Audie Award for Mystery
The Audie Award for Mystery is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a mystery audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 1997.
Winners and finalists
1990s
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 2nd |
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) | Agatha Christie | David Suchet | The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. |
| Cadillac Jukebox (1996) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| "M" Is for Malice (1996) | Sue Grafton | Judy Kaye | Random House Audio | |
| 1998 3rd |
Vintage Crime Stories (1859–1982) | Charles Dickens, Ruth Rendell, Margery Allingham, Graham Greene, E. W. Hornung, and Frances Hegarty | Patrick Malahide | Tangled Web Audio |
| Cimarron Rose (1998) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| Red Harvest (1929) | Dashiell Hammett | William Dufris | Isis Publishing | |
| 1999 4th |
The Third Man (1949) | Graham Greene | Martin Jarvis | The Audio Partners Publidhing |
| Black Coffee (1930) | Agatha Christie (adapted by Charles Osborne) | Alexandra Thomas | HighBridge Audio | |
| The Job (1998) | Douglas Kennedy | John Slattery | Simon & Schuster Audio |
2000s
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 5th |
The Breaker (1998) | Minette Walters | Robert Powell | Chivers North America |
| "O" Is for Outlaw (1999) | Sue Grafton | Kevin Hearne | Random House Audio | |
| Prayers for Rain (1999) | Dennis Lehane | Thomas J. S. Brown | Brilliance Audio | |
| 2001 6th |
The Naked Detective (2000) | Laurence Shames | Ron McLarty | Recorded Books |
| Hugger Mugger (2000) | Robert B. Parker | Joe Mantegna | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
| Moment of Truth (2000) | Lisa Scottoline | Barbara Rosenblat | Recorded Books | |
| 2002 7th |
Tell No One (2001) | Harlan Coben | Steven Weber | Random House Audio |
| The Blue Nowhere (2001) | Jeffery Deaver | William Dufris | Chivers North America | |
| The Vendetta Defense (2001) | Lisa Scottoline | Barbara Rosenblat | Recorded Books | |
| 2003 8th |
Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| The Diviner's Son (2002) | Gary Crew | Michael Veitch | Bolinda Audio | |
| "Q" Is for Quarry (2002) | Sue Grafton | Judy Kaye | Random House Audio | |
| Rumpole's Return (1980) | John Mortimer | Robert Hardy | BBC Audiobooks America | |
| Tishomingo Blues (2002) | Elmore Leonard | Paul Rudd | HarperAudio | |
| 2004 9th |
Lost Light (2003) | Michael Connelly | Len Cariou | Time Warner AudioBooks |
| A Fine Dark Line (2002) by Joe R. Lansdale | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio | ||
| Bangkok 8 (2004) by John Burdett | B. D. Wong | Random House Audio | ||
| Fear Itself (2003) | Walter Mosley | Don Cheadle | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| The Last Detective (2003) by Robert Crais | James Daniels | Brilliance Audio | ||
| 2005 10th |
Twisted (2003) | Jeffery Deaver | Boyd Gaines, Michele Pawk, and Fredrick Weller | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Brimstone (2004) | Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | René Auberjonois | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| Double Homicide (2005) | Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman | John Rubinstein and Lou Diamond Phillips | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| Hark! (2004) | Ed McBain | Ron McLarty | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Man in My Basement (2004) | Walter Mosley | Ernie Hudson | Time Warner AudioBooks | |
| 2006[1] 11th |
The Serpent on the Crown (2005) | Elizabeth Peters | Barbara Peters | HarperAudio |
| Away with the Fairies (2001) | Kerry Greenwood | Stephanie Daniel | Bolinda Audio | |
| Hidden River (2005) | Adrian McKinty | Gerard Doyle | Blacksone Audio | |
| The Hot Kid (2005) | Elmore Leonard | Arliss Howard | HarperAudio | |
| One Dangerous Lady (2005) | Jane Stanton Hitchcock | Barbara Rosenblat | Blackstone Audio | |
| 2007[2] 12th |
Echo Park (2006) | Michael Connelly | Len Cariou | Hachette Audio |
| [[The Hot Kid|A Field of Darkness]] (2006) | Cornelia Read | Hilary Huber | Blackstone Audio | |
| Dark Tort (2007) | Diane Mott Davidson | Elizabeth Marvel | HarperAudio | |
| Dead Center (2006) | David Rosenfelt | Grover Gardner | Listen & Live Audio | |
| Definitely Dead (2006) | Charlaine Harris | Johanna Parker | Recorded Books | |
| [[The Hot Kid|The Crimes of Jordan Wise]] (2006) | Bill Pronzini | Richard Ferrone | BBC Audiobooks America | |
| 2008[3][4] 13th |
