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2015 Audie Award winners — every category

The 2015 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 22 winning audiobooks across 22 categories tracked in this index. The year's top prize, Audiobook of the Year, went to Mandela: An Audio History by Nelson Mandela (with Joe Richman), narrated by Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman.

Last verified 2026-06-10 · Sources: Wikipedia + Audio Publishers Association

CategoryAudiobookAuthorNarrator(s)
Audiobook of the YearMandela: An Audio HistoryNelson Mandela (with Joe Richman)Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman
Audio DramaThe Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette, R. Hamilton WrightGeoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Henri Lubatti, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson
Autobiography or MemoirNot My Father's SonAlan CummingAlan Cumming
Best Female NarratorYellow CrocusLaila IbrahimBahni Turpin
Best Male NarratorThe Hero's Guide to Being an OutlawChristopher HealyBronson Pinchot
Business and Personal DevelopmentA More Beautiful QuestionWarren BergerMichael Quinlan
Faith-Based Fiction and NonfictionThe Auschwitz EscapeJoel C. RosenbergChristopher Lane
FantasyWords of RadianceBrandon SandersonKate Reading, Michael Kramer
FictionAll the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony DoerrZach Appelman
History or BiographyThe Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of JournalismDoris Kearns GoodwinEdward Herrmann
HumorYes PleaseAmy PoehlerAmy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen Poehler, William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner
Middle GradeThe Graveyard BookNeil GaimanNeil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, full cast
Multi-Voiced PerformanceThe Graveyard BookNeil GaimanNeil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, full cast
MysteryThe SilkwormRobert GalbraithRobert Glenister
NonfictionFurious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made HimDavid Henry; Joe HenryDion Graham
Original WorkMandela: An Audio HistoryNelson MandelaDesmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Joe Richman
RomanceThe Bridges of Madison CountyRobert James WallerKelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale
Science FictionThe MartianAndy WeirR. C. Bray
Short Stories or CollectionThe Assassination of Margaret ThatcherHilary MantelJane Carr
Thriller & SuspenseThose Who Wish Me DeadMichael KorytaRobert Petkoff
Young AdultEgg and SpoonGregory MaguireMichael Page
Young ListenersH.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and ImaginationChristopher MyersChristopher Myers, Dion Graham

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