Audie Award Finalists and Winners

The Audie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). See our current coverage here.

Winners were announced at the Audies Gala on March 4.

Below, explore the 2023 Audie Award Winners and Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below. Browse prior years' awards: 2022 Audies, 2021 Audies, 2020 Audies, 2019 Audies, 2018 Audies, 2017 Audies, 2016 Audies, 2015 Audies, 2014 Audies.

2021 Audie Awards

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Autobiography/Memoir

LEFT ON TENTH

Delia Ephron, Read by Delia Ephron

Delia Ephron uses a sometimes-reticent tone in her delivery of the positives and negatives of... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

SAFE, WANTED, AND LOVED

SAFE, WANTED, AND LOVED

Patrick Dylan, Read by Raúl E. Esparza

Actor Raúl Esparza impeccably narrates this heartrending memoir. He gracefully navigates Dylan’s... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

UNPROTECTED

WINNER

Billy Porter, Read by Billy Porter

Since voice is central to this gripping audio memoir by award-winning performer Billy Porter, it's... Read More

Best Female Narrator

THE EYE OF THE WORLD

WINNER

THE EYE OF THE WORLD

Robert Jordan, Read by Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike brings a fresh narration to the first book in the beloved Wheel of Time series. At 33... Read More

Best Female Narrator

NIGHTCRAWLING

Leila Mottley, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

From this audiobook’s opening line, Joniece Abbott-Pratt’s narration creates an immersive listening... Read More

Best Female Narrator

NSFW

Isabel Kaplan, Read by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker

In this timely audiobook, an unnamed protagonist encounters misogyny at her job as an assistant for... Read More

Best Female Narrator

THISTLEFOOT

GennaRose Nethercott, Read by January LaVoy

January LaVoy’s performance of this fantasy audiobook demonstrates why she is an AudioFile Golden... Read More

Best Female Narrator

WAR AND PEACE

Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Ayimer Maude [Trans.], Read by Thandiwe Newton

Award-winning actor Thandiwe Newton gives a splendid performance of Tolstoy's epic. Mixing fictional... Read More

Best Male Narrator

FAIRY TALE

WINNER

Stephen King, Read by Seth Numrich, Stephen King

Seth Numrich’s narration of 17-year-old Charlie Reade’s story is moving and frightening in equal... Read More

Best Male Narrator

NARRATOR

Landon Beach, Read by Scott Brick

Beach has provided audiophiles with a tribute to narrators wrapped in a psychological suspense. It’s... Read More

Best Male Narrator

THE SILENT SISTERS

THE SILENT SISTERS

Robert Dugoni, Read by Edoardo Ballerini

In a spy thriller, atmosphere is everything. For an audiobook set primarily in Moscow, having a... Read More

Best Male Narrator

SLEEPWALK

Dan Chaon, Read by John Pirhalla

John Pirhalla's performance is a little disturbing yet funny and touching, a combination that is... Read More

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