The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| A Fatal Grace (2007) | Louise Penny | Ralph Cosham | Blackstone Audio | |
| Hollywood Station (2006) | Joseph Wambaugh | Adam Grupper | Hachette Audio | |
| Thunder Bay (2007) | William Kent Krueger | Buck Schirmer | Brilliance Audio | |
| Up in Honey's Room (2007) | Elmore Leonard | Arliss Howard | HarperAudio | |
| 2009[5][6] 14th |
The Voice of the Violin(1997) | Andrea Camilleri (trans. Stephen Sartarelli) | Grover Gardner | Blackstone Audio |
| A Killing Frost (2008) | R. D. Wingfield | Stephen Thorne | Ulverscroft Group | |
| Cross (2006) | Ken Bruen | Gerry O'Brien | Ulverscroft Group | |
| Swan Peak (2008) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| The Silver Swan (2007) | Benjamin Black | Timothy Dalton | Macmillan Audio |
2010s
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010[7] 15th |
Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) | Walter Mosley | Michael Boatman | Audible |
| Black Money (1966) | Ross Macdonald | Grover Gardner | Blackstone Audio | |
| The Dying Breed (2008) | Declan Hughes | Stanley Townsend | Isis Publishing | |
| Revelation (2008) | C. J. Sansom | Steven Crossley | Recorded Books | |
| The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume I (1887–1927) | Arthur Conan Doyle | Charlton Griffin | Audio Connoisseur | |
| 2011[8] 16th |
The Reversal (2010) | Michael Connelly | Peter Giles | Hachette Audio |
| Her Royal Spyness (2008) | Rhys Bowen | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| This Body of Death (2010) | Elizabeth George | John Lee | HarperAudio | |
| Dog Tags (2010) | David Rosenfelt | Grover Gardner | Listen & Live Audio | |
| Our Kind of Traitor (2010) | John le Carré | Robin Sachs | Penguin Audio | |
| The Dead Room (2009) | Chris Mooney | Regina Reagan | Isis Publishing | |
| 2012[9][10] 17th |
Feast Day of Fools (2011) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Naughty in Nice (2011) | Rhys Bowen | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| One Dog Night (2011) | David Rosenfelt | Grover Gardner | Listen & Live Audio | |
| Return to Marshall's Bayou (2010) | S. H. Baker | Full cast | Siren Audio Studios | |
| Rogue Island (2010) | Bruce DeSilva | Jeff Woodman | Audible | |
| 2013[11] 18th |
The Beautiful Mystery (2012) | Louise Penny | Ralph Cosham | Macmillan Audio |
| And When She Was Good (2012) | Laura Lippman | Linda Emond | HarperAudio | |
| The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas (2010) | Chris Ewan | Simon Vance | AudioGo | |
| Hush Money (2012) | Chuck Greaves | Dan Butler | AudioGo | |
| The Nightmare (2010) | Lars Kepler | Mark Bramhall | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2014[12] 19th |
Unleashed (2013) | David Rosenfelt | Grover Gardner | Listen & Live Audio |
| Death and the Lit Chick (2009) | G. M. Malliet | Davina Porter | Dreamscape | |
| The Enemy of My Enemy (2011) | Richard Bard | R. C. Bray | Richard Bard | |
| Heirs and Graces (2013) | Rhys Bowen | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| He's Gone (2013) | Deb Caletti | Cassandra Campbell | Tantor Audio | |
| Rage Against the Dying (2012) | Becky Masterman | Judy Kaye | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2015[13] 20th |
The Silkworm (2014) | Robert Galbraith | Robert Glenister | Hachette Audio |
| The Dead Will Tell (2014) | Linda Castillo | Kathleen McInerney | Macmillan Audio | |
| Hounded (2014) | David Rosenfelt | Grover Gardner | Listen & Live Audio | |
| Malice (2014) | Keigo Higashino | Jeff Woodman | Macmillan Audio | |
| Missing You (2014) | Harlan Coben | January LaVoy | Brilliance Audio | |
| Providence Rag (2014) | Bruce DeSilva | Jeff Woodman | Audible | |
| 2016 | Career of Evil (2015) | Robert Galbraith | Robert Glenister | Hachette Audio |
| All the Old Knives (2015) | Olen Steinhauer | Ari Fliakos and Juliana Francis Kelly | Macmillan Audio | |
| Corrupted (2013) | Lisa Scottoline | Kate Burton | Macmillan Audio | |
| Gun Street Girl (2015) | Adrian McKinty | Gerard Doyle | Blackstone Audio | |
| Malice at the Palace (2015) | Rhys Bowen | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| The Nature of the Beast (2015) | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2017[14] 22nd |
The Crossing (2015) | Michael Connelly | Titus Welliver | Hachette Audio |
| Crimson Shore (2015) | Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | René Auberjonois | Hachette Audio | |
| A Great Reckoning (2016) | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Heavens May Fall (2016) | Allen Eskens | R. C. Bray, David Colacci, and Amy McFadden | Tantor Audio | |
