2025 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2025 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 22 winning audiobooks across 22 categories tracked in this index.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Drama | George Orwell's 1984 | George Orwell, adapted by Joe White | Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, full cast |
| Autobiography or Memoir | My Name Is Barbra | Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand |
| Business and Personal Development | Come Together | Emily Nagoski | Emily Nagoski |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | The American Queen | Vanessa Miller | Angel Pean |
| Fantasy | Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree | Travis Baldree |
| Fiction | Rednecks | Taylor Brown | Ramiz Monsef |
| History or Biography | The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created the President | Edward F. O'Keefe | Edward F. O'Keefe |
| Horror | Bury Your Gays | Chuck Tingle | Andre Santana, full cast |
| Humor | The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science | Kate McKinnon | Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | James | Percival Everett | Dominic Hoffman |
| Middle Grade | Black Star | Kwame Alexander | Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Dominic Hoffman |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day | Garrett M. Graff | Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, full cast |
| Mystery | Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera | Will Damron, January LaVoy |
| Nonfiction | There's Always This Year | Hanif Abdurraqib | Hanif Abdurraqib |
| Original Work | Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Goddess of Manhattan | Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski | Marni Penning, Scott McCormick, full cast |
| Romance | This Could Be Us | Kennedy Ryan | Ines del Castillo, Jakobi Diem |
| Science Fiction | The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown | Miranda Raison |
| Short Stories or Collection | You Like It Darker: Stories | Stephen King | Will Patton, Stephen King |
| Spanish Language | Medea Me Canto un Corrido | Dahlia de la Cerda | Irene Azuela, Maya Zapata, full cast |
| Thriller & Suspense | Lone Wolf | Gregg Hurwitz | Scott Brick |
| Young Adult | The Real Education of TJ Crowley: Coming of Age on the Redline | Grant Overstake, May Wuthrich | Dani Martineck, Dion Graham, full cast |
| Young Listeners | Nothing: John Cage and 4'33" | Nicholas Day | Fred Berman |
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