2022 Audie Award winners — every category
The 2022 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognized 24 winning audiobooks across 24 categories tracked in this index. The year's top prize, Audiobook of the Year, went to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, narrated by Ray Porter.
| Category | Audiobook | Author | Narrator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiobook of the Year | Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Ray Porter |
| Audio Drama | Sherlock Holmes: The Seamstress of Peckham Rye | Jonathan Barnes | Nicholas Briggs, Richard Earl, Lucy Briggs-Owen, India Fisher, James Joyce, Anjella MacKintosh, Glen McCready, Mark Elstob |
| Autobiography or Memoir | Somebody's Daughter | Ashley C. Ford | Ashley C. Ford |
| Best Female Narrator | The Parted Earth | Anjali Enjeti | Deepti Gupta |
| Best Male Narrator | Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World | Benjamin Alire Sáenz | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| Business and Personal Development | Machiavelli for Women | Stacey Vanek Smith | Stacey Vanek Smith |
| Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction | The Gift of Black Folk | W. E. B. Du Bois | Arnell Powell |
| Fantasy | Rhythm of War | Brandon Sanderson | Michael Kramer, Kate Reading |
| Fiction | The Final Revival of Opal & Nev | Dawnie Walton | Multiple narrators |
| History or Biography | Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other | Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish | Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish |
| Humor | How Y'all Doing? | Leslie Jordan | Leslie Jordan |
| Literary Fiction & Classics | All Creatures Great and Small | James Herriot | Nicholas Ralph |
| Middle Grade | Playing the Cards You're Dealt | Varian Johnson | Dion Graham |
| Multi-Voiced Performance | Heresy | Melissa Lenhardt | Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, James Fouhey |
| Mystery | Later | Stephen King | Seth Numrich |
| Nonfiction | The Joy of Sweat | Sarah Everts | Sophie Amoss |
| Original Work | Heroine | Mary Jane Wells | Mary Jane Wells |
| Romance | Reel: Hollywood Renaissance | Kennedy Ryan | Ebony Flowers, Jakobi Diem, Nicole Small, April Christina |
| Science Fiction | Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Ray Porter |
| Short Stories or Collection | Blackout | Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon | Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, Bahni Turpin |
| Spanish Language | La Casa de Bernada Alba | Federico Garcia Lorca | Gloria Munoz, Elena Gonzalez, Rebeca Hernando, full cast |
| Thriller & Suspense | Local Woman Missing | Mary Kubica | Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, Jesse Vilinsky |
| Young Adult | Be Dazzled | Ryan La Sala | Pete Cross |
| Young Listeners | I and I Bob Marley | Tony Medina | Jaime Lincoln Smith, Tony Medina |
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