| IQ (2016) | Joe Ide | Sullivan Jones | Hachette Audio | |
| 2018[15] 23rd |
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (2017) | David Lagercrantz | Simon Vance | Random House Audio |
| Glass Houses (2017) | Louise Penny | Robert Bathurst | Macmillan Audio | |
| Magpie Murders (2016) | Anthony Horowitz | Samantha Bond | HarperAudio | |
| On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (2017) | Rhys Bowen | Katherine Kellgren | Audible | |
| Telling Tales (2005) | Ann Cleeves | Julia Franklin | Macmillan Audio | |
| 2019[16] 24th |
The Punishment She Deserves (2018) | Elizabeth George | Simon Vance | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Lethal White (2018) | Robert Galbraith | Robert Glenister | Hachette Audio | |
| The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018) | Sophie Hannah | Julian Rhind-Tutt | HarperAudio | |
| [[The Mystery of Three Quarters|The Tuscan Child]] (2018) | Rhys Bowen | Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey | Audible | |
| Wild Fire (2018) | Ann Cleeves | Kenny Blyth | Macmillan Audio |
2020s
| Year of Release | Audiobook | Author | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[17] 25th |
The Chestnut Man (2018) | Søren Sveistrup | Peter Noble | HarperAudio |
| Along Came a Spider: 25th Anniversary Edition (1993) | James Patterson | Taye Diggs | Hachette Audio | |
| The Boy (2018) | Tami Hoag | Hillary Huber | Brilliance Audio | |
| The Lost Man (2019) | Jane Harper | Stephen Shanahan | Macmillan Audio | |
| The New Iberia Blues (2019) | James Lee Burke | Will Patton | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
| 2021[18] 26th |
Fair Warning (2020) | Michael Connelly | Peter Giles and Zach Villa | Hachette Audio |
| A Bad Day for Sunshine (2020) | Darynda Jones | Lorelei King | Macmillan Audio | |
| Confessions on the 7:45 (2020) | Lisa Unger | Vivienne Leheny | HarperAudio | |
| The Guest List (2020) | Lucy Foley | Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble, Aoife McMahon, and Jot Davies | HarperAudio | |
| Trouble Is What I Do (2020) | Walter Mosley | Dion Graham | Hachette Audio | |
| 2022[19] 27th |
Later | Stephen King | Seth Numrich | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| The Bucket List | Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom | Dion Graham | Recorded Books | |
| Murder in Old Bombay | Nev March | Vikas Adam | Macmillan Audio | |
| The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie | Gabrielle de Cuir with John Lee | Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media | |
| The Midnight Man | Caroline Mitchell | Emma Gregory and Elliot Fitzpatrick | Embla Books |
References
- ^ "Audie Awards". LincolnLibraries.org. Lincoln City Libraries [NE]. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York". IndependentPublisher.com. Jenkins Group, Inc. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Audie Award Winners of 2008 (partial)". LearnOutLoud.com. No. E-Magazine No. 070. LearnOutLoud, Inc. June 5, 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Graff, Keir (June 2, 2008). "Chopin Wins the Audie". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 29, 2009). "2009 Audies Awards". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "The Graveyard Book". Downpour.com. Downpour.com, a division of Blackstone Publishing. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2010). "Audies Awards 2010". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 25, 2011). "2011 Audies Award Winners". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (June 6, 2012). "#JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Audie Award Winners: Best Audio Books 2012 [Library Staff-created list]". Seattle.Bibliocommons.com. Seattle Quick Picks by The Seattle Public Library. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Burkey, Mary (May 30, 2013). "#Audies 2013". BookListReader.com. BookList Publications, a division of the ALA. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018". AudioFileMagazine.com. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Katz, Danielle (5 March 2019). "Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019)" (PDF). Audio Publishers Agency (APA). AudioFileMagazine.com. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020". www.audiopub.org. Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2021". www.audiopub.org. Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
External links
| General awards | |
|---|---|
| Genre awards | |
| Other awards | |
