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

2000s

Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2003
8th 		Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002) Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Scott Brick Books on Tape Winner [1][2]
Catch the Lightning (1998) Catherine Asaro Anna Fields Blackstone Audio Finalist [2]
The Fifth Sorceress (2002) Robert Newcomb John Lee Books on Tape Finalist [2]
The Pillars of Creation (2001) Terry Goodkind Jim Bond Brilliance Audio Finalist [2]
Thief of Time (2001) Terry Pratchett Stephen Briggs Ulverscroft Large Print Finalist [2]
2004
9th 		Monstrous Regiment (2003) Terry Pratchett Stephen Briggs HarperAudio Winner [1][3]
Darwin's Children (2003) Greg Bear Scott Brick Books on Tape Finalist [3]
Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003) Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Scott Brick Audio Renaissance Finalist [3]
Still Life with Crows (2003) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child René Auberjonois Time Warner AudioBooks Finalist [3]
The Callahan Chronicles (1988) Spider Robinson Barrett Whitener Blackstone Audio Finalist [3]
2005
10th 		Lost Boys (1992) Orson Scott Card Stefan Rudnicki Blackstone Audio Winner [1][4]
Brimstone (2004) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child René Auberjonois Time Warner AudioBooks Finalist [4]
The Consciousness Plague (2002) Paul Levinson Mark Shanahan Listen & Live Audio Finalist [4]
Horizon Storms (2004) Kevin J. Anderson George Guidall Recorded Books Finalist [4]
The Quantum Rose (2000) Catherine Asaro Anna Fields Blackstone Audio Finalist [4]
2006
11th 		Market Forces (2004) Richard K. Morgan Simon Vance Tantor Audio Winner [1][5]
Dragonsblood (2005) Todd McCaffrey Dick Hill Brilliance Audio Finalist [5]
Shadow of the Giant (2005) Orson Scott Card David Birney, Scott Brick, and full cast Audio Renaissance Finalist [5]
The Rolling Stones (1952) Robert A. Heinlein David Baker Full Cast Audio Finalist [5]
The Vor Game (1990) Lois McMaster Bujold Grover Gardner Blackstone Audio Finalist [5]
2007
12th 		Stolen Child (2006) Keith Donohue Andy Paris and Jeff Woodman Recorded Books Winner [1][6][7]
Callahan's Legacy (1996) Spider Robinson Spider Robinson Blackstone Audio Finalist [7]
Street Magic (2001) Tamora Pierce Bruce Coville and full cast Full Cast Audio Finalist [7]
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1956) Richard Matheson Yuri Rasovsky Blackstone Audio Finalist [7]
Voyagers (1981) Ben Bova Stefan Rudnicki Blackstone Audio Finalist [7]
2008
13th 		Dune (1965) Frank Herbert Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, and Ilyana Kadushin Audible Winner [1][8]
The Draco Tavern (2006) Larry Niven Tom Weiner Blackstone Audio Finalist [8]
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955) Jack Finney Kristoffer Tabori Blackstone Audio Finalist [8]
Ravens of Avalon (2007) Diana L. Paxson Lorna Raver Tantor Audio Finalist [8]
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 [8]
2009
14th 		Calculating God (2000) Robert J. Sawyer Jonathan Davis and Robert J. Sawyer Audible Winner [1][9][10]
Childhood's End (1954) Arthur C. Clarke Erich Michael Summerer Audible Finalist [10]
Ghost Radio (2008) Leopoldo Gout Pedro Pascal HarperAudio Finalist [10]
Skybreaker (2005) Kenneth Oppel David Kelly Full Cast Audio Finalist [10]
Sunrise Alley (2004) Catherine Asaro Hillary Huber Blackstone Audio Finalist [10]

