Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 24th annual, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest.
CATEGORIES:
OUTSTANDING BOOKS OF THE YEAR
These medalists were chosen from our regular entries for exemplifying this daring spirit — the book projects our judges found the most heartfelt, unique, outspoken and experimental among all the entries. All of these books earned IPPY Award gold medals.
Most Original Concept
The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, VA, 1843, Annotated From the Library of John C. Calhoun
by Percival Everett
(Red Hen Press)
Best Book Arts Craftsmanship
The Last Dalai Lama?
by Mickey Lemle with Laurie Dolphin; design by Laurie Dolphin and Allison Meierding
(Dolphin Books)
Most Outstanding Design
Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem for the Pacific Northwest
by David Guterson; design by Jen Grable; illustrated by Justin Gibbens
(Mountaineers Books)
Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)
Morality and the Environmental Crisis
by Roger S. Gottlieb
(Cambridge University Press)
Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)
Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change
by L. S. Gardiner
(University of Iowa Press)
Independent Spirit Award
Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga
by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
(Douglas and McIntyre)
Independent Voice Award
If the Future is a Fetish
by Sarah Sgro
(YesYes Books)
FREEDOM FIGHTER (TIE)
For Dear Life: Women's Decriminalization and Human Rights in Focus
by Carol Jacobsen
(University of Michigan Press)
FREEDOM FIGHTER (TIE)
The Freedom to Be: Stories from Transgender Youth, Adults, and Their Families
by Diana J. Ensign, JD
(SpiritHawk Life Publications)
PEACEMAKER (TIE)
Behind Barbed Wire: Searching for Japanese Americans Incarcerated During World War II
Written and photographed by Paul Kitagaki Jr.
(CityFiles Press)
PEACEMAKER (TIE)
Unselfish Kids
by Paul D. Parkinson and Sammie Parkinson
(Weave Media)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 1-34
1. FINE ART
GOLD: Human: The Art of Beth Cavener
Foreword by Garth Clark with essays by Ezra Shales and Lauren Redding
(Fresco Books)
SILVER: The Life and Art of Wilson Hurley: Celebrating the Richness of Reality
by Rosalyn Roembke Hurley
(Fresco Books)
BRONZE (tie):
Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
by Katherine Nova McCleary and Leah Tamar Shrestinian with Joseph Zordan
(Yale University Art Gallery)
Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945
Edited by Barbara Haskell
(Whitney Museum of American Art/Yale University Press)
2. PERFORMING ARTS (MUSIC/DANCE/CINEMA/THEATER)
GOLD: Hollywood Her Story: An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies
by Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. and Barbara Bridges
(Lyons Press)
SILVER: Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth (The Official Touring History 1968-2015)
by Skip Daley and Eric Hansen
(Insight Editions)
BRONZE: Strip Tease: The Burlesque Photography of Tigz Rice
(Working Class Publishing)
3. PHOTOGRAPHY
GOLD: Spirit of the Amazon: The Indigenous Tribes of the Xingu
by Sue & Patrick Cunningham
(Papadakis)
SILVER: Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia
by Hans Kemp
(Visionary World)
BRONZE: The Wild Herd: A Vanishing American Treasure
by Deborah Kalas
(Val de Grâce Books)
4. ARCHITECTURE
GOLD: Designing for Disaster
by Boyce Thompson
(Schiffer Publishing)
SILVER: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Penwern: A Summer Estate
by Mark Hertzberg
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
BRONZE: Motel Vegas
by Fred Sigman
(Smallworks Press)
5. Coffee Table Books
GOLD: The Four Directions: A Southwestern Journey
by William Fields
(William Fields Art Photography)
SILVER: Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond
by Andrew Farago and Gina McIntyre
(Insight Editions)
BRONZE: Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never-Before-Seen Photos
by John Kane
(Red Lightning Books)
6. Popular Fiction
GOLD: The Pinebox Vendetta
by Jeff Bond
(Jeff Bond Books)
SILVER: You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened
by Amy Weinland Daughters
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE (tie): Unorthodoxy
by Joshua A.H. Harris
(Atmosphere Press)
by Barbara Linn Probst
(She Writes Press)
7. Literary Fiction
GOLD: Tidal Flats
by Cynthia Newberry Martin
(Yellow Pear Press)
SILVER (tie): A Silver Willow by the Shore
by Kelli Stuart
(Fine Print Writing Press)
by Carole Giangrande
(Inanna Publications)
BRONZE: A Devil Comes to Town
by Paolo Maurensig
(World Editions)
8. Short Story Fiction
GOLD: Let Me Out Here
by Emily W. Pease
(Hub City Press)
SILVER (tie): A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed: Linked Stories
by Jason Brown
(Missouri Review Books)
by Maureen Pilkington
(Regal House Publishing)
BRONZE: Moccasin Square Gardens
by Richard Van Camp
(Douglas & McIntyre)
9. Poetry - Standard
GOLD (tie): Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
by Dennis J. Bernstein; Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
(Paper Crown Books)
Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave
by Kim Dower
(Red Hen Press)
SILVER (tie): As One Fire Consumes Another
by John Sibley Williams
(Orison Books)
by Lindsey Royce
(Press 53)
BRONZE (tie): All Transparent Things Need Thundershirts
by Dana Roeser
(Two Sylvias Press)
by Ruth Dickey
(Harbor Mountain Press)
10. Poetry - Specialty
GOLD: Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry
by B.A. Van Sise
(Schaffner Press)
SILVER (tie): Homespun Mercies
by DJ Hill
(Light of the Moon, Inc.)
