The best literary fiction & classics audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Literary Fiction & Classics winner
Looking for a literary fiction & classics audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Literary Fiction & Classics category — 11 winners from 2016 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best literary fiction & classics production of each year. The most recent winner is The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, narrated by Nicholas Boulton.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nicholas Boulton | The Director | Daniel Kehlmann |
| 2025 | Dominic Hoffman | James | Percival Everett |
| 2024 | Audra McDonald | The Iliad | Homer, translated by Emily Wilson |
| 2023 | Thandiwe Newton | War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy, trans. by Aylmer and Louise Maude |
| 2022 | Nicholas Ralph | All Creatures Great and Small | James Herriot |
| 2021 | Yetide Badaki, Chukwudi Iwuji | The Death of Vivek Oji | Akwaeke Emezi |
| 2020 | Joe Morton | The Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
| 2019 | Miriam Margolyes | Bleak House | Charles Dickens |
| 2018 | Juliet Stevenson et al | House of Names | Colm Toibin |
| 2017 | Dominic Hoffman | Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi |
| 2016 | Scott Sowers, David Aaron Baker | Little Big Man | Thomas Berger |
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Most-awarded literary fiction & classics narrators
Dominic Hoffman (2 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.