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Audie Award for Fiction

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

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1990s

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Award Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
1996[1]
1st 		The Homecoming (1964) Earl Hamner, Jr. Richard Thomas Audio Renaissance
Dead Man's Walk (1995) Larry McMurtry Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Montana 1948 (1993) Larry Watson Beau Bridges Simon & Schuster Audio
1997[2]
2nd 		The Green Mile (1996) Stephen King Frank Muller Penguin Audiobooks
The Runaway Jury (1996) John Grisham Frank Muller Random House Audio
Odyssey (8th-7th century BC) Homer (trans. Robert Fagles) Ian McKellen Penguin Audiobooks
1998[3]
3rd 		The Breaker (1973) Kit Denton Terence Donovan Bolinda Audio
American Pastoral (1997) Philip Roth Ron Silver Dove Audio
Lolita (1955) Vladimir Nabokov Jeremy Irons Random House Audio
1999[4]
4th 		A Widow for One Year (1998) John Irving George Guidall Random House Audio
Oliver Twist (1838) Charles Dickens Miriam Margolyes Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Summer Sisters (1998) Judy Blume Kate Reading Books on Tape

2000s

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Award Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
2000[5]
5th 		I Know This Much Is True (1998) Wally Lamb George Guidall Recorded Books
Duane's Depressed (1999) Larry McMurtry Larry McMurtry NewStar Media
The Testament (1999) John Grisham Frank Muller Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
2001[6]
6th 		Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000) Tom Robbins Keith Szarabajka Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
Dubliners (1914) James Joyce Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt, Dan O'Herlihy, Brendan Coyle, Aaron Hinds, T. P. McKenna, et al. HarperAudio
War of the Rats (1999) David L. Robbins George Guidall Recorded Books
2002[7]
7th 		The Talisman (1984) Stephen King and Peter Straub Frank Muller Simon & Schuster Audio
Bel Canto (2001) Ann Patchett Anna Fields Blackstone Audio
Priestess of Avalon (2000) Marion Zimmer Bradley Bernadette Dunne Books on Tape
2003[8]
8th 		Middlesex (2002) Jeffrey Eugenides Kristoffer Tabori
Atonement (2001) Ian McEwan Jill Tanner
Austerlitz (2001) W. G. Sebald Richard Matthews
Sea Glass (2002) Anita Shreve Judith Ann Gantly
Unless (2002) Carol Shields Joan Allen
2004[9]
9th 		All Over Creation (2004) Ruth Ozeki Anna Fields
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) Mitch Albom Erik Singer
Monstrous Regiment (2003) Terry Pratchett Stephen Briggs
The Namesake (2003) Jhumpa Lahiri Sarita Choudhury
The Last Detective (2003) Robert Crais James Daniels
2005[10]
10th 		The Darling (2005) Russell Banks Mary Beth Hurt
Going Postal (2004) Terry Pratchett Stephen Briggs
I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004) Tom Wolfe Dylan Baker
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) Susanna Clarke Simon Prebble
Our Sunshine (1991 Robert Drewe Michael Veitch
2006[11]
11th 		A Slight Trick of the Mind (2005) Mitch Cullin Simon Jones
The Last Kingdom (2004) Bernard Cornwell Jamie Glover
Road to Purgatory (2004) Max Allan Collins Stanley Tucci
Survivor in Death (2005) J. D. Robb Susan Ericksen
The Motive (2004) John Lescroart David Colacci
2007[12]
12th 		Rise and Shine (2006) Anna Quindlen Carol Monda
Restless (2006) William Boyd Rosamund Pike
Telegraph Days (2006) Larry McMurtry Annie Potts
The Prestige (1995) Christopher Priest Simon Vance
The Two-Minute Rule (2006) Robert Crais Christopher Graybill
Water for Elephants (2006) Sara Gruen David LeDoux and John Randolph-Jones
2008[13][14]
13th 		Tallgrass (2008) Sandra Dallas Lorelei King
Exile (2007) Richard North Patterson Dennis Boutsikaris
The Friday Night Knitting Club (2006) Kate Jacobs(writer) Carrington MacDuffie
The Tenderness of Wolves (2006) Stef Penney Sally Armstrong and Adam Sims
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (2007) Maggie O'Farrell Anne Flosnick
2009[15][16]
14th 		Duma Key (2008) Stephen King John Slattery
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008) Mary Ann Shaffer Paul Boehmer, Susan Duerdan, and full cast
Change of Heart (2008) Jodi Picoult Danielle Ferland, Jim Frangione, Jenny Ikeda, Stafford Clarke-Price, and Nicole Poole
A Prisoner of Birth (2008) Jeffrey Archer Roger Allam
The Lace Reader (2006) Brunonia Barry Alyssa Bresnahan

