The Audie Award for Best Male Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration by a man released in a given year. Before 2016 the award was given as the Audie Award for Male Solo Narration. It has been awarded since 1998, when it superseded the Audie Award for Solo Narration.

Winners and finalists

1990s

Year of Release Audiobook Author Narrator Audiobook Publisher
1998[1]
3rd 		American Pastoral (1997) Philip Roth Ron Silver Dove Audio
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1997) Walter Mosley Paul Winfield Dove Audio
The Classic Pooh Treasury: Volume 3 (1926–1928) A. A. Milne Peter Dennis K-tel International USA
1999[2]
4th 		City of Darkness (1976) Ben Bova Harlan Ellison Dove Audio
Cloudsplitter (1998) Russell Banks George DelHoyo Audio Literature
The Men of Brewster Place (1999) Gloria Naylor Joe Morton Simon & Schuster Audio

2000s

Year of Release Audiobook Author(s) Narrator Audiobook Publisher
2000
5th 		The Fencing Master (1988) Arturo Perez-Reverte Michael York NewStar Media, Inc.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) Mark Twain Patrick Fraley The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
2001
6th 		Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) J. K. Rowling Jim Dale Random House Audio
Boone's Lick (2000) Larry McMurtry Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Code to Zero (2000) Ken Follett George Guidall Recorded Books
2002
7th 		Coldheart Canyon (2001) Clive Barker Frank Muller HarperAudio
The Bad Beginning (1999) Lemony Snicket Tim Curry Listening Library
The Magician of Lublin (1960) Isaac Bashevis Singer Larry Keith Jewish Contemporary Classics
2003
8th 		Tishomingo Blues (2002) Elmore Leonard Frank Muller Recorded Books
The Beach House (2002) James Patterson and Peter de Jonge Gil Bellows Time Warner AudioBooks
Mortal Prey (2002) John Sandford Richard Ferrone Putnam Berkley Audio
Pale Horse Coming (2001) Stephen Hunter William Dufris BBC Audiobooks America
Street Boys (2002) Lorenzo Carcaterra Joe Mantegna Random House Audio
2004
9th 		Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Don Quixote (1615) Miguel de Cervantes (trans. Edith Grossman) George Guidall Recorded Books
Fear Itself (2003) Walter Mosley Don Cheadle Time Warner AudioBooks
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) J. K. Rowling Jim Dale Listening Library
Oryx and Crake (2003) Margaret Atwood Campbell Scott Random House Audio
2005
10th 		Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Jim Dale Brilliance Audio
The Breathtaker (2003) Alice Blanchard Peter Coyote Time Warner AudioBooks
The Enemy (2004) Lee Child Dick Hill Brilliance Audio
I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004) Tom Wolfe Dylan Baker Audio Renaissance
Shoot the Moon (2004) Billie Letts Lou Diamond Phillips Time Warner AudioBooks
2006[3]
11th 		Moby-Dick (1851) Herman Melville William Hootkins Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd
Assassin (2004) Ted Bell John Shea Brilliance Audio
One Shot (2005) Lee Child Dick Hill Brilliance Audio
Shibumi (1979) Trevanian Joe Barrett Blackstone Audio
The Shining (1977) Stephen King Campbell Scott Simon & Schuster Audio
2007[4]
12th 		Peter and the Shadow Thieves (2006) Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Jim Dale Brilliance Audio
Shantaram (2003) Gregory David Roberts Humphrey Bower Blackstone Audio
The Dead Yard (2006) Adrian McKinty Gerard Doyle Blackstone Audio
The Old Man and the Sea (1952) Ernest Hemingway Donald Sutherland Simon & Schuster Audio
War and Peace Vol. 1 (1869) Leo Tolstoy Neville Jason Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.
2008[5][1]
13th 		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) J. K. Rowling Jim Dale Random House Audio/Listening Library
Catch-22 (1961) Joseph Heller Jay O. Sanders HarperAudio/Caedmon
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (2007) David Halberstam Edward Herrmann Hyperion Audiobooks
The Long Walk (1956) Sławomir Rawicz John Rafter Lee Blackstone Audio
2009[6][7]
14th 		The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) Alexandre Dumas John Rafter Lee Blackstone Audio
Lush Life (2008) Richard Price Bobby Cannavale Macmillan Audio
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2008) Garth Stein Christopher Evan Welch HarperAudio
The Silver Swan (2008) Benjamin Black Timothy Dalton Macmillan Audio
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008) David Wroblewski Richard Poe Recorded Books
The White Tiger (2008) Aravind Adiga John Rafter Lee Tantor Audio