The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetry
by Jane Tyson Clement with Becca Stevens
(Plough Publishing House)
BRONZE: Lightning Strikes II: 22 Poets, 22 Artists.
(Dolby Chadwick Gallery)
11. Anthologies
GOLD (tie): Stand in the Light: Native Voices Illuminated by Edward S. Curtis
Compiled by Thomas F. Voight
(Rio Nuevo)
The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars
Collection by Debra Rosenman
(Wild Soul Press)
SILVER: The Analog Sea Review (Number Two): An Offline Journal
Edited by Jonathan S. Simons and Janos Tedeschi
(Analog Sea)
BRONZE: Buckman Journal: Anthology of Portland Writers and Artists
Edited by Jerry Sampson
(Buckman Publishing)
12. Juvenile Fiction
GOLD: Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War
by Libby Carty McNamee
(Sagebrush Publishing)
SILVER: The Day Old Faithful Stopped: A Yellowstone National Park Mystery
by Roy Deering
(The RoadRunner Press)
BRONZE (tie): Beatrice On Her Own
by Rosemary Zibart
(Artemesia Publishing)
Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training
by Laurie Calkhoven
(Red Chair Press)
13. Young Adult Fiction
GOLD: Shrug
by Lisa Braver Moss
(She Writes Press)
SILVER: The Quiet You Carry
by Nikki Barthelmess
(Flux)
BRONZE: An Impossible Distance to Fall
by Miriam McNamara
(Sky Pony Press)
14. Fantasy
GOLD: Things They Buried
by Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson
(Ismae Books)
SILVER (tie): Ever Alice
by HJ Ramsay
(Self-Published)
by Anna Burke
(Bywater Books)
BRONZE (tie): Eve of Snows
by L. James Rice
(Self-Published)
by Rebecca Creos
(Self-Published)
15. Science Fiction
GOLD: Revelations
by Robert Sells
(Self-Published)
SILVER: Andre’s Reboot: Striving to Save Humanity
by Steve Coleman
(Self-Published)
BRONZE (tie): The Clockwork Detective
by R.A. McCandless
(Ellysian Press)
by Brad Anderson
(Self-Published)
16. LGBT+ Fiction
GOLD: Oranges
by Gary Eldon Peter
(New Rivers Press)
SILVER: Hard Hart
by E. Davies
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: Even Weirder Than Before
by Susie Taylor
(Breakwater Books)
17. Erotica
GOLD: Laid Bare: A Collection of Erotic Lesbian Stories
Edited by Astrid Ohletz and Jae
(Ylva Publishing)
SILVER: Adrift
by L.A. Witt
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: No Safewords 2
Edited by Laura Antoniou
(Riverdale Avenue Books)
18. Historical Fiction
GOLD: Across A Broken Shore
by Amy Trueblood
(North Star Editions)
SILVER: Beyond the Ghetto Gates
by Michelle Cameron
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: The Pelton Papers
by Mari Coates
(She Writes Press)
19. Military/Wartime Fiction
GOLD: Royal Beauty Bright
by Ryan Byrnes
(Amphorae Publishing Group)
SILVER (tie): Life During Wartime
by Katie Rogin
(Mastodon Publishing)
Souvenirs from Kiev: Ukraine and Ukrainians in WWII
by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: Realm
by Alexandrea Weis
(Vesuvian Books)
20. Horror
GOLD: The Meadows
by London Clarke
(Carfax Abbey Publishing)
SILVER: The Night Weaver
by Monique Snyman
(Vesuvian Books)
BRONZE (tie): The Experiments
by Bill Thompson
(Ascendente Books)
by Jeremy Wagner
(Riverdale Avenue Books)
21. Multicultural Fiction
GOLD: The Allspice Bath
by Sonia Saikaley
(Inanna Publications)
SILVER: A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
by C.P. Mangel
(Eyewear Publishing)
BRONZE: Not Native: Short Stories of Immigrant Life in an In-Between World
by Murali Kamma
(Wising Up Press)
22. MULTICULTURAL FICTION – JUV-YOUNG ADULT
GOLD: The Storyteller
by Pierre Jarawan; translated by Sinéad Crowe and Rachel McNicholl
(World Editions)
SILVER: I Am Lemonade Lucy!
