The best original work audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Original Work winner
Looking for a original work audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Original Work category — 31 winners from 1996 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best original work production of each year. The most recent winner is The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery by John Mankiewicz, Jamie Napoli, Daniel Pyne, Katie Pyne, Aaron Lipstadt, narrated by Jon Hamm, Ana de la Reguera, Alia Shawkat, Omar Epps, Erin Moriarty, Sosie Bacon, John Slattery, full cast.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jon Hamm, Ana de la Reguera, Alia Shawkat, Omar Epps, Erin Moriarty, Sosie Bacon, John Slattery, full cast | The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery | John Mankiewicz, Jamie Napoli, Daniel Pyne, Katie Pyne, Aaron Lipstadt |
| 2025 | Marni Penning, Scott McCormick, full cast | Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Goddess of Manhattan | Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski |
| 2024 | Edita Brychta, Michael Canavan, full cast | Exodus: The Shanghai Jews | Kate McAll |
| 2023 | Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, full cast | Mrs. Wickham | Sarah Page |
| 2022 | Mary Jane Wells | Heroine | Mary Jane Wells |
| 2021 | Kaitlyn Dever, Jesse Eisenberg, Finn Wolfhard | When You Finish Saving the World | Jesse Eisenberg |
| 2020 | Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayaar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Rita Wolf | Evil Eye | Madhuri Shekar |
| 2019 | Jim Dale, Barrett Leddy, Lisa Livesay, Nicola Barber, Khristine Hvam, Nick Sullivan, John Brady, Johnny Heller | Spin | Harvey Edelman, Neil Fishman |
| 2018 | Richard Armitage | Romeo and Juliet: A Novel | David Hewson |
| 2017 | Zachary Quinto | The Dispatcher | John Scalzi |
| 2016 | Alfred Molina, full cast | The Starling Project | Jeffery Deaver |
| 2015 | Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman | Mandela: An Audio History | Nelson Mandela |
| 2014 | Barnaby Edwards, full cast | Thirteen | Scott Harrison et al. |
| 2013 | Joe Barrett, John Keating | Gun Church | Reed Farrel Coleman |
| 2012 | Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton | METAtropolis: Cascadia | Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, Tobias Buckell |
| 2011 | Stacy Keach, full cast | New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (vol. 2) | Max Allan Collins |
| 2010 | Bryce Dallas Howard, Paula Poundstone, Wendy Hammers, Margot Rose, Jessica DiCicco, Yvette Freeman | Tell Me a Story 3: Women of Wonder | Amy Friedman |
| 2009 | Gong Li | Louis Vuitton Soundwalk, China: Beijing | Stephen Crasneanscki |
| 2008 | Phil Proctor, Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, W. Morgan Sheppard | Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls | Yuri Rasovsky |
| 2007 | Joseph Piekarski, Pearl Gluck | Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn for Men & Women | Soundwalk |
| 2006 | Marin Alsop | Famous Composers | Darren Henley |
| 2005 | Marin Alsop | The Story of Classical Music | Darren Henley |
| 2004 | Tony Morante | New York: The Bronx 2004 | Soundwalk |
| 2003 | Fred Child | Getting to Know William Shakespeare | Joy Wake |
| 2002 | Jeremy Siepmann | The Life and Works of Chopin | Jeremy Siepmann |
| 2001 | Derek Jacobi, full cast | The History of the Theatre | David Timson |
| 2000 | Jeremy Irons, Graham Harley, Phelan Landry, Robert Lurtsema, Catherine McNally, Tracy Moore | Song of the Unicorn | Susan Hammond, Debra A. S. Olivia |
| 1999 | Gerald Drake, James Ahrens, Jonathan Poland, Jackie Perlman, Kevin Fitzgerald | Haunted Cattle Drive | Connie Kingrey |
| 1998 | full cast | Diana, Princess of Wales: A Radio Tribute | BBC Productions |
| 1997 | Stan Winiarski | Zeus: Thunderbolt from the Sky | Julie Fenster |
| 1996 | Dale Harris | Enjoying Italian Opera | Dale Harris |
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Most-awarded original work narrators
Marin Alsop (2 wins).
Most-awarded original work authors
Soundwalk (2 wins) · Darren Henley (2 wins).
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.