The 2024 Audie Winners for Best Audiobooks

Audiobook of the Year:

• Surrender, written and narrated by Bono

Audio Drama Winner:

• Third Eye by Felicia Day, performed by Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, and a full cast

Autobiography/Memoir Winner:

• Making It So, written and narrated by Patrick Stewart

Best Fiction Narrator Winner:

• Billie Fulford-Brown, for performing The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor

Best Non-fiction Narrator Winner:

• Dion Graham, for performing King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

Business/Personal Development Winner:

• The Light We Carry, written and narrated by Michelle Obama

Erotica Winner:

• Anger Bang by Avery Flynn, narrated by Kirsten Leigh and Lance Greenfield

Spanish Language Winner:

• El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, narrated by Israel Elejalde, Pedro Casablanc, and a full cast

Faith-Based Fiction or Nonfiction Winner:

• Dark Fall by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, narrated by MacLeod Andrews

Fantasy Winner:

• The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan, narrated by Rosamund Pike

Fiction Winner:

• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, narrated by Meryl Streep

History/Biography Winner:

• Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh by Ann Thwaite, preface by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, narrated by Simon Vance

Humor Winner:

• Leslie F*cking Jones, written and narrated by Leslie Jones, foreword by Chris Rock

UK-Produced Audiobook Winner:

• Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes, narrated by Daisy Ridley

Literary Fiction & Classics Winner:

• The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson, narrated by Audra McDonald

Middle Grade Winner:

• What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski, narrated by Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, and a full cast

Multi-Voiced Performance Winner:

• No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister, narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, and a full cast

Mystery Winner:

• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, narrated by Eunice Wong

Narration by the Authors Winner:

• It. Goes. So. Fast. – The Year of No Do-Overs, written and narrated by Mary Louise Kelly

Nonfiction Winner:

• Poverty, By America, by Matthew Desmond, narrated by Dion Graham

Original Work Winner:

• Exodus: The Shanghai Jews, by Kate McAll, performed by Edyta Brychta, Michael Canavan, and a full cast

Romance Winner:

• The True Love Experiment, by Christina Lauren, narrated by Jonathan Cole and Cindy Kay

Science Fiction Winner:

• Cassandra in Reverse, by Holly Smale, narrated by Kristin Atherton

Short Stories/Collections Winner:

• Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver, by Mary Oliver, with the contributions by Sophia Bush, Ross Gay, Samin Nosrat, Rainn Wilson, and Susan Cain, narrated by Sophia Bush

Thriller/Suspense Winner:

• All The Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby, narrated by Adam Lazarre-White

Young Adult Winner:

• This Terrible True Thing, by Jenny Laden, narrated by Gail Shalan

Young Listeners Winner:

• The Skull, by Jon Klassen, narrated by Fairuza Balk and Jon Klassen