by Kenneth Womack
(Black Rose Writing)
BRONZE: Indigo Girl
by Suzanne Kamata
(GemmaMedia)
23. MYSTERY
GOLD: A Dream of Death
by Connie Berry
(Crooked Lane)
SILVER: Galileo
by Ann McMan
(Bywater Books)
BRONZE: Boxing The Octopus
by Tim Maleeny
(Poisoned Pen Press)
24. SUSPENSE/THRILLER
GOLD: All the Broken People
by Amy Rivers
(Compathy Press)
SILVER: Winds of Fear (Fearless Series)
by Gledé Browne Kabongo
(BrowneStar Media)
BRONZE: The Midnight Call
by Jode Millman
(Immortal Works LLC)
25. RELIGIOUS FICTION
GOLD: All in Good Time
by Carolyn Astfalk
(Multa Verba Publishing)
SILVER: The June Bug Catcher
by Heather Ball
(FriesenPress)
BRONZE: When Mountains Sing
by Stacy Monson
(His Image Publications)
26. Romance
GOLD: When Time Stands Still
by Sara Furlong Burr
(Self-Published)
SILVER: Bound In Flame
by Katherine Kayne
(Passionflower Press)
BRONZE: Christmas at Maplemont Manor
by Julie Manthey
(Self-Published)
27. URBAN FICTION
GOLD: Silent Hero: A Homeless Success Story
by Vernard Dorsey
(Vdor Innovations)
SILVER: Twist of Fate...A Truth Wrapped in a Beautiful Lie
by Nikki Flowers
(Emotional Fiction Publishing)
BRONZE: Rainy Days: Book One
by George Empty III
(Self-Published)
28. VISIONARY/NEW AGE FICTION
GOLD: The Reluctant Healer
by Andrew Himmel
(Greenleaf Book Group Press)
SILVER: Made by Mary
by Laura Catherine Brown
(C&R Press)
BRONZE: Warrior Won
by Meryl Davids Landau
(Alignment Publishing)
29. TRUE CRIME
GOLD: The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice
by Vanessa Brown
(ECW Press)
SILVER: Murder and Mayhem on the Main Street of America: Tales From Bloody 66
by Jim Hinckley
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
BRONZE: Taming the Lion Tamers: The Inside Story of A Landmark Sex Abuse Case
by David Flowers
(Self-Published)
30. GRAPHIC NOVEL/DRAWN BOOK
GOLD: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Gina Siciliano
(Fantagraphics Books)
SILVER (tie): Chickasaw Adventures: The Complete Collection
by Jen Murvin Edwards; Artwork by Tom Lyle
(Chickasaw Press)
The Invisible Empire: Madge Oberholtzer and the Unmasking of the KuKlux Klan
by Micky Neilson and Todd Warger; Illustrated by Mark Borstel
(Insight Comics)
BRONZE: Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition
by Kit Steinkellner; Illustrated by Emma Steinkellner; created by Sebastian Kadlecik
(Fanbase Press)
31. HUMOR
GOLD: No Good Very Bad Asian
by Leland Cheuk
(C&R Press)
SILVER: Adult Conversation: A Novel
by Brandy Ferner
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: Close But No Cigar: Runner-Ups, Nearly-Weres and Also-Rans
by Dale Patterson
(Red Deer Press)
32. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS (7 & UNDER)
GOLD: The Lions at Night
A wordless picture book illustrated by Jessica M. Boehman
(The Roadrunner Press)
SILVER (tie): Little Mouse Adventures: Yoga at the Zoo
by Teresa Anne Power; illustrated by Emma Allen
(Stafford House Books)
by Ariel Andrés Almada; illustrated by Sonja Wimmer; translated by Jon Brokenbrow
(Cuento de Luz)
BRONZE: The Great Alien Cake Off
by Rachel McCoubrie; illustrated by Robert McPhillips
(From You To Me LTD)
33. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS (ALL AGES)
GOLD: Get Back in the Book!
by Larry Issa; illustrated by Emma Chadwick
(Kalamus)
SILVER: Bathing in the Forest
by Nívola Uyá and Marc Ayats; illustrated by Nívola Uyá; translated by Jon Brokenbrow
(Cuento de Luz)
BRONZE (tie): The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
by Susan S. Bernardo; illustrated by Courtenay Fletcher
(Inner Flower Child Books)
Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha
by Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by Kailey Whitman
(Sounds True)
34. CHILDREN’S INTERACTIVE
GOLD: Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy
by Matthew Reinhart; illustrated by Kevin M. Wilson
(Insight Editions)
SILVER: My First Words: 15 Clever Mini-Books
by Olga Utkina; illustrated by Ekaterina Elkina, Elana Jirenkina & Tatiana Korchemkina
(Clever Publishing)
BRONZE: Art is a Verb
by Likla Lall; designed by Rohina Thapar
(Art1st)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 35-65
35. JUVENILE-YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
GOLD: What the Eagle Sees
by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
(Annick Press)
SILVER: Heroic Women of the Art World
by Eugene H. Pool
(Tumblehome, Inc.)
BRONZE (tie): M. C. Escher: More Than Meets the Eye
by Jessica Cole, Lisa Marie Corso, Myf Doughty, Emily Kennel, Daniel Romanin, Michael Schwarz and Nick Taras
(National Gallery of Victoria)
Stand Up! Be an Upstander and Make a Difference
by Wendy L. Moss, PhD
(American Psychological Association)
36. MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION JUV-YOUNG ADULT
GOLD: American Boy
by S.C. Megale
(Bluebullseye Press)
SILVER: Fighting for Justice: Biddy Mason Speaks Up
by Arisa White, Laura Atkins, Illustrated by Laura Freeman
(Heyday Books)
BRONZE: Etre Girls, Who Do You Want To Be?
by Illana Raia
(Etre)
37. MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION ADULT
GOLD: Among the Maasai
by Juliet Cutler
(She Writes Press)
SILVER: Tribal Abundance: Living Courageously in an Uncertain World
by Ildiko Oravecz
(Citrine Publishing)
by Denise K. Lajimodiere
(North Dakota State University Press)
38a. creaTIve nON-fiction
GOLD: Drunk in China: Baijiu and the World’s Oldest Drinking Culture
by Derek Sandhaus
(Potomac Books)
SILVER: Malibu Burning: The Real Story Behind LA’s Most Devastating Wildfire
by Robert Kerbeck
(MWC Press)
BRONZE: This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession
by Cameron Dezen Hammon
(Lookout Books)
38b. ESSAY
GOLD: All the Fierce Tethers: Essays
by Lia Purpura
(Sarabande Books)
SILVER (tie): Heaven
by Emerson Whitney
(McSweeney’s)
The Lampblack Blue of Memory: My Mother Echoes
by Sarah Adleman
(Tolsun Books)
BRONZE: Slow Arrow: Unearthing the Frail Children
by Kathryn Winograd
(Saddle Road Press)
39. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR I (CELEBRITY/POLITICAL/ROMANCE)
GOLD (tie): Hippie Woman Wild: Life & Love on an Oregon Commune
by Carol Schlanger
(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)
Times Up! A Memoir of the American Century
by Robert Cabot
(McPherson & Co.)
