Audie Award for Fiction Narrator

The Audie Award for Fiction Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration for a fiction audiobook released in a given year.

Established in 2024, the category replaced the categories for Best Male and Female Narrator, alongside the award for Best Non-Fiction Narrator. ^[1]

Recipients

Award Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2024 29th	The Last Lifeboat	Hazel Gaynor	Billie Fulford-Brown	Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[2] [3]
	Land of Milk and Honey	C Pam Zhang	Eunice Wong	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[2]
	The Eyes and the Impossible	Dave Eggers	Ethan Hawke	Listening Library	Finalist	[2]
	Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry	Sara Read	Marni Penning	Harlequin Audio	Finalist	[2]
	Tom Lake (2023)	Ann Patchett	Meryl Streep	HarperAudio	Finalist	[2]
2025 30th	The Women (2024)	Kristin Hannah	Julia Whelan	Macmillan Audio	Winner	[4]
	Margo's Got Money Troubles	Rufi Thorpe	Elle Fanning	HarperAudio	Finalist	[5]
	Great Expectations (1860-61)	Charles Dickens	Stephen Fry	SNR Audio Ltd.	Finalist	[5]
	James (2024)	Percival Everett	Dominic Hoffman	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[5]
	The Briar Club	Kate Quinn	Saskia Maarleveld	HarperAudio	Finalist	[5]

References

1. "Audio Publishers Association Announces 2024 Audie Award Finalists". Publishers Weekly . January 30, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
2. "2024 Audie Award Winners". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
3. "Awards: Audie Winners; Republic of Consciousness U.K. Shortlist". Shelf Awareness . March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
4. Schaub, Michael (March 5, 2025). "Streisand Audiobook Wins Top Prize at Audie Awards". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved March 9, 2025.
5. "2025 Audies WINNERS". Audio Publishers Association . Retrieved March 10, 2025.