Congrats to the 2026 Audie Awards finalists

This year’s epic lineup includes four brand-new categories and 11 nominations for Audible productions, including Audiobook of the Year.

The Audible Editors

January 29, 2026

Congrats to the 2026 Audie Awards finalists

Attention, listeners: The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the 2026 finalists for its annual Audie Awards, honoring excellence in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. This year features a truly epic lineup, with four new categories and 11 nominations for Audible titles, including the star-studded new production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, nominated for Audiobook of the Year.

Other Audible finalists include Mel Robbins’s smash-hit The Let Them Theory (Business/Personal Development), John Mankiewicz’s The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery, and Scott Z. Burns’s What Could Go Wrong? (both nominated in the new Adaptation/Original Work category), and Bob Proehl’s riveting Dragon Day, nominated for two new awards: Best Production & Sound Design and Ensemble Performance.

The list of finalists follows. Winners will be announced at the Audie Awards Gala on Monday, March 2, at Pier Sixty in New York. Congratulations to all the nominees!

Finalists for the 2026 Audie Awards

Finalist: Audiobook of the Year

Finalist: Audiobook of the Year; Young Adult

Finalist: Audiobook of the Year; Fiction

Finalist: Adaptation/Original Work (New)

Finalist: Autobiography/Memoir

Finalist: Best Fiction Narrator (Will Patton)

Finalist: Best Fiction Narrator (Marin Ireland)

Finalist: Best Fiction Narrator (Kristin Atherton)

Finalist: Best Fiction Narrator (Dion Graham)

Finalist: Best Fiction Narrator (Andrew Eiden)

Finalist: Best Nonfiction Narrator (Martin Sheen)

Finalist: Best Nonfiction Narrator (Dion Graham)

Finalist: Best Nonfiction Narrator (Blair Underwood)

Finalist: Best Nonfiction Narrator (Helen Stern)

Finalist: Best Nonfiction Narrator (Dion Graham); History/Biography

Finalist: Business/ Personal Development

Finalist: Ensemble Performance (New)

Finalist: Ensemble Performance (New); Fiction

Finalist: Ensemble Performance (New); Production & Sound Design (New)

Finalist: Ensemble Performance (New)

Finalist: Ensemble Performance (New); Production & Sound Design (New)

Finalist: Erotica

Finalist: Español - Spanish Language

Finalist: Faith-Based Fiction or Nonfiction

Finalist: Fantasy

Finalist: Fiction

Finalist: History/Biography

Finalist: Horror

Finalist: Literary Fiction & Classics

Finalist: Literary Fiction & Classics; New Voice Award: Judges’ Category (James Aaron Oh) (New)

Finalist: Literary Fiction & Classics

Finalist: Middle Grade

Finalist: Mystery

Finalist: Narration by the Author; Nonfiction

Finalist: Narration by the Author

Finalist: Narration by the Author; Short Stories/ Collections

Finalist: Narration by the Author

Finalist: Narration by the Author; Nonfiction

Finalist: New Voice Award: Judges’ Category (Lily Newmark) (New)

Finalist: New Voice Award: Judges’ Category (Shane Ghostkeeper) (New)

Finalist: New Voice Award: Judges’ Category (Gem Carmella) (New); Production & Sound Design (New)

Finalist: New Voice Award: Judges’ Category (Nicole Cash) (New)

Finalist: Nonfiction

Finalist: Production & Sound Design (New)

Finalist: Romance

Finalist: Science Fiction

Finalist: Short Stories/ Collections

Finalist: Thriller/ Suspense

Finalist: Young Adult

Finalist: Young Listeners

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