See Winners Of The 2025 Audie Awards Competition For Audiobook Excellence
AUDIOBOOK AWARDS
See Winners Of The 2025 Audie Awards®
Competition For Audiobook Excellence
March 5, 2025
(VOXtra) – Audiobook stars shined brightly in New York City last night, as the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced winners of the 2025 Audie Awards® competition – the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment – at a Gala at Pier 60.
My Name Is Barbra – written and narrated by Barbra Streisand, published by Penguin Random House Audio – was named Audiobook of the Year.
Julia Whelan (pictured right) won the Best Fiction Narrator award for her narration of The Women, written by Kristin Hannah, published by Macmillan Audio.
And Justin Vivian Bond (pictured below) was named Best Non-Fiction Narrator for narration of Candy Darling, by Cynthia Carr, published by Macmilan Audio.
When accepting her award for Narration by the Author, Whoopi Goldberg expressed gratitude to all narrators in the room saying:
“You all should know that I probably have each and every one of you in my phone because I have ten thousand audiobooks. I grew up dyslexic, so hearing things read to me is heaven.”
SEE ALL WINNERS …
Congratulations to all winners of the 2025 Audie Awards – the APA’s 30th year of sponsoring this competition – in 28 categories.
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
My Name Is Barbra
Written and narrated by Barbra Streisand
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
AUDIO DRAMA
George Orwell’s 1984
By George Orwell, adapted by Joe White
Performed by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, and Katie Leung
Published by Audible Originals
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
My Name Is Barbra
Written and narrated by Barbra Streisand
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
BEST FICTION NARRATOR
Julia Whelan for The Women
By Kristin Hannah
Published by Macmillan Audio
BEST NON-FICTION NARRATOR
Justin Vivian Bond for Candy Darling
By Cynthia Carr
Published by Macmillan Audio
BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Come Together
Written and narrated by Emily Nagoski, PhD
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
EROTICA
The Heartbreaker
By Marni Mann
Narrated by Savannah Peachwood, Connor Crais
Published by Dreamscape Media LLC
ESPAÑOL — SPANISH LANGUAGE
Medea Me Cantó un Corrido
By Dahlia de la Cerda
Narrated by Irene Azuela, Maya Zapata, Astrid Mariel Romo, Gabriela Guraieb, Julio Dublán, and Sara Vivanco
Published by Editorial Audiolibre
FAITH-BASED FICTION OR NON-FICTION
The American Queen
By Vanessa Miller
Narrated by Angel Pean
Published by HarperAudio
FANTASY
Bookshops & Bonedust
Written and narrated by Travis Baldree
Published by Macmillan Audio
FICTION
Rednecks
By Taylor Brown
Narrated by Ramiz Monsef
Published by Recorded Books, Inc., a division of RBmedia
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created the President
Written and narrated by Edward F. O’Keefe
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
HORROR (JUDGES CATEGORY)
Bury Your Gays
By Chuck Tingle
Narrated by André Santana with special guest appearances by Mara Wilson, CJ Leeds, T. Kingfisher, TJ Klune, Mark Oshiro, Sarah Gailey, Georgia Bird, Liz Keri, Charlie Jane Anders, and Stephen Graham Jones
Published by Macmillan Audio
HUMOR
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
By Kate McKinnon
Narrated by Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne
Published by Hachette Audio
LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS
James
By Percival Everett
Narrated by Dominic Hoffman
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
MIDDLE GRADE
Black Star
By Kwame Alexander
Narrated by Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, and Dominic Hoffman
Published by Hachette Audio
MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE
When the Sea Came Alive: An Orl History of D-Day
By Garrett M. Graff
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and Garrett M. Graff, with a full cast
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
MYSTERY
Listen for the Lie
By Amy Tintera
Narrated by Will Damron and January LaVoy
Published by Macmillan Audio
NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR(S)
Bits and Pieces
Written and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg
Published by Blackstone Publishing
NON-FICTION
There’s Always This Year
Written and narrated by Hanif Abdurraqib
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
ORIGINAL WORK
Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan [Dramatized Adaptation]
By Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski
Performed by Tim Carlin, Rob McFadyen, Nora Achrati, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Lydia Kraniotis, Ken Yatta Rogers, Michael John Casey, Amanda Forstrom, Marni Penning, Steven Carpenter, and a full cast
Published by GraphicAudio, a division of RBmedia
ROMANCE
This Could Be Us
By Kennedy Ryan
Narrated by Ines del Castillo and Jakobi Diem
Published by Hachette Audio
SCIENCE FICTION
The Book of Doors
By Gareth Brown
Narrated by Miranda Raison
Published by HarperAudio
SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS
You Like It Darker: Stories
By Stephen King
Narrated by Will Patton with Stephen King
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
THRILLER/SUSPENSE
Lone Wolf
By Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by Scott Brick
Published by Macmillan Audio
UK-PRODUCED AUDIOBOOK
Northern Lights
By Philip Pullman
Narrated by Ruth Wilson
Published by Penguin Random House Audio UK
YOUNG ADULT
The Real Education of TJ Crowley: Coming of Age on the Redline
By Grant Overstake and May Wuthrich
Narrated by Dani Martineck, Dion Graham, Tavia Gilbert, Johnny Heller, Kevin R. Free, Shayna Small, Ari Fliakos, Michael Crouch, Kirby Heyborne, Graham Halstead, Peter Berkrot, Thérèse Plummer, Brittany Pressley, John Wright, and Sheila Brown Kinnard
Published by Grain Valley Publishing Company and Blackstone Publishing
YOUNG LISTENERS
Nothing: John Cage and the 4’33”
By Nicholas Day
Narrated by Fred Berman
Published by Live Oak Media
ABOUT THE AUDIE AWARDS® AND APA
The Audie Awards® is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Publishers and rights holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and from that group of finalists one winner is awarded.
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is a not-for-profit trade organization whose primary goals are to promote awareness of the audiobook industry, gather and disseminate industry statistics, encourage high production standards and represent the interests of audiobook publishers. Since 1986, the APA has worked to bring audio publishers together to increase interest in audiobooks. For more information about the APA, please visit https://www.audiopub.org.