Audie Award Audiobook of the Year: every winner, 2010–2024
The Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year is the top prize at the Audies, presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). The most recent winner is Surrender by Bono, narrated by Bono (2024). Below is the complete sourced list of winners with narrators and publishers.
| Year | Title / Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Surrender Bono | Bono | Penguin Random House Audio | author-narrated memoir |
| 2023 | Finding Me Viola Davis | Viola Davis | Harper Audio | author-narrated memoir |
| 2022 | Project Hail Mary Andy Weir | Ray Porter | Audible Studios | single-narrator fiction |
| 2021 | Piranesi Susanna Clarke | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Bloomsbury | single-narrator fiction |
| 2020 | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Garrett M. Graff | Holter Graham, full cast | Simon & Schuster Audio | full-cast production |
| 2019 | Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi | Bahni Turpin | Macmillan Audio | single-narrator fiction |
| 2018 | Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders | Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, full cast | Random House Audio | full-cast production (166 narrators) |
| 2017 | Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter | Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter | Hachette Audio | multi-narrator nonfiction |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins | Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher | Penguin Audio / Books on Tape | multi-narrator fiction |
| 2015 | Mandela: An Audio History Nelson Mandela (with Joe Richman) | Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman | HighBridge (Recorded Books) | documentary audio history |
| 2014 | Still Foolin' 'Em Billy Crystal | Billy Crystal | Macmillan Audio | author-narrated memoir |
| 2013 | The End of the Affair Graham Greene | Colin Firth | Audible | single-narrator fiction |
| 2012 | Bossypants Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio | author-narrated memoir |
| 2011 | Life Keith Richards | Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley | Hachette Audio | celebrity-narrated memoir |
| 2010 | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales Nelson Mandela (ed.) | Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, full cast | Hachette Audio | full-cast anthology |
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What kind of audiobook wins Audiobook of the Year?
Three patterns dominate the 15 winners on record here. Author-narrated memoirs have won 4 times (Bono in 2024, Viola Davis in 2023, Billy Crystal in 2014, Tina Fey in 2012) — when the author is a performer, the audiobook becomes the definitive edition. Full-cast productions account for 3 wins (The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 in 2020, Lincoln in the Bardo in 2018, Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales in 2010), the most ambitious being Lincoln in the Bardo with its 166-voice cast. Single-narrator fiction has taken 4 wins (Ray Porter for Project Hail Mary, Chiwetel Ejiofor for Piranesi, Bahni Turpin for Children of Blood and Bone, Colin Firth for The End of the Affair) — proof that one exceptional narrator can carry the year's top prize.
Which publisher has won the most?
Hachette Audio leads with 4 wins on this list (2017, 2012, 2011, 2010), including three consecutive years from 2010 to 2012. Macmillan Audio, Penguin Random House and Audible's own studios have each taken multiple top prizes across the period.
Who won the most recent Audiobook of the Year?
Bono's Surrender (Penguin Random House Audio) won the 2024 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year, narrated by the author. The year before, Viola Davis won for Finding Me — also self-narrated, underlining how strongly the Audies have favored author-performed memoirs in recent years.
Every row above is sourced. Corrections: see methodology.