2010s

Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2010
15th 		Bellwether (1996) Connie Willis Kate Reading Blackstone Audio Winner [1][11][12]
The Gathering Storm (2009) Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Kate Reading and Michael Kramer Macmillan Audio Finalist [12]
Kushiel's Dart (2001) Jacqueline Carey Anne Flosnik Tantor Audio Finalist [12]
Kushiel's Scion (2006) Jacqueline Carey Jacqueline Carey Simon Vance Tantor Audio Finalist [12]
Podkayne of Mars (1963) Robert A. Heinlein Emily Janice Card Blackstone Audio Finalist [12]
2011
16th 		Jitters (2010) Adele Parks Adele Park, Susan Paige Lane, and full cast Straight to Audio Productions Winner [1][13][14]
Great Classic Science Fiction (1911–1962) H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, et al. Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, et al. AudioGO Finalist [14]
Room (2010) Emma Donoghue Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren Hachette Audio Finalist [14]
The Shadow Effect (2009) Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson HarperAudio Finalist [14]
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 [14]
2012
17th 		The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) Harry Harrison Phil Gigante Brilliance Audio Winner [1][15][16]
Watch (2010) Robert J. Sawyer Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Robert J. Sawyer Audible Finalist [16]
The Day of the Triffids (1951) John Wyndham Graeme Malcolm Audible Finalist [16]
Black Magic Sanction (2010) Kim Harrison Marguerite Gavin Blackstone Audio Finalist [16]
Feed (2010) Mira Grant Paula Christensen and Jesse Bernstein Hachette Audio Finalist [16]
Halo: Evolutions (2009) Tobias Buckell, Jonathan Goff, et al. Steve Downes, Holter Graham, Frank O'Connor, and Jen Taylor Macmillan Audio Finalist [16]
2013
18th 		The Age of Miracles (2012) Karen Thompson Walker Emily Rankin Random House Audio Winner [1][17][18]
14 (2013) Peter Clines Ray Porter Audible Finalist [18]
Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess (2012) Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio Angela Dawe Brilliance Audio Finalist [18]
Invincible (2012) Jack Campbell Christian Rummel Audible Finalist [18]
Pure (2012) Julianna Baggott Julianna Baggott, Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Collins, and Casey Holloway Hachette Audio Finalist [18]
2014
19th 		Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012) Lois McMaster Bujold Grover Gardner Blackstone Audio Winner [1][19]
Extinction Machine (2013) Jonathan Maberry Ray Porter Macmillan Audio Finalist [19]
MaddAddam (2013) Margaret Atwood Bernadette Dunn, Bob Walter, and Robbie Daymond Random House Audio/Books on Tape Finalist [19]
The Martian (2011) Andy Weir R. C. Bray Podium Publishing Finalist [19]
Protector (2013) C. J. Cherryh Daniel Thomas May Audible Finalist [19]
Shaman (2013) Kim Stanley Robinson Graeme Malcolm Hachette Audio Finalist [19]
2015
20th 		The Martian (revised) (2011) Andy Weir R. C. Bray Podium Publishing Winner [1][20]
The Beam: Season 1 (2014) Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant Johnny Heller, Tara Sands, and full cast Podium Publishing Finalist [20]
Dark Eden (2012) Chris Beckett Matthew Frow, Jayne Entwistle, and full cast Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [20]
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014) Claire North Peter Kenny Hachette Audio Finalist [20]
Lock In (2014) John Scalzi Wil Wheaton, Amber Benson, and full cast Audible Finalist [20]
2016
21st 		Jurassic Park (1990) Michael Crichton Scott Brick Brilliance Audio Winner [1][21]
Ancillary Mercy (2015) Ann Leckie Adjoa Andoh Hachette Audio Finalist [21]
Aurora (2015) Kim Stanley Robinson Ali Ahn Hachette Audio Finalist [21]
Golden Son (2015) Pierce Brown Tim Gerard Reynolds Recorded Books Finalist [21]
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 [21]
2017
22nd 		Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Alan Dean Foster Marc Thompson Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape Winner [22]
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (2014) Meg Elison Angela Dawe Brilliance Audio Finalist [22]
Crosstalk (2016) Connie Willis Mia Barron Recorded Books Finalist [22]
The Dispatcher (2016) John Scalzi Zachary Quinto Audible Finalist [22]
Sleeping Giants (2016) Sylvain Neuvel Andy Secombe, Eric Meyers, and full cast Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape Finalist [22]
2018
23rd 		Provenance (2017) Ann Leckie Adjoa Andoh Hachette Audio Winner [23][24]
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (2017) Christie Golden Janina Gavankar Random House Audio Finalist [24]
New York 2140 (2017) Kim Stanley Robinson Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, and full cast Hachette Audio Finalist [24]
The Stone Sky (2017) N. K. Jemisin Robin Miles Hachette Audio Finalist [24]
The X Files: Cold Cases (2017) Joe Harris, Chris Carter, and Dirk Maggs David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and full cast Audible Finalist [24]
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 [25][26][27]
Artemis (2017) Andy Weir Rosario Dawson Audible Finalist [27]
Black Star Renegades (2018) Michael Moreci Dan Bittner Macmillan Audio Finalist [27]
Head On (2018) John Scalzi Wil Wheaton Audible Finalist [27]
Planetside (2018) Michael Mammay R. C. Bray HarperAudio Finalist [27]

