The best mystery audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Mystery winner

Looking for a mystery audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Mystery category — 30 winners from 1997 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best mystery production of each year. The most recent winner is Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben, narrated by ensemble cast.

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

Year	Narrator	Audiobook	Author
2026	ensemble cast	Gone Before Goodbye	Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben
2025	Will Damron, January LaVoy	Listen for the Lie	Amy Tintera
2024	Eunice Wong	Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers	Jesse Q. Sutanto
2023	Ed Harris	The Heron	Don Winslow
2022	Seth Numrich	Later	Stephen King
2021	Peter Giles, Zach Villa	Fair Warning	Michael Connelly
2020	Peter Noble	The Chestnut Man	Søren Sveistrup
2019	Simon Vance	The Punishment She Deserves	Elizabeth George
2018	Simon Vance	The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye	David Lagercrantz
2017	Titus Welliver	The Crossing	Michael Connelly
2016	Robert Glenister	Career of Evil	Robert Galbraith
2015	Robert Glenister	The Silkworm	Robert Galbraith
2014	Grover Gardner	Unleashed	David Rosenfelt
2013	Ralph Cosham	The Beautiful Mystery	Louise Penny
2012	Will Patton	Feast Day of Fools	James Lee Burke
2011	Peter Giles	The Reversal	Michael Connelly
2010	Michael Boatman	Devil in a Blue Dress	Walter Mosley
2009	Grover Gardner	The Voice of the Violin	Andrea Camilleri
2008	Will Patton	The Tin Roof Blowdown	James Lee Burke
2007	Len Cariou	Echo Park	Michael Connelly
2006	Barbara Peters	The Serpent on the Crown	Elizabeth Peters
2005	Boyd Gaines, Michele Pawk, Fredrick Weller	Twisted	Jeffery Deaver
2004	Len Cariou	Lost Light	Michael Connelly
2003	Will Patton	Jolie Blon's Bounce	James Lee Burke
2002	Steven Weber	Tell No One	Harlan Coben
2001	Ron McLarty	The Naked Detective	Laurence Shames
2000	Robert Powell	The Breaker	Minette Walters
1999	Martin Jarvis	The Third Man	Graham Greene
1998	Patrick Malahide	Vintage Crime Stories	Charles Dickens et al.
1997	David Suchet	The Mysterious Affair at Styles	Agatha Christie

Most-awarded mystery narrators

Will Patton (3 wins) · Peter Giles (2 wins) · Simon Vance (2 wins) · Robert Glenister (2 wins) · Grover Gardner (2 wins) · Len Cariou (2 wins).

Most-awarded mystery authors

Michael Connelly (5 wins) · James Lee Burke (3 wins) · Robert Galbraith (2 wins).

Every Audie Mystery finalist (the full nominee record)

