Winners and finalists of the Spring 2023 Readers' Choice Book Awards announced!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Spring 2023 Readers’ Choice Book Awards.
Best Children’s Book 3-7
**GOLD**
Scott Smallwood, Monkey and Bug's Night at The Corn Stand Jam
**SILVER**
August E. Allen, I Love Dandelions
**BRONZE**
Anna Finch, Mellie the Mermaid: Is NOT Scared of ANYTHING
**FINALISTS (5 Stars)**
Becca Johnsey, When We Are Apart
L.A.D. Publishing, Space Monkey: Mars Mission Report
Charly Froh, How to Solve the Mystery of Crying
Nadja Springer, The Big Adventures Of A Little Tree: Tree Finds Hope
Amy Landgraf, Good Night, Sweet Peas
Ron Keres, This Book Is Perfect!
Charlene McIver, Nature Study Buddies
Ariel and Brandon Blackwell, The Beat In My Head
Nadia Khan, Zoey Wonders Why
Joanne Russo Insull, Don't Follow Pino!
Greg Payne, My Grandpa's Grandpa
Joe Ciccarelli, When You Meet a Hangry Howard
C.J. Zachary, Awkward Avocado and the Interrupting Raptor
Timothy Frazier, Lauren The Cow
Susan Justice, Children Who Dance in the Rain
Paul Hock, Snowflake the Christmas Beagle
Anna Finch, Hide and Seek Alphabet: With Australian Animals
Sally Fetouh, Jana's Brightly Coloured Socks
DoodleFina Adventure Press, Beatrice and Her Razzmatazz
Melitta Santos, Fini: The beauty of a broken shell
Jennifer Welborn, Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals
C. James Sweeney, Sadie Sasquatch Goes to School
April Lopez, Napoleon: No Ordinary Donkey
Margaret Grote, I Like Mud
Brett Gunning and Stacy Padula, On the Right Path: Book Three
H. R. Manske, Doppy and the Runaway Balloons
Jana L. Farris, The Chicken on the Moon
Best Children’s Book 8-12
**GOLD**
J.T. Tenera, Erift's Journeys: The Dark Messengers
**SILVER**
Lucy Kovaliv, Stars of the North
**BRONZE**
Jessica Lee Anderson, Naomi Nash: Saving Snakes
**FINALISTS (5 Stars)**
Diann Floyd Boehm, Charlie and the Tire Swing - How it Began
Ryan Vernel, The Lady of the Loch
K. I. Knight and Jane R. Wood, Finding Family Treasure
Ona Gritz, August Or Forever
Kathleen Troy, Dylan's Villain
AC Bradburn, Agent Pangolin - The Mystery of the Shiny Moon
Charly Froh, Lotti and the Impossible Dream
Edwina Dorch, Summertime and The Livin' is Easy
Nikita Kapoor, Pack of the Lost- The Uninviting Forest
L.T. Caton, Find Me In Time: Meeting Columbus
Louiza Kallona, The Tickling Tale of Smoo
Sandra Sorenson-Kindt, Teddy: A Boy Who Swam with Angels
Michael Dow, Nurse Florence, Why and How Do We Sneeze?
