Audie Award for Science Fiction

The Audie Award for Science Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a science-fiction audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 2003.

Winners and finalists

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Winners are listed first each year and are highlighted in green.

2000s

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Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2003[1]
8th
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002) Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Scott Brick Books on Tape Winner [2]
Catch the Lightning (1998) Catherine Asaro Anna Fields Blackstone Audio Finalist
The Fifth Sorceress (2002) Robert Newcomb John Lee Books on Tape Finalist
The Pillars of Creation (2001) Terry Goodkind Jim Bond Brilliance Audio Finalist
Thief of Time (2001) Terry Pratchett Stephen Briggs Ulverscroft Large Print Finalist
2004[3]
9th
Monstrous Regiment (2003) Terry Pratchett Stephen Briggs HarperAudio Winner [2]
Darwin's Children (2003) Greg Bear Scott Brick Books on Tape Finalist
Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003) Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Scott Brick Audio Renaissance Finalist
Still Life with Crows (2003) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child René Auberjonois Time Warner AudioBooks Finalist
The Callahan Chronicles (1988) Spider Robinson Barrett Whitener Blackstone Audio Finalist
2005[4]
10th
Lost Boys (1992) Orson Scott Card Stefan Rudnicki Blackstone Audio Winner [2]
Brimstone (2004) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child René Auberjonois Time Warner AudioBooks Finalist
The Consciousness Plague (2002) Paul Levinson Mark Shanahan Listen & Live Audio Finalist
Horizon Storms (2004) Kevin J. Anderson George Guidall Recorded Books Finalist
The Quantum Rose (2000) Catherine Asaro Anna Fields Blackstone Audio Finalist
2006
11th
Market Forces (2004) Richard K. Morgan Simon Vance Tantor Audio Winner [2]
Dragonsblood (2005) Todd McCaffrey Dick Hill Brilliance Audio Finalist
Shadow of the Giant (2005) Orson Scott Card David Birney, Scott Brick, and full cast Audio Renaissance Finalist
The Rolling Stones (1952) Robert A. Heinlein David Baker Full Cast Audio Finalist
The Vor Game (1990) Lois McMaster Bujold Grover Gardner Blackstone Audio Finalist
2007
12th
Stolen Child (2006) Keith Donohue Andy Paris and Jeff Woodman Recorded Books Winner [2][5]
Callahan's Legacy (1996) Spider Robinson Spider Robinson Blackstone Audio Finalist
Street Magic (2001) Tamora Pierce Bruce Coville and full cast Full Cast Audio Finalist
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1956) Richard Matheson Yuri Rasovsky Blackstone Audio Finalist
Voyagers (1981) Ben Bova Stefan Rudnicki Blackstone Audio Finalist
2008
13th
Dune (1965) Frank Herbert Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, and Ilyana Kadushin Audible Winner [2]
The Draco Tavern (2006) Larry Niven Tom Weiner Blackstone Audio Finalist
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955) Jack Finney Kristoffer Tabori Blackstone Audio Finalist
Ravens of Avalon (2007) Diana L. Paxson Lorna Raver Tantor Audio Finalist
Selections from Dreamsongs 1 (2003) George R. R. Martin Claudia Black, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick, Roy Dotrice, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, and Adrian Paul Random House Audio Finalist
2009
14th
Calculating God (2000) Robert J. Sawyer Jonathan Davis and Robert J. Sawyer Audible Winner [2][6]
Childhood's End (1954) Arthur C. Clarke Erich Michael Summerer Audible Finalist
Ghost Radio (2008) Leopoldo Gout Pedro Pascal HarperAudio Finalist
Skybreaker (2005) Kenneth Oppel David Kelly Full Cast Audio Finalist
Sunrise Alley (2004) Catherine Asaro Hillary Huber Blackstone Audio Finalist

