Audie Award for Best Female Narrator
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The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration by a woman released in a given year. Before 2016 the award was given as the Audie Award for Female Solo Narration. It has been awarded since 1998, when it superseded the Audie Award for Solo Narration. The award was disestablished in 2024, at which point it was replaced by the Audie Awards for Best Fiction and Non-Fiction Narrator.[1]
Awarded forExcellence in audiobook narration by a woman
Sponsored byAudio Publishers Association (APA)
DateAnnually
First award1998
| Audie Award for Best Female Narrator | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in audiobook narration by a woman |
| Sponsored by | Audio Publishers Association (APA) |
| Date | Annually |
| First award | 1998 |
Winners and finalists
1990s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 3rd |
Land Girls (1995) | Angela Huth | Carole Boyd | Isis Publishing | Winner | [2] |
| Sin (1992) | Josephine Hart | Diana Rigg | Dove Audio | Finalist | [2] | |
| To the Lighthouse (1927) | Virginia Woolf | Eileen Atkins | Penguin Audiobooks | Finalist | [2] | |
| 1999 4th |
Oliver Twist (1837–1839) | Charles Dickens | Miriam Margolyes | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | Winner | [3] |
| Black Coffee (1930) | Agatha Christie | Alexandra Thomas | Soundelux Audio Publishing | Finalist | [3] | |
| Pride and Prejudice (1813) | Jane Austen | Irene Sutcliffe | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | Finalist | [3] |
2000s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 5th |
Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) | Helen Fielding | Barbara Rosenblat | Recorded Books, LLC | Winner | [4] |
| Daughter of Fortune (1998) | Isabel Allende | Blair Brown | HarperAudio | Finalist | [4] | |
| These Is My Words (1998) | Nancy E. Turner | Valerie Leonard | Chivers North America | Finalist | [4] | |
| 2001 6th |
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) | Zora Neale Hurston | Ruby Dee | HarperAudio | Winner | [5] |
| The Blind Assassin (2000) | Margaret Atwood | Margot Dionne | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | Finalist | [5] | |
| Winter Solstice (2000) | Rosamunde Pilcher | Lynn Redgrave | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | Finalist | [5] | |
| 2002 7th |
My Dream of You (2001) | Nuala O'Faolain | Dearbhla Molloy | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [6] |
| Lord of the Silent (2001) | Elizabeth Peters | Barbara Rosenblat | HarperAudio | Finalist | [6] | |
| Portrait in Sepia (2000) | Isabel Allende | Blair Brown | HarperAudio | Finalist | [6] | |
| 2003 8th |
Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood (1982) | Kate Simon | Barbara Rosenblat | Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc. | Winner | [7] |
| Breathing Room (2002) | Susan Elizabeth Phillips | Kate Fleming | Chivers North America | Finalist | [7] | |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1996) | Rebecca Wells | Judith Ivey | HarperAudio | Finalist | [7] | |
| Quentins (2002) | Maeve Binchy | Terry Donnelly | Penguin Audiobooks | Finalist | [7] | |
| The Secret Life of Bees (2001) | Sue Monk Kidd | Jenna Lamia | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | [7] | |
| 2004 9th |
The Nazi Officer's Wife (1999) | Edith Hahn Beer | Barbara Rosenblat | Jewish Contemporary Classics, Inc. | Winner | [8] |
| A Corner of the Universe (2002) | Ann M. Martin | Judith Ivey | Listening Library | Finalist | [8] | |
| Blow Fly (2003) | Patricia Cornwell | Kate Reading | Putnam Berkley Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [8] | |
| Inkheart (2003) | Cornelia Funke | Lynn Redgrave | Listening Library | Finalist | [8] | |
| Stuffed (2001) | Patricia Volk | Barbara Rosenblat | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [8] | |
| 2005 10th |
The Full Cupboard of Life (2003) | Alexander McCall Smith | Lisette Lecat | Recorded Books, LLC | Winner | [9] |
| Destination Unknown (1954) | Agatha Christie | Emilia Fox | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | Finalist | [9] | |
| A Fugue in Hell's Kitchen (2004) | Hal Glazer | Barbara Rosenblat | Audio-Playwrights | Finalist | [9] | |
| When We Were Very Young (1924) | A. A. Milne | Miranda Richardson | HarperAudio | Finalist | [9] | |
| Now We Are Six (1927) | A. A. Milne | Miranda Richardson | HarperAudio | Finalist | [9] | |
| Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down (2003) | Neta Jackson | Barbara Rosenblat | Oasis Audio | Finalist | [9] | |
| 2006 11th |
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005) | Diana Gabaldon | Davina Porter | Recorded Books, LLC | Winner | [10][11] |
| The Ice Queen (2005) | Alice Hoffman | Nancy Travis | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | [11] | |
| Last Days of Dogtown (2005) | Anita Diamant | Kate Nelligan | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [11] | |
| Pretty Birds (2005) | Scott Simon | Christina Moore | Recorded Books, LLC | Finalist | [11] | |
| Up from Orchard Street (2005) | Eleanor Widmer | Lorna Raver | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [11] | |
