Audie Award for Horror

The Audie Award for Horror, established in 2025, is one of several Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association. It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for an horror audiobook released in a given year.

Recipients

Audie Award for Horror winners and finalists
Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2025 Bury Your Gays Chuck Tingle André Santana and a full cast Macmillan Audio Winner [1][2]
The Angel of Indian Lake (2024) Stephen Graham Jones Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, and a full cast Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist [2]
I Was a Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones Michael Crouch and Stephen Graham Jones Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist [2]
Swarm Jennifer D. Lyle Krystal Hammond Blackstone Finalist [2]
A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers Joyce Carol Oates (editor) Bianca Amato, Lynette R. Freeman, Eva Kaminsky, and Nancy Wu Recorded Books Finalist [2]
2026 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland, and Owen Teale Simon & Schuster Audio Winner [3][4]
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker Natalie Naudus HarperAudio Finalist [5]
Breathe In, Bleed Out Brian McAuley Jeremy Carlisle Parker Sourcebooks Finalist [5]
Coffin Moon Keith Rosson Pete Cross Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [5]
They Bloom at Night Trang Thanh Tran Nhi Do Bloomsbury PLC Finalist [5]

References

  1. ^ "Celebrating the 2025 Audie Awards". AudioFile Magazine. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2025 Audie Award Winners". Locus Online. 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  3. ^ Glyer, Mike (2026-03-04). "2026 Audie Award Winners". File 770. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  4. ^ Spangler, Todd (2026-03-03). "Audie Awards 2026: 'Sunrise on the Reaping' Wins Audiobook of the Year". Variety. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  5. ^ a b c d "2026 Finalists". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2026-02-09.