The Audie Awards are the most prestigious award of the audiobook world, awarding the talented voices behind your favorite listens across 25 categories. Congratulations to all the winning authors, narrators, and publishers of the 2022 awards!
Notice a few missing audiobooks from our list? Unfortunately, quite a few of these listens are exclusive to Amazon’s Audible and barred from being sold through bookstores or loaned out through libraries.
Learn more on our blog about Amazon’s harmful practices with Audible exclusives, as well as through the American Booksellers Association’s white paper detailing Amazon’s anti-competitive behavior. If you’re an author, we encourage you to utilize Fight for the Future’s “Who Can Get Your Book?” tool to learn about the accessibility of your books.
2022 Audie Award Winners
Fiction
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By Dawnie Walton • Narrated by Janina Edwards, Bahni Turpin, James Langton, André De Shields, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steve West, Gabra Zackman & full cast
Nonfiction
The Joy of Sweat
By Sarah Everts • Narrated by Sophie Amoss
Best Female Narrator
The Parted Earth
By Anjali Enjeti • Narrated by Deepti Gupta
Best Male Narrator
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
By Benjamin Alire Sáenz • Narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Narration by the Author
A Promised Land
By Barack Obama • Narrated by the author
Multi-voiced Performance
Heresy
By Melissa Lenhardt • Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers & James Fouhey
Short Stories/Collections
Blackout
By Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon • Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J Beckles & Bahni Turpin
Autobiography/Memoir
Somebody’s Daughter
By Ashley C. Ford • Narrated by the author
Humor
How Y’all Doing?
By Leslie Jordan • Narrated by the author
Mystery
Later
By Stephen King • Narrated by Seth Numrich
Thriller/Suspense
Local Woman Missing
By Mary Kubica • Narrated by Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann & Jesse Vilinsky
Literary Fiction & Classics
All Creatures Great and Small
By James Herriot • Narrated by Nicholas Ralph
Fantasy
Rhythm of War
By Brandon Sanderson • Narrated by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer
Original Work
Heroine
By Mary Jane Wells • Narrated by the author
Business/Personal Development
Machiavelli For Women
By Stacey Vanek Smith • Narrated by the author
Original Work
La casa de Bernarda Alba
By Federico García Lorca • Narrated by Gloria Muñoz, Elena González, Rebeca Hernando, Carmen Mayordomo, Marta Poveda, Sol de la Barreda, Beatriz Melgares, Cristina Arias & Antonio Martínez Asensio
Young Adult
Be Dazzled
By Ryan La Sala • Narrated by Pete Cross
Middle Grade
Playing the Cards You’re Dealt
By Varian Johnson • Narrated by Dion Graham
Explore the playlists below to browse the audiobooks by winning (and nominated!) authors and narrators through your local, independent bookstore.