The Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for an audiobook autobiography or memoir released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2015 when it was broken apart, along with the Audie Award for History or Biography, from the Audie Award for Biography or Memoir (awarded since 2003).
Winners and finalists
edit2010s
edit| Year of Release | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015[1] 20th |
Not My Father's Son (2014) | Alan Cumming | Alan Cumming | HarperAudio |
| Daring: My Passages (2015) | Gail Sheehy | Bernadette Dunne | HarperAudio | |
| Living on Air (2011) | Joe Cipriano and Ann Cipriano | Joe Cipriano | Joe Cipriano Promos | |
| My Life in Middlemarch (2014) | Rebecca Mead | Kate Reading | Blackstone Audio | |
| Yes Please (2014) | Amy Poehler | Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio | |
| 2016[2] 21st |
Ghost Boy (2011) | Martin Pistorius | Simon Bubb | Thomas Nelson/HarperAudio |
| Born with Teeth (2015) | Kate Mulgrew | Kate Mulgrew | Hachette Audio | |
| The Courage to Act | Ben S. Bernanke | Grover Gardner | Brilliance Audio | |
| I Must Say (2014) | Martin Short | Martin Short | HarperAudio | |
| Keep Moving, and Other Tips and Truths About Aging (2015) | Dick Van Dyke | Dick Van Dyke | Blackstone Audio | |
| Travels (1988) | Michael Crichton | Christopher Lane | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2017[3] 22nd |
The Greatest: My Own Story (1975) | Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham | Dion Graham | Graymalkin Media |
| Around the Way Girl (2016) | Taraji P. Henson | Taraji P. Henson | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded (2016) | Hannah Hart | Hannah Hart and Judy Young | HarperAudio | |
| The Rainbow Comes and Goes (2017) | Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt | Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt | HarperAudio | |
| When Breath Becomes Air (2016) | Paul Kalanithi | Sunil Malhotra and Cassandra Campbell | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
| 2018[4] 23rd |
Born to Run (2016) | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017) | Al Franken | Al Franken | Hachette Audio | |
| Born a Crime (2016) | Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah | Audible | |
| Nevertheless (2017) | Alec Baldwin | Alec Baldwin | HarperAudio | |
| We're Going to Need More Wine (2017) | Gabrielle Union | Gabrielle Union | HarperAudio | |
| What Happened (2017) | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2019[5] 24th |
Educated (2018) | Tara Westover | Julia Whelan | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning (2018) | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Audible | |
| In Pieces (2018) | Sally Field | Sally Field | Hachette Audio | |
| Letter to Louis (2018) | Alison White | Eve Webster | Bolinda Audio | |
| Small Fry (2018) | Lisa Brennan-Jobs | Eileen Stevens | Blackstone Audio |
2020s
edit| Year | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
Becoming (2018) | Michelle Obama | Michelle Obama | Penguin Random House Audio | Winner | [6] |
| From Scratch (2019) | Tembi Locke | Tembi Locke | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [6] | |
| Me (2019) | Elton John | Taron Egerton and Elton John | Macmillan Audio | |||
| MotherStruck! (2019) | Staceyann Chin | Staceyann Chin | Audible Originals | |||
| Too Much Is Not Enough (2019) | Andrew Rannells | Andrew Rannells | Penguin Random House Audio | |||
| 2021 26th |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) | Malcolm X and Alex Haley | Laurence Fishburne | Audible | Winner | [7] |
| Becoming Duchess Goldblatt (2020) | Anonymous | Gabra Zackman (feat. J. Smith-Cameron and Lyle Lovett) | HMH Audio | Finalist | [7] | |
| Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend (2009) | Frenchy Brouillette and Matthew Randazzo | Louis Herthum | Sound Off Productions | |||
| Sigh, Gone (2020) | Phuc Tran | Phuc Tran | Macmillan Audio | |||
| Uncanny Valley (2020) | Anna Wiener | Suehyla El-Attar | Macmillan Audio | |||
| 2022 27th |
Somebody's Daughter | Ashley C. Ford | Ashley C. Ford | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [8] |
| Act Like You Got Some Sense | Jamie Foxx, foreword by Corinne Foxx | Jamie Foxx, foreword by Corinne Foxx | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [8] | |
