Audie Award for Best Male Narrator
| Audie Award for Best Male Narrator | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in audiobook narration by a man |
| Sponsored by | Audio Publishers Association (APA) |
| Date | Annually |
| First award | 1998 |
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 It has been awarded since 1998, when it superseded the Audie Award for Solo Narration. The award was disestablished in 2024, at which point it was replaced by the Audie Awards for Best Fiction and Non-Fiction Narrator.[1]
Winners and finalists
1990s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 3rd |
American Pastoral (1997) | Philip Roth | Ron Silver | Dove Audio | Winner | [2][3] |
| Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1997) | Walter Mosley | Paul Winfield | Dove Audio | Finalist | [3] | |
| The Classic Pooh Treasury: Volume 3 (1926–1928) | A. A. Milne | Peter Dennis | K-tel International USA | Finalist | [3] | |
| 1999 4th |
City of Darkness (1976) | Ben Bova | Harlan Ellison | Dove Audio | Winner | [4] |
| Cloudsplitter (1998) | Russell Banks | George DelHoyo | Audio Literature | Finalist | [4] | |
| The Men of Brewster Place (1999) | Gloria Naylor | Joe Morton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [4] |
2000s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 5th |
The Fencing Master (1988) | Arturo Perez-Reverte | Michael York | NewStar Media, Inc. | Winner | [5] |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) | Mark Twain | Patrick Fraley | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. | Finalist | [5] | |
| 2001 6th |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio | Winner | [6] |
| Boone's Lick (2000) | Larry McMurtry | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [6] | |
| Code to Zero (2000) | Ken Follett | George Guidall | Recorded Books | Finalist | [6] | |
| 2002 7th |
Coldheart Canyon (2001) | Clive Barker | Frank Muller | HarperAudio | Winner | [7] |
| The Bad Beginning (1999) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | Listening Library | Finalist | [7] | |
| The Magician of Lublin (1960) | Isaac Bashevis Singer | Larry Keith | Jewish Contemporary Classics | Finalist | [7] | |
| 2003 8th |
Tishomingo Blues (2002) | Elmore Leonard | Frank Muller | Recorded Books | Winner | [8] |
| The Beach House (2002) | James Patterson and Peter de Jonge | Gil Bellows | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | [8] | |
| Mortal Prey (2002) | John Sandford | Richard Ferrone | Putnam Berkley Audio | Finalist | [8] | |
| Pale Horse Coming (2001) | Stephen Hunter | William Dufris | BBC Audiobooks America | Finalist | [8] | |
| Street Boys (2002) | Lorenzo Carcaterra | Joe Mantegna | Random House Audio | Finalist | [8] | |
| 2004 9th |
Last Car to Elysian Fields (2003) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [9] |
| Don Quixote (1615) | Miguel de Cervantes (trans. Edith Grossman) | George Guidall | Recorded Books | Finalist | [9] | |
| Fear Itself (2003) | Walter Mosley | Don Cheadle | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | [9] | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Listening Library | Finalist | [9] | |
| Oryx and Crake (2003) | Margaret Atwood | Campbell Scott | Random House Audio | Finalist | [9] | |
| 2005 10th |
Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson | Jim Dale | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [10] |
| The Breathtaker (2003) | Alice Blanchard | Peter Coyote | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | [10] | |
| The Enemy (2004) | Lee Child | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [10] | |
| I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004) | Tom Wolfe | Dylan Baker | Audio Renaissance | Finalist | [10] | |
| Shoot the Moon (2004) | Billie Letts | Lou Diamond Phillips | Time Warner AudioBooks | Finalist | [10] | |
| 2006 11th |
Moby-Dick (1851) | Herman Melville | William Hootkins | Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd | Winner | [11] |
| Assassin (2004) | Ted Bell | John Shea | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| One Shot (2005) | Lee Child | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| Shibumi (1979) | Trevanian | Joe Barrett | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| The Shining (1977) | Stephen King | Campbell Scott | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| 2007 12th |
Peter and the Shadow Thieves (2006) | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson | Jim Dale | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [13] |
| Shantaram (2003) | Gregory David Roberts | Humphrey Bower | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [14] | |
| The Dead Yard (2006) | Adrian McKinty | Gerard Doyle | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [14] | |
| The Old Man and the Sea (1952) | Ernest Hemingway | Donald Sutherland | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [14] | |
