The Audie Award for Humor is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a humor audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 1997.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in light green.
Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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1997 [1] 2nd | Calvin Trillin, Piece by Piece (1995) | Calvin Trillin | Calvin Trillin | HighBridge Audio |
The Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach (1976) | Peter Schickele | Peter Schickele | HighBridge Audio | |
The Rants (1996) | Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
1998 [2] 3rd | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) | Douglas Adams | Douglas Adams | Dove Audio |
Babyhood (1997) | Paul Reiser | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing (1997) | Patrick F. McManus | Terry Beaver | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
1999 [3] 4th | Ranting Again (1998) | Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
God Is My Broker (1998) | Christopher Buckley and John Tierney (as "Brother Ty") | Mark Linn-Baker | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
Pure Drivel (1998) | Steve Martin | Steve Martin | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Year | Title | Authors(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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2010 [16] 15th | Church People: The Lutherans of Lake Wobegon (2009) | Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio |
Don't Say I Didn't Warn You (2009) | Anita Renfroe | Anita Renfroe | Hyperion Audio | |
I Drink for a Reason (2009) | David Cross | David Cross | Hachette Audio | |
I Shudder (2009) | Paul Rudnick | Paul Rudnick | HarperAudio | |
More Information Than You Require (2008) | John Hodgman | John Hodgman and full cast | Penguin Audiobooks | |
2011 [17] 16th | Old Jews Telling Jokes (2010) | Sam Hoffman | Sam Hoffman , Eric Spiegelman, and full cast | HighBridge Audio |
Earth (The Book) (2010) | Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show | Jon Stewart et al. | Hachette Audio | |
Paul Is Undead (2010) | Alan Goldsher | Simon Vance | Blackstone Audio | |
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (2010) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris et al. | Hachette Audio | |
Shit My Dad Says (2010) | Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker | Sean Schemmel | HarperAudio | |
2012 [18] [19] 17th | Shatner Rules (2011) | William Shatner and Chris Regan | William Shatner | Penguin Audio |
Bossypants (2011) | Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio | |
Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) | Adam Mansbach | Samuel L. Jackson | Audible/Brilliance Audio | |
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks (2010) | Adam Carolla and Mike Lynch | Adam Carolla | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
This Is an Audiobook (based on This Is a Book; 2011) | Demetri Martin | Demetri Martin | Hachette Audio | |
2013 [20] 18th | I Suck at Girls (2012) | Justin Halpern | Sean Schemmel | HarperAudio |
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't (2012) | Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert | Hachette Audio | |
The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days (2012) | Ian Frazier | Cynthia Nixon | Macmillan Audio | |
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2012) | Jenny Lawson | Jenny Lawson | Penguin Audio | |
Me the People (2012) | Kevin Bleyer | Kevin Bleyer | Random House Audio | |
2014 [21] 19th | Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? (2013) | Billy Crystal | Billy Crystal | Macmillan Audio |
How I Slept My Way to the Middle (2012) | Kevin Pollak and Alan Goldsher | Kevin Pollak | Brilliance Audio | |
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (2013) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio | |
Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood (2013) | Drew Magary | Drew Magary | Penguin Audio | |
The Stench of Honolulu (2013) | Jack Handey | Jack Handey | Hachette Audio | |
2015 [22] 20th | Yes Please (2014) | Amy Poehler | Amy Poehler , Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio |
Ben Franklin Unplugged (2013) | Josh Kornbluth | Josh Kornbluth | Audible | |
The Disaster Artist (2013) and Tom Bissell | Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell | Greg Sestero | Tantor Audio | |
Food: A Love Story (2014) | Jim Gaffigan | Jim Gaffigan | Penguin Random House Audio | |
God Is Disappointed in You (2012) | Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler | James Urbaniak | Audible | |
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty (2014) | Dave Barry | Dave Barry | Penguin Random House Audio | |
2016 [23] 21st | Furiously Happy (2015) | Jenny Lawson | Jenny Lawson | Macmillan Audio |
Almost Interesting (2016) | David Spade | David Spade | HarperAudio | |
Car Talk Classics: No Factory Recalls. So Far. (2015) | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books | |
Modern Romance: An Investigation (2015) | Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg | Aziz Ansari | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | |
Texts from Jane Eyre (2014) | Daniel M. Lavery | Amy Landon and Zach Villa | Tantor Audio | |
