The best middle grade audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Middle Grade winner
Looking for a middle grade audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Middle Grade category — 31 winners from 1996 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best middle grade production of each year. The most recent winner is All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson, narrated by Bahni Turpin.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bahni Turpin | All the Blues in the Sky | Renee Watson |
| 2025 | Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Dominic Hoffman | Black Star | Kwame Alexander |
| 2024 | Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, full cast | What Happened to Rachel Riley? | Claire Swinarski |
| 2023 | Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chante McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, DePre Owens | Stuntboy, In the Meantime | Jason Reynolds |
| 2022 | Dion Graham | Playing the Cards You're Dealt | Varian Johnson |
| 2021 | Gary Furlong, Fiona Hardingham | The Good Hawk | Joseph Elliott |
| 2020 | Meryl Streep, full cast | Charlotte's Web | E. B. White |
| 2019 | Guy Lockard | Sunny | Jason Reynolds |
| 2018 | Kivlighan de Montabello, Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, full cast | See You in the Cosmos | Jack Cheng |
| 2017 | David Tennant | How to Fight a Dragon's Fury | Cressida Cowell |
| 2016 | Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Soler | Echo | Pam Munoz Ryan |
| 2015 | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, full cast | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman |
| 2014 | Kate Winslet | Matilda | Roald Dahl |
| 2013 | Silas House, Neela Vaswani | Same Sun Here | Silas House, Neela Vaswani |
| 2012 | Debbie Allen | Heart and Soul | Kadir Nelson |
| 2011 | Natalie Ross | The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate | Jacqueline Kelly |
| 2010 | Jessica Almasy | Operation Yes | Sara Lewis Holmes |
| 2009 | Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman |
| 2008 | Jessica Almasy | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker |
| 2007 | Bianca Amato | Listening for Lions | Gloria Whelan |
| 2006 | Patricia Connolly | The Star of Kazan | Eva Ibbotson |
| 2005 | Jim Dale | Peter and the Starcatchers | Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson |
| 2004 | Jim Dale | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J. K. Rowling |
| 2003 | Miriam Margolyes | Troy | Adele Geras |
| 2002 | Philip Pullman, full cast | The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman |
| 2001 | full cast | The Subtle Knife | Philip Pullman |
| 2000 | full cast | The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman |
| 1999 | Mia Dillon | Lily's Crossing | Patricia Reilly Giff |
| 1998 | full cast | Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo | Brian Jacques |
| 1997 | Stephen Thorne | Babe, the Sheep-Pig | Dick King-Smith |
| 1996 | Robin Williams | Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg |
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Most-awarded middle grade narrators
Angel Pean (2 wins) · Nile Bullock (2 wins) · Guy Lockard (2 wins) · Neil Gaiman (2 wins) · Miriam Margolyes (2 wins) · Jessica Almasy (2 wins) · Jim Dale (2 wins).
Most-awarded middle grade authors
Philip Pullman (3 wins) · Jason Reynolds (2 wins) · Neil Gaiman (2 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.