| The Boys | Ron Howard and Clint Howard | Ron Howard, Clint Howard, and Bryce Dallas Howard | HarperAudio | |||
| Fits and Starts: A Memoir of Living with Epilepsy | Franziska Thomas | Tracy Wiles and Franziska Thomas | Almost Tangible | |||
| Listen Mama | M. S. P. Williams | JD Jackson | Souls Take Flight | |||
| 2023
28th |
Unprotected: A Memoir | Billy Porter | Billy Porter | Recorded Books, a division of RBmedia | Winner | |
| The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man | Paul Newman, edited by David Rosenthall | Jeff Daniels, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, John Rubinstein, and Emily Wachtel | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [9][10] | |
| Hello, Molly | Molly Shannon | Molly Shannon | HarperAudio | |||
| Left on Tenth | Delia Ephron | Delia Ephron | Hachette Audio | |||
| Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope | Patrick Dylan | Raúl E. Esparza | Snow Anselmo Press with Girl Friday Productions | |||
| 2024
29th |
Making It So | Patrick Stewart | Patrick Stewart | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [11] |
| Behind the Seams | Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren, and Rebecca Seaver | Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren, and Rebecca Seaver | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [11] | |
| La Finca: Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island | Corky Parker | Corky Parker | Lantern Audio | |||
| Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make it Home | Benjamin Hall | Benjamin Hall | HarperAudio | |||
| A Place for Us | Brandon J. Wolf | Brandon J. Wolf | Brilliance Publishing |
Biography/Memoir winners and finalists 2003–2014
edit2000s
edit| Year of Release | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 8th |
Lucky Man: A Memoir (2002) | Michael J. Fox | Michael J. Fox | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Getting to Know William Shakespeare (2001) | Joy Wake | Patrick Child | Echo Peak Productions | |
| Legacy (2002) | Doc Watson and David Holt | Doc Watson and David Holt | High Windy Audio | |
| Theodore Rex (2001) | Edmund Morris | Harry Chase | Random House Audio | |
| Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See (2002) | Erik Weihenmayer | Nick Sullivan | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | |
| 2004 9th |
The Nazi Officer's Wife (1999) | Edith Hahn Beer | Barbara Rosenblat | Jewish Contemporary Classics |
| A Long Way from Home (2002) | Tom Brokaw | Tom Brokaw | Random House Audio | |
| Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) | Walter Isaacson | Boyd Gaines | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Hannibal: One Man Against Rome (1958) | Harold Lamb | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | |
| My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile (2003) | Isabel Allende | Blair Brown | HarperAudio | |
| 2005 10th |
Chronicles: Volume One (2004) | Bob Dylan | Sean Penn | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Big Russ and Me: Father and Son (2004) | Tim Russert | Tim Russert | Hyperion AudioBooks | |
| Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America (2003) | Firoozeh Dumas | Firoozeh Dumas | Audible | |
| Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure (2002) | Sarah McDonald | Kate Hosking | Bolinda Audio | |
| The House on Beartown Road (2003) | Elizabeth Cohen | Bernadette Dunne | Blackstone Audio | |
| Mornings on Horseback (1981) | David McCullough | Edward Herrmann | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Twelve Caesars (AD 121) | Suetonius | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | |
| 2006[12] 11th |
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (2005) | Ruth Reichl | Ruth Reichl | Random House Audio |
| iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business (2005) | Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon | Alan Sklar, Jeffrey S. Young, and William L. Simon | Penton Overseas | |
| The Tender Bar (2005) | J. R. Moehringer | J. R. Moehringer | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love (2004) | Jim Wooten | Alan Sklar | Tantor Audio | |
| The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) | Joan Didion | Barbara Caruso | HighBridge Audio | |
| 2007[13] 12th |