| 2007 12th |
Telegraph Days (2006) | Larry McMurtry | Annie Potts | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [12][13] |
| Darkfever (2006) | Karen Marie Moning | Joyce Bean | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [13] | |
| Fortunate Son (2006) | Walter Mosley | Lorraine Toussaint | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [13] | |
| Leave a Candle Burning (2006) | Lori Wick | Barbara Rosenblat | Oasis Audio | Finalist | [13] | |
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) | Harper Lee | Sissy Spacek | Harper Audio/Caedmon | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2008 13th |
Tallgrass (2008) | Sandra Dallas | Lorelei King | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [14][15] |
| The Blood of Flowers (2007) | Anita Amirrezvani | Shohreh Aghdashloo | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [16] | |
| Boomsday (2007) | Christopher Buckley | Janeane Garofalo | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [16] | |
| Taking Flight (2009) | Adriana Sevahn Nichols | Adriana Sevahn Nichols | L.A. Theatre Works | Finalist | [16] | |
| The Teahouse Fire (2006) | Ellis Avery | Barbara Caruso | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2009 14th |
Curse of the Blue Tattoo (2004) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Winner | [17][18] |
| Amarcord: Marcella Remembers (2008) | Marcella Hazan | Concetta Tomei | HarperAudio | Finalist | [19] | |
| The Age of Innocence (1920) | Edith Wharton | Lorna Raver | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [19] | |
| The Lace Reader (2006) | Brunonia Barry | Alyssa Bresnahan | HarperAudio | Finalist | [19] | |
| The Palace of Illusions (2008) | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Sneha Mathan | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [19] |
2010s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
The Chosen One (2009) | Carol Lynch Williams | Jenna Lamia | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [20] |
| In the Belly of the Bloodhound (2006) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | [21] | |
| Mississippi Jack (2007) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | [21] | |
| Washington Square (1880) | Henry James | Lorna Raver | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [21] | |
| Fatally Flaky (2009) | Diane Mott Davidson | Barbara Rosenblat | HarperAudio | Finalist | [21] | |
| 2011 16th |
Glorious (2010) | Bernice McFadden | Alfre Woodard | Audible | Winner | [22] |
| The Invisible Order (2010) | Paul Crilley | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | Finalist | [23] | |
| The Magician's Elephant (2009) | Kate DiCamillo | Juliet Stevenson | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [23] | |
| Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy (2009) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | [23] | |
| The Golden Notebook (1962) | Doris Lessing | Juliet Stevenson | Naxos AudioBooks | Finalist | [23] | |
| Spoken from the Heart (2010) | Laura Bush | Laura Bush | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [23] | |
| 2012 17th |
The Winter Sea (2008) | Susanna Kearsley | Rosalyn Landor | Audible | Winner | [24][25] |
| Ashes Trilogy: Ashes (2011) | Ilsa J. Bick | Katherine Kellgren | Audible/Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [26] | |
| First Grave on the Right (2011) | Darynda Jones | Lorelei King | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [26] | |
| Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter (1976) | Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey | Sissy Spacek | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [26] | |
| The Wake of the Lorelei Lee (2010) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | [26] | |
| 2013 18th |
The Boy in the Suitcase (2011) | Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis | Katherine Kellgren | AudioGO | Winner | [27] |
| Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s (2002) | Jennifer Worth | Nicola Barber | HighBridge Audio | Finalist | [28] | |
| The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (2012) | Maryrose Wood | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio | Finalist | [28] | |
| Juliet in August / Cool Water (2010) | Dianne Warren | Cassandra Campbell | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [28] | |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) | L. Frank Baum | Anne Hathaway | Audible | Finalist | [28] | |
| 2014 19th |
The Twelve Clues of Christmas (2012) | Rhys Bowen | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | Winner | [29] |
| Heartburn (1983) | Nora Ephron | Meryl Streep | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [29] | |
| My Beloved World (2013) | Sonia Sotomayor | Rita Moreno | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [29] | |
| NOS4A2 (2013) | Joe Hill | Kate Mulgrew | HarperAudio | Finalist | [29] | |
| The Testament of Mary (2012) | Colm Tóibín | Meryl Streep | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [29] | |
| 2015 20th |
Yellow Crocus (2010) | Laila Ibrahim | Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [30] |
