Audie Awards for 2012
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) recognizes excellence in audiobook publishing with the Audie Award announced each June. The awards are given in over twenty categories including fiction, nonfiction, mystery, humor, poetry, self-help, and inspirational. The winners of the 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 Audie Awards are also available online.
- Audiobook of the Year
- Bossypants by Tina Fey, read by Tina Fey (Hachette Audio) unabridged CD and eAudiobook
- Audio Drama
- I, Claudius by Robert Grave, read by A Full Cast (AudioGO) unabridged CD
- Biography and Memoir
- Bossypants by Tina Fey, read by Tina Fey (Hachette Audio) unabridged CD and eAudiobook
- Business and Educational
- Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide to Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom by Carrie Wilkerson, read by Carrie Wilkerson (Oasis Audio) unabridged CD
- Children Ages 8 to 12
- Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson, read by Debbie Allen (Harper Audio)
- Children Ages up to 8
- Django: World's Greatest Guitarist by Bonnie Christensen, read by George Guidall (Live Oak Media)
- Classic
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, read by Simon Vance (Tantor Media) unabridged CD
- Distinguished Achievement in Production
- The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf, read by Michael Page, Phil Gigante, Christopher Lane, Laural Merlington, Angela Dawe (Brilliance Audio/ Candlewick) unabridged CD
- Fantasy
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, read by Khristine Hvam (Hachette Audio) unabridged CD
- Fiction
- Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank, read by Will Patton (Audible, Inc.) unabridged CD
- History
- 1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart, read by Jonathan Davis (Audible, Inc./ Brilliance Audio) unabridged CD
- Humor
- Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse, and the World At Large by William Shatner, read by William Shatner (Penguin Audio) unabridged CD
- Inspirational / Faith-Based Fiction
- Courageous by Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick, read by Roger Mueller (Oasis Audio) unabridged CD
- Inspirational / Faith-Based Non-Fiction
- The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, Selections from the New International Version read by Michael Blain-Rozgay, Allison Moffett(Zondervan) unabridged CD
- Literary Fiction
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, read by Hope Davis (Harper Audio) unabridged CD
- Multi-Voiced Performance
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, read by Judyann Elder, James Gleason, Noah Gray-Cabey, Corey Hawkins, Deidrie Henry, Terrell Tilford, Rutina Wesley, Mirron E. Willis (L.A. Theatre Work) unabridged CD
- Mystery
- Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke, read by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio) unabridged CD and MP3
- Narration by the Author
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray, read by Libba Bray (Scholastic Audiobooks) unabridged CD
- Nonfiction
- The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins, read by William Dufris (AudioGO) unabridged CD
- Original Work
- Metatropolis: CASCADIA by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Ken Scholes, read by A Full Cast (Audible, Inc.)
- Package Design
- Jane Austen Classic BBC Radio Productions: Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen, read by A Full Cast (AudioGO) unabridged CD
- Paranormal
- Hard Magic: Grimnoir Chronicles, Book 1 by Larry Correia, read by Bronson Pinchot (Audible, Inc.)
- Personal Development
- Prime Time: Love; Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit--Making the Most of All of Your Life by Jane Fonda, read by Jane Fonda (Random House Audio) unabridged CD
- Romance
- New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb, read by Susan Ericksen (Brilliance Audio) unabridged CD
- Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi, Read by Wil Wheaton (Audible, Inc.) unabridged CD
- Short Stories and Collections
- Selected Shorts: New American Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aleksandar Hemon, read by Rita Wolf, B.D. Wong, Boyd Gaines, Condola Rashad (Symphony Space)) unabridged CD
- Solo Narration. Female
- The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley, Read by Rosalyn Landor (Audible, Inc.)
- Solo Narration. Male
- The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue, Peter Conradi, read by Simon Vance (Tantor Media) unabridged CD
- Teens
- The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on Her Way to Botany Bay by by L.A. Meyer, read by Katherine Kellgren (Listen & Live Audio) unabridged CD
- Thriller and Suspense
- The Nightmare Thief by Meg Gardiner, Read by Susan Ericksen (Brilliance Audio) unabridged CD