The best middle grade audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Middle Grade winner

Looking for a middle grade audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Middle Grade category — 31 winners from 1996 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best middle grade production of each year. The most recent winner is All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson, narrated by Bahni Turpin.

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

Year	Narrator	Audiobook	Author
2026	Bahni Turpin	All the Blues in the Sky	Renee Watson
2025	Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Dominic Hoffman	Black Star	Kwame Alexander
2024	Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, full cast	What Happened to Rachel Riley?	Claire Swinarski
2023	Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chante McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, DePre Owens	Stuntboy, In the Meantime	Jason Reynolds
2022	Dion Graham	Playing the Cards You're Dealt	Varian Johnson
2021	Gary Furlong, Fiona Hardingham	The Good Hawk	Joseph Elliott
2020	Meryl Streep, full cast	Charlotte's Web	E. B. White
2019	Guy Lockard	Sunny	Jason Reynolds
2018	Kivlighan de Montabello, Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, full cast	See You in the Cosmos	Jack Cheng
2017	David Tennant	How to Fight a Dragon's Fury	Cressida Cowell
2016	Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Soler	Echo	Pam Munoz Ryan
2015	Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, full cast	The Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman
2014	Kate Winslet	Matilda	Roald Dahl
2013	Silas House, Neela Vaswani	Same Sun Here	Silas House, Neela Vaswani
2012	Debbie Allen	Heart and Soul	Kadir Nelson
2011	Natalie Ross	The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate	Jacqueline Kelly
2010	Jessica Almasy	Operation Yes	Sara Lewis Holmes
2009	Neil Gaiman	The Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman
2008	Jessica Almasy	Clementine	Sara Pennypacker
2007	Bianca Amato	Listening for Lions	Gloria Whelan
2006	Patricia Connolly	The Star of Kazan	Eva Ibbotson
2005	Jim Dale	Peter and the Starcatchers	Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
2004	Jim Dale	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	J. K. Rowling
2003	Miriam Margolyes	Troy	Adele Geras
2002	Philip Pullman, full cast	The Amber Spyglass	Philip Pullman
2001	full cast	The Subtle Knife	Philip Pullman
2000	full cast	The Golden Compass	Philip Pullman
1999	Mia Dillon	Lily's Crossing	Patricia Reilly Giff
1998	full cast	Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo	Brian Jacques
1997	Stephen Thorne	Babe, the Sheep-Pig	Dick King-Smith
1996	Robin Williams	Jumanji	Chris Van Allsburg

Most-awarded middle grade narrators

Angel Pean (2 wins) · Nile Bullock (2 wins) · Guy Lockard (2 wins) · Neil Gaiman (2 wins) · Miriam Margolyes (2 wins) · Jessica Almasy (2 wins) · Jim Dale (2 wins).

Most-awarded middle grade authors

Philip Pullman (3 wins) · Jason Reynolds (2 wins) · Neil Gaiman (2 wins).

Every Audie Middle Grade finalist (the full nominee record)