SILVER: Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court
by Simon Tam
(Troublemaker Press)
BRONZE: Love in a Tuscan Kitchen: Savoring Life Through the Romance, Recipes and Traditions of Italy
by Sheryl Ness
(Tuscan Dreams)
40. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR II (COMING OF AGE/FAMILY LEGACY/TRAVEL)
GOLD: Saturday's Child
by Deborah Burns
(She Writes Press)
SILVER: The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story
by David Crow
(Sandra Jonas Publishing)
BRONZE (tie): From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union
by Katya Cengel
(University of Nebraska Press)
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father
by Brian Harvey
(ECW Press)
41. AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR III (PERSONAL STRUGGLE/HEALTH ISSUES)
GOLD (tie): Second Lives, Second Chances: A Surgeon’s Stories of Transformation
by Donald R. Laub, MD
(ECW Press)
Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Darkness to Light
by Mendek Rubin & Myra Goodman
(She Writes Press)
SILVER (tie): Kick-Ass Kinda Girl: A Memoir of Live, Love, and Caregiving
by Kathi Koll
(WP Ward Publishing)
by David Downs
(BakitaBooks)
BRONZE: Out of the Shadow of 9/11: An Inspiring Tale of Escape and Transformation
by Christina Ray Stanton
(Loving All Nations Press)
42. BIOGRAPHY
GOLD (tie): Race and Football in America: The Life and Legacy of George Taliaferro
by Dawn Knight
(Indiana University Press)
The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream
by Tom Weidlinger
(SparkPress)
SILVER: Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark
by Lonnie T. Brown, Jr.
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE (tie): Stronger Than Death
by Rachel Pieh Jones
(Plough Publishing House)
T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer
by David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito
(Independent Institute)
43. AGING/DEATH & DYING
GOLD: Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying
by Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush
(Sounds True)
SILVER: Grow Old With Me
by Lucy Rose Fischer
(Temuna Press)
BRONZE: The Goodbye Diaries: A Mother-Daughter Memoir
by Marisa Bardach Ramel and Sally Bardach
(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)
44. ANIMALS/PETS
GOLD (tie): Pheasant Dogs: Stories from the Field -- Hunters, Trainers and Trialers
by Keith R. Crowley
(Wild River Press)
by Mark Rogers
(Bluestreak Books)
SILVER: War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II
by Robin Hutton
(Regnery History)
BRONZE: Animal Sutras: Animal Spirit Stories
by Stephen Levine
(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)
45. BUSINESS/CAREERS/SALES
GOLD: The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail
by Charlene Li
(Ideapress Publishing)
SILVER: Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done
by Charlie Gilkey
(Sounds True)
BRONZE (tie): The B Corp Handbook: How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good
by Ryan Honeyman and Tiffany Jana
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
Faster, Fewer, Better Emails: Manage the Volume, Reduce the Stress, Love the Results
by Dianna Booher
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
46. COOKBOOKS - GENERAL
GOLD: The Musso & Frank Grill
by Michael Callahan
(Story Farm)
SILVER: The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
by Annie Gray
(Weldon Owen)
BRONZE: Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian’s Recipes Celebrating Food & Family
by Daniel Paterna
(powerHouse Books)
47. COOKBOOKS - SPECIALTY
GOLD: Earth to Table: Plant-Based Recipes for Health + Wellbeing
by Teresa Cutter
(Healthy Chef)
SILVER: The Long Table Cookbook: Plant-Based Recipes for Optimal Health
by Amy Symington
(Douglas & McIntyre)
BRONZE: Beyond the Greek Salad: Regional Foods from All Around Greece
by Ruth Bardis
(Self-Published)
48. CURRENT EVENTS I (POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/FOREIGN AFFAIRS)
GOLD: War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure
by Ivan Eland
(Independent Institute)
SILVER: Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths And How We Can Stop!
by Bill Eddy
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
BRONZE: Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine
by Noura Erakat
(Stanford University Press)
49. CURRENT EVENTS II (SOCIAL ISSUES/HUMANITARIAN)
GOLD (tie): Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing
by Suzanne Methot
(ECW Press)
by Mary Anne Franks
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER: Compassionate Counterterrorism
by Leena Al Olaimy
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
BRONZE: The Torture Doctors: Human Rights Crimes and the Road to Justice
by Steven Miles
(Georgetown University Press)
50. EDUCATION I (WORKBOOK/RESOURCES)
by Jane A. G. Kise
(Solution Tree Press)
SILVER: Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement: Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom
by Rebecca Stobaugh
(Solution Tree Press)
BRONZE (tie): Families as Partners: The Essential Link in Education
by Andrea M. Nelson-Royes
(Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group)
Coaching for Significant and Sustained Change in the Classroom
by Tom Roy
(Solution Tree Press)
51. EDUCATION II (COMMENTARY/THEORY)
GOLD: Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America
by Richard K. Vedder
(Independent Institute)
SILVER: If Einstein Ran the Schools: Revitalizing U.S. Education
by Thomas Armstrong, PhD
(Praeger)
by Michael D. Toth and David A. Sousa
(Learning Sciences International)
52. NATURE
GOLD: Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes Throughout the Americas
Photography by Owen Deutsch
(Braided River)
SILVER: Marfa Garden: The Wonders of Dry Desert Plants
by Jim Fissel, Martha Hughes, Jim Martinez & Mary Lou Saxon
(Trinity University Press)
BRONZE: Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves
Photography by Christian Vizl
(Earth Aware Editions)
53. ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY
GOLD: The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World
by Eric Scigliano, with Dr. Robert Max Holmes, Dr. Susan Natali, and Dr. John Schade
(Braided River)
SILVER: Beyond Extinction: The Eternal Ocean
by Wolfgang Grulke
(At One Communications)
BRONZE: Your Body’s Environmental Chemical Burden: A Resource Guide to Understanding and Avoiding Toxins
by Cindy Klement, MS, CNS, MCHES
(Mindstir Media)
54. FINANCE/INVESTMENT/ECONOMICS
GOLD: Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong
by Neil Monnery
(London Publishing Partnership)
SILVER: How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities and Freedoms from the Dictatorship of Property
by Ben G. Price
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
BRONZE: Get Ready! A Step-by-Step Planner for Maintaining Your Financial First Aid Kit
by Tony Steuer, CLU, LA, CPFFE
(Life Insurance Sage Press)
55. LGBT+ NON-FICTION
GOLD: We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History
by R. Richard Wagner
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
SILVER: Limitless Africans
by Mikael Owunna
(FotoEvidence)
BRONZE: A Real Life, "Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens."