2010s

Year of Release Audiobook Author(s) Narrator Audiobook Publisher
2010[8]
15th 		Great Expectations (1860–1861) Charles Dickens Charlton Griffin Audio Connoisseur
A Christmas Carol (1843) Charles Dickens Charlton Griffin Audio Connoisseur
The Birthing House (2008) Christopher Ransom Edward Herrmann Blackstone Audio
Jesus' Son (1992) Denis Johnson Will Patton Macmillan Audio
Beat the Reaper (2009) Josh Bazell Robert Petkoff Hachette Audio
2011[9]
16th 		Zorgamazoo (2008) Robert Paul Weston Alan Cumming Penguin Audio
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes: Volume II (1887–1927) Arthur Conan Doyle Charlton Griffin Audio Connoisseur
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2007) Mathias Malzieu Jim Dale Blackstone Audio
Innocent (2010) Scott Turow Edward Herrmann Hachette Audio
Every Man Dies Alone (1947) Hans Fallada George Guidall Recorded Books
2012[10][11]
17th 		The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy (2010) Mark Logue and Peter Conradi Simon Vance Tantor Audio
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes: Volume III (1887–1927) Arthur Conan Doyle Charlton Griffin Audio Connoisseur
Going to Meet the Man (1965) James Baldwin Dion Graham AudioGO
Hard Magic (2011) Larry Correia Bronson Pinchot Audible
Heart of Darkness (1899) Joseph Conrad Kenneth Branagh Audible
2013[12]
18th 		Beautiful Ruins (2012) Jess Walter Edoardo Ballerini HarperAudio
The Absolutist (2011) John Boyne Michael Maloney Tantor Audio
Being There (1970) Jerzy Kosinski Dustin Hoffman Audible
The End of the Affair (1951) Graham Greene Colin Firth Audible
The Tao of Pooh (1982) Benjamin Hoff Simon Vance Tantor Audio
2014[13]
19th 		The Goldfinch (2013) Donna Tartt David Pittu Hachette Audio
Dimension of Miracles (1968) Robert Sheckley John Hodgman Audible
Doctor Sleep (2013) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Frankenstein (1818) Mary Shelley Dan Stevens Audible
In a Glass Grimmly (2012) Adam Gidwitz Johnny Heller Recorded Books
Warbound (2013) Larry Correia Bronson Pinchot Audible
2015[14]
20th 		The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw (2012) Christopher Healy Bronson Pinchot HarperAudio
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (2014) A. J. Hartley and David Hewson Richard Armitage Audible
The Martian (2011) Andy Weir R. C. Bray Podium Publishing
Mr. Mercedes (2014) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
The Other Story (2013) Tatiana de Rosnay Simon Vance Macmillan Audio
Radiance of Tomorrow (2014) Ishmael Beah Dion Graham Macmillan Audio
2016[15]
21st 		Gabriel Allon: The English Spy (2015) Daniel Silva George Guidall HarperAudio
Breakfast of Champions (1973) Kurt Vonnegut John Malkovich Audible
Classic Love Poems (2015) Various Richard Armitage Audible
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (2015) Erik Larson Scott Brick Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio
Finders Keepers (2015) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Jurassic Park (1990) Michael Crichton Scott Brick Brilliance Audio
2017[16]
22nd 		Jerusalem (2016) Alan Moore Simon Vance Recorded Books
Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff (2016) Sean Penn Sean Penn Audible
End of Watch (2016) Stephen King Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
The Last Tribe (2015) Brad Manuel Scott Brick Podium Publishing
The Purloined Poodle (2016) Kevin Hearne Luke Daniels Kevin Hearne/ACX
Underground Airlines (2016) Ben H. Winters William DeMeritt Hachette Audio
2018[17]
23rd 		Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016) Trevor Noah Trevor Noah Audible
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (2017) Mackenzi Lee Christian Coulson HarperAudio
Glass Houses (2017) Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Agatha Christie Kenneth Branagh HarperAudio
Sherlock Holmes (1887–1927) Arthur Conan Doyle (with Stephen Fry) Stephen Fry Audible
2019[18]
24th 		Watchers (1987) Dean Koontz Edoardo Ballerini Brilliance Audio
The Devil's Half Mile (2018) Paddy Hirsch Euan Morton Macmillan Audio
Harry Clarke (2017) David Cale Billy Crudup Audible
Pet Sematary (1983) Stephen King Michael C. Hall Simon & Schuster Audio
Threadbare: Stuff and Nonsense (2017) Andrew Seiple Tim Gerard Reynolds Podium Publishing

