Odyssey Award: every winner & honor audiobook
The Odyssey Award, presented annually by the American Library Association since 2008, honors the best audiobook produced for children and young adults — the audiobook equivalent of the Newbery. The most recent winner is Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story by Traci Sorell and Joseph Erb. Below: every winner and honor title on record, each sourced.
Odyssey Award winners
| Year | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story | Traci Sorell and Joseph Erb | Traci Sorell, full cast |
| 2026 | Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day | Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett | Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett, full cast |
| 2025 | A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef Jose Andres | Erin Frankel | Luis Carlos de La Lombana |
| 2025 | How the Boogeyman Became a Poet | Tony Keith Jr. | Tony Keith Jr |
| 2024 | El Deafo | Cece Bell | full cast |
| 2024 | Promise Boys | Nick Brooks | full cast |
| 2023 | Stuntboy, In the Meantime | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, full cast |
| 2023 | The Honeys | Ryan La Sala | Pete Cross |
| 2022 | Boogie Boogie, Ya'll | C. G. Esperanza | C. G. Esperanza |
| 2022 | When You Look Like Us | Pamela N. Harris | Preston Butler III |
| 2021 | Kent State | Deborah Wiles | Christopher Gebauer, Lauren Ezzo, Christina DeLaine, Johnny Heller, Roger Wayne, Korey Jackson, David de Vries |
| 2020 | Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction | Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Jenna Lamia, Richard Ferrone, full cast |
| 2019 | Sadie | Courtney Summers | Rebecca Soler, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, Gabra Zackman, full cast |
| 2018 | The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas | Bahni Turpin |
| 2017 | Anna and the Swallow Man | Gavriel Savit | Allan Corduner |
| 2016 | The War That Saved My Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Jayne Entwistle |
| 2015 | H.O.R.S.E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination | Christopher Myers | Dion Graham, Christopher Myers |
| 2014 | Scowler | Daniel Kraus | Kirby Heyborne |
| 2013 | The Fault in Our Stars | John Green | Kate Rudd |
| 2012 | Rotters | Daniel Kraus | Kirby Heyborne |
| 2011 | The True Meaning of Smekday | Adam Rex | Bahni Turpin |
| 2010 | Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken | Kate DiCamillo | Barbara Rosenblat |
| 2009 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Sherman Alexie | Sherman Alexie |
| 2008 | Jazz | Walter Dean Myers | James "D-Train" Williams, Vaneese Thomas |
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Odyssey Honor titles
| Year | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Dead of Summer | Ryan La Sala | Pete Cross, A'rese Emokpae |
| 2026 | Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories | Cynthia Leitich Smith | full cast |
| 2026 | Soundtrack | Jason Reynolds | full cast |
| 2026 | Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen | James Robinson | James Robinson |
| 2025 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | Renee Watson | Renee Watson |
| 2025 | Dispatches from Parts Unknown | Brian Bliss | Joy Nash |
| 2025 | Girls Like Her | Melanie Sumrow | Melanie Sumrow, January LaVoy |
| 2025 | You Are Brave | Margaret O'Hair and Sofia Sanchez | Sofia Sanchez |
| 2024 | Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods | Grace Lin | Lisa Ling |
| 2024 | Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir | Pedro Martin | full cast |
| 2024 | Once There Was | Kiyash Monsef | Nikki Massoud |
| 2024 | Sisters of the Lost Marsh | Lucy Strange | Lucy Strange |
| 2024 | Stateless | Elizabeth Wein | Moira Quirk |
| 2023 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Mac Barnett | Mac Barnett |
| 2023 | Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel | Leigh Bardugo | Ben Barnes, full cast |
| 2023 | Inheritance: A Visual Poem | Elizabeth Acevedo | Elizabeth Acevedo |
| 2023 | The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) | Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Kate Flannery, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, full cast |
| 2022 | Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson | Adjoa Andoh |
