2018 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2018 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 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, narrated by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, full cast.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders | Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, full cast |
| Audio Drama | Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi | Paul McCusker | Joseph Timms, Owen Teale, Geoffrey Palmer, full cast |
| Autobiography or Memoir | Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen |
| Best Female Narrator | The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas | Bahni Turpin |
| Best Male Narrator | Born a Crime | Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah |
| Business and Personal Development | Peak Performance | Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness | Christopher Lane |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | Fire Road | Phan Thi Kim Phuc | Emily Woo Zeller |
| Fantasy | The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter | Theodora Goss | Kate Reading |
| Fiction | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman | Cathleen McCarron |
| History or Biography | Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case | Patricia Hruby Powell | Adenrele Ojo, MacLeod Andrews |
| Humor | Carpet Diem; or ...How to Save the World by Accident | Justin Lee Anderson | Matthew Lloyd Davies |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | House of Names | Colm Toibin | Juliet Stevenson et al |
| Middle Grade | See You in the Cosmos | Jack Cheng | Kivlighan de Montabello, Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, full cast |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | Restart | Gordon Korman | Jonathan Todd Ross, Laura Knight Keating, Ramon de Ocampo, Andy Paris, Suzy Jackson, Graham Halstead, John Kroft |
| Mystery | The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | David Lagercrantz | Simon Vance |
| Nonfiction | American Wolf | Nate Blakeslee | Mark Bramhall |
| Original Work | Romeo and Juliet: A Novel | David Hewson | Richard Armitage |
| Romance | The Duchess Deal | Tessa Dare | Mary Jane Wells |
| Science Fiction | Provenance | Ann Leckie | Adjoa Andoh |
| Short Stories or Collection | The Language of Thorns | Leigh Bardugo | Lauren Fortgang |
| Thriller & Suspense | The Fourth Monkey | J. D. Barker | Edoardo Ballerini, Graham Winton |
| Young Adult | The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas | Bahni Turpin |
| Young Listeners | Trombone Shorty | Troy Andrews | Dion Graham |
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