The winners of the 2022 Audie Awards, including the Audiobook of the Year, were announced by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on March 4.

The Audie Awards® recognize excellence in audiobook and spoken word entertainment.

Winners of genre interest include:

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary

FANTASY

 Rhythm of War

• Written by Brandon Sanderson
• Narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading
• Published by Macmillan Audio

SCIENCE FICTION

Project Hail Mary

• Written by Andy Weir
• Narrated by Ray Porter
• Published by Audible Studios

There winners in other categories follow the jump.

AUDIE AWARDS 2022

AUDIO DRAMA

Sherlock Holmes – The Seamstress of Peckham Rye

• Written by Jonathan Barnes
• Performed by Nicholas Briggs, Richard Earl, Lucy Briggs-Owen, India Fisher, James Joyce, Anjella MacKintosh, Glen McCready, and Mark Elstob
• Published by Big Finish Productions

AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

Somebody’s Daughter

• Written and narrated by Ashley C. Ford
• Published by Macmillan Audio

BEST FEMALE NARRATOR

Deepti Gupta in The Parted Earth

• Written by Anjali Enjeti
• Published by Novel Audio

BEST MALE NARRATOR

Lin-Manuel Miranda in Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

• Written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Machiavelli for Women

• Written and narrated by Stacey Vanek Smith
• Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

SPANISH LANGUAGE

La casa de Bernarda Alba

• Written by Federico García Lorca
• Narrated by Gloria Muñoz, Elena González, Rebeca Hernando, Carmen Mayordomo, Marta Poveda, Sol de la Barreda, Beatriz Melgares, Cristina Arias, and Antonio Martínez Asensio
• Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

FAITH-BASED FICTION OR NONFICTION

The Gift of Black Folk

• Written by W.E.B. Du Bois
• Narrated by Arnell Powell
• Published by Brilliance Publishing

FICTION

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev       

• Written by Dawnie Walton
• Narrated by Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, André De Shields, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steve West, Gabra Zackman, Robin Miles, and a full cast
• Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other

• Written and narrated by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish (with a foreword written and narrated by Diana Gabaldon)
• Published by Hodder & Stoughton

HUMOR

How Y’all Doing?

• Written and narrated by Leslie Jordan
• Published by HarperAudio

LITERARY FICTION AND CLASSICS

All Creatures Great and Small

• Written by James Herriot
• Narrated by Nicholas Ralph
• Published by Macmillan Audio

MIDDLE GRADE

 Playing the Cards You’re Dealt

• Written by Varian Johnson
• Narrated by Dion Graham
• Published by Scholastic Audio

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE

Heresy

• Written by Melissa Lenhardt
• Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, and James Fouhey
• Published by Hachette Audio

MYSTERY

Later

• Written by Stephen King
• Narrated by Seth Numrich
• Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR(S)

A Promised Land

• Written and narrated by Barack Obama
• Published by Penguin Random House Audio

NONFICTION

The Joy of Sweat

• Written by Sarah Everts
• Narrated by Sophie Amoss
• Published by Penguin Random House Audio

ORIGINAL WORK

Heroine

• Written and narrated by Mary Jane Wells
• Published by Author’s Republic

ROMANCE

Reel: Hollywood Renaissance, Book 1

• Written by Kennedy Ryan
• Narrated by Eboni Flowers, Jakobi Diem, Nicole Small, and April Christina
• Published by Scribechick Media LLC, Produced by Lyric Audiobooks

SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS

Blackout

• Written by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
• Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, and Bahni Turpin
• Published by HarperAudio

THRILLER/SUSPENSE

Local Woman Missing

• Written by Mary Kubica
• Narrated by Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and Jesse Vilinsky
• Published by HarperAudio

YOUNG ADULT

Be Dazzled

• Written by Ryan La Sala
• Narrated by Pete Cross
• Published by Dreamscape Media

YOUNG LISTENERS

I and I Bob Marley

• Written by Tony Medina
• Narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith and Tony Medina
• Published by Live Oak Media