| Boston Jacky (2013) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| Life Drawing (2014) | Robin Black | Cassandra Campbell | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| Murphy's Law (2001) | Rhys Bowen | Nicola Barber | Audible | Finalist | [30] | |
| Until the End of the World (2013) | Sarah Lyons Fleming | Julia Whelan | Podium Publishing | Finalist | [30] | |
| Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014) | Diana Gabaldon | Davina Porter | Recorded Books | Finalist | [30] | |
| 2016 21st |
Wild Rover No More (2014) | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren | Listen & Live Audio | Winner | [31] |
| All the Stars in the Heavens (2015) | Adriana Trigiani | Blair Brown | HarperAudio | Finalist | [31] | |
| The Boston Girl (2014) | Anita Diamant | Linda Lavin | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [31] | |
| Lair of Dreams (2015) | Libba Bray | January LaVoy | Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [31] | |
| The Lost Landscape (2015) | Joyce Carol Oates | Cassandra Campbell | HarperAudio | Finalist | [31] | |
| The Nightingale (2015) | Kristin Hannah | Polly Stone | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [31] | |
| 2017 22nd |
Be Frank with Me (2016) | Julia Claiborne Johnson | Tavia Gilbert | HarperAudio | Winner | [32] |
| Another Brooklyn (2016) | Jacqueline Woodson | Robin Miles | HarperAudio | Finalist | [32] | |
| The Little Red Chairs (2015) | Edna O'Brien | Juliet Stevenson | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [32] | |
| The Turn of the Screw (1898) | Henry James | Emma Thompson | Audible | Finalist | [32] | |
| The Underground Railroad (2016) | Colson Whitehead | Bahni Turpin | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | Finalist | [32] | |
| 2018 23rd |
The Hate U Give (2017) | Angie Thomas | Bahni Turpin | HarperAudio | Winner | [33] |
| The Alice Network (2017) | Kate Quinn | Saskia Maarleveld | HarperAudio | Finalist | [33] | |
| Anne of Green Gables (1908) | Lucy Maud Montgomery | Rachel McAdams | Audible | Finalist | [33] | |
| The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (1990) | Jennifer Lynch | Sheryl Lee | Audible | Finalist | [33] | |
| The Stone Sky (2017) | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [33] | |
| 2019 24th |
Educated | Tara Westover | Julia Whelan | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | [34][35] |
| Barracoon | Zora Neale Hurston | Robin Miles | HarperAudio | Finalist | [35] | |
| Girls & Boys | Dennis Kelly | Carey Mulligan | Audible Studios | Finalist | [35] | |
| The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock | Imogen Hermes Gowar | Juliet Stevenson | HarperAudio | Finalist | [35] | |
| Transcription | Kate Atkinson | Fenella Woolgar | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [35] |
2020s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
Nothing to See Here (2019) | Kevin Wilson | Marin Ireland | HarperAudio | Winner | [36] |
| All the Lost Things (2019) | Michelle Sacks | Cassandra Morris | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [36] | |
| The Boy (2018) | Tami Hoag | Hillary Huber | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [36] | |
| Prime Suspect (1991) | Lynda La Plante | Rachel Atkins | Zaffle | Finalist | [36] | |
| The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) | Alix E. Harrow | January LaVoy | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [36] | |
| 2021 26th |
The City We Became (2020) | N. K. Jemisin | Robin Miles | Hachette Audio | Winner | [37] |
| The Color Purple (1982) | Alice Walker | Samira Wiley | Audible | Finalist | [37] | |
| The Lying Life of Adults (2019) | Elena Ferrante with Ann Goldstein (trans.) | Marisa Tomei | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| One by One (2020) | Ruth Ware | Imogen Church | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| Such a Fun Age (2019) | Kiley Reid | Nicole Lewis | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| 2022 27th |
The Parted Earth | Anjali Enjeti | Deepti Gupta | Novel audio | Winner | [37] |
| Before She Disappeared | Lisa Gardner | Hillary Huber | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | [37] | |
| The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah | Julia Whelan | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| The Morning After | Lisa Jackson | Natalie Naudus | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | [37] | |
| Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale | Patti Callahan | Cynthia Erivo | Audible | Finalist | [37] | |
| 2023 27th |
The Eye of the World (1990) | Robert Jordan | Rosamund Pike | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [38] |
| Nightcrawling (2022) | Leila Mottley | Joniece Abbott-Pratt | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| Thistlefoot | GennaRose Nethercott | January LaVoy | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| NSFW | Isabel Kaplan | Stephanie Nemeth-Parker | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| War and Peace (1869) | Leo Tolstoy, trans. by Aylmer and Louise Maude | Thandiwe Newton | Audible Studios | Finalist | [38] |