2012 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2012 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 21 winning audiobooks across 21 categories tracked in this index. The year's top prize, Audiobook of the Year, went to Bossypants by Tina Fey, narrated by Tina Fey.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Bossypants | Tina Fey | Tina Fey |
| Audio Drama | The Arthur Miller Collection | Arthur Miller | full cast |
| Best Female Narrator | The Winter Sea | Susanna Kearsley | Rosalyn Landor |
| Best Male Narrator | The King's Speech | Mark Logue & Peter Conradi | Simon Vance |
| Business and Personal Development | The Barefoot Executive | Carrie Wilkerson | Carrie Wilkerson |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | Courageous | Randy Alcorn | Roger Mueller |
| Fantasy | Daughter of Smoke and Bone | Laini Taylor | Khristine Hvam |
| Fiction | Alas, Babylon | Pat Frank | Will Patton |
| History or Biography | 1861: The Civil War Awakening | Adam Goodheart | Jonathan Davis |
| Humor | Shatner Rules | William Shatner; Chris Regan | William Shatner |
| Middle Grade | Heart and Soul | Kadir Nelson | Debbie Allen |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | A Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | Judyann Elder, Rutina Wesley, Mirron Willis, full cast |
| Mystery | Feast Day of Fools | James Lee Burke | Will Patton |
| Nonfiction | The Murder of the Century | Paul Collins | William Dufris |
| Original Work | METAtropolis: Cascadia | Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, Tobias Buckell | Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton |
| Romance | New York to Dallas | J. D. Robb | Susan Ericksen |
| Science Fiction | The Stainless Steel Rat | Harry Harrison | Phil Gigante |
| Short Stories or Collection | Selected Shorts: New American Stories | Aleksandar Hemon, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sherman Alexie | Boyd Gaines, Rita Wolf, Condola Rashad, BD Wong |
| Thriller & Suspense | The Nightmare Thief | Meg Gardiner | Susan Ericksen |
| Young Adult | The Wake of the Lorelei Lee | L.A. Meyer | Katherine Kellgren |
| Young Listeners | Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist | Bonnie Christensen | George Guidall |
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