The Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics is one of the

Audie Awards The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They ...

presented annually by the

Audio Publishers Association The Audio Publishers Association (APA) is the first and only not-for-profit trade organization of the audiobook industry in the United States. Its mission is to "advocate the common, collective business interests of audio publishers." Membership is ...

(APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for an audiobook adaptation released in a given year of a work of

literary fiction Literary fiction, mainstream fiction, non-genre fiction or serious fiction is a label that, in the book trade, refers to market novels that do not fit neatly into an established genre (see genre fiction); or, otherwise, refers to novels that are ch ...

or a

classic A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word can be an adjective (a ''c ...

. Before 2016 this was given as two distinct awards, the Audie Award for Classics (awarded since 2001, before 2003 as the Audie Award for Classics, Fiction) and the Audie Award for Literary Fiction (awarded since 2005).

Literary fiction or classics winners and finalists

Winners are listed first and highlighted in green.

2010s

2020s

Classics winners and finalists 2001–2015

Winners are listed first and highlighted in green.

2000s

2010s

Literary fiction winners and finalists 2005–2015

Winners are listed first and highlighted in green.

2000s

2010s

References

External links

Audie Award winners

Audie Awards official website
{{Audie Awards Literary Fiction or Classics Awards established in 2001 English-language literary awards 2001 establishments in the United States