Audie Award for Fiction explained

The Audie Award for Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It recognizes excellence in narration, production, and content for a fiction audiobook released in a given year, typically excluding speculative fiction. Before 2008, the award was known as the Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction. It has been awarded since 1996.

Winners and finalists

1990s

Award YearAudiobookAuthor(s)Narrator(s)Audiobook Publisher
1996[1]
(1964) Audio Renaissance
Dead Man's Walk (1995) Simon & Schuster Audio
Montana 1948 (1993) Simon & Schuster Audio
1997[2]
(1996) Penguin Audiobooks
(1996) Random House Audio
Odyssey (8th-7th century BC) Homer (trans. Robert Fagles)Penguin Audiobooks
1998[3]
(1973) Bolinda Audio
American Pastoral (1997) Dove Audio
Lolita (1955) Random House Audio
1999[4]
(1998) Random House Audio
Oliver Twist (1838) Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Summer Sisters (1998) Books on Tape

2000s

Award YearAudiobookAuthor(s)Narrator(s)Audiobook Publisher
2000[5]
I Know This Much Is True (1998) Recorded Books
Duane's Depressed (1999) NewStar Media
(1999) Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
2001[6]
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000) Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
Dubliners (1914) , Malachy McCourt, Dan O'Herlihy, Brendan Coyle, Aaron Hinds, T. P. McKenna, et al.HarperAudio
War of the Rats (1999) Recorded Books
2002[7]
(1984) and Peter StraubSimon & Schuster Audio
Bel Canto (2001) Blackstone Audio
Priestess of Avalon (2000) Books on Tape
2003[8]
Middlesex (2002)
Atonement (2001)
Austerlitz (2001)
Sea Glass (2002)
Unless (2002)
2004[9]
All Over Creation (2004)
(2003)
Monstrous Regiment (2003)
(2003)
(2003)
2005[10]
(2005)
Going Postal (2004)
I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004)
Our Sunshine (1991
2006[11]
(2005)
(2004)
Road to Purgatory (2004)
Survivor in Death (2005)
(2004)
2007[12]
Rise and Shine (2006)
Restless (2006)
Telegraph Days (2006)
(1995)
(2006)
Water for Elephants (2006) and John Randolph-Jones
2008[13] [14]
Tallgrass (2008)
Exile (2007)
(2006) (writer)
(2006) and Adam Sims
(2007)
2009[15] [16]
Duma Key (2008)
(2008) , Susan Duerdan, and full cast
Change of Heart (2008) , Jim Frangione, Jenny Ikeda, Stafford Clarke-Price, and Nicole Poole
(2008)
(2006)

2010s

Award YearAudiobookAuthor(s)Narrator(s)Audiobook Publisher
2010[17]
(2009) , Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, and Bahni TurpinPenguin Audiobooks
(1987) Blackstone Audio
Face of Betrayal (2009) and April HenryOasis Audio
(1968) and Charlie McWadeGraymalkin Media
Slumdog Millionaire (2005) BBC Audiobooks America
2011[18]
Winter's Bone (2006) Hachette Audio
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) Audible
(2010) Blackstone Audio
Fall of Giants (2010) Penguin Audio
(2010) Recorded Books
Every Last One (2010) Simon & Schuster Audio
2012[19] [20]
Alas, Babylon (1959 Audible
American Gods (2001) and full castHarperAudio
Heat Rises (2011) Hyperion Audio
Portrait of a Spy (2011) HarperAudio/Recorded Books
(1971) Audible
2013[21]
(1985) Audible
(2012) Recorded Books
Beautiful Ruins (2012) HarperAudio
(1985) Audible
Speaks the Nightbird (2002) Audible
2014[22]
Doctor Sleep (2013) Simon & Schuster Audio
(2013) HarperAudio
(2013) Macmillan Audio
(2012) Tantor Audio
Jacob's Oath (2013) Macmillan Audio
(2012) HarperAudio
2015[23]
All the Light We Cannot See (2014) Simon & Schuster Audio
Five and Twenty-Fives (2014) , Nick Sullivan, Jay Snyder, Fajer Al-Kaisi, and Michael PitreAudible
(2014) , Jenna Lamia, and Adepero OduyePenguin Random House Audio
Mr. Mercedes (2014) Simon & Schuster Audio
Us (2014) HarperAudio
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014) Recorded Books
2016[24]
(2015) Macmillan Audio
Citizens Creek (2015) and J. D. JacksonBrilliance Audio
(2015) Hachette Audio
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (2015) and Michael StuhlbargBooks on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio
(2015) Recorded Books
(2015) Audible
2017[25]
Sister of Mine (2016) Brilliance Audio
America's First Daughter (2016) and Laura KamoieHarperAudio
Belgravia (2026 Hachette Audio
Darktown (2016) Simon & Schuster Audio
End of Watch (2016) Simon & Schuster Audio
2018[26]
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017) Penguin Audio
An Almond for a Parrot (2016) Harlequin Audio
Beartown (2016) with Neil Smith (trans.)Simon & Schuster Audio
I Liked My Life (2017) , Dan Bittner, and Thérèse PlummerMacmillan Audio
(2013) HighBridge Audio
(2017) , Kimiko Glenn, et al.Simon & Schuster Audio
2019[27]
(2018) HarperAudio
(2018) and Hank GreenPenguin Random House Audio
(2018) Bolinda Audio
(2018) Macmillan Audio
Life of Pi (2001) Audible
Sanctuary (2017)

