The best humor audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Humor winner
Looking for a humor audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Humor category — 29 winners from 1997 to 2025, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best humor production of each year. The most recent winner is The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon, narrated by Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne | The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science | Kate McKinnon |
| 2024 | Leslie Jones | Leslie F*cking Jones | Leslie Jones |
| 2023 | David Sedaris | Happy-Go-Lucky | David Sedaris |
| 2022 | Leslie Jordan | How Y'all Doing? | Leslie Jordan |
| 2021 | Colin Jost | A Very Punchable Face | Colin Jost |
| 2020 | Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Elliot Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, Gary Anthony Williams | More Bedtime Stories from Cynics | Kirsten Kearse; Gretchen Enders; Aparna Nancherla; Cirocco Dunlap; Dave Hill |
| 2019 | Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally | The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | Nick Offerman; Megan Mullally |
| 2018 | Matthew Lloyd Davies | Carpet Diem; or ...How to Save the World by Accident | Justin Lee Anderson |
| 2017 | Luvvie Ajayi | I'm Judging You | Luvvie Ajayi |
| 2016 | Jenny Lawson | Furiously Happy | Jenny Lawson |
| 2015 | Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen Poehler, William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner | Yes Please | Amy Poehler |
| 2014 | Billy Crystal | Still Foolin' 'Em | Billy Crystal |
| 2013 | Sean Schemmel | I Suck at Girls | Justin Halpern |
| 2012 | William Shatner | Shatner Rules | William Shatner; Chris Regan |
| 2011 | Sam Hoffman, Eric Spiegelman | Old Jews Telling Jokes | Sam Hoffman |
| 2010 | Garrison Keillor | Church People: The Lutherans of Lake Wobegon | Garrison Keillor |
| 2009 | Bronson Pinchot | The Learners | Chip Kidd |
| 2008 | Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, Jon Stewart | I Am America (And So Can You!) | Stephen Colbert |
| 2007 | Larry Miller | Spoiled Rotten America | Larry Miller |
| 2006 | Al Franken | The Truth (With Jokes) | Al Franken |
| 2005 | David Sedaris | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim | David Sedaris |
| 2004 | David Sedaris | Live at Carnegie Hall | David Sedaris |
| 2003 | Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Clea Lewis, Alan Mandell, Mandy Siegfried, Joey Slotnick | Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | Peter Ackerman |
| 2002 | George Carlin | Napalm and Silly Putty | George Carlin |
| 2001 | Tracie Bennett | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Helen Fielding |
| 2000 | Carl Reiner | How Paul Robeson Saved My Life, and Other Mostly Happy Stories | Carl Reiner |
| 1999 | Dennis Miller | Ranting Again | Dennis Miller |
| 1998 | Douglas Adams | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams |
| 1997 | Calvin Trillin | Calvin Trillin, Piece by Piece | Calvin Trillin |
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Most-awarded humor narrators
David Sedaris (3 wins) · Nick Offerman (2 wins) · Patrick Stewart (2 wins).
Most-awarded humor authors
David Sedaris (3 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.