Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense

Last updated May 21, 2025

The Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a thriller or suspense audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2007.

Winners and finalists

Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.

2000s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2007 12th	The Dead Yard (2006)	Adrian McKinty	Gerard Doyle	Blackstone Audio	Winner	^[1]
	Night of the Jaguar (2006)	Michael Gruber	Jonathan Davis	BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist
	Surrender (2005)	Sonya Hartnett	Humphrey Bower	Bolinda Audio	Finalist
	The Foreign Correspondent (2006)	Alan Furst	Alfred Molina	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	The Wall (2006)	Jeff Long	Grover Gardner	Tantor Audio	Finalist
2008 13th	Heart-Shaped Box (2007)	Joe Hill	Stephen Lang	HarperAudio	Winner
	Daddy's Girl (2007)	Lisa Scottoline	Barbara Rosenblat	HarperAudio	Finalist
	The Judas Strain (2007)	James Rollins	Peter Jay Fernandez	HarperAudio	Finalist
	No Time for Goodbye (2007)	Linwood Barclay	Christopher Lane	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	The Secret Servant (2007)	Daniel Silva	Phil Gigante	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	What the Dead Know (2007)	Laura Lippman	Linda Emond	HarperAudio	Finalist
2009 14th	Child 44 (2008)	Tom Rob Smith	Dennis Boutsikaris	Hachette Audio	Winner	^[2]
	Blue Heaven (2008)	C. J. Box	John Bedford Lloyd	Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	The Dying Breed (2008)	Declan Hughes	Stanley Townsend	Isis Publishing	Finalist
	Sweetheart (2008)	Chelsea Cain	Carolyn McCormick	Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	The Graveyard Book (2008)	Neil Gaiman	Neil Gaiman	HarperAudio	Finalist	^[3]

