2019 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2019 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 Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, narrated by Bahni Turpin.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi | Bahni Turpin |
| Audio Drama | The Martian Invasion of Earth | H. G. Wells, adapted by Nicholas Briggs | Richard Armitage, Lucy Briggs-Owen |
| Autobiography or Memoir | Educated | Tara Westover | Julia Whelan |
| Best Female Narrator | Educated | Tara Westover | Julia Whelan |
| Best Male Narrator | Watchers | Dean Koontz | Edoardo Ballerini |
| Business and Personal Development | How to Be Heard | Julian Treasure | Julian Treasure |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | The Man on the Mountaintop | Susan Trott | Libby Spurrier |
| Fantasy | Spinning Silver | Naomi Novik | Lisa Flanagan |
| Fiction | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Heather Morris | Richard Armitage |
| History or Biography | Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back from the Brink | Anthony McCarten | John Rafter Lee |
| Humor | The Greatest Love Story Ever Told | Nick Offerman; Megan Mullally | Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | Bleak House | Charles Dickens | Miriam Margolyes |
| Middle Grade | Sunny | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | Dreamland Burning | Jennifer Latham | Pyeng Threadgill, Luke Slattery |
| Mystery | The Punishment She Deserves | Elizabeth George | Simon Vance |
| Nonfiction | The Perfectionists | Simon Winchester | Simon Winchester |
| Original Work | Spin | Harvey Edelman, Neil Fishman | Jim Dale, Barrett Leddy, Lisa Livesay, Nicola Barber, Khristine Hvam, Nick Sullivan, John Brady, Johnny Heller |
| Romance | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi | Bahni Turpin |
| Science Fiction | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase | Douglas Adams | Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, full cast |
| Short Stories or Collection | Heads of the Colored People | Nafissa Thompson-Spires | Adenrele Ojo |
| Thriller & Suspense | Crimson Lake | Candice Fox | Euan Morton |
| Young Adult | Sadie | Courtney Summers | Dan Bittner, Rebecca Soler, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman |
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