2010s

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Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2010
15th
Bellwether (1996) Connie Willis Kate Reading Blackstone Audio Winner [2][7]
The Gathering Storm (2009) Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Kate Reading and Michael Kramer Macmillan Audio Finalist
Kushiel's Dart (2001) Jacqueline Carey Anne Flosnik Tantor Audio Finalist
Kushiel's Scion (2006) Jacqueline Carey Jacqueline Carey Simon Vance Tantor Audio Finalist
Podkayne of Mars (1963) Robert A. Heinlein Emily Janice Card Blackstone Audio Finalist
2011
16th
Jitters (2010) Adele Parks Adele Park, Susan Paige Lane, and full cast Straight to Audio Productions Winner [2][8]
Great Classic Science Fiction (1911–1962) H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, et al. Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, et al. AudioGO Finalist
Room (2010) Emma Donoghue Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren Hachette Audio Finalist
The Shadow Effect (2009) Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson HarperAudio Finalist
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) Oscar Wilde Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, and Matthew Wolf L.A. Theatre Works Finalist
2012
17th
The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) Harry Harrison Phil Gigante Brilliance Audio Winner [2][9]
Watch (2010) Robert J. Sawyer Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Robert J. Sawyer Audible Finalist
The Day of the Triffids (1951) John Wyndham Graeme Malcolm Audible Finalist
Black Magic Sanction (2010) Kim Harrison Marguerite Gavin Blackstone Audio Finalist
Feed (2010) Mira Grant Paula Christensen and Jesse Bernstein Hachette Audio Finalist
Halo: Evolutions (2009) Tobias Buckell, Jonathan Goff, et al. Steve Downes, Holter Graham, Frank O'Connor, and Jen Taylor Macmillan Audio Finalist
2013
18th
The Age of Miracles (2012) Karen Thompson Walker Emily Rankin Random House Audio Winner [2][10]
14 (2013) Peter Clines Ray Porter Audible Finalist
Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess (2012) Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio Angela Dawe Brilliance Audio Finalist
Invincible (2012) Jack Campbell Christian Rummel Audible Finalist
Pure (2012) Julianna Baggott Julianna Baggott, Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Collins, and Casey Holloway Hachette Audio Finalist
2014
19th
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012) Lois McMaster Bujold Grover Gardner Blackstone Audio Winner [2][11]
Extinction Machine (2013) Jonathan Maberry Ray Porter Macmillan Audio Finalist [11]
MaddAddam (2013) Margaret Atwood Bernadette Dunn, Bob Walter, and Robbie Daymond Random House Audio/Books on Tape Finalist [11]
The Martian (2011) Andy Weir R. C. Bray Podium Publishing Finalist [11]
Protector (2013) C. J. Cherryh Daniel Thomas May Audible Finalist [11]
Shaman (2013) Kim Stanley Robinson Graeme Malcolm Hachette Audio Finalist [11]
2015
20th
The Martian (revised) (2011) Andy Weir R. C. Bray Podium Publishing Winner [2][12]
The Beam: Season 1 (2014) Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant Johnny Heller, Tara Sands, and full cast Podium Publishing Finalist [12]
Dark Eden (2012) Chris Beckett Matthew Frow, Jayne Entwistle, and full cast Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [12]
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014) Claire North Peter Kenny Hachette Audio Finalist [12]
Lock In (2014) John Scalzi Wil Wheaton, Amber Benson, and full cast Audible Finalist [12]
2016
21st
Jurassic Park (1990) Michael Crichton Scott Brick Brilliance Audio Winner [2][13]
Ancillary Mercy (2015) Ann Leckie Adjoa Andoh Hachette Audio Finalist [13]
Aurora (2015) Kim Stanley Robinson Ali Ahn Hachette Audio Finalist [13]
Golden Son (2015) Pierce Brown Tim Gerard Reynolds Recorded Books Finalist [13]
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (2015) Tom Angleberger Marc Thompson Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [13]
2017
22nd
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Alan Dean Foster Marc Thompson Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape Winner [14]
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (2014) Meg Elison Angela Dawe Brilliance Audio Finalist [14]
Crosstalk (2016) Connie Willis Mia Barron Recorded Books Finalist [14]
The Dispatcher (2016) John Scalzi Zachary Quinto Audible Finalist [14]
Sleeping Giants (2016) Sylvain Neuvel Andy Secombe, Eric Meyers, and full cast Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape Finalist [14]
2018
23rd
Provenance (2017) Ann Leckie Adjoa Andoh Hachette Audio Winner [15]
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (2017) Christie Golden Janina Gavankar Random House Audio Finalist
New York 2140 (2017) Kim Stanley Robinson Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, and full cast Hachette Audio Finalist
The Stone Sky (2017) N. K. Jemisin Robin Miles Hachette Audio Finalist
The X Files: Cold Cases (2017) Joe Harris, Chris Carter, and Dirk Maggs David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and full cast Audible Finalist
2019
24th
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004) Douglas Adams Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast BBC Audiobooks America Winner [16]
Artemis (2017) Andy Weir Rosario Dawson Audible Finalist
Black Star Renegades (2018) Michael Moreci Dan Bittner Macmillan Audio Finalist
Head On (2018) John Scalzi Wil Wheaton Audible Finalist
Planetside (2018) Michael Mammay R. C. Bray HarperAudio Finalist

