Finalists For The Inaugural Libby Book Awards Revealed

The Libby app, which is an app that allows you borrow books and more from your local library for free, has branched out and created their own awards – The Libby Book Awards.

The awards consist of an astounding 17 categories, covering many different genres. Each category has five finalists for the inaugural awards.

The winners will be announced on March 12th at 7PM ET on YouTube, Facebook Live, and Zoom. The winners will be determined by a vote between various librarians and other library workers across North America.

And with that said, here are the nominees for the inaugural Libby Book Awards:

Best Adult Fiction

• Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
• The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• The Fraud by Zadie Smith
• Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Best Adult Nonfiction

• Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
• The Wager by David Grann
• When Crack Was King by Donovan Ramsey
• The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen
• Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo

Best Young Adult Fiction

• Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
• The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert
• What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
• The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
• Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Best Audiobook

• All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
• Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
• King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
• The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
• I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

Best Debut Author

• I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane
• Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
• In Memoriam by Alice Winn
• After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

Best Diverse Author

• Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse
• Lone Women by Victor LaValle
• Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
• The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
• The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

• The Talk by Darrin Bell
• A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
• Batman – One Bad Day: The Riddler by Mitch Gerads and Tom King
• Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed
• Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

Best Memoir

• Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
• Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
• How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
• You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
• My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

Best Cookbook

• Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes by Erika Council
• Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook by Sohla El-Waylly
• Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen by Leah Koenig
• Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty Lui McKinnon
• Let’s Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & Home by Dan Pelosi

Best Mystery

• Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
• Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
• The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
• Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto

Best Thriller

• Pet by Catherine Chidgey
• All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
• The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
• The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

Best Romance

• A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles
• Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
• Ana María and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa
• We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
• Business or Pleasure by Rachel Solomon

Best Fantasy

• Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
• A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
• Witch King by Martha Wells
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Best Romantasy

• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
• Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
• The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
• Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
• Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Best Science Fiction

• Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey
• The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
• Translation State by Ann Leckie
• Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
• System Collapse by Martha Wells

Best Historical Fiction

• Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop
• The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
• Loot by Tania James
• North Woods by Daniel Mason
• Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Best Book Club Pick

• Maame by Jessica George
• Wellness by Nathan Hill
• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Congratulations to all of the nominees. You can read up on the Libby Awards by visiting Libby Life.