The best humor audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Humor winner

Looking for a humor audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Humor category — 29 winners from 1997 to 2025, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best humor production of each year. The most recent winner is The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon, narrated by Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne.

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

Year	Narrator	Audiobook	Author
2025	Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne	The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science	Kate McKinnon
2024	Leslie Jones	Leslie F*cking Jones	Leslie Jones
2023	David Sedaris	Happy-Go-Lucky	David Sedaris
2022	Leslie Jordan	How Y'all Doing?	Leslie Jordan
2021	Colin Jost	A Very Punchable Face	Colin Jost
2020	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	More Bedtime Stories from Cynics	Kirsten Kearse; Gretchen Enders; Aparna Nancherla; Cirocco Dunlap; Dave Hill
2019	Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally	The Greatest Love Story Ever Told	Nick Offerman; Megan Mullally
2018	Matthew Lloyd Davies	Carpet Diem; or ...How to Save the World by Accident	Justin Lee Anderson
2017	Luvvie Ajayi	I'm Judging You	Luvvie Ajayi
2016	Jenny Lawson	Furiously Happy	Jenny Lawson
2015	Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen Poehler, William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner	Yes Please	Amy Poehler
2014	Billy Crystal	Still Foolin' 'Em	Billy Crystal
2013	Sean Schemmel	I Suck at Girls	Justin Halpern
2012	William Shatner	Shatner Rules	William Shatner; Chris Regan
2011	Sam Hoffman, Eric Spiegelman	Old Jews Telling Jokes	Sam Hoffman
2010	Garrison Keillor	Church People: The Lutherans of Lake Wobegon	Garrison Keillor
2009	Bronson Pinchot	The Learners	Chip Kidd
2008	Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, Jon Stewart	I Am America (And So Can You!)	Stephen Colbert
2007	Larry Miller	Spoiled Rotten America	Larry Miller
2006	Al Franken	The Truth (With Jokes)	Al Franken
2005	David Sedaris	Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim	David Sedaris
2004	David Sedaris	Live at Carnegie Hall	David Sedaris
2003	Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Clea Lewis, Alan Mandell, Mandy Siegfried, Joey Slotnick	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Peter Ackerman
2002	George Carlin	Napalm and Silly Putty	George Carlin
2001	Tracie Bennett	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Helen Fielding
2000	Carl Reiner	How Paul Robeson Saved My Life, and Other Mostly Happy Stories	Carl Reiner
1999	Dennis Miller	Ranting Again	Dennis Miller
1998	Douglas Adams	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Douglas Adams
1997	Calvin Trillin	Calvin Trillin, Piece by Piece	Calvin Trillin

Most-awarded humor narrators

David Sedaris (3 wins) · Nick Offerman (2 wins) · Patrick Stewart (2 wins).

Most-awarded humor authors

David Sedaris (3 wins).

Every Audie Humor finalist (the full nominee record)

