Audie Award for Fiction Narrator
Literary award for audiobook
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The Audie Award for Fiction Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration for a 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 Non-Fiction Narrator.[1]
Recipients
| Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024
29th |
The Last Lifeboat | Hazel Gaynor | Billie Fulford-Brown | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | [2][3] |
| Land of Milk and Honey | C Pam Zhang | Eunice Wong | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [2] | |
| The Eyes and the Impossible | Dave Eggers | Ethan Hawke | Listening Library | Finalist | [2] | |
| Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry | Sara Read | Marni Penning | Harlequin Audio | Finalist | [2] | |
| Tom Lake (2023) | Ann Patchett | Meryl Streep | HarperAudio | Finalist | [2] | |
| 2025
30th |
The Women (2024) | Kristin Hannah | Julia Whelan | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [4] |
| Margo's Got Money Troubles | Rufi Thorpe | Elle Fanning | HarperAudio | Finalist | [5] | |
| Great Expectations (1860-61) | Charles Dickens | Stephen Fry | SNR Audio Ltd. | Finalist | [5] | |
| James (2024) | Percival Everett | Dominic Hoffman | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [5] | |
| The Briar Club | Kate Quinn | Saskia Maarleveld | HarperAudio | Finalist | [5] | |
| 2026
31st |
Outlander (1991) | Diana Gabaldon | Kristin Atherton | Recorded Books | Winner | [6][7] |
| Lonesome Dove (1985) | Larry McMurtry | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [8] | |
| My Friends | Fredrik Backman | Marin Ireland | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [8] | |
| Red Clay | Charles B. Fancher | Dion Graham | Blackstone Publishing | Finalist | [8] | |
| The Sideways Life of Denny Voss | Holly Kennedy | Andrew Eiden | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | [8] |