by Perry Brass
(Belhue Press)
56. GIFT/SPECIALTY/JOURNAL
GOLD: Llewellyn's Little Book of Tarot
by Barbara Moore
(Llewellyn)
SILVER: Mother's Thoughts for the Day: 25 Years of Wisdom
by M.C. Sungaila
(Crystal Cove Press)
BRONZE: Lead On!
by Krista Betcher
(Beaver's Pond Press)
57. HOLIDAY
GOLD: Heart & Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in Your Living Space
by Victoria Duerstock
(Abingdon Press)
SILVER: Busy Christmas
(Clever Publishing)
BRONZE: Twas the Night Before ChristMOOSE
by Vicki Addesso Dodd; illustrated by Patrick Jankowski
(Saratoga Springs Publishing)
58. HEALTH/MEDICINE/NUTRITION
GOLD: Food Bullying: How to Avoid Buying B.S.
by Michele Payn
(Morgan James)
SILVER: Getting the Best Care, Rescue Your Loved One from the Healthcare Conveyor Belt
by Margaret Fitzpatrick, MS, RN, CRNA
(URPOINT, LLC)
BRONZE: GAIN Without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals
by Greg Hammer MD
(Same Page)
59. HISTORY (U.S.)
GOLD: La Raza
Curated by Luis C. Garza & Amy Scott, edited by Colin Gunckel
(UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center)
SILVER: The Karl Muck Scandal: Classical Music and Xenophobia in World War I America
by Melissa D. Burrage
(University of Rochester)
BRONZE (tie): Guns, Grit and Glory: How the US and Mexico Came Together to Defeat the Last Empire in the Americas
by Michael Hogan
(Henselstone Verlag)
The Space-Age Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A Rare Photographic History
by John Bisney & J. L. Pickering
(University of New Mexico Press)
60. HISTORY (WORLD)
GOLD (tie): Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe with notes by Alexander Bennett
(Tuttle Publishing)
The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice
by Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER: Blind Bombing: How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II
by Norman Fine
(Potomac Books)
BRONZE: A Response to Enslavement: Playing Their Way to Virtue
by Peter A. Roberts
(University of the West Indies Press)
61. HOME/GARDEN/crafts
GOLD: The Garden: Before & After
by Randle Siddeley
(Papadakis)
SILVER: The Complete Book of Clean: Tips & Techniques for Your Home
by Toni Hammersley
(Weldon Owen)
BRONZE (tie): Artisan Felting: Wearable Art
by Jenny Hill
(Schiffer Publishing)
The Goldwork Masterclass: Adventures in Metal Thread Embroidery
by Alison Cole
(Alison Cole Embroidery)
62. INSPIRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL
GOLD: Yoga and the Art of Mudras
by Nubia Teixeira; photography by Andrea Boston
(Mandala Publishing)
SILVER: The Lord is My Strength: Praising the Psalms Day by Day
by Eric Kampmann
(Beaufort Books)
BRONZE: MicroShifts: Transforming Your Life One Step at a Time
by Gary Jansen
(Loyola Press)
63. NEW AGE/MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
by Susan Shumsky, DD
(Weiser Books)
SILVER: Dreaming at the Gates: How Dreams Guide Us
by Kathryn Ridall, PhD
(DreamGate Press)
BRONZE: Death Nesting: Ancient & Modern Death Doula Techniques, Mindfulness Practices and Herbal Care
by Anne-Marie Keppel
(Self-Published)
64. PARENTING
GOLD (tie): Raising Will: Surviving the Brilliance and Blues of ADHD
by Katherine Quie, PhD, LP
(Wise Ink Creative Publishing)
Parent Shift: Ten Universal Truths that Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids
by Linda and Ty Hatfield & Wendy Thomas Russell
(Brown Paper Press)
SILVER: Of Parents and Children: Tools for Nurturing a Lifelong Relationship
by Jorge & Demián Bucay
(Upper West Side Philosophers)
BRONZE: #LookUp: A Parenting Guide to Screen Use
by Judy Stoffel
(Wise Ink Creative Publishing)
65. POPULAR CULTURE
GOLD: Walt Disney’s Disneyland
by Chris Nichols
(Taschen)
SILVER: All American Toy Co.: All American Toys for All American Boys
by Frank Barnett & Martha A. Solomon
(Barnett & Solomon)
BRONZE: Lover’s Leap Legends: From Sappho of Lesbos to Wah-Wah-Tee of Waco
by Leland & Crystal Payton
(Lens & Pen Press)
GENERAL CATEGORIES 66-85
66. PSYCHOLOGY/MENTAL HEALTH
GOLD: The EQ Intervention: Raising a Self-Aware Generation Through Social and Emotional Learning
by Adam L. Saenz
(The Applied EQ Group)
SILVER: Growing Up Lonely: Disconnection and Misconnection in the Lives of Our Children
by J. W. Freiberg
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: 8 Ways To Wellbeing For Recovering People
by Sonnee Weedn, PhD
(Chispa Publishing)
67. SPORTS/FITNESS/RECREATION
GOLD: The Winning Cars of the Indianapolis 500
by James Craig Reinhardt
(Red Lightning Books)
SILVER: The T206 Collection: The Players & Their Stories (Second Edition)
by Tom Zappala & Ellen Zappala with Lou Blasi; foreword and contributions by Joe Orlando and contributions by Derek Hogue
(Peter E. Randall Publisher)
by Mitch Bishop and Mark Raffauf
(Octane Press)
68. REFERENCE
GOLD: The Encyclopedia of Trade Goods Volume 3: Tools & Utensils of the Fur Trade
by James A. Hanson & Jon Nelson
(Museum of the Fur Trade)
by K.I. Knight
(First Freedom Publishing)
BRONZE: Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource
by John C. Porter and Francis E. Gilman
(Peter E. Randall, Publisher)
69. RELIGION (EASTERN/WESTERN)
by Jay Wexler
(Stanford University Press)
