🏆 2016 Kindle Book Award Winners

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Welcome to Our 5th Annual Kindle Book Awards!

Each Category Winner Will Walk Away With $849 in Cash &  Prizes. 

Congrats to our 2016 Winners!  

Winners: Contact Jeff at jeffbennington @ ymail. com to claim your badge/prizes. Allow 24-48 hours for a response

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This years’ picks were packed with great reads, making our decision making process extremely difficult! So many good books, so few awards. 

 See 2016 contest details by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete list of Winners, Finalists, and Semifinalists:

Horror/Suspense Finalists:

The Second Wife by Kishan Paul ~ WINNER

The Torment of Rachel Ames by Jeff Gunhus

All Smoke Rises: Milk-Blood Redux by Mark Matthews

Angel Fire (The Ryan Chronicles Book 5) by J.E. Taylor

Kai Derek Vasconi

Horror Semifinalists

Spirits of the Bayou (The Spirits Trilogy Book 3) by Morgan Hannah MacDonald

In Extremis: A Hellbound Novella by David McCaffrey

The Origin of Dracula by Irving Belateche

Paper Dolls by Hannah Peach

Apostle by Lacey Crowe

Goody One Shoe by Julie Frayn

Cold Hollow (Cold Hollow Mysteries Book 1) by Emilie J. Howard

Onyx Webb: Book One (Episodes 1, 2, 3) by Richard Fenton

Hollow Blood:The Hunt For the Foul Murderer of Ichabod Crane by Austin Dragon

The Haunting of Aaron House by Joyce Zeller

The Covenant of Wickersham Hollow by Thomas Bradley

Soulless (The Immortal Gene Trilogy Book 1) by Jacinta Maree

Thing Bailiwick: A Collection of Horror by Fawn Bonning

Greylock by Paula Cappa

The Screaming by David Graham

 

Young Adult Finalists:

Losing Nuka (Litmus Book 1) by Kayla Howarth ~ WINNER

Outbreak (The Solomon Experiments Book 2) by Christine Fonseca

The Sword of Telemon (The Orfeo Saga Book 1) by Murray Lee Eiland, Jr.

A Hole in the Ice (Book 1) by McCallum J Morgan

Mercy’s Prince (He Who Finds Mercy Book 1) by Kathy Huth Jones

Young Adult Semifinalists

Return of the White Deer by Robert Sells

Boy Band by Jacqueline Smith

The Girl in the Time Machine by Deborah Chapoton

Circulus de Potentia (Magicae Mathematica Book 2) by Jim West

A Familiar Darkness (Soul Ties Book 1) by Heather Sutherlin

The Last of the Firedrakes (The Avalonia Chronicles Book 1) by Farrah Oomerboy

Sunborn Rising by Aaron Safronoff

Amáne of Teravinea – Black Castle (The Teravinea Series Book 4) by D. Maria Trimble

Nightingale by David Farland

The Changing Season by Steven Manchester

A Time to Speak (Out of Time Book 2) by Nadine Brandes

Claire Daly: Reluctant Soul Saver by Michele Brouder

I Wish by Elizabeth Langston

Come on Home, Children (Children in Hiding Book 2) by Victoria Randall

Summer Unbroken by Amy Spade

 

Sci-fi/Fantasy Finalists:

The Phoenix Project by DM Cain ~ WINNER

The Legend of Vanx Malic Books I-IV Bundle: To Kill a Witch by M.R. Mathias

Highway: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale of Survival by M.L. Banner  

Aranya by Marc Secchia

Evil within Yourselves by Bill Hiatt  

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Semifinalists

Dreamscape: Saving Alex by Kirstin Pulioff 

Depravity: A Beauty and the Beast novel by MJ Haag

Wilde Omens by Bree Lawrence

Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series by Austin Dragon 

Pulse: The Trial by Ryan Crawford 

Liberation’s Kiss by Wendy Lynn Clark 

The Future Chronicles: Special Edition by Samuel Peralta 

The Paladins of Naretia by Trudy Keane 

Waking the Phoenix by Lindsay Avalon

Trust: The Alex Connor Chronicles Book 1 by Parker Sinclair 

Irin by R. Lee Walsh 

K: The Awakening by K.R. Fajardo 

The Queen’s Viper by Lesley Donaldson 

Guarded by Carmen Fox 

Sector 64: Ambush by Dean M. Cole 

 

Mystery/Thriller Finalists:

