Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir

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

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2010s

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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

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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

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2000s

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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

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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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