Audie Award for Nonfiction

The Audie Award for Nonfiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a nonfiction audiobook released in a given year. Before 2008 the award was given as the Audie Award for Unabridged Nonfiction. It has been awarded since 1996.

Winners and finalists

1990s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1996 1st	Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation (1995)	Jonathan Kozol	Dick Hill	Brilliance Audio	Winner	[1]
	Crossing the Threshold of Hope (1995)	Pope John Paul II	Earl Hammond and William Bogert	Random House Audio	Finalist	[1]
	Lincoln's Letters: The Private Man and the Warrior (1995)	Abraham Lincoln	George Vail	Commuter's Library	Finalist	[1]
1997 2nd	Genesis (1996)	Bill Moyers	Mandy Patinkin	Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio	Winner	[2]
	Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin (1996)	Stephen Jay Gould	Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.	Dove Audio	Finalist	[2]
	It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972)	James Herriot	Christopher Timothy	Chivers North America	Finalist	[2]
1998 3rd	James Herriot's Animal Stories (1992)	James Herriot	Christopher Timothy	Audio Renaissance	Winner	[3] [4]
	The Lord God Made Them All (1981)	James Herriot	Christopher Timothy	Chivers North America	Finalist	[4]
	Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)	Mitch Albom	Mitch Albom	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[4]
1999 4th	Full Circle: A Pacific Journey with Michael Palin (1997)	Michael Palin	Michael Palin	Chivers North America	Winner	[3] [5]
	Ned Kelly: A Short Life (1995)	Ian Jones	Paul English	Australian Large Print Audio & Video	Finalist	[5]
	White Coolies (1954)	Betty Jeffrey	Beverly Dunn	Australian Large Print Audio & Video	Finalist	[5]