2010s

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Award Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
2010[17]
15th 		The Help (2009) Kathryn Stockett Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, and Bahni Turpin Penguin Audiobooks
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) Tom Wolfe Joe Barrett Blackstone Audio
Face of Betrayal (2009) Lis Wiehl and April Henry Pam Turlow Oasis Audio
The Pigman (1968) Paul Zindel Eden Riegel and Charlie McWade Graymalkin Media
Slumdog Millionaire (2005) Vikas Swarup Christopher Simpson BBC Audiobooks America
2011[18]
16th 		Winter's Bone (2006) Daniel Woodrell Emma Galvin Hachette Audio
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) Seth Grahame-Smith Katherine Kellgren Audible
The Postmistress (2010) Sarah Blake Orlagh Cassidy Blackstone Audio
Fall of Giants (2010) Ken Follett John Lee Penguin Audio
The Lonely Polygamist (2010) Brady Udall David Aaron Baker Recorded Books
Every Last One (2010) Anna Quindlen Hope Davis Simon & Schuster Audio
2012[19][20]
17th 		Alas, Babylon (1959 Pat Frank Will Patton Audible
American Gods (2001) Neil Gaiman Dennis Boutsikaris and full cast HarperAudio
Heat Rises (2011) Richard Castle Johnny Heller Hyperion Audio
Portrait of a Spy (2011) Daniel Silva Simon Vance HarperAudio/Recorded Books
The Winds of War (1971) Herman Wouk Kevin Pariseau Audible
2013[21]
18th 		The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Margaret Atwood Claire Danes Audible
The Bartender's Tale (2012) Ivan Doig David Aaron Baker Recorded Books
Beautiful Ruins (2012) Jess Walter Edoardo Ballerini HarperAudio
A Rage in Harlem (1985) Chester Himes Samuel L. Jackson Audible
Speaks the Nightbird (2002) Robert R, McCammon Edoardo Ballerini Audible
2014[22]
19th 		Doctor Sleep (2013) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
The Golem and the Jinni (2013) Helene Wecker George Guidall HarperAudio
The Good House (2013) Ann Leary Mary Beth Hurt Macmillan Audio
The Imposter Bride (2012) Nancy Richler Tavia Gilbert Tantor Audio
Jacob's Oath (2013) Martin Fletcher George Guidall Macmillan Audio
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2012) Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman HarperAudio
2015[23]
20th 		All the Light We Cannot See (2014) Anthony Doerr Zach Appelman Simon & Schuster Audio
Five and Twenty-Fives (2014) Michael Pitre Kevin T. Collins, Nick Sullivan, Jay Snyder, Fajer Al-Kaisi, and Michael Pitre Audible
The Invention of Wings (2014) Sue Monk Kidd Sue Monk Kidd, Jenna Lamia, and Adepero Oduye Penguin Random House Audio
Mr. Mercedes (2014) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Us (2014) David Nicholls David Haig HarperAudio
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014) Diana Gabaldon Davina Porter Recorded Books
2016[24]
21st 		The Nightingale (2015) Kristin Hannah Polly Stone Macmillan Audio
Citizens Creek (2015) Lalita Tademy Bahni Turpin and J. D. Jackson Brilliance Audio
A God in Ruins (2015) Kate Atkinson Alex Jennings Hachette Audio
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (2015) J. Ryan Stradal Amy Ryan and Michael Stuhlbarg Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio
The Last Bus to Wisdom (2015) Ivan Doig David Baker Recorded Books
The Sellout (2015) Paul Beatty Prentice Onayemi Audible
2017[25]
22nd 		Sister of Mine (2016) Sabra Waldfogel Bahni Turpin Brilliance Audio
America's First Daughter (2016) Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie Cassandra Campbell HarperAudio
Belgravia (2026 Julian Fellowes Juliet Stevenson Hachette Audio
Darktown (2016) Thomas Mullen Andre Holland Simon & Schuster Audio
End of Watch (2016) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
2018[26]
23rd 		Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017) Gail Honeyman Cathleen McCarron Penguin Audio
An Almond for a Parrot (2016) Wray Delaney Rachel Atkins Harlequin Audio
Beartown (2016) Fredrik Backman with Neil Smith (trans.) Marin Ireland Simon & Schuster Audio
I Liked My Life (2017) Abby Fabiaschi Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, and Thérèse Plummer Macmillan Audio
The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson (2013) Nancy Peacock JD Jackson HighBridge Audio
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017) Lisa See Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, et al. Simon & Schuster Audio
2019[27]
24th 		The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2018) Heather Morris Richard Armitage HarperAudio
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) Hank Green Kristen Sieh and Hank Green Penguin Random House Audio
The Clockmaker's Daughter (2018) Kate Morton Joanne Froggatt Bolinda Audio
The Great Alone (2018) Kristin Hannah Julia Whelan Macmillan Audio
Life of Pi (2001) Yann Martel Vikas Adam Audible
Sanctuary (2017) Judy Nunn John Derum