Teacher Man (2005) | Frank McCourt | Frank McCourt | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Diana: Finally, the Complete Story (2006) | Sarah Bradford | Katie Kellgren | Penguin Audio | |
| Dispatches from the Edge (2006) | Anderson Cooper | Anderson Cooper | HarperAudio | |
| Elizabeth (2006) | J. Randy Taraborrelli | Lynne Maclean | Hachette Audio | |
| Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship (2006) | David Kindred | Dick Hill | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Great Escape (2006) | Kati Marton | Anna Fields | Tantor Audio | |
| 2008[14][15] 13th |
Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007) | Walter Isaacson | Edward Herrmann | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| My Lobotomy (2007) | Howard Dully and Charles Fleming | Johnny Heller | Tantor Audio | |
| Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography (2007) | David Michaelis | Holter Graham | HarperAudio | |
| Shakespeare: The World As Stage (2007) | Bill Bryson | Bill Bryson | HarperAudio | |
| Tearing Down the Wall of Sound (2008) | Mick Brown | Ray Porter | Blackstone Audio | |
| 2009[16][17] 14th |
The Last Lecture (2008) | Randy Pausch | Erik Singer | HyperionAudio |
| Black Wave: A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster (2008) | John and Jean Silverwood and Malcolm McConnell | Carrington MacDuffie and Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Legs Are the Last to Go (2008) | Diahann Carroll | Diahann Carroll | HarperAudio | |
| The Middle Place (2005) | Kelly Corrigan | Tavia Gilbert | Blackstone Audio | |
| Waiter Rant (2008) | Steve Dublanica | Dan John Miller | Brilliance Audio |
2010s
edit| Year of Release | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010[18] 15th |
Anne Frank Remembered (1987) | Miep Gies and Leslie Gold | Barbara Rosenblat | Oasis Audio |
| The Golden Willow (2009) | Harry Bernstein | Mike Kellogg | Oasis Audio | |
| The Secret Holocaust Diaries (2009) | Nonna Bannisterand Denise George | Rebecca Gallagher | Oasis Audio | |
| True Compass (2009) | Edward Kennedy | John Bedford Lloyd | Hachette Audio | |
| Valkyrie (2009) | Philipp Freiherr von Boeselagerand Florence and Jérôme Fehrenbach | Michael Prichard | Tantor Audio | |
| 2011[19] 16th |
Life (2010) | Keith Richards | Johnny Deppand Joe Hurley | Hachette Audio |
| The Slave Across the Street (2010) | Theresa Flores | Renee Raudman | ChristianAudio | |
| Somewhere Inside (2010) | Lisa Ling and Laura Ling | Lisa Ling and Laura Ling | HarperAudio | |
| This Time Together (2010) | Carol Burnett | Carol Burnett | Random House Audio | |
| Abigail Adams: A Life (2009) | Woody Holton | Cassandra Campbell | Tantor Audio | |
| 2012[20][21] 17th |
Bossypants (2011) | Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio |
| The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love (2010) | Kristin Kimball | Tavia Gilbert | Tantor Audio | |
| Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (2011) | Michael Moore | Michael Moore | Hachette Audio | |
| My Dog Tulip (1956) | J. R. Ackerley | Ralph Cosham | Blackstone Audio | |
| Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever (2011) | Luis Carlos Montalvan | Luis Carlos Montalvan | Audible | |
| 2013[22] 18th |
The Seamstress (1999) | Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton, and Marlene Bernstein Samuels | Wanda McCaddon | Tantor Audio |
| Cronkite (2012) | Douglas Brinkley | George Guidall | HarperAudio | |
| Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey (2011) | Fiona Aitken, Lady Carnarvon | Wanda McCaddon | Tantor Audio | |
| My Cross to Bear (2012) | Gregg Allman and Alan Light | Will Patton | HarperAudio | |
| Two Rings: A Story of Love and War (2012) | Millie Werber and Eve Keller | Yelena Shmulenson and Eve Keller | HighBridge Audio | |
| 2014[23] 19th |
The Elephant Whisperer (2009) | Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence | Simon Vance | Tantor Audio |
| [sic]: A Memoir (2011) | Joshua Cody | Edoardo Ballerini | Audible | |
| My Beloved World (1992) | Sonia Sotomayor | Rita Moreno | Random House Audio/Books on Tape | |
| World on a String (2012) | John Pizzarelli | Joseph Cosgriff | Audible | |
| I Am Malala (2013) | Malala Yousafzai | Archie Panjabi | Hachette Audio |
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