2010s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2010 15th	Darling Jim (2007)	Christian Moerk	Stephen Hoye and Justine Eyre	Tantor Audio	Winner	^[4]
	The Devil's Punchbowl (2009)	Greg Iles	Dick Hill	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	Level 26: Dark Origins (2009)	Anthony E. Zuiker and Duane Swierczynski	John Glover	Penguin Audiobooks	Finalist
	The Price of Love (2009)	Peter Robinson	John Lee , Gideon Emery, Rosalyn Landor, and Angela Goethals	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Road Dogs (2009)	Elmore Leonard	Peter Francis James	HarperAudio	Finalist
2011 16th	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009)	Stieg Larsson	Simon Vance	Random House Audio	Winner
	Interface by	Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George	Oliver Wyman	Audible, Inc.	Finalist
	The Book of Spies	Gayle Lynds	Kate Reading	Blackstone Audio, Inc.	Finalist
	Vengeance	AJ Scudiere	Kristoffer Tabori , Stephanie Zimbalist, and Don Leslie	Griffyn Ink	Finalist
	Dead Aim	Thomas Perry	Michael Kramer	Tantor Media	Finalist
2012 17th	The Nightmare Thief (2012)	Meg Gardiner	Susan Ericksen	Brilliance Audio	Winner	^[5]
	Adrenaline (2010)	Jeff Abbott	Kevin T. Collins	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	The Bone House (2011)	Brian Freeman	Joe Barrett	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	A Kiss Before Dying (1953)	Ira Levin	Mauro Hantman	AudioGO	Finalist
	Silent Scream (2010)	Karen Rose	Marguerite Gavin	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Out of My Head (2003)	Didier Van Cauwelaert	Bronson Pinchot	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
2013 18th	Red, White, and Blood: The President's Vampire (2012)	Christopher Farnsworth	Bronson Pinchot	Blackstone Audio	Winner	^[6]
	The Boy in the Suitcase (2011)	Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis	Katherine Kellgren	AudioGO	Finalist
	The Chalk Girl (2012)	Carol O'Connell	Barbara Rosenblat	Recorded Books	Finalist
	Odd Apocalypse (2012)	Dean Koontz	David Aaron Baker	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	Rise Again (2010)	Ben Tripp	Kirsten Potter	Tantor Audio	Finalist
2014 19th	The Hit (2013)	David Baldacci	Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy	Hachette Audio	Winner	^[7]
	The Book of Obeah (2010)	Sandra Carrington-Smith	Dave Fennoy	Cherry Hill Publishing	Finalist	^[7]
	The Fifth Assassin (2013)	Brad Meltzer	Scott Brick	Hachette Audio	Finalist	^[7]
	Suspect (2013)	Robert Crais	MacLeod Andrews	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	^[7]
	Sycamore Row (2013)	John Grisham	Michael Beck	Random House Audio/Books on Tape	Finalist	^[7]
2015 20th	Those Who Wish Me Dead (2014)	Michael Koryta	Robert Petkoff	Hachette Audio	Winner	^[8]
	"Hot Snow" in The Avengers Lost Episodes (Vol. 1) (2014)	John Dorney	Full cast	Big Finish Productions	Finalist	^[8]
	Dead Six (2013)	Larry Correia and Mike Kupari	Bronson Pinchot	Audible	Finalist	^[8]
	In the Morning I'll Be Gone (2014)	Adrian McKinty	Gerard Doyle	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	^[8]
	The Lost Key (2014)	Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison	Renee Raudman and MacLeod Andrews	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	^[8]
	Wayfaring Stranger (2014)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[8]
2016 21st	The Patriot Threat: Cotton Malone (2015)	Steve Berry	Scott Brick	Macmillan Audio	Winner	^[9]
	Blue Labyrinth (2014)	Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois	Hachette Audio	Finalist	^[9]
	The President's Shadow (2015)	Brad Meltzer	Scott Brick	Hachette Audio	Finalist	^[9]
	Season of Fear (2015)	Brian Freeman	Joe Barrett	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	^[9]
	Signal (2015)	Patrick Lee	Ari Fliakos	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	^[9]
2017 22nd	Cross Justice (2015)	James Patterson	Ruben Santiago Hudson and Jefferson Mays	Hachette Audio	Winner	^[10]
	The Fall of Moscow Station (2016)	Mark Henshaw	Eric G. Dove	Dreamscape	Finalist	^[10]
	Hidden Bodies (2016)	Caroline Kepnes	Santino Fontana	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[10]
	Home (2016)	Harlan Coben	Steven Weber	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	^[10]
	The Short Drop (2015)	Matthew FitzSimmons	James Patrick Cronin	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	^[10]
2018 23rd	The Fourth Monkey (2017)	J. D. Barker	Edoardo Ballerini and Graham Winton	Recorded Books	Winner	^[11]
	The Breakdown (2017)	B. A. Paris	Georgia Maguire	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	^[11]
	Don't Let Go (2017)	Harlan Coben	Steven Weber	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	^[11]
	The Chemist (2016)	Stephenie Meyer	Ellen Archer	Hachette Audio	Finalist	^[11]
	A Legacy of Spies (2017)	John le Carré	Tom Hollander	Penguin Audio	Finalist	^[11]
	Mississippi Blood (2017)	Greg Iles	Scott Brick	HarperAudio	Finalist	^[11]
2019 24th	Crimson Lake (2017)	Candice Fox	Euan Morton	Macmillan Audio	Winner	^[12]
	The Death of Mrs. Westaway (2018)	Ruth Ware	Imogen Church	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[12]
	Macbeth (2018)	Jo Nesbø	Euan Morton	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	^[12]
	The Outsider (2018)	Stephen King	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[12]
	The Terminal List (2018)	Jack Carr	Ray Porter	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[12]
	Their Lost Daughters (2017)	Joy Ellis	Richard Armitage	Audible	Finalist	^[12]

