2023 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2023 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 24 winning audiobooks across 24 categories tracked in this index. The year's top prize, Audiobook of the Year, went to Finding Me by Viola Davis, narrated by Viola Davis.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Finding Me | Viola Davis | Viola Davis |
| Audio Drama | Pipeline | Dominique Morisseau | Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, Karen Malina White |
| Autobiography or Memoir | Unprotected: A Memoir | Billy Porter | Billy Porter |
| Best Female Narrator | The Eye of the World | Robert Jordan | Rosamund Pike |
| Best Male Narrator | Fairy Tale | Stephen King | Seth Numrich |
| Business and Personal Development | Tough | Terry Crews | Terry Crews |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | Dark Angel | Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson | MacLeod Andrews |
| Fantasy | The Monsters We Defy | Leslye Penelope | Shayna Small |
| Fiction | Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult; Jennifer Finney Boylan | Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan |
| History or Biography | Summer of '85 | Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, et al. | Kevin Hart |
| Humor | Happy-Go-Lucky | David Sedaris | David Sedaris |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy, trans. by Aylmer and Louise Maude | Thandiwe Newton |
| Middle Grade | Stuntboy, In the Meantime | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chante McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, DePre Owens |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | Sparring Partners | John Grisham | Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, John Grisham |
| Mystery | The Heron | Don Winslow | Ed Harris |
| Nonfiction | The Ransomware Hunting Team | Renee Dudley; Daniel Golden | BD Wong |
| Original Work | Mrs. Wickham | Sarah Page | Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, full cast |
| Romance | Delilah Green Doesn't Care | Ashley Herring Blake | Kristen DiMercurio |
| Science Fiction | Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc. | Ash Bishop | Scott Brick, Suzanne Elise Freeman |
| Short Stories or Collection | Getaway | Sally Hepworth, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Catherine Steadman, Luanne Rice, Jess Lourey, Rumaan Alam | Candice Moll, Shayna Small, Samara Naeymi, Jennifer Jill Araya, Carly Robins, Fajer Al-Kaisi |
| Spanish Language | iPrimera Caida! El Enmascarado de Terciopelo | Diego Mejia Eguiluz | Noe Velazquez |
| Thriller & Suspense | Greenwich Park | Katherine Faulkner | Laura Kirman |
| Young Adult | Demon in the Wood | Leigh Bardugo | Ben Barnes, Benjamin Valic, Cassandra Morris, Eason Rytter, James Fouhey, Mary McCartney, Matt Leisy, Salli Saffioti, Sean Gormley, Tom Bromhead |
| Young Listeners | A Door Made for Me | Tyler Merritt | Tyler Merritt |
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