The best multi-voiced performance audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Multi-Voiced Performance winner
Looking for a multi-voiced performance audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Multi-Voiced Performance category — 31 winners from 1996 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best multi-voiced performance production of each year. The most recent winner is A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne, narrated by Emana Rachelle, Ozzie Jacobs, Elena Rey, Mahogany L. Browne, Amir Royale, Nile Bullock, Andrea Emmes, Brandon Miles, Kiebpoli Calnek, Ali Nasser, Tyla Collier, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Ron Butler, Chantelle Ramdeen.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Emana Rachelle, Ozzie Jacobs, Elena Rey, Mahogany L. Browne, Amir Royale, Nile Bullock, Andrea Emmes, Brandon Miles, Kiebpoli Calnek, Ali Nasser, Tyla Collier, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Ron Butler, Chantelle Ramdeen | A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe | Mahogany L. Browne |
| 2025 | Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, full cast | When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day | Garrett M. Graff |
| 2024 | Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, full cast | No Two Persons | Erica Bauermeister |
| 2023 | Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, John Grisham | Sparring Partners | John Grisham |
| 2022 | Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, James Fouhey | Heresy | Melissa Lenhardt |
| 2021 | Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte | Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo |
| 2020 | full cast | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 | Garrett M. Graff |
| 2019 | Pyeng Threadgill, Luke Slattery | Dreamland Burning | Jennifer Latham |
| 2018 | Jonathan Todd Ross, Laura Knight Keating, Ramon de Ocampo, Andy Paris, Suzy Jackson, Graham Halstead, John Kroft | Restart | Gordon Korman |
| 2017 | Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos | Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult |
| 2016 | Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan McClain | Illuminae | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff |
| 2015 | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, full cast | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman |
| 2014 | Martin Scorsese, Alfred Molina, full cast | World War Z | Max Brooks |
| 2013 | Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley, full cast | Dracula | Bram Stoker |
| 2012 | Judyann Elder, Rutina Wesley, Mirron Willis, full cast | A Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry |
| 2011 | full cast | Jitters | Adele Park |
| 2010 | full cast | Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales | Nelson Mandela |
| 2009 | Joely Collins, Peter Jay Fernandez, Kate Forbes, Ezra Knight, Brenday Pressley, Tom Stechschulte | Mudbound | Hillary Jordan |
| 2008 | Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, full cast | Inspired by ... The Bible Experience (Old Testament) | Media Group |
| 2007 | Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, Rob Reiner | World War Z | Max Brooks |
| 2006 | Kathleen McInerney, David LeDoux | Raymond and Hannah | Stephen Marche |
| 2005 | Julia Gibson, Jenny Ikeda, Richard Poe, full cast | My Sister's Keeper | Jodi Picoult |
| 2004 | Dick Hill, Susie Breck | Ghost Riders | Sharyn McCrumb |
| 2003 | Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe | Big Mouth & Ugly Girl | Joyce Carol Oates |
| 2002 | Philip Pullman, full cast | The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman |
| 2001 | Elaine Stritch, Bruce Davison | Cakewalk | Peter Feibleman |
| 2000 | Karl Malden, full cast | Sherlock's Secret Life | Ed Lange, Will Severin |
| 1999 | Michael York, full cast | The Titanic Disaster Hearings | Tom Kuntz |
| 1998 | CCH Pounder | Women in the Material World | Faith D'Alusio, Peter Menzel |
| 1997 | Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, CCH Pounder, Alfre Woodard | Grow Old Along with Me the Best is Yet to Be | Sandra Haldeman Martz |
| 1996 | Eric Conger, Kevin Dewey, Bruce Goodh, Graeme Malcom, Annie Meisels, Alexandra Ospina, Barbara Rosenblat | Myst: The Book of Atrus | Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, David Wingrove |
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Most-awarded multi-voiced performance narrators
Barrie Kreinik (2 wins) · CCH Pounder (2 wins).
Most-awarded multi-voiced performance authors
Garrett M. Graff (2 wins) · Jodi Picoult (2 wins) · Max Brooks (2 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.