2022
Book of the YEar
Maud’s Circus by Michelle Rene
Bio & Memoir Winner
American Airman by Jonathon Benjamin (US Air Force, Ret.)
Bio & Memoir Runner-Up
Letters From Italy by Mario Dell’Olio
Bio & Memoir Finalists
Children’s Book Winner
Girls Can by Deb Preston & Illustrated by James Henry Dufresne
Children’s Runner-Up
Ice Cream with Grandpa by Laura Smetana & Illustrated by Elisabete B.P. de Moraes
Children’s Book Finalists
General Fiction & Nonfiction Winner
Agent X by Felicia Fiacco
General Fiction & nonfiction Runner-Up
Magellan the Magical by Krystal M. Harris & Illustrated by Lorinda Tomko
General Fiction & Nonfiction Finalists
Historical & Adventure winner
The Last Dollar Princess by Linda Bennett Pennell
Historical & adventure runner-up
A Winding Path to Flat Water by Rob Soles
Historical & Adventure Finalists
Horror Winner
Identicals by William Brennan Knight
Horror Runner-Up
Beneath the Surface by Trey Everett
HORROR & Suspense FINALISTS
inspirational & self-help winner
SAFE from the Pain by Poonam Bhuchar
inspirational & self-help runner-up
8 Steps to Overcoming Everyday Adversity by Christopher Greco
inspirational & self-help finalists
Literary-humor Winner
And Then There’s Margaret… A Novel by Carolyn Clarke
Literary-Humor Runner-up
Just River by Sara B. Fraser
LITERARY & HUMOR FINALISTS
Middle Grade - YA Winner
Eirwen by Jesikah Sundin
Middle grade - YA Runner-Up
A Light in the Sky by Shina Reynolds
Middle Grade & Young Adult FINALISTS
Mystery & Crime Winner
God’s Ponzi by Robert Buschel
Mystery & Crime Runner-Up
Bloody Paws by Bruce Lewis
MYSTERY & Crime FINALISTS
Romance & Women’s Winner
What’s Not True by Valerie Taylor
Romance & Women’s Runner-Up
Rewrite the Stars by Christina Consolino
Romance & Women’s Fiction FINALISTS
Scifi - Fantasy Winner
The Light Reapers: End of the World by Gary Hickman
scifi - fantasy Runner-up
Pastel Pink by Nikki Minty
Scifi & Fantasy FINALISTS
Thriller Winner
Politikill by Timothy Gene Sojka
Thriller Runner-Up
In Danger of Judgment by David Rabin
Thriller FINALISTS