2020s

Year of Release Audiobook Author Narrator Audiobook Publisher
2020[19]
25th 		Kingdom of the Blind (2018) Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
The Dutch House (2019) Ann Patchett Tom Hanks HarperAudio
Everything Is Illuminated (2002) Jonathan Safran Foer Robert Petkoff Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Nickel Boys (2019) Colson Whitehead JD Jackson Penguin Random House Audio
Watership Down (1972) Richard Adams Peter Capaldi Blackstone Audio
2021[20]
26th 		The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (1965) Malcolm X and Alex Haley Laurence Fishburne Audible
All the Devils Are Here (2020) Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
The Glimme Emily Rodda and Marc McBride Andrew Scott Bolinda Audio
A Man Called Ove (2012) Fredrik Backman with Henning Koch (trans.) J. K. Simmons Simon & Schuster Audio
Squeeze Me (2020) Carl Hiaasen Scott Brick Penguin Random House Audio
2022[21]
27th 		Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (2021) Benjamin Alire Sáenz Lin-Manuel Miranda Simon & Schuster Audio
The Didomenico Fragment Amor Towles John Lithgow Audible Originals
Legends of the North Cascades Jonathan Evison Edoardo Ballerini Workman Audio
The Madness of Crowds Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
The Sweetness of Water (2021) Nathan Harris William DeMeritt Hachette Audio
2023[22]
28th 		Fairy Tale (2022) Stephen King Seth Numrich Simon & Schuster Audio
The Silent Sisters Robert Dugoni Edoardo Ballerini Brilliance Publishing
Narrator Landon Beach Scott Brick Brick By Brick Audiobooks
The Violin Conspiracy William DeMeritt JD Jackson Penguin Random House Audio
Sleepwalk Dan Chaon John Pirhalla Macmillan Audio

References

  1. ^ a b Graff, Keir (June 2, 2008). "Chopin Wins the Audie". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ^ "1999 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  3. ^ "Audie Awards". LincolnLibraries.org. Lincoln City Libraries [NE]. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York". IndependentPublisher.com. Jenkins Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Audie Award Winners of 2008 (partial)". LearnOutLoud.com. No. E-Magazine No. 070. LearnOutLoud, Inc. June 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ Burkey, Mary (May 29, 2009). "2009 Audies Awards". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  7. ^ "The Graveyard Book". Downpour.com. Downpour.com, a division of Blackstone Publishing. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  8. ^ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2010). "Audies Awards 2010". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. ^ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2011). "2011 Audies Award Winners". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  10. ^ Burkey, Mary (June 6, 2012). "#JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Audie Award Winners: Best Audio Books 2012 [Library Staff-created list]". Seattle.Bibliocommons.com. Seattle Quick Picks by The Seattle Public Library. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  12. ^ Burkey, Mary (May 30, 2013). "#Audies 2013". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  18. ^ Katz, Danielle (5 March 2019). "Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019)" (PDF). Audio Publishers Agency (APA). AudioFileMagazine.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020". www.audiopub.org. Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  20. ^ "2021 Audie Awards®". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  21. ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2022". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  22. ^ "2023 Audie Awards Winners". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

External links

Audie Awards
Categories