Audie Award for Fiction Narrator
{{Short description|Literary award for audiobook}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
The Audie Award for Fiction Narrator is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobook narration for a fiction audiobook released in a given year.
Established in 2024, the category replaced the categories for Best Male and Female Narrator, alongside the award for Best Non-Fiction Narrator.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=Audio Publishers Association Announces 2024 Audie Award Finalists |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4486 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}
Recipients
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! rowspan="5" |2024 {{small|29th}} |{{Sort|Last Lifeboat|The Last Lifeboat}} |{{Sortname|first=Hazel|last=Gaynor}} |{{Sortname|first=Billie|last=Fulford-Brown}} |Penguin Random House Audio |Winner |{{Cite web |title=2024 Audie Award Winners |url=https://www.audiopub.org/2024audieawards-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308015617/https://www.audiopub.org/2024audieawards-winners/ |archive-date=2024-03-08 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=Audio Publishers Association |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-03-05 |title=Awards: Audie Winners; Republic of Consciousness U.K. Shortlist |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4676#m63049 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Shelf Awareness}} |
| Land of Milk and Honey
|{{Sortname|first=C Pam|last=Zhang}} |{{Sortname|first=Eunice|last=Wong}} |Penguin Random House Audio |Finalist |
| {{Sort|Eyes and the Impossible|The Eyes and the Impossible}}
|{{Sortname|first=Dave|last=Eggers}} |{{Sortname|first=Ethan|last=Hawke}} |Listening Library |Finalist |
| Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry
|{{Sortname|first=Sara|last=Read}} |{{Sortname|first=Marni|last=Penning}} |Harlequin Audio |Finalist |
| Tom Lake (2023)
|{{Sortname|first=Ann|last=Patchett}} |{{Sortname|first=Meryl|last=Streep}} |HarperAudio |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2025 {{small|30th}} |{{Sort|Women, The|The Women}} (2024) |{{Sortname|Kristin|Hannah}} |{{Sortname|Julia|Whelan}} |Macmillan Audio |Winner |{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2025-03-05 |title=Streisand Audiobook Wins Top Prize at Audie Awards |url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/streisand-audiobook-wins-top-prize-at-audie-awards/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Kirkus Reviews}} |
| Margo's Got Money Troubles
|{{Sortname|Rufi|Thorpe}} |{{Sortname|Elle|Fanning}} |HarperAudio |Finalist |{{Cite web |title=2025 Audies WINNERS |url=https://www.audiopub.org/2025audies-1#literary-fiction-classics-winner |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Audio Publishers Association |language=en-US}} |
| Great Expectations (1860-61)
|{{Sortname|Charles|Dickens}} |{{Sortname|Stephen|Fry}} |SNR Audio Ltd. |Finalist |
| James (2024)
|{{Sortname|Percival|Everett}} |{{Sortname|Dominic|Hoffman}} |Penguin Random House Audio |Finalist |
| {{Sort|Briar Club, The|The Briar Club}}
|{{Sortname|Kate|Quinn}} |{{Sortname|Saskia|Maarleveld}} |HarperAudio |Finalist |