| War and Peace Vol. 1 (1869) | Leo Tolstoy | Neville Jason | Naxos AudioBooks Ltd. | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2008 13th |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio/Listening Library | Winner | [2][15] |
| Catch-22 (1961) | Joseph Heller | Jay O. Sanders | HarperAudio/Caedmon | Finalist | [16] | |
| The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (2007) | David Halberstam | Edward Herrmann | Hyperion Audiobooks | Finalist | [16] | |
| The Long Walk (1956) | Sławomir Rawicz | John Rafter Lee | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2009 14th |
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) | Alexandre Dumas | John Rafter Lee | Blackstone Audio | Winner | [17] |
| Lush Life (2008) | Richard Price | Bobby Cannavale | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [18] | |
| The Art of Racing in the Rain (2008) | Garth Stein | Christopher Evan Welch | HarperAudio | Finalist | [18] | |
| The Silver Swan (2008) | Benjamin Black | Timothy Dalton | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [18] | |
| The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008) | David Wroblewski | Richard Poe | Recorded Books | Finalist | [18] | |
| The White Tiger (2008) | Aravind Adiga | John Rafter Lee | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [18] |
2010s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
Great Expectations (1860–1861) | Charles Dickens | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | Winner | [19] |
| A Christmas Carol (1843) | Charles Dickens | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | Finalist | [20] | |
| The Birthing House (2008) | Christopher Ransom | Edward Herrmann | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [20] | |
| Jesus' Son (1992) | Denis Johnson | Will Patton | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [20] | |
| Beat the Reaper (2009) | Josh Bazell | Robert Petkoff | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [20] | |
| 2011 16th |
Zorgamazoo (2008) | Robert Paul Weston | Alan Cumming | Penguin Audio | Winner | [21] |
| The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes: Volume II (1887–1927) | Arthur Conan Doyle | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | Finalist | [22] | |
| The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2007) | Mathias Malzieu | Jim Dale | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [22] | |
| Innocent (2010) | Scott Turow | Edward Herrmann | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [22] | |
| Every Man Dies Alone (1947) | Hans Fallada | George Guidall | Recorded Books | Finalist | [22] | |
| 2012 17th |
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy (2010) | Mark Logue and Peter Conradi | Simon Vance | Tantor Audio | Winner | [23][24] |
| The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes: Volume III (1887–1927) | Arthur Conan Doyle | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | Finalist | [25] | |
| Going to Meet the Man (1965) | James Baldwin | Dion Graham | AudioGO | Finalist | [25] | |
| Hard Magic (2011) | Larry Correia | Bronson Pinchot | Audible | Finalist | [25] | |
| Heart of Darkness (1899) | Joseph Conrad | Kenneth Branagh | Audible | Finalist | [25] | |
| 2013 18th |
Beautiful Ruins (2012) | Jess Walter | Edoardo Ballerini | HarperAudio | Winner | [26] |
| The Absolutist (2011) | John Boyne | Michael Maloney | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [27] | |
| Being There (1970) | Jerzy Kosinski | Dustin Hoffman | Audible | Finalist | [27] | |
| The End of the Affair (1951) | Graham Greene | Colin Firth | Audible | Finalist | [27] | |
| The Tao of Pooh (1982) | Benjamin Hoff | Simon Vance | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [27] | |
| 2014 19th |
The Goldfinch (2013) | Donna Tartt | David Pittu | Hachette Audio | Winner | [28] |
| Dimension of Miracles (1968) | Robert Sheckley | John Hodgman | Audible | Finalist | [28] | |
| Doctor Sleep (2013) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [28] | |
| Frankenstein (1818) | Mary Shelley | Dan Stevens | Audible | Finalist | [28] | |
| In a Glass Grimmly (2012) | Adam Gidwitz | Johnny Heller | Recorded Books | Finalist | [28] | |
| Warbound (2013) | Larry Correia | Bronson Pinchot | Audible | Finalist | [28] | |
| 2015 20th |
The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw (2012) | Christopher Healy | Bronson Pinchot | HarperAudio | Winner | [29] |
| Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (2014) | A. J. Hartley and David Hewson | Richard Armitage | Audible | Finalist | [29] | |
| The Martian (2011) | Andy Weir | R. C. Bray | Podium Publishing | Finalist | [29] | |
| Mr. Mercedes (2014) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [29] | |
| The Other Story (2013) | Tatiana de Rosnay | Simon Vance | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [29] | |
