The best mystery audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Mystery winner
Looking for a mystery audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Mystery category — 30 winners from 1997 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best mystery production of each year. The most recent winner is Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben, narrated by ensemble cast.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ensemble cast | Gone Before Goodbye | Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben |
| 2025 | Will Damron, January LaVoy | Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera |
| 2024 | Eunice Wong | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Jesse Q. Sutanto |
| 2023 | Ed Harris | The Heron | Don Winslow |
| 2022 | Seth Numrich | Later | Stephen King |
| 2021 | Peter Giles, Zach Villa | Fair Warning | Michael Connelly |
| 2020 | Peter Noble | The Chestnut Man | Søren Sveistrup |
| 2019 | Simon Vance | The Punishment She Deserves | Elizabeth George |
| 2018 | Simon Vance | The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | David Lagercrantz |
| 2017 | Titus Welliver | The Crossing | Michael Connelly |
| 2016 | Robert Glenister | Career of Evil | Robert Galbraith |
| 2015 | Robert Glenister | The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith |
| 2014 | Grover Gardner | Unleashed | David Rosenfelt |
| 2013 | Ralph Cosham | The Beautiful Mystery | Louise Penny |
| 2012 | Will Patton | Feast Day of Fools | James Lee Burke |
| 2011 | Peter Giles | The Reversal | Michael Connelly |
| 2010 | Michael Boatman | Devil in a Blue Dress | Walter Mosley |
| 2009 | Grover Gardner | The Voice of the Violin | Andrea Camilleri |
| 2008 | Will Patton | The Tin Roof Blowdown | James Lee Burke |
| 2007 | Len Cariou | Echo Park | Michael Connelly |
| 2006 | Barbara Peters | The Serpent on the Crown | Elizabeth Peters |
| 2005 | Boyd Gaines, Michele Pawk, Fredrick Weller | Twisted | Jeffery Deaver |
| 2004 | Len Cariou | Lost Light | Michael Connelly |
| 2003 | Will Patton | Jolie Blon's Bounce | James Lee Burke |
| 2002 | Steven Weber | Tell No One | Harlan Coben |
| 2001 | Ron McLarty | The Naked Detective | Laurence Shames |
| 2000 | Robert Powell | The Breaker | Minette Walters |
| 1999 | Martin Jarvis | The Third Man | Graham Greene |
| 1998 | Patrick Malahide | Vintage Crime Stories | Charles Dickens et al. |
| 1997 | David Suchet | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie |
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Most-awarded mystery narrators
Will Patton (3 wins) · Peter Giles (2 wins) · Simon Vance (2 wins) · Robert Glenister (2 wins) · Grover Gardner (2 wins) · Len Cariou (2 wins).
Most-awarded mystery authors
Michael Connelly (5 wins) · James Lee Burke (3 wins) · Robert Galbraith (2 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.