2017 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2017 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 23 winning audiobooks across 23 categories tracked in this index. The year's top prize, Audiobook of the Year, went to Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, narrated by Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Hamilton: The Revolution | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter | Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter |
| Audio Drama | In the Embers | Brian Price, Jerry Stearns | Robin Miles, Edwin Strout, Dean Johnson, Jacquie Maddix, full cast |
| Autobiography or Memoir | The Greatest: My Own Story | Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham | Dion Graham |
| Best Female Narrator | Be Frank with Me | Julia Claiborne Johnson | Tavia Gilbert |
| Best Male Narrator | Jerusalem | Alan Moore | Simon Vance |
| Business and Personal Development | Humans Need Not Apply | Jerry Kaplan | John Pruden |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | The Awakening of HK Derryberry | Jim Bradford and Andy Hardin | Milton Bagby |
| Fantasy | The Hike | Drew Magary | Christopher Lane |
| Fiction | Sister of Mine | Sabra Waldfogel | Bahni Turpin |
| History or Biography | In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors | Doug Stanton | Mark Boyett |
| Humor | I'm Judging You | Luvvie Ajayi | Luvvie Ajayi |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | Dominic Hoffman |
| Middle Grade | How to Fight a Dragon's Fury | Cressida Cowell | David Tennant |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult | Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos |
| Mystery | The Crossing | Michael Connelly | Titus Welliver |
| Nonfiction | Hillbilly Elegy | JD Vance | JD Vance |
| Original Work | The Dispatcher | John Scalzi | Zachary Quinto |
| Romance | Dirty | Kylie Scott | Andi Arndt |
| Science Fiction | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Alan Dean Foster | Marc Thompson |
| Short Stories or Collection | The Brink | Austin Bunn | Austin Bunn, Luke Daniels, Tanya Eby, Talph Lister, Amy McFadden, Mikael Naramore, Nick Podehl |
| Thriller & Suspense | Cross Justice | James Patterson | Ruben Santiago Hudson, Jefferson Mays |
| Young Adult | Salt to the Sea | Ruta Sepetys | Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch |
| Young Listeners | 28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World | Charles R. Smith, Jr. | Dion Graham, William Jackson Harper, Zainab Jah, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Lizan Mitchell, Jonathan Earl Peck, Carter Woodson Redwood |
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