The best science fiction audiobooks, by award record: every Audie Science Fiction winner

Looking for a science fiction audiobook that's actually worth a credit? This is the complete record of the Audie Award's Science Fiction category — 24 winners from 2003 to 2026, the audiobook industry's own pick for the best science fiction production of each year. The most recent winner is Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer, narrated by Ray Porter, Marin Ireland, Stephanie Sheh.

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

Year	Narrator	Audiobook	Author
2026	Ray Porter, Marin Ireland, Stephanie Sheh	Simultaneous	Eric Heisserer
2025	Miranda Raison	The Book of Doors	Gareth Brown
2024	Kristin Atherton	Cassandra in Reverse	Holly Smale
2023	Scott Brick, Suzanne Elise Freeman	Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc.	Ash Bishop
2022	Ray Porter	Project Hail Mary	Andy Weir
2021	Daveed Diggs	The Deep	Rivers Solomon et al.
2020	Jason Isaacs	Emergency Skin	N. K. Jemisin
2019	Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, full cast	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase	Douglas Adams
2018	Adjoa Andoh	Provenance	Ann Leckie
2017	Marc Thompson	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Alan Dean Foster
2016	Scott Brick	Jurassic Park	Michael Crichton
2015	R. C. Bray	The Martian	Andy Weir
2014	Grover Gardner	Captain Vorpatril's Alliance	Lois McMaster Bujold
2013	Emily Rankin	The Age of Miracles	Karen Thompson Walker
2012	Phil Gigante	The Stainless Steel Rat	Harry Harrison
2011	Adele Park, Susan Paige Lane, full cast	Jitters	Adele Parks
2010	Kate Reading	Bellwether	Connie Willis
2009	Jonathan Davis, Robert J. Sawyer	Calculating God	Robert J. Sawyer
2008	Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin	Dune	Frank Herbert
2007	Andy Paris, Jeff Woodman	Stolen Child	Keith Donohue
2006	Simon Vance	Market Forces	Richard K. Morgan
2005	Stefan Rudnicki	Lost Boys	Orson Scott Card
2004	Stephen Briggs	Monstrous Regiment	Terry Pratchett
2003	Scott Brick	Dune: The Butlerian Jihad	Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Most-awarded science fiction narrators

Scott Brick (4 wins) · Ray Porter (2 wins) · Simon Vance (2 wins).

Most-awarded science fiction authors

Andy Weir (2 wins).

Every Audie Science Fiction finalist (the full nominee record)