2000s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2000 5th	'Tis (1999)	Frank McCourt	Frank McCourt	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	[3] [6]
	Elegy for Iris (1999)	John Bayley	David Frederick Case	Books on Tape	Finalist	[6]
	The War Journal of Major Damon Rocky Gause (1999)	Damon Rocky Gause	Dick Hill	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[6]
2001 6th	The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2000)	Sidney Poitier	Sidney Poitier	HarperAudio	Winner	[3] [7]
	On Writing (2000)	Stephen King	Stephen King	Simon & Schuster	Finalist	[7]
2002 7th	John Adams (2001)	David McCullough	Nelson Runger	Recorded Books	Winner	[3] [8]
	An Album of Memories (2001)	Tom Brokaw	Tom Brokaw et al.	Random House Audio	Finalist	[8]
	The Life and Works of Chopin (2001)	Jeremy Siepmann	Jeremy Siepmann	Naxos Audiobooks	Finalist	[8]
2003 8th	3000 Degrees (2002)	Sean Flynn	Richard Rohan	Listen & Live Audio	Winner	[3] [9]
	Band of Brothers (1992)	Stephen E. Ambrose	Tim Jerome	BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist	[9]
	Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (1999)	Yossef Bodansky	Nadia May	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	[9]
	Mark Twain (2001)	Geoffrey C. Ward ,Dayton Duncan, and Ken Burns	Bille Meisle	Random House Audio	Finalist	[9]
	The Trial and The Death of Socrates (4th century B.C.)	Plato	Bruce Alexander and Jamie Glover	Naxos Audiobooks	Finalist	[9]
2004 9th	The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2003)	Amy Tan	Amy Tan	Brilliance Audio	Winner	[3] [10]
	The Devil in the White City (2003)	Erik Larson	Tony Goldwyn	Random House Audio	Finalist	[10]
	Hitler's Scientists (2003)	John Cornwell	Simon Prebble	Listen & Live Audio	Finalist	[10]
	Middletown, America (2003)	Gail Sheehy	Gail Sheehy	Brilliance	Finalist	[10]
	The Bounty (2003)	Caroline Alexander	Michael York	Penguin Audiobooks	Finalist	[10]
2005 10th	Chasing the Devil (1997)	David Reichert	Dennis Boutsikaris	Time Warner AudioBooks	Winner	[3] [11]
	Ask Not (2004)	Thurston Clarke	Edward Herrmann	Audio Renaissance	Finalist	[11]
	Caddy for Life (2004)	John Feinstein	John Feinstein	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist	[11]
	The Culture of Fear (1999)	Barry Glassner	Barry Glassner	The Audio Partners	Finalist	[11]
	Running with the Bulls (2004)	Valerie Hemingway	Anne Flosnik	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[11]
	They Made America (2004)	Harold Evans , Gail Buckland, and David Lefer	Harold Evans	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist	[11]
2006 11th	The World Is Flat (2005)	Thomas L. Friedman	Oliver Wyman	Audio Renaissance	Winner	[3]
	The Boys of Pointe du Hoc (2005)	Douglas Brinkley	Douglas Brinkley	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Conspiracy of Fools (2005)	Kurt Eichenwald	Stephen Lang	Random House Audio	Finalist
	A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005)	Simon Winchester	Simon Winchester	HarperAudio	Finalist
	The Truth (with Jokes) (2005)	Al Franken	Al Franken	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
2007 12th	Narrow Dog to Carcassonne (2004)	Terry Darlington	Steve Hodson	IFIS Publishing	Winner	[3] [12]
	Babylon by Bus (2006)	Ray LeMoine , Jeff Neumann, and Donovan Webster	Jeremy Davidson	Penguin Audiobooks	Finalist
	Striking Back (2005)	Aaron J. Klein	Stefan Rudnicki	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Team of Rivals (2005)	Doris Kearns Goodwin	Suzanne Toren	Recorded Books	Finalist
	The Looming Tower (2006)	Lawrence Wright	Alan Sklar	Tantor Audio	Finalist
2008 13th	Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976)	Alex Haley	Avery Brooks	BBC Audiobooks America	Winner	[3] [13]
	Banker to the Poor (2006)	Muhammad Yunus	Ray Porter	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (2007)	David Halberstam	Edward Herrmann	Hyperion Audiobooks	Finalist
	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (1959)	Alfred Lansing	Simon Prebble	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Jesus for the Non-Religious (2007)	John Shelby Spong	Alan Sklar	HarperAudio	Finalist
2009 14th	Hot, Flat, and Crowded (2008)	Thomas Friedman	Oliver Wyman	Macmillan Audio	Winner	[3] [14]
	Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage (2008)	Joe Wheeler	Grover Gardner	Oasis Audio	Finalist
	Buying In (2008)	Rob Walker	Robert Fass	BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist
	Gang Leader for a Day (2008)	Sudhir Venkatesh	Reg Rogers	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Out of Mao's Shadows (2008)	Philip P. Pan	David Colacci	Tantor Audio	Finalist

