The best audio drama audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Audio Drama winner

Looking for a audio drama audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Audio Drama category — 26 winners from 1999 to 2025, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best audio drama production of each year. The most recent winner is George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell, adapted by Joe White, narrated by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, full cast.

Last verified 2026-06-10 · Source: Wikipedia + APA

Year	Narrator	Audiobook	Author
2025	Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, full cast	George Orwell's 1984	George Orwell, adapted by Joe White
2024	Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, full cast	Third Eye	Felicia Day
2023	Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, Karen Malina White	Pipeline	Dominique Morisseau
2022	Nicholas Briggs, Richard Earl, Lucy Briggs-Owen, India Fisher, James Joyce, Anjella MacKintosh, Glen McCready, Mark Elstob	Sherlock Holmes: The Seamstress of Peckham Rye	Jonathan Barnes
2021	Paul McGann, Nicola Walker, Hattie Morahan, Rebecca Root, Tom Price, Tom Baker	Doctor Who: Stranded (Series 1)	Matt Fitton, David K. Barnes, Lisa McMullin, John Dorney
2020	Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, full cast	Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes	Tony Kushner
2019	Richard Armitage, Lucy Briggs-Owen	The Martian Invasion of Earth	H. G. Wells, adapted by Nicholas Briggs
2018	Joseph Timms, Owen Teale, Geoffrey Palmer, full cast	Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi	Paul McCusker
2017	Robin Miles, Edwin Strout, Dean Johnson, Jacquie Maddix, full cast	In the Embers	Brian Price, Jerry Stearns
2016	Bill Bailey, Richard E. Grant, Colin Salmon, Tim McInnerny, Bernard Cribbins, Celia Imrie, Martin Shaw	The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories	Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Bev Doyle, Richard Kurti
2015	Geoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Henri Lubatti, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette, R. Hamilton Wright
2014	Joe Holgate, Henry Goodman, Lee Boardman, Geoffrey Palmer, Roy Hudd, Finty Williams, full cast	Oliver Twist	Charles Dickens, adapted by Paul McCusker
2013	Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, Simon Jones, Sam Guncler, Anne Bobby	Swordspoint	Ellen Kushner
2012	full cast	The Arthur Miller Collection	Arthur Miller
2011	Amy Irving, Edward Herrmann, Kristoffer Tabori, full cast	Saint Joan	George Bernard Shaw
2010	Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, full cast	The Word of Promise	Carl Amari
2009	Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast	The Odyssey	Homer, dramatized by Simon Armitage
2008	Phil Proctor, Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, W. Morgan Sheppard	Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls	Yuri Rasovsky
2007	full cast	The Life of Jesus: Dramatic Eyewitness Accounts from the Luke Reports	Paul McCusker
2006	Martin Jarvis, Kristoffer Tabori, full cast	The Sherlock Holmes Theatre	Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by William Gillette, Yuri Rasovsky
2005	Spencer Murphy, full cast	Buddha Boy	Kathe Koja
2004	full cast	The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare	William Shakespeare
2003	Swoosie Kurtz, Bill Irwin	The Guys	Anne Nelson
2001	Barbara Bain, Emily Bergl, Harriet Harris	Agnes of God	John Pielmeier
2000	Garrison Keillor	A Prairie Home Companion: 25th Anniversary	Garrison Keillor
1999	Julie Harris, Amy Irving, Harris Yulin	The Road to Mecca	Athol Fugard

Most-awarded audio drama narrators

Andrew Garfield (2 wins) · Lucy Briggs-Owen (2 wins) · Geoffrey Palmer (2 wins) · Tim McInnerny (2 wins) · Moira Quirk (2 wins) · Amy Irving (2 wins) · Kristoffer Tabori (2 wins) · Martin Jarvis (2 wins).

Most-awarded audio drama authors

Paul McCusker (2 wins).

Every Audie Audio Drama finalist (the full nominee record)

The Audie Audio Drama category names finalists alongside each winner. These 100 audiobooks were nominated but didn't win — also sourced; each title's full record is in the A–Z index.

