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.

Last verified 2026-06-10 · Source: Wikipedia + APA

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

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.