The Audie Middle Grade category names finalists alongside each winner. These 114 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)
2026	J vs K	Kwame Alexander; Jerry Craft	Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft
2026	The Trouble with Heroes	Kate Messner	Mack Gordon
2026	The Weirdies 3: Maybe This is a Bit Too Weird	Michael Buckley	Helena Bonham Carter
2026	Whale Eyes	James Robinson	James Robinson
2025	Louder Than Hunger	John Schu	Jeff Ebner, John Schu
2025	One Big Open Sky	Lesa Cline-Ransome	Crystal Clarke, Janina Edwards, Emana Rachelle
2025	Skandar and the Chaos Trials	A.F. Steadman	David Dawson
2025	The Secret Garden: Enhanced Edition	Frances Hodgson Burnett; Jeanne Sakata	Jonathan Charles, Shannon Cochran, Full cast
2024	Big Tree	Brian Selznick	Meryl Streep
2024	Elf Dog and Owl Head	M.T. Anderson	Pete Cross
2024	School Trip	Jerry Craft	Dereje Tarrant, Nile Bullock, Full cast
2024	Simon Sort of Says	Erin Bow	Will Collyer
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	The Door of No Return	Kwame Alexander	Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
2023	The Last Mapmaker	Christina Soontornvat	Sura Siu
2023	The Ogress and the Orphans	Kelly Barnhill	Suzanne Toren
2022	Class Act	Jerry Craft	Nile Bullock, Jesus Del Orden, Guy Lockard, Marc Thompson, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, January LaVoy, Phoebe Strole, Jordan Cobb, A.J. Beckles, Robin Miles, Ron Butler, Miles Harvey, Kim Mai Guest, Kyla Garcia, Soneela Nankani
2022	Frankie & Bug	Gayle Forman	Stockard Channing
2022	Stamped (for Kids)	Ibram X. Kendi; Jason Reynolds	Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson
2022	Temple Alley Summer	Sachiko Kashiwaba; Avery Fischer Udagawa	Traci Kato-Kiriyama
2021	Genesis Begins Again	Alicia D. Williams	Alicia D. Williams
2021	King and the Dragonflies	Kacen Callender	Ron Butler
2021	Say Her Name	Zetta Elliott	Channie Waites
2021	Shuri	Nic Stone	Anika Noni Rose
2021	We Dream of Space	Erin Entrada Kelly	Ramon de Ocampo
2020	New Kid	Jerry Craft	Jerry Craft, Jesús del Ordén, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson, Miles Harvey, Ron Butler
2020	Our Castle by the Sea	Lucy Strange	Lucy Strange
2020	Roller Girl	Victoria Jamieson	Almarie Guerra, Full cast
2020	The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise	Dan Gemeinhart	Khristine Hvam
2019	Finding Langston	Lesa Cline-Ransome	Dion Graham
2019	Grenade	Alan Gratz	Todd Haberkorn, Andrew Eiden
2019	Louisiana's Way Home	Kate DiCamillo	Cassandra Morris
2019	The Long-Lost Home	Maryrose Wood	Fiona Hardingham
2019	The Secret of the Nightingale Wood	Lucy Strange	Lucy Strange
2018	Patina	Jason Reynolds	Heather Alicia Simms
2018	Refugee	Alan Gratz	Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
2018	The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora	Pablo Cartaya	Pablo Cartaya
2018	Wedgie & Gizmo	Suzanne Selfors	Johnny Heller, Maxwell Glick
2017	All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook	Leslie Connor	Michael Crouch, Kathleen McInerney
2017	Demon Dentist	David Walliams	David Walliams, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Nitin Ganatra
2017	Hatched	Bruce Coville	Full cast
2017	The Inquisitor's Tale	Adam Gidwitz	Adam Gidwitz, Full cast
2016	Diary of a Mad Brownie	Bruce Coville	Euan Morton, Nancy O'Connor, Amanda Carlin, Scott Sherratt, Full cast
2016	Jump Back, Paul	Sally Derby	Dion Graham, Bahni Turpin
2016	Stella by Starlight	Sharon Draper	Heather Alicia Simms
2016	The Unmapped Sea	Maryrose Wood	Katherine Kellgren
2015	A Snicker of Magic	Natalie Lloyd	Cassandra Morris
2015	How to Catch a Bogle	Catherine Jinks	Mandy Williams
2015	The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw	Christopher Healy	Bronson Pinchot
2015	Unstoppable Octobia May	Sharon G. Flake	Bahni Turpin
2014	A Long Walk to Water	Linda Sue Park	David Baker, Cynthia Bishop
