Libby Book Awards

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The Libby Book Awards, also known as the Libbys, are an annual book award which began in 2024.

They feature awards in various categories for books released in the prior year, such as Book of the Year – Adult Fiction,Book of the Year – Young Adult Fiction, Audiobook of the Year and Best Book Club Book.

They are hosted by Libby, the library reading app where you can read ebooks, listen to audiobooks and read magazines digitally all with just one library card, and established by Overdrive.

Here is the list of Libby Award nominees and winners so far:

Libby Book Awards:


YearReadCategoryAuthorTitleResult
2024
Best Adult FictionEleanor CattonBirnam WoodNominated
2024
Best Adult FictionJesmyn WardLet Us DescendWon
2024
Best Adult FictionZadie SmithThe FraudNominated
2024
Best Adult FictionJames McBrideThe Heaven & Earth Grocery StoreWon
2024
Best Adult FictionAnn PatchettTom LakeNominated
2024
Best Adult NonfictionJonathan RosenThe Best MindsNominated
2024
Best Adult NonfictionIlyon WooMaster Slave Husband WifeNominated
2024
Best Adult NonfictionClaire DedererMonsters: A Fan's DilemmaNominated
2024
Best Adult NonfictionDavid GrannThe WagerWon
2024
Best Adult NonfictionDonovan X. RamseyWhen Crack Was KingNominated
2024
Best AudiobookS.A. CosbyAll the Sinners BleedNominated
2024
Best AudiobookRebecca MakkaiI Have Some Questions For YouWon
2024
Best AudiobookJonathan EigKing: A LifeNominated
2024
Best AudiobookMatthew DesmondPoverty, by AmericaNominated
2024
Best AudiobookMick HerronThe Secret HoursNominated
2024
Best Book Club PickAnn NapolitanoHello BeautifulNominated
2024
Best Book Club PickJessica GeorgeMaameNominated
2024
Best Book Club PickAnn PatchettTom LakeNominated
2024
Best Book Club PickNathan HillWellnessNominated
2024
Best Book Club PickR.F. KuangYellowfaceWon
2024
Best Comic/Graphic NovelEmily CarrollA Guest in the HouseNominated
2024
Best Comic/Graphic NovelTom KingOne Bad Day: The RiddlerNominated
2024
Best Comic/Graphic NovelJillian TamakiRoamingNominated
2024
Best Comic/Graphic NovelDeena MohamedShubeik LubeikNominated
2024
Best Comic/Graphic NovelDarrin BellThe TalkWon
2024
Best CookbookDan PelosiLet's Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & HomeNominated
2024
Best CookbookLeah KoenigPortico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish KitchenNominated
2024
Best CookbookSohla El-WayllyStart Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A CookbookWon
2024
Best CookbookErika CouncilStill We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory RecipesNominated
2024
Best CookbookHetty Lui McKinnonTenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family BondsNominated
2024
Best Debut AuthorSelby Wynn SchwartzAfter SapphoNominated
2024
Best Debut AuthorNana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahChain-Gang All-StarsNominated
2024
Best Debut AuthorMarisa CraneI Keep My Exoskeletons to MyselfNominated
2024
Best Debut AuthorAna ReyesThe House in the PinesWon
2024
Best Debut AuthorAlice WinnIn MemoriamNominated
2024
Best Diverse AuthorMichelle Min SterlingCamp ZeroWon
2024
Best Diverse AuthorStephen KearseLiquid SnakesNominated
2024
Best Diverse AuthorVictor LaValleLone WomenNominated
2024
Best Diverse AuthorAnnalee NewitzThe TerraformersNominated
2024
Best Diverse AuthorChana PorterThe Thick and the LeanNominated
2024
Best FantasySamantha ShannonA Day of Fallen NightNominated
2024
Best FantasyRebecca YarrosFourth WingWon
2024
Best FantasyLeigh BardugoHell BentNominated
2024
Best FantasyMoniquill BlackgooseTo Shape a Dragon's BreathNominated
2024
Best FantasyMartha WellsWitch KingNominated
2024
Best Historical FictionDavid DiopBeyond the Door of No ReturnNominated
2024
Best Historical FictionJesmyn WardLet Us DescendNominated
2024
Best Historical FictionTania JamesLootNominated
2024
Best Historical FictionDaniel MasonNorth WoodsNominated
2024
Best Historical FictionRachel HengThe Great ReclamationNominated
2024
Best MemoirSafiya SinclairHow to Say BabylonNominated
2024
Best MemoirBarbra StreisandMy Name Is BarbraNominated
2024
Best MemoirElliot PagePageboy: A MemoirWon
2024
