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Award Winning Books!: Audiobooks

Audiobook Winners

Audie Awards

The Audie Awards®, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Publishers and rights-holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and from that group one winner is awarded. Finalists are announced in February, and winners are announced in March.

Audiobook of the Year Winners and Finalists

Catalog Link: My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

Audiobook of the Year Winner 2025

Catalog Link: Playground by Richard Powers audiobook

Audiobook of the Year Finalist 2025

Best Narration

Catalog Link: Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg

Best Narration by Author Winner 2025

Catalog Link: The Women by Kristin Hannah audiobook

Best Fiction Narrator Winner 2025

Catalog Link: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree audiobook

Best Narration by Author Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Knife by Salman audiobook

Best Narration by Author Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Margot's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe audiobook

Best Fiction Narrator Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: James by Percival Everett audiobook

Best Fiction Narrator Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

Best Fiction Narrator Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell audiobook

Best Non-Fiction Narrator Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez audiobook

Best Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates

Best Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist 2025

Cloud Library Link: From Here to the Great Unknown By Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough audiobook

Best Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist 2025

Best General Fiction Audiobooks

Catalog Link: James by Percival Everett audiobook

Best Literary Fiction and Classics Winner 2025

Catalog Link: Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz audiobook

Best Thriller/Suspense Winner 2025

Catalog Link: Martyr by Kaveh Akbar audiobook

Best Literary Fiction and Classics Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich audiobook

Best Literary Fiction and Classics Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré audiobook

Best Thriller/Suspense Finalist 2025

Hoopla Link: Hamlet's Children by Richard Kluger audiobook

Best Fiction Finalist 2025

Catalog: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley audiobook

Best Fiction Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Women by Kristin Hannah audiobook

Best Fiction Finalist 2025

Best Genre Fiction Audiobooks

Catalog Link: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree audiobook

Best Fantasy Winner 2025

Catalog: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera audiobook

Best Mystery Winner 2025

Catalog Link: Book of Doors by Gareth Brown audiobook

Best Science Fiction Winner 2025

Catalog Link: Someone You Can Build a Nest in by John Wiswell audiobook

Best Fantasy Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley audiobook

Best Mystery Finalist 2025

Hoopla Link: Frontier by Grace Curtis audiobook

Best Science Fiction Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: System Collapse by Martha Wells audiobook

Best Science Fiction Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Lights Out by Navessa Allen audiobook

Best Romance Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center audiobook

Best Romance Finalist 2025

Best Non-Fiction Audiobooks

Catalog Link: My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand audiobook

Best Autobiography / Memoir Winner 2025

Catalog Link: In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger audiobook

Best Autobiography / Memoir Finalist 2025

Catalog: Knife by Salman audiobook

Best Autobiography / Memoir Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop audiobook

Best Autobiography / Memoir Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Codename Nemo by Charles Lachman audiobook

Best History / Biography Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson audiobook

Best History / Biography Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: The Showman by Simon Shuster audiobook

Best History / Biography Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Erasure by Percival Everett audiobook

Best Humor Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer audiobook

Best Humor Finalist 2025

Catalog Link: Cool Food by Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Kostigen audiobook

Best Non-Fiction Finalist 2025

Cloud Library Link: And then we rise by Common audiobook

Best Business / Personal Development Finalist 2025