Why Not Me? (2015) | Mindy Kaling | Mindy Kaling | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | |
2017 [24] 22nd | I'm Judging You (2016) | Luvvie Ajayi | Luvvie Ajayi | Macmillan Audio |
The Bassoon King (2015) | Rainn Wilson | Rainn Wilson | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years (2017) | D. L. Hughley | Keith Szarabajka , John Reynolds, Fran Tunno, Cherise Boothe, Dan Woren, P. J. Ochlan, Gregory Itzin, Paula Jai Parker-Martin, Mia Barron, Ron Butler, and James Shippy | HarperAudio | |
Life and Other Near Death Experiences (2015) | Camille Pagán | Amy McFadden | Brilliance Audio | |
You Can't Touch My Hair (2016) | Phoebe Robinson | Phoebe Robinson | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
You'll Grow Out of It (2016) | Jessi Klein | Jessi Klein | Hachette Audio | |
2018 [25] 23rd | Carpet Diem; or ...How to Save the World by Accident (2015) | Justin Lee Anderson | Matthew Lloyd Davies | Tantor Audio |
The Book of Leon: Philosophy of a Fool (2017) | J. B. Smoove and Iris Bahr (as "Leon Black, as told to J. B. Smoove and Iris Bahr") | J. B. Smoove (as Leon Black) | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
I Can't Make This Up (2017) | Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss | Kevin Hart | Audible | |
Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality (2017) | Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal | Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal | Audible | |
The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness (2017) | Paula Poundstone | Paula Poundstone | HighBridge Audio | |
2019 [26] 24th | The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (2018) | Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally | Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally | Penguin Random House Audio |
Calypso (2018) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio | |
Everything's Trash, But It's Okay (2018) | Phoebe Robinson | Phoebe Robinson | Penguin Random House Audio | |
How Not to Get Shot (2018) | D. L. Hughley | D. L. Hughley | HarperAudio | |
Noir (2018) | Christopher Moore | Johnny Heller | HarperAudio |
Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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2020 [27] 25th | More Bedtime Stories from Cynics (2019) | Kirsten Kearse , Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, Cirocco Dunlap, and Dave Hill | Nick Offerman , Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Elliot Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, and Gary Anthony Williams | Audible |
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life (2019) | Ali Wong | Ali Wong and Justin Hakuta | Penguin Random House Audio | |
Idiot (2019) | Laura Clery | Laura Clery | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations (2019) | Craig Ferguson | Craig Ferguson | Penguin Random House Audio | |
A Woman First: First Woman (2019) | Billy Kimball and David Mandel (as "Selina Meyer") | Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as Selina Meyer) | Penguin Random House Audio | |
2021 [28] 26th | A Very Punchable Face (2020) | Colin Jost | Colin Jost | Penguin Random House Audio |
The New One (2019) | Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein | Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein | Hachette Audio | |
Nothing Like I Imagined (2020) | Mindy Kaling | Mindy Kaling | Brilliance Audio | |
Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use (2019) | Amanda Seales | Amanda Seales | Audible Studios | |
Surrender, White People! (2020) | D. L. Hughley and Doug Moe | D. L. Hughley | HarperAudio | |
Wow, No Thank You (2020) | Samantha Irby | Samantha Irby | Penguin Random House Audio | |
2022 [29] 27th | How Y'all Doing? | Leslie Jordan | Leslie Jordan | HarperAudio |
Brackish Waters | Matt Boren | Christina Applegate | Audible Originals | |
A Carnival of Snackery | David Sedaris | David Sedaris and Tracey Ullman | Hachette Audio | |
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit | John V. Petrocelli | Larry Herron | Macmillan Audio | |
The Seven Day Switch | Kelly Harms | Arielle DeLisle and Megan Tusing | Brilliance Publishing | |
2023 [30] [31] 28th | Happy-Go-Lucky (2022) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio |
Let's Catch Up Soon | Sarah Cooper | Sarah Cooper and Felip Jeremic | Audible Originals | |
The Office BFFs | Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey | Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey | HarperAudio | |
Who Do You Think I Am? | Anjelah Johnson-Reyes | Anjelah Johnson-Reyes | Hachette Audio | |
The Wilder Windows | Katherine Hastings | Pamela Dillman | Flyte Publishing | |
2024 [32] 29th | Leslie F*cking Jones | Leslie Jones , foreword by Chris Rock | Leslie Jones , foreword by Chris Rock | Hachette Audio |
How to Survive History | Cody Cassidy | Dennis Boutsikaris | Penguin Random House Audio | |
Uncle of the Year | Andrew Rannells | Andrew Rannells | Penguin Random House Audio | |
No One Leaves the Castle | Christopher Healy | Jessica Almasy | HarperAudio | |
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs | Jamie Loftus | Jamie Loftus | Macmillan Audio |
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