SILVER: Buddhist Feminisms and Femininities
Edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
(SUNY Press)
BRONZE (tie): Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective & Higher Purpose
by Sarah Bowen
(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)
by Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender
(North Dakota State University Press)
70. SCIENCE
GOLD: Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography
by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis
(Harvard University Press)
SILVER: Organumics: An Epigenetic Re-framing of Consciousness, Life, and Evolution
by Ben L. Callif
(S. Woodhouse Books)
BRONZE: Mama Rae’s Rocks and Rhymes: Fun Facts and Trivia for Gem Collectors, Students, and Rockhounds
by Suzette Rae Fell Buhr
(Designs in a Nutshell Publications)
71. SELF HELP
GOLD: Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life
by Laura Gassner Otting
(Ideapress Publishing)
SILVER (tie): Be Wise Now: A Guide to Conscious Living
by Gael McCool
(Feel Inc.)
Drinking From the River of Light: The Life of Expression
by Mark Nepo
(Sounds True)
BRONZE: The Ethical Sellout: Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise
by Lily Zheng & Inge Hansen
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
72. SEXUALITY/RELATIONSHIPS
by Charles M. Johnston MD
(ICD Press)
by Jan Dworkin, PhD
(Belly Song Press)
BRONZE: Intimate Lies and the Law
by Jill Elaine Hasday
(Oxford University Press)
73. TRANSPORTATION (AUTO/AVIATION/RAILROAD)
GOLD: Transportation and the American People
by H. Roger Grant
(Indiana University Press)
SILVER: Full-Scale Passion: The Bachman Collection
by Philip Bachman
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: American Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880-1960
by William L. Withuhn
(Indiana University Press)
74. TRAVEL – ESSAY
GOLD: On the Hummus Route: A Journey Between Cities, People, and Dreams
by Ariel Rosenthal, Orly Peli-Bronshtein & Dan Alexander
(Magica)
SILVER: Walking to the End of the World: A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago
by Beth Jusino
(Mountaineers Books)
BRONZE: Strange Tales of World Travel: Bizarre - Mysterious - Horrible - Hilarious
by Gina & Scott Gaille
(Travelers’ Tales)
75. TRAVEL – GUIDEBOOK
GOLD: Soul of Los Angeles: A Guide to 30 Exceptional Experiences
by Emilien Crespo
(Jonglez Publishing)
SILVER: D-Day 75th Anniversary: A Millennials Guide
Edited by Jay Wertz
(Monroe Publications)
BRONZE: A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide
by Evangeline Neo
(Tuttle Publishing)
76. WOMEN'S ISSUES
GOLD (tie): Even If You're Broken: Essays on Sexual Assault and #MeToo
by Katie Rose Guest Pryal
(Blue Crow Books)
Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality
by Celeste Watkins-Hayes
(University of California Press)
SILVER: We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor
by Marika Lindholm, Cheryl Dumesnil, Domenica Ruta, and Katherine Shonk
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: The Other Ladies of Myanmar
by Jennifer Rigby
(ISEAS)
77. WRITING/PUBLISHING
GOLD: The Influential Author: How and Why to Write, Publish, and Sell Nonfiction Books That Matter
by Gregory V. Diehl
(Identity Publications)
SILVER: Listen Up, Writer: How Not to Write Like an Amateur
by Nikki Hanna
(Patina Publishing)
BRONZE: From Page to Stage: Inspiration, Tools, and Public Speaking for Writers
by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
(She Writes Press)
78. BOOK/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEBSITE
GOLD: https://stefanienaumann.com
SILVER: https://mothersthoughtsfortheday.com
BRONZE: www.janellebruland.com
79. COVER DESIGN – FICTION
GOLD: Drafts of a Suicide Note
by Mandy-Suzanne Wong; Cover design by Lafayette & Greene; Cover image by Heather Kettenis
(Regal House Publishing)
SILVER: A Little Chatter
by Terry Connell; Cover design by Kelly Davidson Studios
(Self-Published)
BRONZE (tie): The Blue Witch (Witches of Orkney, Volume One)
by Alane Adams; Cover illustration by Jonathan Stroh
(SparkPress)
Umijoo: The Wondrous Tale of a Curious Girl and Her Journey Under the Sea
by Casson Trenor; Illustrated by Caia Koopman; Book design by Mike Sully Sullivan
(Shark and Siren Press)
80. COVER DESIGN – NON-FICTION
GOLD: To Live on Lafayette Square: Society & Politics in the President’s Neighborhood
by William Seale; Designed by Luke Hayman, Shannon Jager and Margaux Saulou, Pentagram NewYork
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER: The After-Normal: Brief, Alphabetical Essays on a Changing Planet
by David Carlin & Nicole Walker; Cover design by Heather Butterfield; Artwork by Amy Casey
(Rose Metal Press)
BRONZE: Sneaky Art of Eau Claire
by Nishant Jain; Cover design by Mayfly Design
(Beaver’s Pond Press)
81. COVER DESIGN - NON-FICTION OVERSIZE
GOLD: Art in the White House
by William Kloss; Cover photo by Bruce M. White
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER: Dividing Colors: War & Rights
by Travis Lovell, Brandon Truscott, Howard Fullmer; Design by UVU Department of Design
(Utah University Press)
BRONZE: Beautiful Living: Cooking the Cal-a-Vie Health Spa Way
