The Audie Award for Science Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a science-fiction audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2003.
Winners and finalists
editWinners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.
2000s
edit2010s
edit| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
Bellwether (1996) | Connie Willis | Kate Reading | Blackstone Audio | Winner | [2][7] |
| The Gathering Storm (2009) | Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson | Kate Reading and Michael Kramer | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Kushiel's Dart (2001) | Jacqueline Carey | Anne Flosnik | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| Kushiel's Scion (2006) Jacqueline Carey | Jacqueline Carey | Simon Vance | Tantor Audio | Finalist | ||
| Podkayne of Mars (1963) | Robert A. Heinlein | Emily Janice Card | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2011 16th |
Jitters (2010) | Adele Parks | Adele Park, Susan Paige Lane, and full cast | Straight to Audio Productions | Winner | [2][8] |
| Great Classic Science Fiction (1911–1962) | H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, et al. | Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, et al. | AudioGO | Finalist | ||
| Room (2010) | Emma Donoghue | Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Shadow Effect (2009) | Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson | Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson | HarperAudio | Finalist | ||
| The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) | Oscar Wilde | Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, and Matthew Wolf | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist | ||
| 2012 17th |
The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) | Harry Harrison | Phil Gigante | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [2][9] |
| Watch (2010) | Robert J. Sawyer | Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Robert J. Sawyer | Audible | Finalist | ||
| The Day of the Triffids (1951) | John Wyndham | Graeme Malcolm | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Black Magic Sanction (2010) | Kim Harrison | Marguerite Gavin | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | ||
| Feed (2010) | Mira Grant | Paula Christensen and Jesse Bernstein | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| Halo: Evolutions (2009) | Tobias Buckell, Jonathan Goff, et al. | Steve Downes, Holter Graham, Frank O'Connor, and Jen Taylor | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2013 18th |
The Age of Miracles (2012) | Karen Thompson Walker | Emily Rankin | Random House Audio | Winner | [2][10] |
| 14 (2013) | Peter Clines | Ray Porter | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess (2012) | Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio | Angela Dawe | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | ||
| Invincible (2012) | Jack Campbell | Christian Rummel | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Pure (2012) | Julianna Baggott | Julianna Baggott, Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Collins, and Casey Holloway | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| 2014 19th |
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012) | Lois McMaster Bujold | Grover Gardner | Blackstone Audio | Winner | [2][11] |
| Extinction Machine (2013) | Jonathan Maberry | Ray Porter | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [11] | |
| MaddAddam (2013) | Margaret Atwood | Bernadette Dunn, Bob Walter, and Robbie Daymond | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [11] | |
| The Martian (2011) | Andy Weir | R. C. Bray | Podium Publishing | Finalist | [11] | |
| Protector (2013) | C. J. Cherryh | Daniel Thomas May | Audible | Finalist | [11] | |
| Shaman (2013) | Kim Stanley Robinson | Graeme Malcolm | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [11] | |
| 2015 20th |
The Martian (revised) (2011) | Andy Weir | R. C. Bray | Podium Publishing | Winner | [2][12] |
| The Beam: Season 1 (2014) | Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant | Johnny Heller, Tara Sands, and full cast | Podium Publishing | Finalist | [12] | |
| Dark Eden (2012) | Chris Beckett | Matthew Frow, Jayne Entwistle, and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014) | Claire North | Peter Kenny | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| Lock In (2014) | John Scalzi | Wil Wheaton, Amber Benson, and full cast | Audible | Finalist | [12] | |
| 2016 21st |
Jurassic Park (1990) | Michael Crichton | Scott Brick | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [2][13] |
| Ancillary Mercy (2015) | Ann Leckie | Adjoa Andoh | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [13] | |
| Aurora (2015) | Kim Stanley Robinson | Ali Ahn | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [13] | |
| Golden Son (2015) | Pierce Brown | Tim Gerard Reynolds | Recorded Books | Finalist | [13] | |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (2015) | Tom Angleberger | Marc Thompson | Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2017 22nd |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) | Alan Dean Foster | Marc Thompson | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Winner | [14] |
| The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (2014) | Meg Elison | Angela Dawe | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [14] | |
| Crosstalk (2016) | Connie Willis | Mia Barron | Recorded Books | Finalist | [14] | |
| The Dispatcher (2016) | John Scalzi | Zachary Quinto | Audible | Finalist | [14] | |
| Sleeping Giants (2016) | Sylvain Neuvel | Andy Secombe, Eric Meyers, and full cast | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2018 23rd |