Best MemoirMaggie SmithYou Could Make This Place BeautifulNominated
2024
Best MemoirNaomi KleinDoppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror WorldNominated
2024
Best MysteryDeepti KapoorAge of ViceNominated
2024
Best MysteryAngie KimHappiness FallsNominated
2024
Best MysteryBrendan SlocumbSymphony of SecretsNominated
2024
Best MysteryRichard OsmanThe Last Devil to DieNominated
2024
Best MysteryJesse Q. SutantoVera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for MurderersWon
2024
Best RomanceLiana De la RosaAna María and the FoxNominated
2024
Best RomanceRachel Lynn SolomonBusiness or PleasureNominated
2024
Best RomanceKate ClaybornGeorgie, All AlongWon
2024
Best RomanceK.J. CharlesA Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a ScoundrelNominated
2024
Best RomanceCat SebastianWe Could Be So GoodNominated
2024
Best RomantasyHeather FawcettEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of FaeriesNominated
2024
Best RomantasyChloe GongImmortal LongingsNominated
2024
Best RomantasyRebecca YarrosIron FlameWon
2024
Best RomantasyAlexis HallMortal FolliesNominated
2024
Best RomantasyThea GuanzonThe Hurricane WarsNominated
2024
Best Science FictionM.R. CareyInfinity GateNominated
2024
Best Science FictionEmily TeshSome Desperate GloryNominated
2024
Best Science FictionMartha WellsSystem Collapse Won
2024
Best Science FictionYume KitaseiThe Deep SkyNominated
2024
Best Science FictionAnn LeckieTranslation StateNominated
2024
Best ThrillerS.A. CosbyAll the Sinners BleedNominated
2024
Best ThrillerJessica KnollBright Young WomenWon
2024
Best ThrillerCatherine ChidgeyPetNominated
2024
Best ThrillerAyesha Manazir SiddiqiThe CentreNominated
2024
Best ThrillerMick HerronThe Secret HoursNominated
2024
Best Young Adult FictionBrandy ColbertThe BlackwoodsNominated
2024
Best Young Adult FictionKrystal MarquisThe DavenportsNominated
2024
Best Young Adult FictionRebecca RossDivine RivalsWon
2024
Best Young Adult FictionAngeline BoulleyWarrior Girl UnearthedNominated
2024
Best Young Adult FictionIsabel IbañezWhat the River KnowsNominated
2025
Best Adult FictionKristin HannahThe WomenWon
2025
Best Adult FictionPercival EverettJamesNominated
2025
Best Adult FictionLiz MooreThe God of the WoodsNominated
2025
Best Adult FictionRichard PowersPlaygroundNominated
2025
Best Adult FictionTaffy Brodesser-AknerLong Island CompromiseNominated
2025
Best Adult NonfictionErik LarsonThe Demon of UnrestWon
2025
Best Adult NonfictionRebecca NagleBy the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native LandNominated
2025
Best Adult NonfictionHanif AbdurraqibThere's Always This YearNominated
2025
Best Adult NonfictionAdam HigginbothamChallengerNominated
2025
Best Adult NonfictionMalcolm GladwellRevenge of the Tipping PointNominated
2025
Best AudiobookErik LarsonThe Demon of UnrestWon
2025
Best AudiobookKaveh AkbarMartyr!Nominated
2025
Best AudiobookSylvie CathrallA Letter to the Luminous DeepNominated
2025
Best AudiobookSimon Van BooySipsworthNominated
2025
Best AudiobookAlina GrabowskiWomen and Children FirstNominated
2025
Best Book Club PickRufi ThorpeMargo's Got Money TroublesWon
2025
Best Book Club PickRachel KhongReal AmericansNominated
2025
Best Book Club PickBetsy LernerShred SistersNominated
2025
Best Book Club PickDanzy SennaColored TelevisionNominated
2025
Best Book Club PickLouise ErdrichThe Mighty RedNominated
2025
Best BusinessDenise YoungWhen We Are SeenWon
2025
Best BusinessMary C. MurphyCultures of GrowthNominated
2025
Best BusinessSteven G. RogelbergNominated
2025
Best BusinessPeg FitzpatrickThe Art of Small Business Social MediaNominated
2025
Best BusinessSalman KhanBrave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize EducationNominated
2025
Best Comic/Graphic NovelJames Sturm
Richard Adams
Joe Sutphin
Watership Down: The Graphic NovelNominated
2025
Best Comic/Graphic NovelTessa HullsFeeding GhostsWon
2025
Best Comic/Graphic NovelMaurice VellekoopNominated
2025
Best Comic/Graphic NovelTakeru HokazonoKagurabachi, Vol. 1Nominated
2025
Best Comic/Graphic NovelDaniel Warren JohnsonNominated
2025
Best CookbookDan PashmanAnything's Pastable: 81 Inventive Pasta Recipes for Saucy PeopleWon