| Radiance of Tomorrow (2014) | Ishmael Beah | Dion Graham | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [29] | |
| 2016 21st |
Gabriel Allon: The English Spy (2015) | Daniel Silva | George Guidall | HarperAudio | Winner | [30] |
| Breakfast of Champions (1973) | Kurt Vonnegut | John Malkovich | Audible | Finalist | [30] | |
| Classic Love Poems (2015) | Various | Richard Armitage | Audible | Finalist | [30] | |
| Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (2015) | Erik Larson | Scott Brick | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| Finders Keepers (2015) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| Jurassic Park (1990) | Michael Crichton | Scott Brick | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| 2017 22nd |
Jerusalem (2016) | Alan Moore | Simon Vance | Recorded Books | Winner | [31] |
| Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff (2016) | Sean Penn | Sean Penn | Audible | Finalist | [31] | |
| End of Watch (2016) | Stephen King | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [31] | |
| The Last Tribe (2015) | Brad Manuel | Scott Brick | Podium Publishing | Finalist | [31] | |
| The Purloined Poodle (2016) | Kevin Hearne | Luke Daniels | Kevin Hearne/ACX | Finalist | [31] | |
| Underground Airlines (2016) | Ben H. Winters | William DeMeritt | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [31] | |
| 2018 23rd |
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (2016) | Trevor Noah | Trevor Noah | Audible | Winner | [32] |
| The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (2017) | Mackenzi Lee | Christian Coulson | HarperAudio | Finalist | [32] | |
| Glass Houses (2017) | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [32] | |
| Murder on the Orient Express (1934) | Agatha Christie | Kenneth Branagh | HarperAudio | Finalist | [32] | |
| Sherlock Holmes (1887–1927) | Arthur Conan Doyle (with Stephen Fry) | Stephen Fry | Audible | Finalist | [32] | |
| 2019 24th |
Watchers (1987) | Dean Koontz | Edoardo Ballerini | Brilliance Audio | Winner | [33][34] |
| The Devil's Half Mile (2018) | Paddy Hirsch | Euan Morton | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [35] | |
| Harry Clarke (2017) | David Cale | Billy Crudup | Audible | Finalist | [35] | |
| Pet Sematary (1983) | Stephen King | Michael C. Hall | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [35] | |
| Threadbare: Stuff and Nonsense (2017) | Andrew Seiple | Tim Gerard Reynolds | Podium Publishing | Finalist | [35] |
2020s
| Year | Title | Author | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
Kingdom of the Blind (2018) | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [36] |
| The Dutch House (2019) | Ann Patchett | Tom Hanks | HarperAudio | Finalist | [36] | |
| Everything Is Illuminated (2002) | Jonathan Safran Foer | Robert Petkoff | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Finalist | [36] | |
| The Nickel Boys (2019) | Colson Whitehead | JD Jackson | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [36] | |
| Watership Down (1972) | Richard Adams | Peter Capaldi | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [36] | |
| 2021 26th |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (1965) | Malcolm X and Alex Haley | Laurence Fishburne | Audible | Winner | [37] |
| All the Devils Are Here (2020) | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| The Glimme | Emily Rodda and Marc McBride | Andrew Scott | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| A Man Called Ove (2012) | Fredrik Backman with Henning Koch (trans.) | J. K. Simmons | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| Squeeze Me (2020) | Carl Hiaasen | Scott Brick | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [37] | |
| 2022 27th |
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (2021) | Benjamin Alire Sáenz | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [38] |
| The Didomenico Fragment | Amor Towles | John Lithgow | Audible Originals | Finalist | [38] | |
| Legends of the North Cascades | Jonathan Evison | Edoardo Ballerini | Workman Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| The Madness of Crowds | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| The Sweetness of Water (2021) | Nathan Harris | William DeMeritt | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| 2023 28th |
Fairy Tale (2022) | Stephen King | Seth Numrich | Simon & Schuster Audio | Winner | [39] |
| The Silent Sisters | Robert Dugoni | Edoardo Ballerini | Brilliance Publishing | Finalist | [39] | |
| Narrator | Landon Beach | Scott Brick | Brick By Brick Audiobooks | Finalist | [39] | |
| The Violin Conspiracy | William DeMeritt | JD Jackson | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [39] | |
| Sleepwalk | Dan Chaon | John Pirhalla | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [39] |
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