The Audie Humor category names finalists alongside each winner. These 108 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	Erasure	Percival Everett	Sean Crisden
2025	Glory Days	Simon Rich	John Mulaney
2025	Joyful Recollections of Trauma	Paul Scheer	Paul Scheer
2025	Wilder Widows Walk on the Wilder Side	Katherine Hastings	Pamela Dillman
2024	How to Survive History	Cody Cassidy	Dennis Boutsikaris
2024	No One Leaves the Castle	Christopher Healy	Jessica Almasy
2024	Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs	Jamie Loftus	Jamie Loftus
2024	Uncle of the Year	Andrew Rannells	Andrew Rannells
2023	Let's Catch Up Soon	Sarah Cooper	Sarah Cooper, Felip Jeremic
2023	The Office BFFs	Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey	Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey
2023	The Wilder Windows	Katherine Hastings	Pamela Dillman
2023	Who Do You Think I Am?	Anjelah Johnson-Reyes	Anjelah Johnson-Reyes
2022	A Carnival of Snackery	David Sedaris	David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman
2022	Brackish Waters	Matt Boren	Christina Applegate
2022	The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit	John V. Petrocelli	Larry Herron
2022	The Seven Day Switch	Kelly Harms	Arielle DeLisle, Megan Tusing
2021	Nothing Like I Imagined	Mindy Kaling	Mindy Kaling
2021	Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use	Amanda Seales	Amanda Seales
2021	Surrender, White People!	D. L. Hughley and Doug Moe	D. L. Hughley
2021	The New One	Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein	Mike Birbiglia, J. Hope Stein
2021	Wow, No Thank You	Samantha Irby	Samantha Irby
2020	A Woman First: First Woman	Billy Kimball and David Mandel	Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2020	Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life	Ali Wong	Ali Wong, Justin Hakuta
2020	Idiot	Laura Clery	Laura Clery
2020	Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations	Craig Ferguson	Craig Ferguson
2019	Calypso	David Sedaris	David Sedaris
2019	Everything's Trash, But It's Okay	Phoebe Robinson	Phoebe Robinson
2019	How Not to Get Shot	D. L. Hughley	D. L. Hughley
2019	Noir	Christopher Moore	Johnny Heller
2018	I Can't Make This Up	Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss	Kevin Hart
2018	Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality	Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal	Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neal
2018	The Book of Leon: Philosophy of a Fool	J. B. Smoove and Iris Bahr	J. B. Smoove
2018	The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness	Paula Poundstone	Paula Poundstone
2017	Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years	D. L. Hughley	Keith Szarabajka, John Reynolds, Fran Tunno, Cherise Boothe, Dan Woren, P. J. Ochlan, Gregory Itzin, Paula Jai Parker-Martin, Mia Barron, Ron Butler, James Shippy
2017	Life and Near Death Experiences	Camille Pagán	Amy McFadden
2017	The Bassoon King	Rainn Wilson	Rainn Wilson
2017	You Can't Touch My Hair	Phoebe Robinson	Phoebe Robinson
2017	You'll Grow Out of It	Jessi Klein	Jessi Klein
2016	Almost Interesting	David Spade	David Spade
2016	Car Talk Classics: No Factory Recalls. So Far.	Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi	Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
2016	Modern Romance: An Investigation	Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg	Aziz Ansari
2016	Texts from Jane Eyre	Daniel M. Lavery	Amy Landon, Zach Villa
2016	Why Not Me?	Mindy Kaling	Mindy Kaling
2015	Ben Franklin Unplugged	Josh Kornbluth	Josh Kornbluth
2015	Food: A Love Story	Jim Gaffigan	Jim Gaffigan
2015	God Is Disappointed in You	Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler	James Urbaniak
2015	The Disaster Artist	Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell	Greg Sestero
2015	You Can Date Boys When You're Forty	Dave Barry	Dave Barry
2014	How I Slept My Way to the Middle	Kevin Pollak and Alan Goldsher	Kevin Pollak
2014	Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls	David Sedaris	David Sedaris
2014	Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood	Drew Magary	Drew Magary
2014	The Stench of Honolulu	Jack Handey	Jack Handey
2013	America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't	Stephen Colbert	Stephen Colbert
2013	Let's Pretend This Never Happened	Jenny Lawson	Jenny Lawson
2013	Me the People	Kevin Bleyer	Kevin Bleyer
2013	The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days	Ian Frazier	Cynthia Nixon
2012	Bossypants	Tina Fey	Tina Fey
2012	Go the Fuck to Sleep	Adam Mansbach	Samuel L. Jackson
2012	In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks	Adam Carolla and Mike Lynch	Adam Carolla
2012	This Is an Audiobook	Demetri Martin	Demetri Martin
2011	Earth (The Book)	Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writers	Jon Stewart, and others
2011	Paul Is Undead	Alan Goldsher	Simon Vance
2011	Shit My Dad Says	Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker	Sean Schemmel
2011	Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk	David Sedaris	David Sedaris, and others
2010	Don't Say I Didn't Warn You	Anita Renfroe	Anita Renfroe
2010	I Drink for a Reason	David Cross	David Cross
2010	I Shudder	Paul Rudnick	Paul Rudnick
2010	More Information Than You Require	John Hodgman	John Hodgman, full cast
2009	Atomic Lobster	Tim Dorsey	Oliver Wyman
2009	Martin Misunderstood	Karin Slaughter	Wayne Knight
2009	Me of Little Faith	Lewis Black	Lewis Black
2009	When You Are Engulfed in Flames	David Sedaris	David Sedaris
2008	Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings	Tyler Perry	Tyler Perry
2008	Our Dumb World	The Onion	The Onion
2008	Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar	Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein	Johnny Heller
2008	The Ultimate David Sedaris Box Set	David Sedaris	David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris, Ann Magnuson
2007	Company	Max Barry	William Dufris
2007	F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare	Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill	Sam Seder
2007	Solomon vs. Lord	Paul Levine	Christopher Lane
2007	The Areas of My Expertise	John Hodgman	John Hodgman
2006	Car Talk	Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi	Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi
2006	Fired!	Annabelle Gurwitch	Annabelle Gurwitch, Charlayne Woodard, Carl Capotorto, Dana Gould, and others
2006	Nothing's Sacred	Lewis Black	Lewis Black
2006	The Adventures of Guy Noir	Garrison Keillor	Garrison Keillor, full cast
2005	America (The Book)	Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writers	Jon Stewart, and others
2005	My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy	Nancy Cartwright	Nancy Cartwright
2005	The Reluctant Metrosexual	Peter Hyman	Peter Hyman
2005	When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?	George Carlin	George Carlin
2004	Boogers Are My Beat	Dave Barry	Dick Hill
2004	Shopaholic Takes Manhattan	Sophie Kinsella	Emily Gray
2004	The Funny Thing Is…	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen DeGeneres
2004	The Pleasure of My Company	Steve Martin	Steve Martin
2003	Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad	Jon Hein	Jon Hein
2003	Mirth of a Nation	Michael J. Rosen	Tony Roberts, David Rakoff, Gary Trudeau, Paul Rudnick, Rick Moranis, and others
2003	Sixteen Scandals	William Strauss and Elaina Newport	William Strauss, Elaina Newport
2003	Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!	Michael Moore	Arte Johnson
2002	Blandings Castle	P. G. Wodehouse	Jonathan Cecil
2002	The New Joys of Yiddish	Leo Rosten	Ron Rifkin, Peter Riegert, Harry Goz, Michael Goz, Larry Keith, Carole Shelley
2001	Me Talk Pretty One Day	David Sedaris	David Sedaris
2001	Pretty Good Joke Tape	Garrison Keillor	Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount, Jr., Paula Poundstone
2000	How Men Have Babies	Alan Thicke	Alan Thicke
2000	Rants Redux	Dennis Miller	Dennis Miller
1999	God Is My Broker	Christopher Buckley and John Tierney	Mark Linn-Baker
1999	Pure Drivel	Steve Martin	Steve Martin
1998	Babyhood	Paul Reiser	Dennis Miller
1998	Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing	Patrick F. McManus	Terry Beaver
1997	The Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach	Peter Schickele	Peter Schickele
1997	The Rants	Dennis Miller	Dennis Miller

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