2010s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2010 15th	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)	Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan	Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan	Random House Audio	Winner	[3] [15]
	Anne Frank Remembered (1995)	Miep Gies and Leslie Gold	Barbara Rosenblat	Oasis Audio	Finalist
	Columbine (2009)	Dave Cullen	Don Leslie	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Outliers (2008)	Malcolm Gladwell	Malcolm Gladwell	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	What Americans Really Want…Really (2009)	Frank Luntz	L. J. Ganser	Hyperion Audio	Finalist
2011 16th	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010)	Rebecca Skloot	Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin	Random House Audio	Winner	[3] [16]
	No One Would Listen (2010)	Harry Markopolos	Harry Markopolos , Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, David Kotz, Gaytri Kachroo, and Michael Ocrant	Audible	Finalist
	Game Change (2010)	John Heilemann and Mark Halperin	Dennis Boutsikaris	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Obama's Wars (2010)	Bob Woodward	Boyd Gaines	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	The Poisoner's Handbook (2010)	Deborah Blum	Coleen Marlo	Tantor Audio	Finalist
2012 17th	The Murder of the Century	Paul Collins	William Dufris	AudioGO	Winner	[3] [17]
	Dog Sense (2011)	John Bradshaw	Michael Page	Tantor Audio	Finalist
	The 4 Percent Universe (2011)	Richard Panek	Ray Porter	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	My Korean Deli (2010)	Ben Ryder Howe	Bronson Pinchot	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Unbroken (2010)	Laura Hillenbrand	Edward Herrmann	Random House Audio/Books on Tape	Finalist
2013 18th	Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (2012)	Florence Williams	Kate Reading	Tantor Audio	Winner	[3] [18]
	Cemetery John (2012)	Robert Zorn	Sean Runnette	Tantor Audio	Finalist
	The Crisis of Zionism (2012)	Peter Beinart	Lloyd James	Tantor Audio	Finalist
	Love Is the Cure (2012)	Elton John	Elton John	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	Sex and God at Yale (2012)	Nathan Harden	Scott Aiello	Audible	Finalist
2014 19th	David and Goliath (2013)	Malcolm Gladwell	Malcolm Gladwell	Hachette Audio	Winner	[3] [19]
	Beyond Belief (2013)	Jenna Miscavige Hill	Sandy Rustin	HarperAudio	Finalist	[19]
	The End of Nature (1989)	Bill McKibben	Jeff Woodman	Audible	Finalist	[19]
	The Telling Room (2013)	Michael Paterniti	L. J. Ganser	Audible	Finalist	[19]
	Thank You for Your Service (2013)	David Finkel	Arthur Bishop	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[19]
2015 20th	Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him (2013)	David Henry and Joe Henry	Dion Graham	Tantor Audio	Winner	[3] [20]
	Being Mortal (2014)	Atul Gawande	Robert Petkoff	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[20]
	Deep Down Dark (2014)	Héctor Tobar	Henry Leyva	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[20]
	Flash Boys (2014)	Michael Lewis	Dylan Baker	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[20]
	The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014)	Walter Isaacson	Dennis Boutsikaris	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[20]
	Unruly Places (2014)	Alastair Bonnett	Derek Perkins	Tantor Audio	Finalist	[20]
2016 21st	Ghettoside (2015)	Jill Leovy	Rebecca Lowman	Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[3] [21]
	The Dorito Effect (2015)	Mark Schatzker	Chris Patton	Dreamscape	Finalist	[21]
	I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out (2013)	Lee Gutkind	Tavia Gilbert	Tantor Audio	Finalist	[21]
	Missoula (2015)	Jon Krakauer	Mozhan Marno	Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[21]
	The Song Machine (2015)	John Seabrook	Dion Graham	HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books	Finalist	[21]
2017 22nd	Hillbilly Elegy (2016)	J. D. Vance	J. D. Vance	HarperAudio	Winner	[3] [22]
	Adnan's Story (2016)	Rabia Chaudry	Rabia Chaudry	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[22]
	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016)	Matthew Desmond	Dion Graham	Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape	Finalist	[22]
	The Gene: An Intimate History (2016)	Siddhartha Mukherjee	Dennis Boutsikaris	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[22]
	A Million Years in a Day (2015)	Greg Jenner	Matthew Lloyd Davies	Tantor Audio (Recorded Books)	Finalist	[22]
	Words on the Move: Why English Won't – and Can't – Sit Still (Like, Literally) (2016)	John McWhorter	John McWhorter	Audible	Finalist	[22]
2018 23rd	American Wolf (2017)	Nate Blakeslee	Mark Bramhall	Random House Audio	Winner	[3] [23]
	The Butterfly Effect (2017)	Jon Ronson	Jon Ronson	Audible Originals	Finalist	[23]
	Ghosts of the Tsunami (2017)	Richard Lloyd Parry	Simon Vance	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[23]
	Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign (2017)	Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes	Kimberly Farr	Random House Audio	Finalist	[23]
	This Fight Is Our Fight (2017)	Elizabeth Warren	Elizabeth Warren	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[23]
2019 24th	The Perfectionists	Simon Winchester	Simon Winchester	HarperAudio	Winner	[3] [24]
	The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist (2018)	Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington	Robert Fass	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	Dopesick (2018)	Beth Macy	Beth Macy	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (2018)	Ben Goldfarb	Will Damron	Chelsea Green Publishing	Finalist
	Heartland (2018)	Sarah Smarsh	Sarah Smarsh	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)	Martin Luther King, Jr.	JD Jackson	Beacon Press Audio	Finalist

