The 2022 Audie Award Winners
Founded in 1995, the Audie Awards represent the premier awards program in the United States, recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Finalists are selected in 24 different categories ranging from children's titles to memoir, including categories for best male and female audio performer. Winners are announced in March at the annual Audie Awards Gala.
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Audiobook of the Year
Winner:
Project Hail Mary (Audible Exclusive) by Andy Weir, narrated by Ray Porter
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Best Fiction
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Best Non-Fiction
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Also nominated:
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis, narrated by Adenrele Ojo
Best Young Adult
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Best Female Narrator
Winner:
Deepti Gupta for The Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti
Finalists:
Julia Whelan for The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Also nominated:
Hillary Huber for Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
Natalie Naudus for The Morning After by Lisa Jackson
Cynthia Erivo for Wild Swan by Patti Callahan
Best Male Narrator
Winner:
Lin-Manuel Miranda for Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Finalists:
Edoardo Ballerini for Legends of the North Cascades by Jonathan Evison
Robert Bathurst for The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
William DeMeritt for The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
Also nominated:
John Lithgow for The Didomenico Fragment by Amor Towles
Best Multi-Voiced Performance
Winner:
Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, & James Fouhey for Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt
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