The best science fiction audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Science Fiction winner
Looking for a science fiction audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Science Fiction category — 24 winners from 2003 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best science fiction production of each year. The most recent winner is Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer, narrated by Ray Porter, Marin Ireland, Stephanie Sheh.
| Year | Narrator | Audiobook | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ray Porter, Marin Ireland, Stephanie Sheh | Simultaneous | Eric Heisserer |
| 2025 | Miranda Raison | The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown |
| 2024 | Kristin Atherton | Cassandra in Reverse | Holly Smale |
| 2023 | Scott Brick, Suzanne Elise Freeman | Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc. | Ash Bishop |
| 2022 | Ray Porter | Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir |
| 2021 | Daveed Diggs | The Deep | Rivers Solomon et al. |
| 2020 | Jason Isaacs | Emergency Skin | N. K. Jemisin |
| 2019 | Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, full cast | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase | Douglas Adams |
| 2018 | Adjoa Andoh | Provenance | Ann Leckie |
| 2017 | Marc Thompson | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Alan Dean Foster |
| 2016 | Scott Brick | Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton |
| 2015 | R. C. Bray | The Martian | Andy Weir |
| 2014 | Grover Gardner | Captain Vorpatril's Alliance | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 2013 | Emily Rankin | The Age of Miracles | Karen Thompson Walker |
| 2012 | Phil Gigante | The Stainless Steel Rat | Harry Harrison |
| 2011 | Adele Park, Susan Paige Lane, full cast | Jitters | Adele Parks |
| 2010 | Kate Reading | Bellwether | Connie Willis |
| 2009 | Jonathan Davis, Robert J. Sawyer | Calculating God | Robert J. Sawyer |
| 2008 | Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin | Dune | Frank Herbert |
| 2007 | Andy Paris, Jeff Woodman | Stolen Child | Keith Donohue |
| 2006 | Simon Vance | Market Forces | Richard K. Morgan |
| 2005 | Stefan Rudnicki | Lost Boys | Orson Scott Card |
| 2004 | Stephen Briggs | Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett |
| 2003 | Scott Brick | Dune: The Butlerian Jihad | Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson |
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Most-awarded science fiction narrators
Scott Brick (4 wins) · Ray Porter (2 wins) · Simon Vance (2 wins).
Most-awarded science fiction authors
Andy Weir (2 wins).
The rare double winner
Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, narrated by Ray Porter, won BOTH this category and the overall Audiobook of the Year in 2022 — the only title in this index to take a genre prize and the top prize in the same year.
See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.