2020s

Award YearAudiobookAuthor(s)Narrator(s)Audiobook Publisher
2020[28]
City of Girls (2019) Penguin Random House Audio
(2019) Hachette Audio
Cilka's Journey (2019) Macmillan Audio
Colombiano (2017) and Brian J. RamosBolinda Audio
(2013)Dreamscape
2021[29]
Such a Fun Age (2019) Penguin Random House Audio
Big Lies in a Small Town (2020) Macmillan Audio
(2020) HarperAudio
(2020) Canongate Books UK/Penguin Random House Audio US
Sex and Vanity (2020) Penguin Random House Audio
2022[30] , Bahni Turpin, James Langton, Gabra Zackman, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steve West, André De Shields, Matthew Lloyd Davies, David Sadzin, Fiona Hardingham, George Newbern, Leon Nixon, Ines del Castillo, Jackie Sanders, Pete Simonelli, Priya Ayyar, and Robin MilesSimon & Schuster Audio
All the Lonely People (2020)Hachette Audio
Macmillan Audio
, Marin Ireland, and Dion GrahamPenguin Random House Audio
and Jason CulpPenguin Random House Audio
2023[31] Mad Honey and Jennifer Finney Boylan, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and Jennifer Finney BoylanPenguin Random House Audio
Across a Hundred Mountains and Cynthia FarrellSimon & Schuster Audio
Dreamscape Media
Wyatt-MacKenzie & Blackstone Audio
Less is Lost (2017)Hachette Audio
Tracy Flick Can't Win (2022), Dennis Boutsikaris, Jeremy Bobb, Ramona Young, Ali Andre Ali, and Pete Simonelli, with a full castSimon & Schuster Audio
2024[32] Tom Lake (2023)HarperAudio
Birnam Wood (2023)Audible Studios
MaameMacmillan Audio
One Blood, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and Tina LiffordMacmillan Audio
Yellowface (2023)HarperAudio

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1996 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2022-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20221129225359/https://www.audiopub.org/1996-audies. live.
  2. Web site: 1997 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20230228203648/https://www.audiopub.org/1997-audies. live.
  3. Web site: 1998 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031409/https://www.audiopub.org/1998-audies. live.
  4. Web site: 1999 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227194034/https://www.audiopub.org/1999-audies. live.
  5. Web site: 2000 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20230328024049/https://www.audiopub.org/2000-audies-award. live.
  6. Web site: 2001 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2022-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20221129225349/https://www.audiopub.org/2001-audies. live.
  7. Web site: 2002 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20230508010717/https://www.audiopub.org/2002-audies. live.
  8. Web site: 2003 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227232550/https://www.audiopub.org/2003-audies. live.
  9. Web site: 2004 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20230228174057/https://www.audiopub.org/2004-audies. live.
  10. Web site: 2005 Audie Awards. 2023-05-08. Audio Publishers Association. en-US. 2023-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20230114235616/https://www.audiopub.org/2005-audies. live.
  11. Web site: Audie Awards . 23 May 2019 . LincolnLibraries.org . Lincoln City Libraries [NE] . 16 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016094331/https://lincolnlibraries.org/bookguide/award-winners/audie-awards/ . live.
  12. News: Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York . IndependentPublisher.com . Jenkins Group, Inc. . 22 May 2019 . 26 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726122926/http://independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1163 . live.
  13. News: June 5, 2008 . Audie Award Winners of 2008 (partial) . LearnOutLoud.com . LearnOutLoud, Inc. . E-Magazine No. 070 . 22 May 2019 . 26 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726123638/https://www.learnoutloud.com/Content/Topic-Pages/Audie-Award-Winners-of-2008/141 . live.
  14. News: Graff . Keir . June 2, 2008 . Chopin Wins the Audie . BookListReader.com . BookList Publications, a division of the ALA . 22 May 2019 . 8 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200608042356/https://www.booklistreader.com/2008/06/02/book-awards/chopin-wins-the-audie/ . live.
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  19. News: Burkey . Mary . June 6, 2012 . #JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced . BookListReader.com . BookList Publications, a division of the ALA . 20 May 2019 . 14 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714172505/https://www.booklistreader.com/2012/06/06/book-news/jiam2012-audies-awards-announced/ . live.
  20. News: Audie Award Winners: Best Audio Books 2012 [Library Staff-created list] ]. Seattle.Bibliocommons.com . Seattle Quick Picks by The Seattle Public Library . 20 May 2019 . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717222252/https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/list/share/86922331/113123884 . live.
  21. News: Burkey . Mary . May 30, 2013 . #Audies 2013 . BookListReader.com . BookList Publications, a division of the ALA . 20 May 2019 . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603184651/https://www.booklistreader.com/2013/05/30/book-news/audies-2013/ . live.
  22. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc. . 17 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517041626/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2014/ . live.
  23. Web site: Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc. . 17 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517023102/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2015/ . live.
  24. Web site: Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc. . 17 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517023101/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2016/ . live.
  25. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc. . 17 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517040120/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2017/ . live.
  26. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018 . 17 May 2019 . AudioFileMagazine.com . AudioFile Publications, Inc. . 27 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727002938/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2018/?category=&winners=true . live.
  27. News: Katz . Danielle . 5 March 2019 . Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019) . Audio Publishers Agency (APA) . AudioFileMagazine.com . 17 May 2019 . 27 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727002936/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/content/uploaded/media/audies-press-release-winners-final.pdf . live.
  28. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020 . 17 May 2019 . . 3 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203150625/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies . dead.
  29. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2021 . 23 March 2021 . . 23 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323192809/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies . dead.
  30. Web site: 2022 Audie Awards . 2023-05-08 . . en-US . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206001442/https://www.audiopub.org/2022audieawards . live .
  31. Web site: 2023 Audie Awards Winners . 2023-05-08 . . en-US . 2023-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406233210/https://www.audiopub.org/2023audieawards-winners . live .
  32. Web site: 2024 Audie Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308015617/https://www.audiopub.org/2024audieawards-winners/ . 2024-03-08 . 2024-04-14 . . en-US.

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