| 2022 | I Talk Like a River | Jordan Scott | Jordan Scott |
| 2022 | Perfectly Parvin | Olivia Abtahi | Mitra Jouhari |
| 2021 | Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo | Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte |
| 2021 | Fighting Words | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Bahni Turpin |
| 2021 | Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You | Jason Reynolds | Jason Reynolds |
| 2021 | When Stars Are Scattered | Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdi, full cast |
| 2020 | Redwood and Ponytail | K.A. Holt | Cassandra Morris, Tessa Netting |
| 2020 | Song for a Whale | Lynne Kelly | Abigail Revasch, Lynne Kelly |
| 2020 | We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga | Traci Sorell | Lauren Hummingbird, Agalisiga Mackey, Ryan Mackey, Traci Sorell, Tonia Weavel |
| 2020 | We're Not from Here | Geoff Rodkey | Dani Martineck |
| 2019 | Du Iz Tak? | Carson Ellis | Eli D'Amico, Sebastian D'Amico, Burton Fott, Galen Fott, Laura Fott, Sarah Hart, Bella Higginbotham, Evelyn Hipp, Brian Hull |
| 2019 | Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist | Susan Wood | Brian Amador |
| 2019 | The Parker Inheritance | Varian Johnson | Cherise Booth |
| 2019 | The Poet X | Elizabeth Acevedo | Elizabeth Acevedo |
| 2018 | The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage | Philip Pullman | Michael Sheen |
| 2018 | A Boy Called Christmas | Matt Haig | Stephen Fry |
| 2018 | Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds | Jason Reynolds |
| 2018 | Trombone Shorty | Troy Andrews | Dion Graham |
| 2018 | The Wizards of Once | Cressida Cowell | David Tennant |
| 2017 | Dream On, Amber | Emma Shevah | Laura Kirman |
| 2017 | Ghost | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard |
| 2017 | Nimona | ND Stevenson | Rebecca Soler, Jonathan Davis, Marc Thompson, January LaVoy, Natalie Gold, Peter Bradbury, David Pittu |
| 2016 | Echo | Pam Munoz Ryan | Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Soler |
| 2015 | Five, Six, Seven, Nate! | Tim Federle | Tim Federle |
| 2015 | The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place | Julie Berry | Jayne Entwistle |
| 2015 | A Snicker of Magic | Natalie Lloyd | Cassandra Morris |
| 2014 | Better Nate Than Ever | Tim Federle | Tim Federle |
| 2014 | Creepy Carrots! | Aaron Reynolds | James Naughton |
| 2014 | Eleanor & Park | Rainbow Rowell | Rebecca Lowman, Sunil Malhotra |
| 2014 | Matilda | Roald Dahl | Kate Winslet |
| 2013 | Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian | Eoin Colfer | Nathaniel Parker |
| 2013 | Ghost Knight | Cornelia Funke | Elliot Hill |
| 2013 | Monstrous Beauty | Elizabeth Fama | Katherine Kellgren |
| 2012 | Ghetto Cowboy | G. Neri | JD Jackson |
| 2012 | Okay for Now | Gary D. Schmidt | Lincoln Hoppe |
| 2012 | The Scorpio Races | Maggie Stiefvater | Steve West, Fiona Hardingham |
| 2012 | Young Fredle | Cynthia Voigt | Wendy Carter |
| 2011 | Alchemy and Meggy Swann | Karen Cushman | Katherine Kellgren |
| 2011 | The Knife of Never Letting Go | Patrick Ness | Nick Podehl |
| 2011 | Revolution | Jennifer Donnelly | Emily Janice Card |
| 2011 | Will Grayson, Will Grayson | John Green and David Levithan | MacLeod Andrews |
| 2010 | In the Belly of the Bloodhound | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren |
| 2010 | Peace, Locomotion | Jacqueline Woodson | Dion Graham |
| 2010 | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro Baseball | Kadir Nelson | Dion Graham |
| 2009 | Curse of the Blue Tattoo | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren |
| 2009 | Elijah of Buxton | Christopher Paul Curtis | Mirron Willis |
| 2009 | I'm Dirty | Kate McMullan and Jim McMullan | Steve Buscemi |
| 2009 | Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale | Carmen Agra Deedy | Carmen Agra Deedy |
| 2009 | Nation | Terry Pratchett | Stephen Briggs |
| 2008 | Bloody Jack | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren |
| 2008 | Dooby Dooby Moo | Doreen Cronin | Randy Travis |
| 2008 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale |
| 2008 | Skulduggery Pleasant | Derek Landy | Rupert Degas |
| 2008 | Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | Alfred Molina |
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