Provenance (2017) | Ann Leckie | Adjoa Andoh | Hachette Audio | Winner | [15] |
| Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (2017) | Christie Golden | Janina Gavankar | Random House Audio | Finalist | ||
| New York 2140 (2017) | Kim Stanley Robinson | Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, and full cast | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The Stone Sky (2017) | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles | Hachette Audio | Finalist | ||
| The X Files: Cold Cases (2017) | Joe Harris, Chris Carter, and Dirk Maggs | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and full cast | Audible | Finalist | ||
| 2019 24th |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004) | Douglas Adams | Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast | BBC Audiobooks America | Winner | [16] |
| Artemis (2017) | Andy Weir | Rosario Dawson | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Black Star Renegades (2018) | Michael Moreci | Dan Bittner | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | ||
| Head On (2018) | John Scalzi | Wil Wheaton | Audible | Finalist | ||
| Planetside (2018) | Michael Mammay | R. C. Bray | HarperAudio | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
Emergency Skin (2019) | N. K. Jemisin | Jason Isaacs | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [17] |
| Hollow Kingdom (2019) | Kira Jane Buxton | Robert Petkoff | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [17] | |
| The Last Astronaut (2019) | David Wellington | Megan Tusing | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [17] | |
| The Lesson (2019) | Cadwell Turnbull | Ron Butler and Janina Edwards | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [17] | |
| Permafrost (2019) | Alastair Reynolds | Natasha Soudek | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [17] | |
| 2021 26th |
The Deep (2019) | Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutston, and Jonathan Snipes | Daveed Diggs | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [18] |
| Aliens: Phalanx (2020) | Scott Sigler | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [18] | |
| Axiom's End (2020) | Lindsay Ellis | Stephanie Willis and Abigail Thorn | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [18] | |
| Heaven's River (2020) | Dennis E. Taylor | Ray Porter | Audible Originals | Finalist | [18] | |
| Ruins of the Galaxy (2018) | J. N. Chaney and Christopher Hopper | R. C. Bray | Podium Audio | Finalist | [18] | |
| Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020) | Timothy Zahn | Marc Thompson | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [18] | |
| 2022
27th |
Project Hail Mary (2021) | Andy Weir | Ray Porter | Audible Studios | Winner | [19] |
| Day Zero (2021) | C. Robert Cargill | Vikas Adam | HarperAudio | Finalist | [19] | |
| Orphan Wars | Scott Moon and J.N. Chaney | Luke Daniels | Podium Audio | Finalist | [19] | |
| Pastel Pink | Nikki Minty | Khristine Hvam, James Patrick Cronin, and Jodie Harris | Nikki Minty | Finalist | [19] | |
| Ready Player Two (2020) | Ernest Cline | Wil Wheaton | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [19] | |
| 2023
28th |
Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc. | Ash Bishop | Scott Brick and Suzanne Elise Freeman | CamCat Books | Winner | [20] |
| How High We Go in the Dark | Sequoia Nagamatsu | Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, and Jason Culp | HarperAudio | Finalist | [20] | |
| No Kindness Too Soon | Sylvain Neuvel | Melanie Nicholls-King, Deepti Gupta, Neil Hellegers, Gabriel Vaughan, Kathy Searle, Imani Jade Powers, Nicolette Chin, Gopal Divan, and Garrett Michael Brown | Audible Originals | Finalist | [20] | |
| NOOR | Nnedi Okorafor | Délé Ogundiran | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [20] | |
| YMIR | Rich Larson | Alan Medcroft | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [20] | |
| 2024
29th |
Cassandra in Reverse | Holly Smale | Kristin Atherton | HarperAudio | Winner | [21] |
| The World We Make | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [21] | |
| The Deep Sky | Yume Kitasei | Skaer Sarah | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [21] | |
| Dual Memory | Sue Burke | Santana André | Dreamscape Media | Finalist | [21] | |
| Wool | Hugh Howey | Ballerini Edoardo | Blackstone Publishing | Finalist | [21] |
References
edit- ^ "2003 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Audie Awards". Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "2004 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "2005 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York". IndependentPublisher.com. Jenkins Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 29, 2009). "2009 Audies Awards". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2010). "Audies Awards 2010". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2011). "2011 Audies Award Winners". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (June 6, 2012). "#JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 30, 2013). "#Audies 2013". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018". AudioFile Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Katz, Danielle (5 March 2019). "Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019)" (PDF). Audio Publishers Agency (APA). AudioFileMagazine.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020". www.audiopub.org. Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2021". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ a b c d e "2023 Audie Awards Winners". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ a b c d e "2024 Audie Award Winners". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-16.