2020 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2020 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 The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff, narrated by Holter Graham, full cast.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 | Garrett M. Graff | Holter Graham, full cast |
| Audio Drama | Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes | Tony Kushner | Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, full cast |
| Autobiography or Memoir | Becoming | Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama |
| Best Female Narrator | Nothing to See Here | Kevin Wilson | Marin Ireland |
| Best Male Narrator | Kingdom of the Blind | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst |
| Business and Personal Development | So You Want to Start a Podcast? | Kristen Meinzer | Kristen Meinzer |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | How the Light Gets In | Jolina Petersheim | Tavia Gilbert |
| Fantasy | The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E. Harrow | January LaVoy |
| Fiction | City of Girls | Elizabeth Gilbert | Blair Brown |
| History or Biography | American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race | Douglas Brinkley | Stephen Graybill |
| Humor | More Bedtime Stories from Cynics | Kirsten Kearse; Gretchen Enders; Aparna Nancherla; Cirocco Dunlap; Dave Hill | Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Elliot Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, Gary Anthony Williams |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | The Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Joe Morton |
| Middle Grade | Charlotte's Web | E. B. White | Meryl Streep, full cast |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 | Garrett M. Graff | full cast |
| Mystery | The Chestnut Man | Søren Sveistrup | Peter Noble |
| Nonfiction | Grace Will Lead Us Home | Jennifer Berry Hawes | Karen Chilton, Jennifer Berry Hawes |
| Original Work | Evil Eye | Madhuri Shekar | Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayaar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Rita Wolf |
| Romance | Devil's Daughter | Lisa Kleypas | Mary Jane Wells |
| Science Fiction | Emergency Skin | N. K. Jemisin | Jason Isaacs |
| Short Stories or Collection | Full Throttle | Joe Hill | Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Neil Gaiman, Ashleigh Cummings, Joe Hill, Laysla De Oliveira, Nate Corddry, Connor Jessup, Stephen Lang, George Guidall |
| Thriller & Suspense | The Institute | Stephen King | Santino Fontana |
| Young Adult | Hey, Kiddo | Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, full cast |
| Young Listeners | The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! | Mo Willems | Mo Willems |
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