2020s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2020 25th	Grace Will Lead Us Home (2019)	Jennifer Berry Hawes	Karen Chilton and Jennifer Berry Hawes	Macmillan Audio	Winner	[25]
	Mama's Last Hug (2019)	Frans de Waal	L. J. Ganser	Recorded Books	Finalist	[25]
	The Perfect Predator (2019)	Steffanie Strathdee , Thomas Patterson, and Teresa Barker	Christine Lakin and Dan Woren	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[25]
	Talking to Strangers (2019)	Malcolm Gladwell	Malcolm Gladwell	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[25]
	We Are the Weather (2019)	Jonathan Safran Foer	Jonathan Safran Foer	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[25]
2021 26th	Fire in Paradise (2020)	Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano	T. Ryder Smith	Recorded Books	Winner	[26]
	If You Tell (2019)	Gregg Olsen	Karen Peakes	Brilliance	Finalist	[26]
	Rage (2020)	Bob Woodward	Robert Petkoff	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[26]
	Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope (2020)	Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn	Jennifer Garner	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[26]
	Wandering in Strange Lands (2020)	Morgan Jerkins	Morgan Jerkins	HarperAudio	Finalist	[26]
2022 27th	The Joy of Sweat	Sarah Everts	Sophie Amoss	Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[27]
	Freedom	Sebastian Junger	Sebastian Junger	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[27]
	Last Call	Elon Green	David Pittu	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[27]
	The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism	Jen Gunter	Jen Gunter	HighBridge Audio, a division of Recorded Books	Finalist	[27]
	The Premonition: A Pandemic Story	Michael Lewis	Adenrele Ojo	Audible Studios	Finalist	[27]
	This Is Your Mind on Plants	Michael Pollan	Michael Pollan	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[27]
2023 27th	The Ransomware Hunting Team (2022)	Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden	BD Wong	Macmillan Audio	Winner	[28]
	Davos Man	Peter S. Goodman	Michael David Axtell	HarperAudio	Finalist	[28]
	Queer Ducks (And Other Animals)	Eliot Schrefer	Joel Froomkin , Dustin Ballard, Hope Newhouse, and Neo Cihi	HarperAudio	Finalist	[28]
	The Sex Lives of African Women	Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah	Iesha Nyree , Adenrele Ojo, Deanna Anthony, Stephanie Weeks, Joy Hooper, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Karen Murray, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Janina Edwards, M. J. Brown, and Karla Mosley	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	[28]
	The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation	Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa)	Shaun Taylor-Corbett	Brilliance Publishing	Finalist	[28]
2024 29th	Poverty, by America (2023)	Matthew Desmond	Dion Graham	Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[29]
	Fire Weather	John Vaillant	Alan Carlson	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[29]
	Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (2023)	Elizabeth Winkler	Eunice Wong	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[29]
	Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal	Bettina L. Love	Karen Chilton , introduction read by Bettina L. Love	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[29]
	A Refugee's American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service	Leth Oun , contribution by Joe Samuel Starnes	Tim Lounibos	Tantor Audio	Finalist	[29]
2025 30th	There’s Always This Year	Hanif Abdurraqib	Hanif Abdurraqib	Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[30]
	Cool Food	Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Kostigan	Robert Downey Jr. , Tom Kostigan, and Deepti Gupta	Blackstone Publishing	Finalist	[31]
	The Situation Room	George Stephanopoulos and Lisa Dickey	George Stephanopoulos , Peter Ganim, and Elisabeth Rodgers	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[31]
	This Is Not a Game	Marc Fennell	Marc Fennell	Audible Originals	Finalist	[31]
	When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion	Julie Satow	Karen Murray	Random House Audio	Finalist	[31]

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External links

• Audie Award winners
• Audie Awards official website