Vy Lien, The Nervous Noodle: Social Anxiety, Fitting In, and Standing Out
Kristen Niedzielski, A Bee In A Big Universe
Caryn Rivadeneira, Monster Match: Frankinschool Book 1
Aurora Winter, Magic, Mystery, and the Multiverse: The Marvelous Multiverse App
Best Teen Book
**GOLD**
Aurora Winter, Magic, Mystery, and the Multiverse: The Marvelous Multiverse App
**SILVER**
S.M. Webb, Spirited
**BRONZE**
E.K. Larson-Burnett, The Bear and the Rose
**FINALISTS (5 Stars)**
Coriana Hope, Reign or Shine (The Forged Flower Saga Book 1)
Alayne Smith, A Mystery Solved, A Prediction Fulfilled
Alexander Sotberg, Secrets of the Elementals
Brianna and Matthew Penfold, The Intrepid Three: Animus Revealed
Maggie Paredes, On a Rooftop in Beijing
Ilene Grydsuk, Age of Resolve: The E.V. Chronicles
Daniel Foster, Torment: Descension
Stacy A. Padula, Montgomery Lake High #1: The Right Person
E.M. Leander, Wren and the Tarnished Tiger
Eric Westergard , Soul Scepter: Time Marauders
Best Adult Book
**GOLD**
Alex Poppe, Jinwar and Other Stories
**SILVER**
Alison McBain, The New Empire
**BRONZE**
Lisa Towles, Salt Island
**FINALISTS (5 Stars)**
Isra Sravenheart, Her Dark Love
Jennifer Ivy Walker, The Lady of the Mirrored Lake
Mary L Schmidt, Her Alibi
Stephanie Woodward, The Big Scale Back: Success and Balance By Your Own Design
Wendy Hewlett, Witches & Whisky
Alex Poppe, Duende
Karla Huebner, In Search of the Magic Theater
DF Kennedy, The Whole Truth
Melissa Jacobus , The Accomplice
Sabrina Simon, Violet
Lisa Towles, The Ridders
Julie Cadman, UnMasked
Jackie Ewing, Life Lessons from a Late Bloomer - Vignettes of a Small-Town Girl
Mitzi Perdue, Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
Christopher H. Volk, The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Investors
Ed Norwood, Be a Giant Killer: Overcoming Your Everyday Goliaths
Gail Scoates, Paws, Purpose and Possibilities: How therapy dogs and faith healed my heart
Karen K. Brees, Crosswind
Andy Lipman, The CF Warrior Project, Volume 2: Celebrating Our Cystic Fibrosis Community
Kelly Cheek, Gazing Into the Abyss
Pat Wahler, The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O'Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll
Glenda Brown, The Story of Raine
Lachlan Pirie, The Resolution
Viola B. Mecke, Aging Wisely: Life from Fifty to Seventy-Five Years
Cristiana Pinciroli, Sport: a Stage for Life - How to Connect with the Touchstones of Elite Performance and Personal Fulfillment
Holly Brough, The Name I Choose
Joshua Hershey , Linden Falls
K.c. LaSaga, Dragum
Peter Mazurek, Modern Catholic Concerns
Raejean Kanter, Who Held the Door Open? Mentoring Through Life's Challenges
Paul Sanders, Victim or the Crime - The Day Before Jerry Died: A Grateful Dead Thriller
Hannah Sward, STRIP: A MEMOIR
Tucker Madison , Green Glass
Juliet Rose, Trigger Point
Juliet Rose, Carrying the Dead
Lem Moye, Catching Cold Vol 2 - Redemption
Peter Eliott, A Dream of Shadows
M. E. Taylor, Brothers
Jeremy Bazley, My China - Living Inside the Dragon
Geoff Sease, When We Push Through Sound
J. F. Cronin, It Could Happen Here - A Roadmap to Disaster
Anne Angelo, Sprig of White Heather and a Scottish Lass
Julia Brewer Daily, The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch a Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret
Joanne Griffin and Declan Foster, Humology: How to put humans back at the heart of technology
Hayley Lyle, Barefoot King: The Indian Dalit Who Defied Caste to Bless Others
Ronan James Cassidy, Margaret Anne: Child of the West Wind
Leslie Kain, Secrets In The Mirror
Richard Lui. Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness
Robin Jeffrey, .exe: A Cadence Turing Mystery
Robin Jeffrey, R.A.T.: A Cadence Turing Mystery
Gifford MacShane, Rainbow Man
David Cairns, The Case of the Emigrant Niece
Genevieve Jenner, Chocolate Cake for Imaginary Lives
Adam Saint, The Transfer Problem
Marieke Lexmond, The Cup, The Madigan Chronicles #4
Alison Jean Lester, The Sound of It
Tony Jeton Selimi, A Path to Excellence
David W. Berner, The Islander
Dr Haseena Chokkiyil, The Kintsugi Moms: Transformative Insights from a Healers Diary
Reese, Trapped
Elizabeth H. Cottrell, Heartspoken: How to Write Notes that Connect, Comfort, Encourage, and Inspire
Shonna Waters, The Coaching Shift: How A Coaching Mindset and Skills Can Change You, Your Interactions, and the World Around You