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 are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) | Random House Audio | Winner | [1] [2] | ||
| , James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and full cast | Hyperion Audiobooks | Finalist | ||||
| David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall (2003) | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | ||||
| (1589–1614) | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | Finalist | ||||
| (1947–1964) | , Blythe Danner, Peter Gallagher, Edward Herrmann, George Plimpton, and Meryl Streep | Caedmon/HarperAudio | Finalist | |||
| 2005 | My Life (2004) | Random House Audio | Winner | [3] | ||
| (1999) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||||
| Ulysses (1918–1920) | and Marcella Riordan | Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd | Finalist | |||
| 2006 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004) | , Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast | BBC Audiobooks America | Winner | ||
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||||
| The Truth (With Jokes) (2005) | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||||
| 2007 | Inspired by... The Bible Experience: New Testament (2007) | Media Group | , Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast | Zondervan Publishing | Winner | [4] |
| This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2004) | and Dan Gediman | , Martha Graham, and full cast | Audio Renaissance | Finalist | ||
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) | HarperAudio/Caedmon | Finalist | ||||
| World War Z (2006) | , Mark Hamill, Carl Reiner, and full cast | Random House Audio | Finalist | |||
| 2008 | (2007) | , David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, James Grady, David Hewson, P. J. Parrish, and Jeffery Deaver | Audible | Winner | [5] | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) | Random House/Listening Library | Finalist | ||||
| I Am America (And So Can You!) (2007) | with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, and Jon Stewart | Hachette Audio | Finalist | |||
| Inspired by... The Bible Experience: Old Testament (2007) | Media Group | , Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood, Denzel Washington, and full cast | Zondervan Publishing | Finalist | ||
| (2007) | Scholastic Audio | Finalist | ||||
| 2009 | (2008) | HarperAudio | Winner | [6] [7] | ||
| Brisingr (2008) | Listening Library | Finalist | ||||
| (2008) | Macmillan Audio | Finalist |
| Year | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (2002) | , Whoopi Goldberg, and full cast | Hachette Audio | Winner | [8] | |
| (2009) | and Patrick Swayze | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | |||
| (2009) | , Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and full cast | Thomas Nelson | Finalist | |||
| 2011 | Life (2010) | and Joe Hurley (feat. Keith Richards) | Hachette Audio | Winner | [9] | |
| (2010) | Audible | Finalist | ||||
| (2010) | and Kevin P. Free | Audible | Finalist | |||
| 2012 | Bossypants (2011) | Hachette Audio | Winner | [10] [11] | ||
| Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) | Audible/Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||||
| American Gods (2001) | and full cast | HarperAudio | Finalist | |||
| Steve Jobs (2011) | Simon & Schuster Audio/Recorded Books | Finalist | ||||
| 2013 | (1951) | Audible | Winner | [12] | ||
| American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America (2012) | , Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Christeta Comerford, Sam Kass, Bill Yosses, and full cast | Random House Audio | Finalist | |||
| Beautiful Ruins (2012) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||||
| Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (2012) | and Martin Dugard | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | |||
| 2014 | Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? (2013) | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [13] | ||
| (2012) | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (1990) | Bryan Cranston | Audible | Finalist | |||
| 2015 | Mandela: An Audio History (2014) | , Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman | HighBridge (Recorded Books) | Winner | [14] | |
| (2013) | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (2008) | , Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and full cast | HarperAudio | Finalist | |||
| What I Know For Sure (2014) | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||||
| Yes Please (2014) | , Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio | Finalist | |||
| 2016 | (2015) | , Louise Brealey, and India Fisher | Penguin Audio/Books on Tape | Winner | [15] | |
| Go Set a Watchman (2015) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||||
| (2015) | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (2014) | and Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | |||
| 2017 | Hamilton: The Revolution (2016) | and Jeremy McCarter | , Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jeremy Carter | Hachette Audio | Winner | [16] |
| Boys in the Trees (2015) | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (2016) | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (2016) | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | ||||
| Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person (2015) | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | ||||
| 2018 | Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) | , David Sedaris, George Saunders, and full cast | Random House Audio | Winner | [17] | |
| Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016) | Audible | Finalist | ||||
| Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force, Book 1 (2017) | Podium Publishing | Finalist | ||||
| The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition (1985) | and Valerie Martin | , Margaret Atwood, and full cast | Audible | Finalist | ||
| (2017) | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist | ||||
| 2019 | Children of Blood and Bone (2018) | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [18] | ||
| (2018) | and Sean Crisden | HighBridge Audio (Recorded Books) | Finalist | |||
| Beastie Boys Book (2018) | and Adam Horovitz | , Adam Horovitz, and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| Calypso (2018) | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (2018) | Oasis Audio | Finalist | ||||
| I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (2018) | , Gillian Flynn, and Patton Oswalt | HarperAudio | Finalist |
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (2019) | and full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [19] | |
| Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1991) | , Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | |||
| Becoming (2018) | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | ||||
| Charlotte's Web (1952) | and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | |||
| (2019) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||||
| (2019) | , Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, and Margaret Atwood | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | |||
| 2021 | Piranesi (2020) | Bloomsbury PLC | Winner | [20] [21] [22] | ||
| (2020) | Audible Originals | Finalist | [23] | |||
| More Myself: A Journal (2020) | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||||
| (2020) | Quyen Ngo | Dreamscape | Finalist | |||
| We're Better Than This (2020) | with James Dale | , Laurence Fishburne, and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Project Hail Mary (2021) | Audible Studios | Winner | [24] | ||
| (2020) | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [25] | |||
| (2021) | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||||
| (2021) | William DeMeritt | Hachette Audio | Finalist | |||
| 2023 | Finding Me (2022) | Harper Audio | Winner | [26] | ||
| (2021) | and The New York Times Magazine, edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein | , January LaVoy and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [27] | |
| Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon (2021) | and Bruce Headlam | , Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce Headlam | Pushkin Industries | Finalist | ||
| Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022) | and Michael Urie | HarperAudio | Finalist | |||
| (2022) | (adapter), based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez | , Chanté Adams, Jerrie Johnson, Folake Olowofoyeku, Bahni Turpin, and full cast | Podium Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2024 | Surrender | Bono | Bono | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | [28] |
| All the Sinners Bleed (2023) | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [29] | |||
| Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound | Pushkin Industries | Finalist | ||||
| Sing a Black Girl's Song | , edited by Imani Perry, foreword by Tarana Burke | , D. Woods, and full cast | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Tom Lake (2023) | HarperAudio | Finalist |