2020s

Year Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Result Ref.
2020
25th 		Emergency Skin (2019) N. K. Jemisin Jason Isaacs Brilliance Audio Winner [28]
Hollow Kingdom (2019) Kira Jane Buxton Robert Petkoff Hachette Audio Finalist [28]
The Last Astronaut (2019) David Wellington Megan Tusing Hachette Audio Finalist [28]
The Lesson (2019) Cadwell Turnbull Ron Butler and Janina Edwards Blackstone Audio Finalist [28]
Permafrost (2019) Alastair Reynolds Natasha Soudek Macmillan Audio Finalist [28]
2021
26th 		The Deep (2019) Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutston, and Jonathan Snipes Daveed Diggs Simon & Schuster Audio Winner [29]
Aliens: Phalanx (2020) Scott Sigler Bronson Pinchot Blackstone Audio Finalist [29]
Axiom's End (2020) Lindsay Ellis Stephanie Willis and Abigail Thorn Macmillan Audio Finalist [29]
Heaven's River (2020) Dennis E. Taylor Ray Porter Audible Originals Finalist [29]
Ruins of the Galaxy (2018) J. N. Chaney and Christopher Hopper R. C. Bray Podium Audio Finalist [29]
Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020) Timothy Zahn Marc Thompson Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [29]
2022

27th

Project Hail Mary (2021) Andy Weir Ray Porter Audible Studios Winner [30]
Day Zero (2021) C. Robert Cargill Vikas Adam HarperAudio Finalist [30]
Orphan Wars Scott Moon and J.N. Chaney Luke Daniels Podium Audio Finalist [30]
Pastel Pink Nikki Minty Khristine Hvam, James Patrick Cronin, and Jodie Harris Nikki Minty Finalist [30]
Ready Player Two (2020) Ernest Cline Wil Wheaton Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [30]
2023

28th

Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc. Ash Bishop Scott Brick and Suzanne Elise Freeman CamCat Books Winner [31]
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 [31]
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 [31]
NOOR Nnedi Okorafor Délé Ogundiran Tantor Audio Finalist [31]
YMIR Rich Larson Alan Medcroft Hachette Audio Finalist [31]
2024

29th

Cassandra in Reverse Holly Smale Kristin Atherton HarperAudio Winner [32]
The World We Make N. K. Jemisin Robin Miles Hachette Audio Finalist [32]
The Deep Sky Yume Kitasei Skaer Sarah Macmillan Audio Finalist [32]
Dual Memory Sue Burke Santana André Dreamscape Media Finalist [32]
Wool Hugh Howey Ballerini Edoardo Blackstone Publishing Finalist [32]
2025

30th

The Book of Doors Gareth Brown Miranda Raison HarperAudio Winner [33]
Frontier Grace Curtis Aven Shore Tantor Audio Finalist [33]
Lake of Souls Ann Leckie Adjoa Andoh Hachette Audio Finalist [33]
Mal Goes to War Edward Ashton John Pirhalla and Katharine Chin Macmillan Audio Finalist [33]
System Collapse Martha Wells Kevin R. Free Recorded Books, Inc. Finalist [33]
2026

31st

Simultaneous Eric Heisserer Ray Porter, Marin Ireland, and Stephanie Sheh Macmillan Audio Winner [34][35]
All-Star Superman (2005–2008) Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, adapted by Meghan Fitzmartin Marc Thompson, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Jessica Almasy, Matthew Amendt, Pete Bradbury, Scott Brick, Brennan Brown, Will Damron, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Lauren Ezzo, Robert Fass, James Fouhey, Todd Haberkorn, Neil Hellegers, Dominic Hoffman, Đavid Lee Huỳnh, Joshua Kane, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Ray Porter, Salli Saffioti, Catherine Taber, and Oliver Wyman Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [36]
The Dark Forest (2008) Cixin Liu, translated by Joel Martinsen Jess Hong Macmillan Audio Finalist [36]
Flybot Dennis E. Taylor Ray Porter Audible Originals Finalist [36]
New Arcadia: Judgment Day Eric Jason Martin Eric Jason Martin, Robert Patrick, Matthew Mercer, Erika Ishii, Sam Riegel, Dave Fennoy, Marin Ireland, January LaVoy, James Urbaniak, Emily Woo Zeller, and a full cast Sound Off Productions Finalist [36]
The Two Lies of Faven Sythe Megan E. O'Keefe Zara Ramm Hachette Audio Finalist [36]

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