The best fiction audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Fiction winner
Looking for a fiction audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Fiction category — 32 winners from 1996 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best fiction production of each year. The most recent winner is Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid | Atmosphere | Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| 2025 | Ramiz Monsef | Rednecks | Taylor Brown |
| 2024 | Meryl Streep | Tom Lake | Ann Patchett |
| 2023 | Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan | Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult; Jennifer Finney Boylan |
| 2022 | Multiple narrators | The Final Revival of Opal & Nev | Dawnie Walton |
| 2021 | Nicole Lewis | Such a Fun Age | Kiley Reid |
| 2020 | Blair Brown | City of Girls | Elizabeth Gilbert |
| 2019 | Richard Armitage | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Heather Morris |
| 2018 | Cathleen McCarron | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman |
| 2017 | Bahni Turpin | Sister of Mine | Sabra Waldfogel |
| 2016 | Polly Stone | The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah |
| 2015 | Zach Appelman | All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr |
| 2014 | Will Patton | Doctor Sleep | Stephen King |
| 2013 | Claire Danes | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood |
| 2012 | Will Patton | Alas, Babylon | Pat Frank |
| 2011 | Emma Galvin | Winter's Bone | Daniel Woodrell |
| 2010 | Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| 2009 | John Slattery | Duma Key | Stephen King |
| 2009 | Paul Boehmer, Susan Duerdan, full cast | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer |
| 2008 | Lorelei King | Tallgrass | Sandra Dallas |
| 2007 | Carol Monda | Rise and Shine | Anna Quindlen |
| 2006 | Simon Jones | A Slight Trick of the Mind | Mitch Cullin |
| 2005 | Mary Beth Hurt | The Darling | Russell Banks |
| 2004 | Anna Fields | All Over Creation | Ruth Ozeki |
| 2003 | Kristoffer Tabori | Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides |
| 2002 | Frank Muller | The Talisman | Stephen King; Peter Straub |
| 2001 | Keith Szarabajka | Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates | Tom Robbins |
| 2000 | George Guidall | I Know This Much Is True | Wally Lamb |
| 1999 | George Guidall | A Widow for One Year | John Irving |
| 1998 | Terence Donovan | The Breaker | Kit Denton |
| 1997 | Frank Muller | The Green Mile | Stephen King |
| 1996 | Richard Thomas | The Homecoming | Earl Hamner, Jr. |
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Most-awarded fiction narrators
Bahni Turpin (2 wins) · Will Patton (2 wins) · Frank Muller (2 wins) · George Guidall (2 wins).
Most-awarded fiction authors
Stephen King (3 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.