Year	Finalist	Author	Narrator(s)
2025	Brokedown Prophets	S. A. Cosby	Jonathan Majors, Brian Tyree Henry, full cast
2025	Journey's End	R. C. Sherriff	James Callis, Josh Cole, full cast
2025	The Coldest Case: The Past Has a Long Memory	James Patterson; Aaron Tracy; Ryan Silbert	Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, full cast
2025	Wild with Happy	Colman Domingo	Colman Domingo, Alex Newell, Sharon Washington, full cast
2024	None of This Is True	Lisa Jewell	Nicola Walker, Louise Brealey, full cast
2024	Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia	Josh Azouz	Laila Ayad, Tara Lynne Barr, full cast
2024	Red Rising	Pierce Brown	Stewart Crank, John Kielty, full cast
2024	Star Wars: The Battle of Jedha (The High Republic)	George Mann	Raphael Corkhill, Kristen Sieh, full cast
2023	1984	George Orwell, adapted by Anna Lea	Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Rhianne Barreto, Michael Maloney, Clare Corbett, Homer Todiwala, Jonathan Keeble, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Sarah Paul, Simon Shepherd, Theo Solomon, Wayne Forester, Finnigan Morris, Hugo Whysall, Jake Turner, Jo Ashe, Katrina Cooke, Linton Tulloch, Morgan Denman, Bronwen Denman, Muriel Abehsera, Rob Wilson
2023	Clean Sweep	Ilona Andrews	Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Walker, Holly Adams, James Lewis, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Nora Achrati, Peter Holdway, Elias Khalil, Ryan Reid, Alex Hill-Knight
2023	Coraline	Neil Gaiman	Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, Nicole Davis
2023	Good Omens	Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett	Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Katherine Kingsley, Arthur Darvill, Peter Forbes, Gabrielle Glaister, Louis Davison, Pixie Davies, Chris Nelson, Ferdinand Frisby Williams, Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, John Hopkins, Lorelei King, Matt Reeves, Lemn Sissay
2022	Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club	Shakina Nayfack	Shakina Nayfack, Kate Bornstein, Annie Golden, Telly Leung, Jason Tam, Bianca Leigh, Ivory Aquino, Pooya Mohseni, Samy Figaredo, Angelica Ross, Liz Lark Brown, Ita Segev, Dana Aliya Levinson
2022	No-No Boy	Ken Narasaki, from the novel by John Okada	Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Emily Kuroda, John Miyasaki, Ken Narasaki, Sharon Omi, Joy Osmanski, Sab Shimono, Paul Yen
2022	The Coldest Case: A Black Book Title	James Patterson; Aaron Tracy; Ryan Silbert	Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Nathalie Emmanuel, Beau Bridges, full cast
2022	The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection	Fyodor Dostoevsky	Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Paul Rhys, Nicholas Boulton, Paul Hilton, David Suchet, Barnaby Kay, Lia Williams
2021	ATA Girl 2	Helen Goldwyn and Louise Jameson	Cory Chambers, Kate Copeland, Amy Downham, Helen Goldwyn, Holly Jackson Walters, Louise Jameson, Wilf Scolding, Elinor Lawless
2021	Come Find Me	Erin Mallon	Cynthia Darlow, Jonathan Davis, Caitlin Kelly, Erin Mallon, Thérèse Plummer
2021	Frankenstein: A Stage Adaptation	A. S. Peterson	Jared Reinfeldt, Euriamis Losada, Henry O. Arnold, Kim Bretton, Morgan Davis, Matt Rose, Micah Williams, Brooks Bennett, Austin Olive, Garris Wimmer
2021	The Ernie Pyle Experiment!	Michael Brainard (script ed. Russell McGee)	Michael Brainard, Greta Lind, Kate Braun, Andrew Bowen, Josh Hogan, Tim Grimm, Peter Spellos, full cast
2020	Birthday Suit	Lauren Blakely	Andi Arndt, Sebastian York, January LaVoy, Julia Whelan, R. C. Bray, Shane East, Joe Arden, Erin Mallon, Dion Graham, Savannah Peachwood, Jason Clarke, Robin Miles
2020	Have a Nice Day	Billy Crystal and Quinton Peeples	Justin Bartha, Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, Auliʻi Cravalho, Billy Crystal, Rachel Dratch, Darrell Hammond, Christopher Jackson, Kevin Kline, Robin Thede, full cast