2020s

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Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2020
25th
Emergency Skin (2019) N. K. Jemisin Jason Isaacs Brilliance Audio Winner [17]
Hollow Kingdom (2019) Kira Jane Buxton Robert Petkoff Hachette Audio Finalist [17]
The Last Astronaut (2019) David Wellington Megan Tusing Hachette Audio Finalist [17]
The Lesson (2019) Cadwell Turnbull Ron Butler and Janina Edwards Blackstone Audio Finalist [17]
Permafrost (2019) Alastair Reynolds Natasha Soudek Macmillan Audio Finalist [17]
2021
26th
The Deep (2019) Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutston, and Jonathan Snipes Daveed Diggs Simon & Schuster Audio Winner [18]
Aliens: Phalanx (2020) Scott Sigler Bronson Pinchot Blackstone Audio Finalist [18]
Axiom's End (2020) Lindsay Ellis Stephanie Willis and Abigail Thorn Macmillan Audio Finalist [18]
Heaven's River (2020) Dennis E. Taylor Ray Porter Audible Originals Finalist [18]
Ruins of the Galaxy (2018) J. N. Chaney and Christopher Hopper R. C. Bray Podium Audio Finalist [18]
Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020) Timothy Zahn Marc Thompson Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [18]
2022

27th

Project Hail Mary (2021) Andy Weir Ray Porter Audible Studios Winner [19]
Day Zero (2021) C. Robert Cargill Vikas Adam HarperAudio Finalist [19]
Orphan Wars Scott Moon and J.N. Chaney Luke Daniels Podium Audio Finalist [19]
Pastel Pink Nikki Minty Khristine Hvam, James Patrick Cronin, and Jodie Harris Nikki Minty Finalist [19]
Ready Player Two (2020) Ernest Cline Wil Wheaton Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [19]
2023

28th

Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc. Ash Bishop Scott Brick and Suzanne Elise Freeman CamCat Books Winner [20]
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, and Jason Culp HarperAudio Finalist [20]
No Kindness Too Soon Sylvain Neuvel Melanie Nicholls-King, Deepti Gupta, Neil Hellegers, Gabriel Vaughan, Kathy Searle, Imani Jade Powers, Nicolette Chin, Gopal Divan, and Garrett Michael Brown Audible Originals Finalist [20]
NOOR Nnedi Okorafor Délé Ogundiran Tantor Audio Finalist [20]
YMIR Rich Larson Alan Medcroft Hachette Audio Finalist [20]
2024

29th

Cassandra in Reverse Holly Smale Kristin Atherton HarperAudio Winner [21]
The World We Make N. K. Jemisin Robin Miles Hachette Audio Finalist [21]
The Deep Sky Yume Kitasei Skaer Sarah Macmillan Audio Finalist [21]
Dual Memory Sue Burke Santana André Dreamscape Media Finalist [21]
Wool Hugh Howey Ballerini Edoardo Blackstone Publishing Finalist [21]

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