2016 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2016 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 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | The Girl on the Train | Paula Hawkins | Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher |
| Audio Drama | The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories | Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Bev Doyle, Richard Kurti | Bill Bailey, Richard E. Grant, Colin Salmon, Tim McInnerny, Bernard Cribbins, Celia Imrie, Martin Shaw |
| Autobiography or Memoir | Ghost Boy | Martin Pistorius | Simon Bubb |
| Best Female Narrator | Wild Rover No More | L. A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren |
| Best Male Narrator | Gabriel Allon: The English Spy | Daniel Silva | George Guidall |
| Business and Personal Development | Wake Up Happy | Michael Strahan & Veronica Chambers | Michael Strahan |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | The Boy Born Dead | David Ring | Paul Michael |
| Fantasy | Nice Dragons Finish Last | Rachel Aaron | Vikas Adam |
| Fiction | The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | Polly Stone |
| History or Biography | A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts | Andrew Chaikin, Tom Hanks | Bronson Pinchot |
| Humor | Furiously Happy | Jenny Lawson | Jenny Lawson |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | Little Big Man | Thomas Berger | Scott Sowers, David Aaron Baker |
| Middle Grade | Echo | Pam Munoz Ryan | Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Soler |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | Illuminae | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff | Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan McClain |
| Mystery | Career of Evil | Robert Galbraith | Robert Glenister |
| Nonfiction | Ghettoside | Jill Leovy | Rebecca Lowman |
| Original Work | The Starling Project | Jeffery Deaver | Alfred Molina, full cast |
| Romance | The Highwayman | Kerrigan Byrne | Derek Perkins |
| Science Fiction | Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton | Scott Brick |
| Thriller & Suspense | The Patriot Threat: Cotton Malone | Steve Berry | Scott Brick |
| Young Adult | Lair of Dreams | Libba Bray | January LaVoy |
| Young Listeners | Little Shop of Monsters | R. L. Stine and Marc Brown | Jack Black |
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