2021 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2021 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 11 winning audiobooks across 11 categories tracked in this index. The year's top prize, Audiobook of the Year, went to Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Best Female Narrator | The City We Became | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles |
| Best Male Narrator | The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X & Alex Haley | Laurence Fishburne |
| Fantasy | The City We Became | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles |
| Fiction | Such a Fun Age | Kiley Reid | Nicole Lewis |
| Humor | A Very Punchable Face | Colin Jost | Colin Jost |
| Mystery | Fair Warning | Michael Connelly | Peter Giles, Zach Villa |
| Nonfiction | Fire in Paradise | Alastair Gee; Dani Anguiano | T. Ryder Smith |
| Romance | Dirty Letters | Vi Keeland; Penelope Ward | Andi Arndt, Jacob Morgan |
| Science Fiction | The Deep | Rivers Solomon et al. | Daveed Diggs |
| Thriller & Suspense | When No One Is Watching | Alyssa Cole | Susan Dalian, Jay Aaseng |
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