by Terri Havens; Cover design by Elise DeSilva, Limb Design; Cover photo by Anne Watson
(Cal-a-Vie Health Spa)
82. BEST FIRST BOOK - FICTION
GOLD: Crow
by Amy Spurway
(Goose Lane Editions)
SILVER (tie): Cooperative Lives
by Patrick Finegan
(Two Skates Publishing)
by Vince Sgambati
(Guernica World Editions)
BRONZE: Watershed
by Mark Barr
(Hub City Press)
83. BEST FIRST BOOK - NON-FICTION
GOLD: The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson
by Mark Irwin & Gary Malmberg
(Briar Books Press)
SILVER: Lettering Journey: Fast. Functional. Fun!
Written and Illustrated by Heather Leavitt Martinez
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: Forest Bathing with your Dog
by Nadine Mazzola
(Blue Cloud Books)
84. BOOK SERIES - FICTION
GOLD: The Letter Series
by Kathleen Shoop
(Self-Published)
SILVER: The Dream Horse Mysteries
by Candace Carrabus
(Witting Woman Works)
BRONZE: Fate & Freedom
by K. I. Knight
(First Freedom Publishing)
85. BOOK SERIES - NON-FICTION
GOLD: The Deep Time Trilogy
by Wolfgang Grulke
(At One Communications)
SILVER: Secrets of the Forge plus The Blacksmith's Project Book
by Antonello Rizzo
(Artisan Ideas)
BRONZE: Quintessential Kitchens and Spaces by Matthew Quinn
by Matthew Quinn with Heather Paper
(Parrish Press)
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Clio Rising
by Paula Martinac
(Bywater Books)
SILVER (tie): Cement Dust
by J. Peter Bergman
(Silver Street Media)
The Breach: Voices Haunting a New England Mill Town
by David K Leff
(Homebound Publications)
BRONZE: Arnold Falls
by Charlie Suisman
(Self-Published)
US NORTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: The Gritty Berkshires: A People’s History from the Hoosac Tunnel to Mass MoCA
by Maynard Seider
(White River Press)
SILVER: Six Capsules: The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts
by George R. Dekle Sr.
(Kent State University Press)
BRONZE: The American Fly Fishing Experience: Theodore Gordon, His Lost Flies and Last Sentiments
by John Gubbins
(Brule River Press)
MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Trial by Family
by Roselee Blooston
(Apprentice House Press)
SILVER: The History Teacher
by Susan Bacon
(Porter Street Press)
BRONZE: The Carousel Carver
by Perdita Buchan
(Plexus Publishing)
MID-ATLANTIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: Spy Sites of New York City: A Guide to the Region’s Secret History
by H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace with Henry R. Schlesinger
(Georgetown University Press)
SILVER: A Century of Honor: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
by Philip Bigler
(Apple Ridge Publishers)
BRONZE: Coyotes in the Pasture & Wolves at the Door: Stories and Recipes from Our Farm to Your Table
by John & Sukey Jamison
(Word Association Publishers)
SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: I Hear the Human Noise
by Ray Morrison
(Press 53)
SILVER: Sunflower Dog: Dancing the Flathead Shuffle
by Kevin Winchester
(SFK Press)
BRONZE: The Winter Sisters
by Tim Westover
(QW Publishers)
SOUTHEAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: I Come From A Place: Appalachian Watercolors of The Serpentine Chain
by Alan Shuptrine and Jennifer Pharr Davis; paintings by Alan Shuptrine
(Shuptrines)
SILVER: Kentucky Barns: Agricultural Heritage of the Bluegrass
by Carol Peachee
(Quarry Books)
BRONZE: Faces & Places of Cashiers Valley
Interviews and photographs by Tim Barnwell
(Cashiers Historical Society)
SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Holding On To Nothing
by Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne
(Blair)
SILVER: Lesser Mountains
by Andrew Geyer
(Lamar University Literary Press)
BRONZE: Troublesome Creek
by Wesley Mullins
(Self-Published)
SOUTH – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: Revolution In Black and White: Photographs of the Civil Rights Era by Ernest C. Withers
by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams
(CityFiles Press)
SILVER: Women Make Arkansas: Conversations with 50 Creatives
by Erin Wood
(Et Alia Press)
BRONZE: Fish Town: Down the Road to Louisiana’s Vanishing Fishing Communities
Photography and text by J. T. Blatty
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Kickin' Rocks
by Marianne K. Martin
(Bywater Books)
SILVER: The Will to Die
by Joe Pulizzi
(Z Squared Media)
BRONZE: Bliss
by Fredrick Soukup
(Regal House Publishing)
GREAT LAKES – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD (tie): Entertaining Chicago: Remembering the Places, Performers and Stories Throughout the 20th Century
by Neil Samors and Bob Dauber
(Chicago’s Books Press)
Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio on the History of Rock and Roll
by Jason Prufer
(Kent State University Press)
SILVER: Stories From the Wreckage: A Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks
by John Odin Jensen
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
BRONZE: Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan
by Barbara J. Barton
(Michigan State University Press)
MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions
by Sheila O'Connor
(Rose Metal Press)
SILVER: Searching for Nora: After the Doll's House
