desmond, Tyehimba Jess, Tim Seibles, Jamelle Bouie, Cornelius Eady, Minka Wiltz, Martha S. Jones, Darryl Pinckney, ZZ Packer, Carol Anderson, Tracy K. Smith, Evie Shockley, Bryan Stevenson, William DeMeritt, Jasmine Mans, Trymaine Lee, A. Van Jordan, Yaa Gyasi, Linda Villarosa, Danez Smith, Terry McMillan, Anthea Butler, Rita Dove, Camille T. Dungy, Wesley Morris, Natasha Trethewey, Joshua Bennett, Chanté McCormick, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Ron Butler, Kevin M. Kruse, Bahni Turpin, Gregory Pardlo, Ibram X. Kendi, JD Jackson, Jason Reynolds, and Sonia Sanchez | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 | Acts of Violet | Margarita Montimore | Brittany Pressley, Amy McFadden, Dan Bittner, Fred Berman, Hillary Huber, Johnny Heller, Katharine Chin, Ramón de Ocampo, Suzanne Toren, and Alejandro Ruiz | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 | The Butcher and the Wren | Alaina Urquhart | Sophie Amoss and Joe Knezevich | Zando | Finalist |
| 2023 | The Many Daughters of Afong Moy | Jamie Ford | Jennifer Lim, Cindy Kay, Mirai, Natalie Naudus, Sura Siu, Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, and Jamie Ford | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist |
| 2023 | Richard Marsh: The Beetle | Richard Marsh | Gunnar Cauthery, Jonathan Aris, Natalie Simpson, Andrew Wincott, and John Foley | Naxos AudioBooks | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | No Two Persons | Erica Bauermeister | Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, and a full cast | Macmillan Audio | Winner |
| 2024 29th | Coleman Hill | Kim Coleman Foote | Bahni Turpin and Dion Graham | Zando | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | The Ghost Sequences | A. C. Wise | Erica Sullivan, Traber Burns, and a full cast | Blackstone Publishing | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! | David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker | "Weird Al" Yankovic, Arne Schmidt, and a full cast | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2024 29th | Sing Her Down | Ivy Pochoda | Frankie Corzo, Kimberly M. Wetherell, and a full cast | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day | Garrett M. Graff | Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, and a full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner |
| 2025 30th | Anita de Monte Laughs Last | Xochitl Gonzalez | Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg, and Jessica Pimentel | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Butcher | Joyce Carol Oates | Amy Shiels, Edoardo Ballerini, and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Five Broken Blades | Mai Corland | Donald Chang, Greg Chun, Zion Jang, Sophie Oda, Jaine Ye, and Roger Yeh | Recorded Books, Inc. | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | From Here to the Great Unknown (2024) | Lisa Marie Presley and Byand Riley Keough | Julia Roberts and Riley Keough | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist |
| 2025 30th | Snake Oil | Kelsey Rae Dimberg | Andi Arndt, Renata Friedman, and Kristen Sieh | HarperCollins Publishers | Finalist |