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Book of the Year – Adult Fiction
Winner
The Women by Kristin Hannah (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore ( ebook / audiobook)
James by Percival Everett (ebook / audiobook)
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (ebook / audiobook)
Playground by Richard Powers ( ebook / audiobook)
The Women by Kristin Hannah (ebook / audiobook)
Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction
Winner
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (ebook /audiobook)
Finalists
By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle (ebook/audiobook)
Challenger by Adam Higgenbotham (ebook)
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (ebook/audiobook)
There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib (audiobook)
Book of the Year – YA Fiction
Winner
Heir by Sabaa Tahir (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia Cole (ebook/ audiobook)
Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews (ebook)
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell (ebook/ audiobook)
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds ( ebook/ audiobook)
Audiobook of the Year
Winner
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (audiobook)
Finalists
A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall (audiobook)
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar (audiobook)
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (audiobook)
Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski
Debut Author of the Year
Winner
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel (audiobook)
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue (ebook/ audiobook)
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar (ebook / audiobook)
Swift River by Essie Chambers ( ebook /audiobook)
Best Book Club Book
Winner
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Colored Television by Danzy Senna (ebook/ audiobook)
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich ( ebook / audiobook)
Real Americans by Rachel Khong ( ebook/ audiobook)
Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner ( ebook)
Best Comic/Graphic Novel
Winner
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
Finalists
I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop
Kagurabachi, Volume 1 by Takera Hokazono ( ebook)
Transformers by Daniel Warren Johnson
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Cookbook
Winner
Anything’s Pastable by Dan Pashman
Finalists
Amrikan by Khushbu Shah
Baking with Pride by Janusz Domangala
The Bean Book by Steve Sando and Julia Newberry
Noodles, Rice, and Everything Spice by Christina De Witte
Best Fantasy
Winner
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (ebook /audiobook)
Finalists
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (ebook /audiobook)
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (ebook /audiobook)
A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen (ebook /audiobook)
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma ( ebook /audiobook)
Best Historical Fiction
Winner
James by Percival Everett ( ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Clear by Carys Davies
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry (audiobook)
The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ( ebook /audiobook)
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud (ebook)
Best Memoir & Autobiography
Winner
Knife by Salman Rushdie ( ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace (audiobook)
Grief is For People by Sloane Crosley (audiobook)
We Loved It All by Lydia Millet (audiobook)
Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa
Best Business
Winner
When We Are Seen by Denise Young (audiobook)
Finalists
The Art of Small Business Social Media by Peg Fitzpatrick (ebook)
Brave New Words by Salman Khan (audiobook)
Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy
Glad We Met by Steven G. Rogelberg (ebook)
Best Mystery
Winner
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Bright Objects by Ruby Todd
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford (audiobook)
The Hunter by Tana French ( ebook /audiobook)
Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield (ebook)
Best Romance
Winner
Funny Story by Emily Henry (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman
This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan ( ebook / audiobook)
The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava ( ebook /audiobook)
Best Romantasy
Winner
The House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland ( ebook /audiobook)
The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Witten ( ebook / audiobook)
The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick (ebook)
Best Science Fiction
Winner
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley ( ebook/ audiobook)
Finalists
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino ( ebook)
Hum by Helen Phillips
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey ( ebook/ audiobook)
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei (audiobook)
Best Horror
Winner
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle (audiobook)
Finalists
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay (ebook / audiobook)
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones (ebook / audiobook)
Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen (audiobook)
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez (audiobook)
Best Thriller
Winner
One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon ( ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Anna O by Matthew Blake ( ebook/ audiobook)
Hero by Thomas Perry ( ebook)
Where You End by Abbott Kahler ( ebook / audiobook)
You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto ( ebook / audiobook)
Best Picture Book
Winner
Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi (ebook)
Finalists
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Fighting With Love by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Go Forth and Tell by Breanna J. McDaniel (ebook /audiobook)
We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang
Best Middle Grade Book
Winner
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (ebook / audiobook)
Finalists
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo ( ebook / audiobook)
Lounder Than Hunger by John Schu
Olivetti by Allie Millington ( ebook/ audiobook)
Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr. (ebook)
Victory. Stand! : raising my fist for justice
A long time coming: a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama