2021
Book of the YEar
Blind Turn by Cara Sue Achterberg
Children’s Book Winner
I Dreamed You by Justine Avery & Ema Tepic
Children’s Runner-Up
And a Book: The Inhabitants of Myth by Michael Molinet
Children’s Book Finalists
Horror Winner
The Vanishing by Arjay Lewis
Horror Runner-Up
Level Zero by Dan McDowell
HORROR FINALISTS
Literary-humor Winner
There Are No Saints by Stephen Kanicki
Literary-Humor Runner-up
Dad by Bob Seay
LITERARY / HUMOR FINALISTS
Middle Grade - YA Winner
A Forgotten Past by Tiffany Lafleur
Middle grade - YA Runner-Up
Foretold by Violet Lumani
Middle Grade/ Young Adult FINALISTS
Mystery - Suspense Winner
The Slave Players by Megan Allen
Mystery - Suspense Runner-Up
Betrayed by Joseph Lewis
MYSTERY / SUSPENSE FINALISTS
Nonfiction Winner
Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life by Linda K. Olson
Nonfiction Runner-up
The Lifer and the Lawyer by George Critchlow with Michael Anderson
Nonfiction FINALISTS
Romance - Women’s Winner
Another Lifetime Ago by Ben Marney
Romance - Women’s Runner-Up
The War Journal by Barbara A. Battisto
Romance FINALISTS
Scifi - Fantasy Winner
Lost on a Page by David E. Sharp
scifi - fantasy Runner-up
In the Wake of Gods by Christopher Monteagle
Scifi / Fantasy FINALISTS
Thriller Winner
The Lumbermill by Laya V. Smith
Thriller Runner-Up
The Lambda Factor by Dimple Patel Desai
Thriller FINALISTS