2025
Best CookbookJanusz DomagalaBaking With PrideNominated
2025
Best CookbookSteve SandoThe Bean BookNominated
2025
Best CookbookKhushbu ShahAmrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American DiasporaNominated
2025
Best Debut AuthorKaliane BradleyThe Ministry of TimeWon
2025
Best Debut AuthorNatalie SueI Hope This Finds You WellNominated
2025
Best Debut AuthorKaveh AkbarMartyr!Nominated
2025
Best Debut AuthorEssie ChambersSwift RiverNominated
2025
Best Debut AuthorRita BullwinkelHeadshotNominated
2025
Best FantasySarah Beth DurstThe SpellshopWon
2025
Best FantasyLeigh BardugoThe FamiliarNominated
2025
Best FantasyDanielle L. JensenA Fate Inked in BloodNominated
2025
Best FantasyLev GrossmanThe Bright SwordNominated
2025
Best FantasyTigest GirmaImmortal DarkNominated
2025
Best Historical FictionPercival EverettJamesWon
2025
Best Historical FictionSilvia Moreno-GarciaThe Seventh Veil of SalomeNominated
2025
Best Historical FictionClaire MessudThis Strange Eventful HistoryNominated
2025
Best Historical FictionCarys DaviesClearNominated
2025
Best Historical FictionKevin BarryThe Heart in WinterNominated
2025
Best HorrorChuck TingleBury Your GaysWon
2025
Best HorrorStephen Graham JonesI Was A Teenage SlasherNominated
2025
Best HorrorPaul TremblayHorror MovieNominated
2025
Best HorrorMariana EnríquezA Sunny Place for Shady PeopleNominated
2025
Best HorrorKailee PedersenSacrificial AnimalsNominated
2025
Best MemoirSalman RushdieKnife: Meditations After an Attempted MurderWon
2025
Best MemoirDeborah Jackson TaffaWhiskey TenderNominated
2025
Best MemoirLydia MilletWe Loved It AllNominated
2025
Best MemoirCarvell WallaceNominated
2025
Best MemoirSloane CrosleyGrief Is for PeopleNominated
2025
Best Middle GradeKatherine RundellImpossible CreaturesWon
2025
Best Middle GradeTony Weaver Jr.WeirdoNominated
2025
Best Middle GradeAllie MillingtonOlivettiNominated
2025
Best Middle GradeKate DiCamilloFerrisNominated
2025
Best Middle GradeJohn SchuLouder Than HungerNominated
2025
Best MysteryRichard OsmanWe Solve MurdersWon
2025
Best MysteryTana FrenchThe HunterNominated
2025
Best MysteryRuby ToddBright ObjectsNominated
2025
Best MysteryJahmal MayfieldSmoke KingsNominated
2025
Best MysteryFrancis SpuffordCahokia JazzNominated
2025
Best Picture BookOliver Jeffers
Sam Winston
The Dictionary StoryNominated
2025
Best Picture BookLesa Cline-RansomeFighting with LoveNominated
2025
Best Picture BookAkiko MiyakoshiLittle ShrewWon
2025
Best RomanceEmily HenryFunny StoryWon
2025
Best RomanceDanica NavaThe Truth According to EmberNominated
2025
Best RomanceK.T. HoffmanThe ProspectsNominated
2025
Best RomanceAdib KhorramI'll Have What He's HavingNominated
2025
Best RomanceKennedy RyanThis Could Be UsNominated
2025
Best RomantasySarah J. MaasHouse of Flame and ShadowWon
2025
Best RomantasySaara El-ArifiFaeboundNominated
2025
Best RomantasyMai CorlandFive Broken BladesNominated
2025
Best RomantasyAlexandria WarwickThe North WindNominated
2025
Best RomantasyHannah F. WhittenThe Hemlock QueenNominated
2025
Best Science FictionKaliane BradleyThe Ministry of TimeNominated
2025
Best Science FictionYume KitaseiThe Stardust GrailNominated
2025
Best Science FictionJames S. A. CoreyThe Mercy of GodsNominated
2025
Best Science FictionMarie-Helene BertinoBeautylandNominated
2025
Best Science FictionHelen PhillipsHumNominated
2025
Best ThrillerNicola YoonOne of Our KindWon
2025
Best ThrillerAbbott KahlerWhere You EndNominated
2025
Best ThrillerJesse Q. SutantoYou Will Never Be MeNominated
2025
Best ThrillerMatthew BlakeAnna ONominated
2025
Best ThrillerThomas PerryHeroNominated
2025
Best Young Adult FictionSabaa TahirHeirWon
2025
Best Young Adult FictionJason ReynoldsTwenty-Four Seconds from NowNominated
2025
Best Young Adult FictionC.G. DrewsDon't Let the Forest InNominated
2025
Best Young Adult FictionK.A. CobellLooking for SmokeNominated
2025
Best Young Adult FictionOlivia A. ColeAriel Crashes a TrainNominated


Libby Awards F.A.Q.

How are the nominees for the Libby awards chosen?

The nominees for the Libby awards are chosen by librarians and library staff, who vote for them.


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