Audie Award for Non-Fiction Narrator

The Audie Award for Non-Fiction Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration for a non-fiction audiobook released in a given year.

Established in 2024, the category replaced the categories for Best Male and Female Narrator, alongside the award for Best Fiction Narrator.[1]

Recipients

Award winners and finalists
Award Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2024

29th

King: A Life (2023) Jonathan Eig Dion Graham Macmillan Audio Winner [2][3]
The Art Thief Michael Finkel Edoardo Ballerini Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [2]
The Woman in Me Britney Spears Michelle Williams Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist [2]
The Lost Sons of Omaha Joe Sexton Dion Graham Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist [2]
The Wager (2023) David Grann Dion Graham Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [2]
2025

30th

Candy Darling Cynthia Carr Justin Vivian Bond Macmillan Audio Winner [4]
Revenge of the Tipping Point (2024) Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell Hachette Audio and Pushkin Industries Finalist [5]
The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides Peter Noble Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [5]
Coming Home Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford Andia Winslow Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [5]
2026

31st

Ghosts of Hiroshima Charles Pellegrino Martin Sheen Blackstone Publishing Finalist [6]
Remember Us Dion Graham Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter HarperAudio Finalist [6]
Truly Lionel Richie Blair Underwood HarperAudio Winner [6]
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz Anne Sebba Helen Stern Macmillan Audio Finalist [6]
The Zorg Siddharth Kara Dion Graham Macmillan Audio Finalist [6]

References

  1. โ†‘ "Audio Publishers Association Announces 2024 Audie Award Finalists". Publishers Weekly. January 30, 2024. Archived from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "2024 Audie Award Winners". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. โ†‘ "Awards: Audie Winners; Republic of Consciousness U.K. Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. March 5, 2024. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  4. โ†‘ Schaub, Michael (March 5, 2025). "Streisand Audiobook Wins Top Prize at Audie Awards". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "2025 Audies WINNERS". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on March 8, 2025. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "2026 Finalists". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved February 8, 2026.