2020	Puss in Boots: A Musical	Neil Fishman; Harvey Edelman; Khristine Hvam	Jim Dale, Mark Aldrich, Barrett Leddy, Nick Sullivan, Brian Holden, Al Fallick, Lisa Livesay, Meredith Inglesby, Lynn Norris, John E. Brady, Johnny Heller
2020	The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey	James Lecesne	James Lecesne
2019	Alien: Sea of Sorrows	James A. Moore (adapted by Dirk Maggs)	John Chancer, Stockard Channing, Tony Gardner, Lorelei King, Laurel Lefkow, full cast
2019	Disgraced	Ayad Akhtar	Geoffrey Arend, Behzad Dabu, Hari Dhillon, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Emily Swallow
2019	Emma	Jane Austen (adapted by Anna Lea)	Emma Thompson, Isabella Inchbald, Joanne Froggatt, Joseph Millson, Morgana Robinson, full cast
2019	Girls & Boys	Dennis Kelly	Carey Mulligan
2019	Steal the Stars	Mac Rogers	Full cast
2018	Cicero	David Llewellyn	Samuel Barnett, George Naylor
2018	The Mean	John Arthur Long	John Arthur Long
2018	The Tug of War	David Rambo	Matthew Arkin, Hugo Armstrong, Seamus Dever, Matthew Floyd Miller, James Morrison, David Selby, Rich Sommer, Josh Stamberg, Nick Toren, John Vickery, Jules Willcox
2018	Treasure Island	Robert Louis Stevenson (adapted by Marty Ross)	Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, Owen Teale, Gerran Howell
2017	"Death and the Queen", Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures	James Goss	David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Alice Krige, Blake Ritson, Beth Chalmers, Alan Cox
2017	"Only the Monstrous", Doctor Who: The War Doctor	Nicholas Briggs	John Hurt, Jacqueline Pearce, Carolyn Seymour, Lucy Briggs-Owen
2017	Alien: Out of the Shadows	Tim Lebbon (adapted by Dirk Maggs)	Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald
2017	The Mountaintop	Katori Hall	Aja Naomi King, Larry Powell
2016	Amok	Sebastian Fitzek	Full cast
2016	Christmas Eve, 1914	Charles Olivier	Full cast
2016	The Sleeper and the Spindle	Neil Gaiman	Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, Michael Maloney
2016	The Starling Project	Jeffery Deaver	Alfred Molina and full cast
2015	Anne Manx and the Blood Chase	Larry Weiner	Claudia Christian, Moira Kelly, Patricia Tallman, full cast
2015	Mistborn: The Final Empire	Brandon Sanderson	Terence Aselford, Kimberly Gilbert, David Jourdan, full cast
2015	Swords of Riverside	Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman	Ellen Kushner, Barbara Rosenblat, Katherine Kellgren, Dion Graham, Simon Jones, et al.
2015	Under Drake's Flag	G. A. Henty (adapted by John Fornof)	Brian Blessed
2014	Hollywood Said No!	Bob Odenkirk and David Cross	Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, full cast
2014	Marvel Civil War	Stuart Moore	Richard Rohan, Richard Cutting, Tim Getman, James Keegan, Kimberly Gilbert, full cast
2014	Screaming with the Cannibals	Lee Maynard	Ross Ballard II
2014	The Fall of the Kings	Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman	Ellen Kushner et al.
2014	The War of the Worlds	H. G. Wells (adapted by M. J. Elliott)	Colonial Radio Players
2013	Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You!	Yuri Rasovsky	Sandra Oh, Simon Helberg, Kate Burton, full cast
2013	I, Claudius	Robert Graves (adapted by Robin Brooks)	Derek Jacobi, Tom Goodman-Hill, full cast
2013	The Star Angel	Jerry Robbins	Jerry Robbins and the Colonial Radio Players
2013	Titanium Rain (Series 1)	Josh Finney and Kat Rocha	Lance Roger Axt, Elizabeth Knowelden, Carrington Macduffie, full cast
2013	Trouble on His Wings	L. Ron Hubbard	Jennifer Aspen, Bob Caso, R. F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, Matt Scott
2012	The Graduate	Charles Webb, Terry Johnson, and Calder Willingham (adapted by Buck Henry)	Kathleen Turner, Matthew Rhys, full cast