2014	Magic Marks the Spot	Caroline Carlson	Katherine Kellgren
2014	Sugar	Jewell Parker Rhodes	Bahni Turpin
2014	The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp	Kathi Appelt	Lyle Lovett
2013	Splendors and Glooms	Laura Amy Schlitz	Davina Porter
2013	The Cheshire Cheese Cat	Carmen Agra Deedy; Randall Wright	Katherine Kellgren, Robin Sachs
2013	The Freedom Maze	Delia Sherman	Robin Miles
2013	Wonder	R.J. Palacio	Diana Steele, Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd
2012	A Tale Dark and Grimm	Adam Gidwitz	Johnny Heller
2012	Countdown	Deborah Wiles	Emma Galvin
2012	The Flint Heart	Katherine Paterson; John Paterson	Ralph Lister
2012	The Hidden Gallery	Maryrose Wood	Katherine Kellgren
2012	When I Grow Up	Al Yankovic	Al Yankovic
2011	Alchemy and Meggy Swann	Karen Cushman	Katherine Kellgren
2011	Nanny McPhee Returns	Emma Thompson	Emma Thompson
2011	One Crazy Summer	Rita Williams-Garcia	SiSi Aisha Johnson
2011	The Magician's Elephant	Kate DiCamillo	Juliet Stevenson
2010	A Season of Gifts	Richard Peck	Ron McLarty
2010	Lawn Boy	Gary Paulsen	Tom Parks
2010	The Midnight Charter	David Whitley	Simon Vance
2010	Timothy and the Dragon's Gate	Adrienne Kress	Christopher Lane
2009	Fairest	Gail Carson Levine	Sarah Naughton
2009	Nation	Terry Pratchett	Stephen Briggs
2009	One-Handed Catch	Mary Jane Auch	Ryan Sparkes
2009	The Cricket in Times Square	George Selden	Tony Shalhoub
2008	Rosa	Nikki Giovanni	Nikki Giovanni
2008	Skulduggery Pleasant	Derek Landy	Rupert Degas
2008	The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper	Jean Van Leeuwen	Daniel Bostick
2008	The Wednesday Wars	Gary D. Schmidt	Joel Johnstone
2007	Behind the Curtain	Peter Abrahams	Colleen Delaney
2007	Jumping the Scratch	Sarah Weeks	Stephen Spinella
2007	The End	Lemony Snicket	Tim Curry
2007	Two Weeks with the Queen	Morris Gleitzman	Morris Gleitzman
2006	Disney After Dark	Ridley Pearson	Gary Littman
2006	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	J.K. Rowling	Jim Dale
2006	Once	Morris Gleitzman	Morris Gleitzman
2006	The Penultimate Peril	Lemony Snicket	Tim Curry
2006	While I Live	John Marsden	Suzi Doughterty
2005	Dragon Rider	Cornelia Funke	Brendan Fraser
2005	Keesha's House	Helen Frost	Full cast
2005	The Chronicles of Narnia	C.S. Lewis	Kenneth Branagh
2005	The Grim Grotto	Lemony Snicket	Tim Curry
2004	A Corner of the Universe	Ann M. Martin	Judith Ivey
2004	Dear Mr. President: Letters from a Slave Girl	Andrea Davis Pinkney	George Guidall, SiSi Aisha Johnson, Tom Stechshult
2004	Inkheart	Cornelia Funke	Lynn Redgrave
2004	The Misfits	James Howe	Spencer Murphy, Full Cast Family
2003	A Single Shard	Linda Sue Park	Graeme Malcolm
2003	Coraline	Neil Gaiman	Neil Gaiman
2003	Summerland	Michael Chabon	Michael Chabon
2003	Time Stops for No Mouse	Michael Hoeye	Campbell Scott
2002	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Betty Smith	Kate Burton
2002	The Magician's Nephew	C.S. Lewis	Kenneth Branagh
2001	Bud, Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis	James Avery
2001	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J.K. Rowling	Jim Dale
2000	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	J.K. Rowling	Jim Dale
2000	Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits	Humphrey Carpenter	Carole Boyd
1999	Saving Shiloh	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Henry Leyva
1999	The Firework-Maker's Daughter	Philip Pullman	Nigel Lambert
1998	Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper	John R. Erickson	John R. Erickson
1998	The Amber Brown Collection	Paula Danziger	Alicia Witt
1997	Stellaluna	Janell Cannon	David Holt
1997	The Golden Compass	Philip Pullman	Natasha Richardson
1996	Octopus Lady and Crow	Johnny Moses	Johnny Moses
1996	Toy Story Read-Along	Walt Disney Productions	Full cast

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