The best audiobooks, decided by the awards
"Best audiobook" lists are usually opinion. This one is computed: across 8 Audie Award genre categories and the overall Audiobook of the Year prize, these are the titles and authors with the strongest awards record — every entry sourced, nothing invented.
Most-decorated audiobooks (won 2+ Audie awards)
4 titles here took more than one Audie Award — the rare books that won a genre category and the overall prize, or held up across categories.
| Audiobook | Author | Audie awards won |
|---|---|---|
| The Breaker | Minette Walters | Mystery (2000); Fiction (1998) |
| Still Foolin' 'Em | Billy Crystal | Audiobook of the Year (2014); Humor (2014) |
| Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Audiobook of the Year (2022); Science Fiction (2022) |
| Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi | Audiobook of the Year (2019); Romance (2019) |
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Most-awarded authors
Authors with the most distinct Audie-winning audiobooks in this index:
| Author | Audie-winning titles |
|---|---|
| Stephen King | 5 |
| Michael Connelly | 5 |
| James Lee Burke | 3 |
| David Sedaris | 3 |
| Andy Weir | 2 |
| Graham Greene | 2 |
| N. K. Jemisin | 2 |
| Douglas Adams | 2 |
| Robert Galbraith | 2 |
| Brandon Sanderson | 2 |
| Kennedy Ryan | 2 |
| J. D. Robb | 2 |
Best audiobooks by genre
Every Audie genre category, most recent winner first — open any for the complete sourced winner list.
- Best fiction audiobooks — 32 winners; latest: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2026)
- Best nonfiction audiobooks — 31 winners; latest: Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang (2026)
- Best mystery audiobooks — 30 winners; latest: Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben (2026)
- Best humor audiobooks — 29 winners; latest: The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (2025)
- Best science fiction audiobooks — 24 winners; latest: Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer (2026)
- Best romance audiobooks — 22 winners; latest: King of Envy by Ana Huang (2026)
- Best thriller & suspense audiobooks — 20 winners; latest: Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell (2026)
- Best fantasy audiobooks — 15 winners; latest: Anima Rising by Christopher Moore (2026)
See also: Audiobook of the Year winners · best narrators · Grammy audiobook winners.