Audie Award for Humor
# Audie Award for Humor

The Audie Award for Humor is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a humor audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 1997.

## Winners and finalists

Winners are listed first and highlighted in light green.

### 1990s

| Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator | Audiobook Publisher |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 2nd | Calvin Trillin, Piece by Piece (1995) | Calvin Trillin | Calvin Trillin | HighBridge Audio |
| 1997 2nd | The Definitive Biography of P. D. Q. Bach (1976) | Peter Schickele | Peter Schickele | HighBridge Audio |
| 1997 2nd | The Rants (1996) | Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 1998 3rd | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) | Douglas Adams | Douglas Adams | Dove Audio |
| 1998 3rd | Babyhood (1997) | Paul Reiser | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 1998 3rd | Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing (1997) | Patrick F. McManus | Terry Beaver | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 1999 4th | Ranting Again (1998) | Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 1999 4th | God Is My Broker (1998) | Christopher Buckley and John Tierney (as "Brother Ty") | Mark Linn-Baker | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 1999 4th | Pure Drivel (1998) | Steve Martin | Steve Martin | Simon & Schuster Audio |

### 2000s

| Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Audiobook Publisher |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 5th | How Paul Robeson Saved My Life, and Other Mostly Happy Stories (1999) | Carl Reiner | Carl Reiner | NewStar Media |
| 2000 5th | How Men Have Babies (1999) | Alan Thicke | Alan Thicke | The Audio Partners |
| 2000 5th | Rants Redux (1999) | Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
| 2001 6th | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) | Helen Fielding | Tracie Bennett | Random House Audio |
| 2001 6th | Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Time Warner AudioBooks |
| 2001 6th | Pretty Good Joke Tape (2000) | Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount, Jr., and Paula Poundstone | HighBridge Audio |
| 2002 7th | Napalm and Silly Putty (2001) | George Carlin | George Carlin | HighBridge Audio |
| 2002 7th | Blandings Castle (1935) | P. G. Wodehouse | Jonathan Cecil | Chivers North America |
| 2002 7th | The New Joys of Yiddish (2001) | Leo Rosten | Ron Rifkin, Peter Riegert, Harry Goz, Michael Goz, Larry Keith, and Carole Shelley | Random House Audio |
| 2003 8th | Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight (2000) | Peter Ackerman | Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, Clea Lewis, Alan Mandell, Mandy Siegfried, and Joey Slotnick | L.A. Theatre Works |
| 2003 8th | Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad (2001) | Jon Hein | Jon Hein | Listen & Live Audio |
| 2003 8th | Mirth of a Nation (2000) | Michael J. Rosen | Tony Roberts, David Rakoff, Gary Trudeau, Paul Rudnick, Rick Moranis, et al. | HarperAudio |
| 2003 8th | Sixteen Scandals (2002) | William Strauss and Elaina Newport | William Strauss and Elaina Newport | Sourcebooks |
| 2003 8th | Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! (2001) | Michael Moore | Arte Johnson | New Millennium Audio |
| 2004 9th | Live at Carnegie Hall (2003) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Time Warner Audio |
| 2004 9th | Boogers Are My Beat (2003) | Dave Barry | Dick Hill | Brilliance Audio |
| 2004 9th | The Funny Thing Is… (2003) | Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen DeGeneres | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2004 9th | Shopaholic Takes Manhattan (2001) | Sophie Kinsella | Emily Gray | Recorded Books |
| 2004 9th | The Pleasure of My Company (2003) | Steve Martin | Steve Martin | Time Warner AudioBooks |
| 2005 10th | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Time Warner Audio |
| 2005 10th | America (The Book) (2004) | Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show | Jon Stewart et al. | Time Warner Audiobooks |
| 2005 10th | My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy (2000) | Nancy Cartwright | Nancy Cartwright | Blackstone Audio |
| 2005 10th | The Reluctant Metrosexual (2004) | Peter Hyman | Peter Hyman | Blackstone Audio |
| 2005 10th | When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004) | George Carlin | George Carlin | Time Warner AudioBooks |
| 2006 11th | The Truth (With Jokes) (2005) | Al Franken | Al Franken | Brilliance Audio |
| 2006 11th | The Adventures of Guy Noir (2005) | Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor and full cast | HighBridge Audio |
| 2006 11th | Car Talk (2005) | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | HighBridge Audio |
| 2006 11th | Fired! (2006) | Annabelle Gurwitch | Annabelle Gurwitch, Charlayne Woodard, Carl Capotorto, Dana Gould, et al. | L.A. Theatre Works |
| 2006 11th | Nothing's Sacred (2005) | Lewis Black | Lewis Black | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2007 12th | Spoiled Rotten America (2006) | Larry Miller | Larry Miller | HarperAudio |
| 2007 12th | Company (2006) | Max Barry | William Dufris | Tantor Audio |
| 2007 12th | F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare (2006) | Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill | Sam Seder | HarperAudio |
| 2007 12th | Solomon vs. Lord (2005) | Paul Levine | Christopher Lane | Blackstone Audio |
| 2007 12th | The Areas of My Expertise (2005) | John Hodgman | John Hodgman | Penguin Audio |
| 2008 13th | I Am America (And So Can You!) (2007) | Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, and Jon Stewart | Hachette Audio |
| 2008 13th | Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings (2006) | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | Penguin Audio |
| 2008 13th | Our Dumb World (2007) | The Onion | The Onion | Hachette Audio |
| 2008 13th | Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar (2007) | Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein | Johnny Heller | Recorded Books |
| 2008 13th | The Ultimate David Sedaris Box Set (2007) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris, and Ann Magnuson | Hachette Audio |
| 2009 14th | The Learners (2008) | Chip Kidd | Bronson Pinchot | Blackstone Audio |
| 2009 14th | When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio |
| 2009 14th | Atomic Lobster (2008) | Tim Dorsey | Oliver Wyman | HarperAudio |
| 2009 14th | Martin Misunderstood (2008) | Karin Slaughter | Wayne Knight | BBC Audiobooks America |
| 2009 14th | Me of Little Faith (2008) | Lewis Black | Lewis Black | Penguin Audio |