by Wendy Swallow
(Peavine Mountain Press)
BRONZE: The Thief's Heart
by Kathleen Shoop
(Self-Published)
MIDWEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: Great River City: How the Mississippi Shaped St. Louis
by Andrew Wanko
(Missouri Historical Society)
SILVER: Protecting Our People: Chickasaw Law Enforcement in Indian Territory
by Michelle Cooke
(Chickasaw Press)
BRONZE: Dakota Attitude: Interviews from Every Town in North Dakota
by James Puppe
(Self-Published)
WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Gold Digger, The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor
by Rebecca Rosenberg
(Lion Heart Publishing)
SILVER: Substitute Soloist
by D.R. Ransdell
(Aakenbaaken & Kent)
BRONZE: Section Roads
by Mike Murphey
(Mike Murphey Books)
WEST-MOUNTAIN – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: Voices of Yellowstone’s Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Edited by Traute N. Parrie & Jesse A. Logan
(Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation)
SILVER: Navajo Code Talker Manual
by Jim Turner, with special design by Gabriel Schut
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
BRONZE: Chasing Centuries: The Search for Ancient Agave Cultivars Across the Desert Southwest
by Ron Parker
(Sunbelt Publications)
WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
Gold: Big Green Country
by Frances Rivetti
(Fog Valley Press)
SILVER (tie): Steller's Orchid
by Thomas McGuire
(Boreal Books)
by Laura Preble
(Mascot Books)
BRONZE: Arroyo
by Chip Jacobs
(Rare Bird Books)
WEST-PACIFIC – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: We are Puget Sound: Discovering & Rediscovering the Salish Sea
by David L. Workman, Leonard Forsman, Mindy Roberts & Brian J. Cantwell
(Braided River)
SILVER: The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind
by Amy Gulick
(Braided River)
BRONZE (tie): Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies
Edited by Russell Jeung, Karen Umemoto, Harvey Dong, Eric Mar, Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani & Arnold Pan
(UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press)
Soul Space: Creating Places and Lives that Make a Difference
by Linda Lawrence Hunt
(Tasora Books)
CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: The Song of the Sea
by Jenn Alexander
(Bywater Books)
SILVER: Operation Vanished
by Helen C. Escott
(Flanker Press)
BRONZE (tie): Cloud Cover
by Jeffrey Sotto
(Self-Published)
by George Tombs
(Evidentia Originals)
CANADA-EAST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: To Make Riders Faster: Vroomen and White Disrupt the Cycling Industry and Almost Lose It All
by Anna Dopico
(A. Dopico Consulting Inc.)
SILVER: Almost Feral: The Only Limits are the Ones We Self-Impose
by Gemma Hickey
(Breakwater Books)
BRONZE: The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School
by Sharon Berg with Elder Pauline Shirt
(Big Pond Rumours Press)
CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Time Again
by Jeane Watier
(Novel Ink Publishing)
SILVER: At This Juncture
by Rona Altrows
(Now or Never Publishing)
BRONZE: Who Killed Big Al?
by Carroll Baker
(Archway Publishing)
CANADA-WEST – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: Canada: A Poetic Landscape
Written and Illustrated by Cynthia McLaren
(C. McLaren Designs)
SILVER: The New Beachcomber’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Completely Revised and Expanded 2019)
by J. Duaine Sept
(Harbour Publishing)
BRONZE: Stewart Brothers: An Alberta Family Business History
by Stewart Ford
(Sonderho Press)
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Paradise Earth
by Amy Barker
(Stormbird Press)
SILVER: Going Home
by Carole Brungar
(Carole Brungar Publishing)
BRONZE: Chamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories
Retold by Teresita Lourdes Perez; Translated by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera
(University of Guam Press)
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: Australia Modern: 15 Houses in Harmony with the Land
by Steve Huyton
(Schiffer Publishing)
SILVER: Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines
by Victoria Reyes
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE: Finding Myself In Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah
by Neill McKee
(NBFS Creations)
EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Guesthouse for Ganesha
by Judith Teitelman
(She Writes Press)
SILVER: The Art of Regret
by Mary Fleming
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: It Happened in Tuscany
by Gail Mencini
(Capriole Group)
EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL NON-FICTION
GOLD: A Hug for the Apostle: On Foot from Chartres to Santiago de Compostela
by Laurie Dennett
(Words Indeed)
by Carole Bumpus
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: How Languages Saved Me: A Polish Story of Survival
by Tadeusz Haska and Stefanie Naumann
(Köehlerbooks)
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E6. BEST ADULT NON-FICTION INFORMATIONAL E-BOOK
E8. BEST CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED E-BOOK
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