2020s

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Award Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
2020[28]
25th 		City of Girls (2019) Elizabeth Gilbert Blair Brown Penguin Random House Audio
The Age of Light (2019) Whitney Scharer Thérèse Plummer Hachette Audio
Cilka's Journey (2019) Heather Morris Louise Brealey Macmillan Audio
Colombiano (2017) Rusty Young Rusty Young and Brian J. Ramos Bolinda Audio
The House We Grew Up In (2013) Lisa Jewell Karina Fernandez Dreamscape
2021[29]
26th 		Such a Fun Age (2019) Kiley Reid Nicole Lewis Penguin Random House Audio
Big Lies in a Small Town (2020) Diane Chamberlain Susan Bennett Macmillan Audio
The Last Story of Mina Lee (2020) Nancy Jooyoun Kim Greta Jung HarperAudio
The Midnight Library (2020) Matt Haig Carey Mulligan Canongate Books UK/Penguin Random House Audio US
Sex and Vanity (2020) Kevin Kwan Lydia Look Penguin Random House Audio
2022[30]

27th

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton Janina Edwards, 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 Miles Simon & Schuster Audio
All the Lonely People (2020) Mike Gayle Ben Onwukwe Hachette Audio
The Four Winds Kristin Hannah Julia Whelan Macmillan Audio
The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, and Dion Graham Penguin Random House Audio
The Nature of Fragile Things Susan Meissner Alana Kerr Collins and Jason Culp Penguin Random House Audio
2023[31]

27th

Mad Honey Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and Jennifer Finney Boylan Penguin Random House Audio
Across a Hundred Mountains Reyna Grande Marisa Blake and Cynthia Farrell Simon & Schuster Audio
The Bright Side of Running Club Josie Lloyd Danielle Cohen Dreamscape Media
A House Full of Windsor Kristin Contino Barrie Kreinik Wyatt-MacKenzie & Blackstone Audio
Less is Lost (2017) Andrew Sean Greer Robert Petkoff Hachette Audio
Tracy Flick Can't Win (2022) Tom Perrotta Lucy Liu, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jeremy Bobb, Ramona Young, Ali Andre Ali, and Pete Simonelli, with a full cast Simon & Schuster Audio
2024[32]

29th

Tom Lake (2023) Ann Patchett Meryl Streep HarperAudio
Birnam Wood (2023) Eleanor Catton Saskia Maarleveld Audible Studios
Maame Jessica George Heather Agyepong Macmillan Audio
One Blood Denene Millner Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and Tina Lifford Macmillan Audio
Yellowface (2023) R. F. Kuang Helen Laser HarperAudio

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