The Audie Science Fiction 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)
2026	All-Star Superman	Grant Morrison; Frank Quitely	Marc Thompson, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Jessica Almasy, Matthew Amendt, Pete Bradbury, Scott Brick, Brennan Brown, Will Damron, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Lauren Ezzo, Robert Fass, James Fouhey, Todd Haberkorn, Neil Hellegers, Dominic Hoffman, Đavid Lee Huỳnh, Joshua Kane, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Ray Porter, Salli Saffioti, Catherine Taber, Oliver Wyman
2026	Flybot	Dennis E. Taylor	Ray Porter
2026	New Arcadia: Judgment Day	Eric Jason Martin	Eric Jason Martin, Robert Patrick, Matthew Mercer, Erika Ishii, Sam Riegel, Dave Fennoy, Marin Ireland, January LaVoy, James Urbaniak, Emily Woo Zeller, full cast
2026	The Dark Forest	Cixin Liu	Jess Hong
2026	The Two Lies of Faven Sythe	Megan E. O'Keefe	Zara Ramm
2025	Frontier	Grace Curtis	Aven Shore
2025	Lake of Souls	Ann Leckie	Adjoa Andoh
2025	Mal Goes to War	Edward Ashton	John Pirhalla, Katharine Chin
2025	System Collapse	Martha Wells	Kevin R. Free
2024	Dual Memory	Sue Burke	Santana André
2024	The Deep Sky	Yume Kitasei	Skaer Sarah
2024	The World We Make	N. K. Jemisin	Robin Miles
2024	Wool	Hugh Howey	Ballerini Edoardo
2023	How High We Go in the Dark	Sequoia Nagamatsu	Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, Jason Culp
2023	No Kindness Too Soon	Sylvain Neuvel	Melanie Nicholls-King, Deepti Gupta, Neil Hellegers, Gabriel Vaughan, Kathy Searle, Imani Jade Powers, Nicolette Chin, Gopal Divan, Garrett Michael Brown
2023	NOOR	Nnedi Okorafor	Délé Ogundiran
2023	YMIR	Rich Larson	Alan Medcroft
2022	Day Zero	C. Robert Cargill	Vikas Adam
2022	Orphan Wars	Scott Moon; J.N. Chaney	Luke Daniels
2022	Pastel Pink	Nikki Minty	Khristine Hvam, James Patrick Cronin, Jodie Harris
2022	Ready Player Two	Ernest Cline	Wil Wheaton
2021	Aliens: Phalanx	Scott Sigler	Bronson Pinchot
2021	Axiom's End	Lindsay Ellis	Stephanie Willis, Abigail Thorn
2021	Heaven's River	Dennis E. Taylor	Ray Porter
2021	Ruins of the Galaxy	J. N. Chaney; Christopher Hopper	R. C. Bray
2021	Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising	Timothy Zahn	Marc Thompson
2020	Hollow Kingdom	Kira Jane Buxton	Robert Petkoff
2020	Permafrost	Alastair Reynolds	Natasha Soudek
2020	The Last Astronaut	David Wellington	Megan Tusing
2020	The Lesson	Cadwell Turnbull	Ron Butler, Janina Edwards
2019	Artemis	Andy Weir	Rosario Dawson
2019	Black Star Renegades	Michael Moreci	Dan Bittner
2019	Head On	John Scalzi	Wil Wheaton
2019	Planetside	Michael Mammay	R. C. Bray
2018	Battlefront II: Inferno Squad	Christie Golden	Janina Gavankar
2018	New York 2140	Kim Stanley Robinson	Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, full cast
2018	The Stone Sky	N. K. Jemisin	Robin Miles
2018	The X Files: Cold Cases	Joe Harris; Chris Carter; Dirk Maggs	David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, full cast
2017	Crosstalk	Connie Willis	Mia Barron
2017	Sleeping Giants	Sylvain Neuvel	Andy Secombe, Eric Meyers, full cast
2017	The Book of the Unnamed Midwife	Meg Elison	Angela Dawe
2017	The Dispatcher	John Scalzi	Zachary Quinto
2016	Ancillary Mercy	Ann Leckie	Adjoa Andoh
2016	Aurora	Kim Stanley Robinson	Ali Ahn
2016	Golden Son	Pierce Brown	Tim Gerard Reynolds
2016	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!	Tom Angleberger	Marc Thompson
2015	Dark Eden	Chris Beckett	Matthew Frow, Jayne Entwistle, full cast
2015	Lock In	John Scalzi	Wil Wheaton, Amber Benson, full cast
2015	The Beam: Season 1	Sean Platt; Johnny B. Truant	Johnny Heller, Tara Sands, full cast
2015	The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August	Claire North	Peter Kenny
2014	Extinction Machine	Jonathan Maberry	Ray Porter
2014	MaddAddam	Margaret Atwood	Bernadette Dunn, Bob Walter, Robbie Daymond
2014	Protector	C. J. Cherryh	Daniel Thomas May
2014	Shaman	Kim Stanley Robinson	Graeme Malcolm
2014	The Martian	Andy Weir	R. C. Bray
2013	14	Peter Clines	Ray Porter
2013	Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess	Phil Foglio; Kaja Foglio	Angela Dawe
2013	Invincible	Jack Campbell	Christian Rummel
2013	Pure	Julianna Baggott	Julianna Baggott, Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Collins, Casey Holloway
2012	Black Magic Sanction	Kim Harrison	Marguerite Gavin
2012	Feed	Mira Grant	Paula Christensen, Jesse Bernstein
2012	Halo: Evolutions	Tobias Buckell; Jonathan Goff; et al.	Steve Downes, Holter Graham, Frank O'Connor, Jen Taylor
2012	The Day of the Triffids	John Wyndham	Graeme Malcolm
2012	Watch	Robert J. Sawyer	Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, Jennifer Van Dyck, Robert J. Sawyer
2011	Great Classic Science Fiction	H. G. Wells; Stanley G. Weinbaum; et al.	Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, et al.
2011	Room	Emma Donoghue	Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren
2011	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf
2011	The Shadow Effect	Deepak Chopra; Debbie Ford; Marianne Williamson	Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, Marianne Williamson
2010	Kushiel's Dart	Jacqueline Carey	Anne Flosnik
2010	Kushiel's Scion	Jacqueline Carey	Simon Vance
2010	Podkayne of Mars	Robert A. Heinlein	Emily Janice Card
2010	The Gathering Storm	Robert Jordan; Brandon Sanderson	Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
2009	Childhood's End	Arthur C. Clarke	Erich Michael Summerer
2009	Ghost Radio	Leopoldo Gout	Pedro Pascal
2009	Skybreaker	Kenneth Oppel	David Kelly
2009	Sunrise Alley	Catherine Asaro	Hillary Huber
2008	Ravens of Avalon	Diana L. Paxson	Lorna Raver
2008	Selections from Dreamsongs 1	George R. R. Martin	Claudia Black, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick, Roy Dotrice, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, Adrian Paul
2008	The Draco Tavern	Larry Niven	Tom Weiner
2008	The Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Jack Finney	Kristoffer Tabori
2007	Callahan's Legacy	Spider Robinson	Spider Robinson
2007	Street Magic	Tamora Pierce	Bruce Coville, full cast
2007	The Incredible Shrinking Man	Richard Matheson	Yuri Rasovsky
2007	Voyagers	Ben Bova	Stefan Rudnicki
2006	Dragonsblood	Todd McCaffrey	Dick Hill
2006	Shadow of the Giant	Orson Scott Card	David Birney, Scott Brick, full cast
2006	The Rolling Stones	Robert A. Heinlein	David Baker
2006	The Vor Game	Lois McMaster Bujold	Grover Gardner
2005	Brimstone	Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois
2005	Horizon Storms	Kevin J. Anderson	George Guidall
2005	The Consciousness Plague	Paul Levinson	Mark Shanahan
2005	The Quantum Rose	Catherine Asaro	Anna Fields
2004	Darwin's Children	Greg Bear	Scott Brick
2004	Dune: The Machine Crusade	Brian Herbert; Kevin J. Anderson	Scott Brick
2004	Still Life with Crows	Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois
2004	The Callahan Chronicles	Spider Robinson	Barrett Whitener
2003	Catch the Lightning	Catherine Asaro	Anna Fields
2003	The Fifth Sorceress	Robert Newcomb	John Lee
2003	The Pillars of Creation	Terry Goodkind	Jim Bond
2003	Thief of Time	Terry Pratchett	Stephen Briggs

The rare double winner

Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, narrated by Ray Porter, won BOTH this category and the overall Audiobook of the Year in 2022 — the only title in this index to take a genre prize and the top prize in the same year.

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