2020s

Year	Audiobook	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2020 25th	The Institute (2019)	Stephen King	Santino Fontana	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	^[13]
	Blood in the Water (2016)	Jack Flynn	Dion Graham	Recorded Books	Finalist	^[13]
	Freefall (2019)	Jessica Barry	Hillary Huber , Karissa Vacker, and MacLeod Andrews	HarperAudio	Finalist	^[13]
	Lady in the Lake (2019)	Laura Lippman	Susan Bennett	HarperAudio	Finalist	^[13]
	Winter Dark (2020)	Alex Callister	Ell Potter	Audible Originals	Finalist	^[13]
2021 26th	When No One Is Watching (2020)	Alyssa Cole	Susan Dalian and Jay Aaseng	HarperCollins Publishers	Winner	^[14]
	If It Bleeds (2020)	Stephen King	Will Patton , Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[14]
	The Only Good Indians (2020)	Stephen Graham Jones	Shaun Taylor-Corbett	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[14]
	The Sentinel (2020)	Lee Child and Andrew Child	Scott Brick	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	^[14]
	Yard Work (2020)	David Koepp	Kevin Bacon	Audible Originals	Finalist	^[14]
2022 27th	Local Woman Missing	Mary Kubica	Brittany Pressley , Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and Jesse Vilinsky	HarperAudio	Winner	^[15]
	The Last Thing He Told Me (2021)	Laura Dave	Rebecca Lowman	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[15]
	Never Far Away	Michael Koryta	Robert Petkoff	Hachette Audio	Finalist	^[15]
	The Night She Disappeared	Lisa Jewell	Joanne Froggatt	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[15]
	Razorblade Tears (2021)	S. A. Cosby	Adam Lazarre-White	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	^[15]
2023 28th	Greenwich Park	Katherine Faulkner	Laura Kirman	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	^[16]
	The Boys from Biloxi	John Grisham	Michael Beck	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	^[16]
	The Island	Adrian McKinty	Mela Lee	Hachette Audio	Finalist	^[16]
	The Paris Apartment	Lucy Foley	Clare Corbett , Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson	HarperAudio	Finalist	^[16]
	Snowstorm in August	Marshall Karp	Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	^[16]
	Where Secrets Live	S. C. Richards	Jennifer Jill Araya	Dreamscape Media	Finalist	^[16]
2024 29th	All the Sinners Bleed (2023)	S. A. Cosby	Adam Lazarre-White	Macmillan Audio	Winner	^[17]
	The Woodkin	Alexander James	Alex Knox	CamCat Books	Finalist	^[17]
	Bad Cree	Jessica Johns	Tanis Parenteau	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	^[17]
	I Will Find You	Harlan Coben	Steven Weber	Brilliance Publishing	Finalist	^[17]
	None of This Is True (2023)	Lisa Jewell	Nicola Walker , Louise Brealey, and a full cast	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[17]
2025 30th	Lone Wolf	Gregg Hurwitz	Scott Brick	Macmillan Audio	Winner	^[18]
	First Lie Wins	Ashley Elston	Saskia Maarleveld	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	^[18]
	The Forest of Lost Souls	Dean Koontz	January LaVoy	Brilliance Publishing	Finalist	^[18]
	The Little Drummer Girl (1983)	John le Carré	Adjoa Andoh	Dreamscape Media LLC	Finalist	^[18]
	The Return of Ellie Black	Emiko Jean	Mizuo Peck , Tessa Albertson, and a full cast	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	^[18]

References

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↑ Burkey, Mary (May 29, 2009). "2009 Audies Awards". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
↑ "The Graveyard Book". Downpour.com. Downpour.com, a division of Blackstone Publishing. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
↑ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2010). "Audies Awards 2010". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
↑ Burkey, Mary (June 6, 2012). "#JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
↑ Burkey, Mary (May 30, 2013). "#Audies 2013". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Katz, Danielle (5 March 2019). "Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019)" (PDF). Audio Publishers Agency (APA). AudioFileMagazine.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2021". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "2022 Audie Awards®". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "2023 Audie Awards Winners". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
1 2 3 4 5 "2024 Audie Award Winners". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
1 2 3 4 5 "2025 Audies WINNERS". Audio Publishers Association . Retrieved 2025-03-10.

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[IPOL2007-1] "Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York". IndependentPublisher.com. Jenkins Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[BLR2009-2] Burkey, Mary (May 29, 2009). "2009 Audies Awards". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

[3] "The Graveyard Book". Downpour.com. Downpour.com, a division of Blackstone Publishing. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

[BLR2010-4] Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2010). "Audies Awards 2010". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[BLR2012-5] Burkey, Mary (June 6, 2012). "#JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[BLR2013-6] Burkey, Mary (May 30, 2013). "#Audies 2013". Booklist Reader. American Library Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[Fourteen-7] 1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Fifteen-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Sixteen-9] 1 2 3 4 5 "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Seventeen-10] 1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Eighteen-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018". AudioFile Magazine . Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Nineteen-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Katz, Danielle (5 March 2019). "Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019)" (PDF). Audio Publishers Agency (APA). AudioFileMagazine.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Twenty-13] 1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[Twentyone-14] 1 2 3 4 5 "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2021". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[:0-15] 1 2 3 4 5 "2022 Audie Awards®". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-30.

[:1-16] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2023 Audie Awards Winners". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-08.

[:22-17] 1 2 3 4 5 "2024 Audie Award Winners". Audio Publishers Association . Archived from the original on 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-16.

[:2-18] 1 2 3 4 5 "2025 Audies WINNERS". Audio Publishers Association . Retrieved 2025-03-10.

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v t e Audie Awards
Audio Publishers Association (APA)
General awards	Audiobook of the Year Original Work Audio Drama Short Stories / Collections Best Female Narrator Best Male Narrator Multi-Voiced Performance Narration by the Author
Genre awards	General Fiction Literary Fiction / Classics Mystery Thriller / Suspense Science Fiction Fantasy Romance Nonfiction History / Biography Autobiography / Memoir Business & Personal Development Faith-Based Humor Young Listener Middle Grade Young Adult Spanish Language
Other awards	Special Audie Awards Discontinued Audie Awards
Category