Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
59th Annual Grammy Awards • 2017
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016
Carol Burnett won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) with "In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox"
Winners & Nominees 2017
Winner
Nominees
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In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox
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The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo
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M Train
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Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia)
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Don Cheadle | Carry On: Reflections For A New Generation From John Lewis | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Rachel Maddow | Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, And The Richest, Most Destructive Industry On Earth | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Michelle Obama | Becoming | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Jimmy Carter | Faith - A Journey For All | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Carrie Fisher | The Princess Diarist | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Carol Burnett | In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Jimmy Carter | A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Joan Rivers | Diary Of A Mad Diva | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Stephen Colbert | America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Janis Ian | Society's Child: My Autobiography | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Betty White | If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) | All Nominees |