2012	The Mark of Zorro	Johnston McCulley (adapted by Yuri Rasovsky)	Val Kilmer and full cast
2012	We're Alive	Kc Wayland	Full cast
2011	'Art'	Yasmina Reza	Bob Balaban, Brian Cox, Jeff Perry
2011	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf
2011	The Sunset Limited	Cormac McCarthy	Austin Pendleton, Ezra Knight, Tom Stechschulte
2011	Vengeance	A. J. Scudiere	Kristoffer Tabori, Stephanie Zimbalist, Don Leslie
2010	Focus on the Family Radio Theatre: C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters	C. S. Lewis (adapted by Paul McCusker)	Andy Serkis and full cast
2010	Little Dorrit	Charles Dickens (dramatized by Doug Lucie)	Full cast
2010	The Maltese Falcon	Dashiell Hammett (dramatized by Yuri Rasovsky)	Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann
2010	The Rivalry	Norman Corwin	Paul Giamatti, James Gleason, Lily Rabe, David Strathairn, Shannon Cochran
2009	Jack's Last Call	Patrick Fenton	Len Cariou and full cast
2009	Secret Order	Bob Clyman	George Segal, Will McCormack, Angela Goethals, Richard Schiff
2009	Sun Moon Stars Rain	Jan Cheripko	Spencer Murphy
2009	Tales from the Perilous Realm	J. R. R. Tolkien (adapted by Brian Sibley)	Michael Hordern and full cast
2008	Princess Academy	Shannon Hale	Laura Credidio
2008	Radio Theatre: Amazing Grace	Paul McCusker and Dave Arnold	Robert Lindsay, David Oyelowo, Chris Larkin, Donald Sinden, Martin Jarvis, Laura-Michelle Kelly, full cast
2008	The Star Beast	Robert A. Heinlein	David Baker
2008	Vienna Prelude	Bodie Thoene	Seán Barrett
2007	Airborn	Kenneth Oppel	David Kelly and full cast
2007	Kong: King of Skull Island	Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland	David Baker and full cast
2007	Nightmares on Congress Street (Part V)	Fitz-James O'Brien; Edgar Allan Poe; Alex Irvine; Michael Duffy; Ray Bradbury; Hugh B. Cave; H. P. Lovecraft	Full cast
2007	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Oscar Wilde (dramatized by Nick McCarty)	Jamie Glover and full cast
2006	At the Back of the North Wind	George MacDonald (adapted by Murray Watts and Philip Glassborow)	Full cast
2006	Frozen	Bryony Lavery	Rosalind Ayres, Jeffrey Donovan, Laila Robins
2006	The Blind Assassin	Margaret Atwood (adapted by Michael O'Brien)	Full cast
2006	The Hiding Place	Corrie ten Boom (dramatized by Dave Arnold)	Full cast
2005	Anne of Green Gables	L. M. Montgomery (dramatized by Chris Fabry)	Full cast
2005	Going to St. Ives	Lee Blessing	L. Scott Caldwell, Caroline Goodall
2005	The Handmaid's Tale	Margaret Atwood (adapted by Michael O'Brien)	Michael O'Brien
2005	The Stone Angel	Margaret Laurence (adapted by James W. Nichol)	James W. Nichol
2004	At Home in Mitford	Jan Karon (dramatized by Paul McCusker)	Full cast
2004	Father Gilbert Mysteries (Series 2)	Paul McCusker	Full cast
2004	On the Waterfront	Budd Schulberg	Full cast
2004	The Chronicles of Narnia	C. S. Lewis (dramatized by Paul McCusker)	Full cast
2003	Billy Budd, Sailor	Herman Melville (Dramatized by Philip Glassborow and Paul McCusker)	Full cast
2003	Hedda Gabler	Henrik Ibsen	Juliet Stevenson, Michael Maloney, Philip Voss, Emma Fielding, full cast
2003	King Lear	William Shakespeare	Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh, full cast
2003	The Silver Chair	C. S. Lewis (dramatized by Paul McCusker)	Full cast
2001	Neat	Charlayne Woodard	Charlayne Woodard
2001	Table Manners	Alan Ayckbourn	Rosalind Ayres, Ken Danziger, Martin Jarvis, Jane Leeves, Christopher Neame, Carolyn Seymour
2000	A Fair Country	Jon Robin Baitz	Judith Ivey, David Dukes, Kurt Deutsch, Matt McGrath
2000	Pretty Fire	Charlayne Woodard	Charlayne Woodard
1999	A Little Princess	Frances Hodgson Burnett (adapted by John Vreeke)	Full cast
1999	All My Sons	Arthur Miller	Julie Harris, James Farentino, Arye Gross

See also: Audiobook of the Year · Best Narrator winners · Grammy audiobook winners.