Murder in the Latin Quarter by Susan Kiernan. Lewis ~ WINNER

The Masterpiecers by Olivia Wildenstein

Reckless (Book 1 of the Mia Kazmaroff Mysteries) by Susan Kiernan Lewis

Gumshoe by Michael Compton

Double Blind: Kate Benedict Paranormal Mystery #2 by Carrie Bedford

Mystery/Thriller Semifinalists

Bring Home the Murder by Theresa M. Jarvela

The Woods at Barlow Bend by Jodie Cain Smith

Pearls by Mel Taylor

Grey to Black by Susan Boyd

Pineapple Lies: A Pineapple Port Mystery (Book 1) by Amy Vansant

Bubba Done It by Maggie Toussaint

Secret Keepers and Skinny Shadows by Mary A. Russell

Ice Scream (The Thomas family, Book 4) by Morgan Hannah Macdonald

Dollar Signs by Manning Wolfe

Many Colored Glass by Theresa Garrido

The Lair: A Sinner’s Grove Novel by A. B. Michaels

The Third Knife by Pamela Eglinski

Like by Bart Hopkins 

Washed Up (A Gracie Andersen Mystery Book 4) by Laurinda Wallace

Forsaken Oath (A Dana Hargrove Legal Mystery) by V. S. Kemanis

 

Romance Finalists:

Getting it All by Erin Nicholas ~WINNER

Sea Glass Cottage by Vickie McKeehan

Getting Lucky by Erin Nicholas 

The Lion of the North by Kathryn Le VeQue  

From Dust by Freya Barker

Romance Semifinalists

Caught Up in You by Colee Firman 

My Clarity by M. Clarke 

Revelation by Olivia Rae 

Broken Crown by Susan Ward 

Run Rachael Run by Patricia Paris 

The Ex Lottery by Kim Sanders 

The Man in Black by Steffanie Holmes 

Victoria: Bride of Kansas by EE Burke 

A Million Different Ways by Paola Dangelico 

Songbird by Sydney Logan 

Starlight Magic by Suzie O’Connell 

The Lucky One by Barbara Devlin 

Stirred by Nancy S. Thompson

Return to Me by Jill Sanders

Vivid by Jessica Wilde 

 

Literary Fiction Finalists:

In the Country of Shadows by Cindy Brandner ~ WINNER

Johnnie Come Lately by Kathleen M. Rodgers 

Give Me Your Answer True by Suanne Laqueur

Darker the Night by Lisa London 

Dancing to an Irish Reel by Claire Fullerton 

Literary Fiction Semifinalists

Second Chances by Lincoln Cole

The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman by Robin Gregory 

Orphan Moon by T.K. Lukas 

Delivering Virtue by Brian Kindall

Burnt Edges by Dana Leipold

Never Waste Tears by Gloria Zachgo 

Beyond the Pale by Michelle McCarty 

The View North from Liberal Cemetery by Joel Wapnick

How to Grow an Addict by JA Wright 

An Invincible Summer by Betta Ferrendelli

Quest for Kriya by Rahul Deokar 

A Northern Gentleman by Lane Everett 

A Drop in the Ocean by Jenni Ogden 

Poka City Blues by A.L. Gibson 

Meetings with Jake and Joe by Roger W. Buenger 

 

Non-Fiction Finalists:

The Olive Picker by Kathryn Brettell ~ WINNER

Better Dead Than Divorced: The Trial of Panayota by Lukas Thanasis Konandreas M.D.

The House on Sunset by Lindsay Fischer

Miss Fortune by Albina Hume

I am Raymond Washington by Zach Fortier

Non-Fiction Semifinalists

Not My Secret to Keep by Digene Farrar 

Wellness Warrior: Fighting for Life in Fabulous Shoes by Lisa Douthit

30 Days: Change Your Habits, Change Your Life by Marc Reklau

On the Way: A Working Women’s Field Guide by Robin Lake

Split: A Child, A Priest, and the Catholic Church by Mary Dispenza

Broken Places: A Memoir of Abuse by Rachel Thompson

Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo by Michael Pronko

Through a Daughter’s Eyes by Natalie Manns

Trauma, Shame, and the Power of Love by Chistopher E. Pelloski M.D.

Redefining Success For Female Entrepreneurs by Sarah Walton and Ally Nathaniel

Fred’s Diary 1981: Travels in Asia by Robert Fear

The Sales Pro: THINK Like a Pro, ACT Like a Pro, SELL Like a Pro by Paul Anderson

Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland

Spiked by Sharron Gold

Broken Child Mended Man by Adam Starks, Ph D

 

 

 

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