The Audie Mystery category names finalists alongside each winner. These 113 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	Gray Dawn	Walter Mosley	Michael Boatman, Walter Mosley
2026	Secret Sister	Sarah A. Denzil	Jessica Gunning, Sacha Dhawan, Joanne Froggatt, Nathaniel Curtis, Hopi Grace
2026	The Queens of Crime	Marie Benedict	Bessie Carter
2026	Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)	Jesse Q. Sutanto	Eunice Wong
2025	Rough Pages	Lev A. C. Rosen	Vikas Adam
2025	Still See You Everywhere	Lisa Gardner	Hillary Huber
2025	The Midnight Feast	Lucy Foley	Joe Eyre, Sarah Slimani, Roly Botha, Laurence Dobiesz, Tuppence Middleton
2025	This Is Why We Lied	Karin Slaughter	Kathleen Early
2024	A Line in the Sand	Kevin Powers	Christine Lakin
2024	A World of Curiosities	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst
2024	Murder Your Employer	Rupert Holmes	Neil Patrick Harris, Simon Vance
2024	The Golden Gate	Amy Chua	Robb Moreira, Tim Campbell, Suzanne Toren
2023	Suspect	Scott Turow	Helen Laser
2023	The Bangalore Detectives Club	Harini Nagendra	Soneela Nankani
2023	The Maid	Nita Prose	Lauren Ambrose
2023	The Murder of Mr. Wickham	Claudia Gray	Billie Fulford-Brown
2022	Murder in Old Bombay	Nev March	Vikas Adam
2022	The Bucket List	Peter Mohlin, Peter Nystrom	Dion Graham
2022	The Man in the Brown Suit	Agatha Christie	Gabrielle de Cuir, John Lee
2022	The Midnight Man	Caroline Mitchell	Emma Gregory, Elliot Fitzpatrick
2021	A Bad Day for Sunshine	Darynda Jones	Lorelei King
2021	Confessions on the 7:45	Lisa Unger	Vivienne Leheny
2021	The Guest List	Lucy Foley	Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble, Aoife McMahon, Jot Davies
2021	Trouble Is What I Do	Walter Mosley	Dion Graham
2020	Along Came a Spider: 25th Anniversary Edition	James Patterson	Taye Diggs
2020	The Boy	Tami Hoag	Hillary Huber
2020	The Lost Man	Jane Harper	Stephen Shanahan
2020	The New Iberia Blues	James Lee Burke	Will Patton
2019	Lethal White	Robert Galbraith	Robert Glenister
2019	The Mystery of Three Quarters	Sophie Hannah	Julian Rhind-Tutt
2019	The Tuscan Child	Rhys Bowen	Jonathan Keeble, Katy Sobey
2019	Wild Fire	Ann Cleeves	Kenny Blyth
2018	Glass Houses	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst
2018	Magpie Murders	Anthony Horowitz	Samantha Bond
2018	On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren
2018	Telling Tales	Ann Cleeves	Julia Franklin
2017	A Great Reckoning	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst
2017	Crimson Shore	Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois
2017	IQ	Joe Ide	Sullivan Jones
2017	The Heavens May Fall	Allen Eskens	R. C. Bray, David Colacci, Amy McFadden
2016	All the Old Knives	Olen Steinhauer	Ari Fliakos, Juliana Francis Kelly
2016	Corrupted	Lisa Scottoline	Kate Burton
2016	Gun Street Girl	Adrian McKinty	Gerard Doyle
2016	Malice at the Palace	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren
2016	The Nature of the Beast	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst
2015	Hounded	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner
2015	Malice	Keigo Higashino	Jeff Woodman
2015	Missing You	Harlan Coben	January LaVoy
2015	Providence Rag	Bruce DeSilva	Jeff Woodman
2015	The Dead Will Tell	Linda Castillo	Kathleen McInerney
2014	Death and the Lit Chick	G. M. Malliet	Davina Porter
2014	He's Gone	Deb Caletti	Cassandra Campbell
2014	Heirs and Graces	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren
2014	Rage Against the Dying	Becky Masterman	Judy Kaye
2014	The Enemy of My Enemy	Richard Bard	R. C. Bray
2013	And When She Was Good	Laura Lippman	Linda Emond
2013	Hush Money	Chuck Greaves	Dan Butler
2013	The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas	Chris Ewan	Simon Vance
2013	The Nightmare	Lars Kepler	Mark Bramhall
2012	Naughty in Nice	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren
2012	One Dog Night	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner
2012	Return to Marshall's Bayou	S. H. Baker	Full cast
2012	Rogue Island	Bruce DeSilva	Jeff Woodman
2011	Dog Tags	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner
2011	Her Royal Spyness	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren
2011	Our Kind of Traitor	John le Carré	Robin Sachs
2011	The Dead Room	Chris Mooney	Regina Reagan
2011	This Body of Death	Elizabeth George	John Lee
2010	Black Money	Ross Macdonald	Grover Gardner
2010	Revelation	C. J. Sansom	Steven Crossley
2010	The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume I	Arthur Conan Doyle	Charlton Griffin
2010	The Dying Breed	Declan Hughes	Stanley Townsend
2009	A Killing Frost	R. D. Wingfield	Stephen Thorne
2009	Cross	Ken Bruen	Gerry O'Brien
2009	Swan Peak	James Lee Burke	Will Patton
2009	The Silver Swan	Benjamin Black	Timothy Dalton
2008	A Fatal Grace	Louise Penny	Ralph Cosham
2008	Hollywood Station	Joseph Wambaugh	Adam Grupper
2008	Thunder Bay	William Kent Krueger	Buck Schirmer
2008	Up in Honey's Room	Elmore Leonard	Arliss Howard
2007	A Field of Darkness	Cornelia Read	Hilary Huber
2007	Dark Tort	Diane Mott Davidson	Elizabeth Marvel
2007	Dead Center	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner
2007	Definitely Dead	Charlaine Harris	Johanna Parker
2007	The Crimes of Jordan Wise	Bill Pronzini	Richard Ferrone
2006	Away with the Fairies	Kerry Greenwood	Stephanie Daniel
2006	Hidden River	Adrian McKinty	Gerard Doyle
2006	One Dangerous Lady	Jane Stanton Hitchcock	Barbara Rosenblat
2006	The Hot Kid	Elmore Leonard	Arliss Howard
2005	Brimstone	Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois
2005	Double Homicide	Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman	John Rubinstein, Lou Diamond Phillips
2005	Hark!	Ed McBain	Ron McLarty
2005	The Man in My Basement	Walter Mosley	Ernie Hudson
2004	A Fine Dark Line	Joe R. Lansdale	Dick Hill
2004	Bangkok 8	John Burdett	B. D. Wong
2004	Fear Itself	Walter Mosley	Don Cheadle
2004	The Last Detective	Robert Crais	James Daniels
2003	"Q" Is for Quarry	Sue Grafton	Judy Kaye
2003	Rumpole's Return	John Mortimer	Robert Hardy
2003	The Diviner's Son	Gary Crew	Michael Veitch
2003	Tishomingo Blues	Elmore Leonard	Paul Rudd
2002	The Blue Nowhere	Jeffery Deaver	William Dufris
2002	The Vendetta Defense	Lisa Scottoline	Barbara Rosenblat
2001	Hugger Mugger	Robert B. Parker	Joe Mantegna
2001	Moment of Truth	Lisa Scottoline	Barbara Rosenblat
2000	"O" Is for Outlaw	Sue Grafton	Kevin Hearne
2000	Prayers for Rain	Dennis Lehane	Thomas J. S. Brown
1999	Black Coffee	Agatha Christie	Alexandra Thomas
1999	The Job	Douglas Kennedy	John Slattery
1998	Cimarron Rose	James Lee Burke	Will Patton
1998	Red Harvest	Dashiell Hammett	William Dufris
1997	"M" Is for Malice	Sue Grafton	Judy Kaye
1997	Cadillac Jukebox	James Lee Burke	Will Patton

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