### 2010s

| Award Year | Audiobook | Authors(s) | Narrator(s) | Audiobook Publisher |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 15th | Church People: The Lutherans of Lake Wobegon (2009) | Garrison Keillor | Garrison Keillor | HighBridge Audio |
| 2010 15th | Don't Say I Didn't Warn You (2009) | Anita Renfroe | Anita Renfroe | Hyperion Audio |
| 2010 15th | I Drink for a Reason (2009) | David Cross | David Cross | Hachette Audio |
| 2010 15th | I Shudder (2009) | Paul Rudnick | Paul Rudnick | HarperAudio |
| 2010 15th | More Information Than You Require (2008) | John Hodgman | John Hodgman and full cast | Penguin Audiobooks |
| 2011 16th | Old Jews Telling Jokes (2010) | Sam Hoffman | Sam Hoffman, Eric Spiegelman, and full cast | HighBridge Audio |
| 2011 16th | Earth (The Book) (2010) | Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show | Jon Stewart et al. | Hachette Audio |
| 2011 16th | Paul Is Undead (2010) | Alan Goldsher | Simon Vance | Blackstone Audio |
| 2011 16th | Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (2010) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris et al. | Hachette Audio |
| 2011 16th | Shit My Dad Says (2010) | Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker | Sean Schemmel | HarperAudio |
| 2012 17th | Shatner Rules (2011) | William Shatner and Chris Regan | William Shatner | Penguin Audio |
| 2012 17th | Bossypants (2011) | Tina Fey | Tina Fey | Hachette Audio |
| 2012 17th | Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) | Adam Mansbach | Samuel L. Jackson | Audible/Brilliance Audio |
| 2012 17th | In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks (2010) | Adam Carolla and Mike Lynch | Adam Carolla | Random House Audio/Books on Tape |
| 2012 17th | This Is an Audiobook (based on This Is a Book; 2011) | Demetri Martin | Demetri Martin | Hachette Audio |
| 2013 18th | I Suck at Girls (2012) | Justin Halpern | Sean Schemmel | HarperAudio |
| 2013 18th | America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't (2012) | Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert | Hachette Audio |
| 2013 18th | The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days (2012) | Ian Frazier | Cynthia Nixon | Macmillan Audio |
| 2013 18th | Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2012) | Jenny Lawson | Jenny Lawson | Penguin Audio |
| 2013 18th | Me the People (2012) | Kevin Bleyer | Kevin Bleyer | Random House Audio |
| 2014 19th | Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? (2013) | Billy Crystal | Billy Crystal | Macmillan Audio |
| 2014 19th | How I Slept My Way to the Middle (2012) | Kevin Pollak and Alan Goldsher | Kevin Pollak | Brilliance Audio |
| 2014 19th | Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (2013) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio |
| 2014 19th | Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood (2013) | Drew Magary | Drew Magary | Penguin Audio |
| 2014 19th | The Stench of Honolulu (2013) | Jack Handey | Jack Handey | Hachette Audio |
| 2015 20th | Yes Please (2014) | Amy Poehler | Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Eileen and William Poehler, Patrick Stewart, and Kathleen Turner | HarperAudio |
| 2015 20th | Ben Franklin Unplugged (2013) | Josh Kornbluth | Josh Kornbluth | Audible |
| 2015 20th | The Disaster Artist (2013) and Tom Bissell | Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell | Greg Sestero | Tantor Audio |
| 2015 20th | Food: A Love Story (2014) | Jim Gaffigan | Jim Gaffigan | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2015 20th | God Is Disappointed in You (2012) | Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler | James Urbaniak | Audible |
| 2015 20th | You Can Date Boys When You're Forty (2014) | Dave Barry | Dave Barry | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2016 21st | Furiously Happy (2015) | Jenny Lawson | Jenny Lawson | Macmillan Audio |
| 2016 21st | Almost Interesting (2016) | David Spade | David Spade | HarperAudio |
| 2016 21st | Car Talk Classics: No Factory Recalls. So Far. (2015) | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi | HighBridge Audio/Recorded Books |
| 2016 21st | Modern Romance: An Investigation (2015) | Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg | Aziz Ansari | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2016 21st | Texts from Jane Eyre (2014) | Daniel M. Lavery | Amy Landon and Zach Villa | Tantor Audio |
| 2016 21st | Why Not Me? (2015) | Mindy Kaling | Mindy Kaling | Books on Tape/Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2017 22nd | I'm Judging You (2016) | Luvvie Ajayi | Luvvie Ajayi | Macmillan Audio |
| 2017 22nd | The Bassoon King (2015) | Rainn Wilson | Rainn Wilson | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape |
| 2017 22nd | Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years (2017) | D. L. Hughley | Keith Szarabajka, John Reynolds, Fran Tunno, Cherise Boothe, Dan Woren, P. J. Ochlan, Gregory Itzin, Paula Jai Parker-Martin, Mia Barron, Ron Butler, and James Shippy | HarperAudio |
| 2017 22nd | Life and Other Near Death Experiences (2015) | Camille Pagán | Amy McFadden | Brilliance Audio |
| 2017 22nd | You Can't Touch My Hair (2016) | Phoebe Robinson | Phoebe Robinson | Penguin Random House Audio/Books on Tape |
| 2017 22nd | You'll Grow Out of It (2016) | Jessi Klein | Jessi Klein | Hachette Audio |
| 2018 23rd | Carpet Diem; or ...How to Save the World by Accident (2015) | Justin Lee Anderson | Matthew Lloyd Davies | Tantor Audio |
| 2018 23rd | The Book of Leon: Philosophy of a Fool (2017) | J. B. Smoove and Iris Bahr (as "Leon Black, as told to J. B. Smoove and Iris Bahr") | J. B. Smoove (as Leon Black) | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2018 23rd | I Can't Make This Up (2017) | Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss | Kevin Hart | Audible |
| 2018 23rd | Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality (2017) | Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal | Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal | Audible |
| 2018 23rd | The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness (2017) | Paula Poundstone | Paula Poundstone | HighBridge Audio |
| 2019 24th | The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (2018) | Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally | Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2019 24th | Calypso (2018) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio |
| 2019 24th | Everything's Trash, But It's Okay (2018) | Phoebe Robinson | Phoebe Robinson | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2019 24th | How Not to Get Shot (2018) | D. L. Hughley | D. L. Hughley | HarperAudio |
| 2019 24th | Noir (2018) | Christopher Moore | Johnny Heller | HarperAudio |

### 2020s

| Award Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Audiobook Publisher |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 25th | More Bedtime Stories from Cynics (2019) | Kirsten Kearse, Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, Cirocco Dunlap, and Dave Hill | Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Elliot Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, and Gary Anthony Williams | Audible |
| 2020 25th | Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life (2019) | Ali Wong | Ali Wong and Justin Hakuta | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2020 25th | Idiot (2019) | Laura Clery | Laura Clery | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| 2020 25th | Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations (2019) | Craig Ferguson | Craig Ferguson | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2020 25th | A Woman First: First Woman (2019) | Billy Kimball and David Mandel (as "Selina Meyer") | Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as Selina Meyer) | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2021 26th | A Very Punchable Face (2020) | Colin Jost | Colin Jost | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2021 26th | The New One (2019) | Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein | Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein | Hachette Audio |
| 2021 26th | Nothing Like I Imagined (2020) | Mindy Kaling | Mindy Kaling | Brilliance Audio |
| 2021 26th | Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use (2019) | Amanda Seales | Amanda Seales | Audible Studios |
| 2021 26th | Surrender, White People! (2020) | D. L. Hughley and Doug Moe | D. L. Hughley | HarperAudio |
| 2021 26th | Wow, No Thank You (2020) | Samantha Irby | Samantha Irby | Penguin Random House Audio |
| 2022 27th | How Y'all Doing? | Leslie Jordan | Leslie Jordan | HarperAudio |
| 2022 27th | Brackish Waters | Matt Boren | Christina Applegate | Audible Originals |
| 2022 27th | A Carnival of Snackery | David Sedaris | David Sedaris and Tracey Ullman | Hachette Audio |
| 2022 27th | The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit | John V. Petrocelli | Larry Herron | Macmillan Audio |
| 2022 27th | The Seven Day Switch | Kelly Harms | Arielle DeLisle and Megan Tusing | Brilliance Publishing |
| 2023 28th | Happy-Go-Lucky (2022) | David Sedaris | David Sedaris | Hachette Audio |
| 2023 28th | Let's Catch Up Soon | Sarah Cooper | Sarah Cooper and Felip Jeremic | Audible Originals |
| 2023 28th | The Office BFFs | Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey | Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey | HarperAudio |
| 2023 28th | Who Do You Think I Am? | Anjelah Johnson-Reyes | Anjelah Johnson-Reyes | Hachette Audio |
| 2023 28th | The Wilder Windows | Katherine Hastings | Pamela Dillman | Flyte Publishing |
