Official 2018 Kindle Book Awards

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Congrats 2018 Kindle Book Award Winners!

We will contact you soon to award your cash, prizes, and Badges.

Finalists & Semi-finalists: Contact jeffbennington@ymail.com to claim your badge.

 

Reader’s Choice WINNER

 

 

Reader’s Choice Runner-ups by category:

Fender by Brent Jones (Literary Fiction)

The Demon Duke by Margaret Locke (Romance)

Winds of Skilak by Bonnie Ward (Non-Fiction)

Deadly Wipeout by Beth Prentice (Mystery/Thriller)

The Namarielle by Julien Jamar (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)

The Ghost Chronicles by Marlo Berliner (YA)

The Haunting of Cabin Green by April A. Taylor (Horror/Suspense)

 

 

 

Horror/Suspense (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• City of Ghosts ~ J.H. Moncrieff  (WINNER)
• Doll House ~ John Hunt
• The Color of Evil Series ~ Connie Corcoran Wilson
• Doll Face ~ Sadie Grubor
• Vacant Eyes ~ Christine Wevik 
• The Haunting of Cabin Green ~ April Taylor
• The Rising ~ Daniel Greene
• The Hurricane Party ~ Justin Vilonna
• Tale Half Told ~ Killarney Traynor 
• The Librarian ~ Philip Wilson 
• Peripheral Vision ~ Courtney Zito and Tim Hammer
• Double Visions ~ Matt Drabble
• ConneXions ~ Thelma Mariano
• Lara’s Journal ~ A. Gavazzoni 
• The Neglected Ones ~ C.L. Salaski 
• Salvage, A Novel ~ Duncan Ralston
• Beneath the Snow ~ Keith Varney 
• Beginning ~ Jason Kristopher
• Girl Unseen ~ Athena Daniels 
• Silent Messages ~ John Albion 

 

 

Young Adult (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Cage of Deceit: Reign of Secrets, Book 1 ~ Jennifer Anne Davis  (WINNER)
• Resthaven ~ Erik Therme
• East of the Dawn: Beginning of an Epoch ~ Karen J. Young
• Lucid World ~ Denise Lammi
• TRAZER: Kids of Stolen Tomorrow ~ Joseph O. Adegboyega-Edun
• Huntress: Life After, Book 1 ~ Julie Hall
• The Devil’s Poetry ~ Louise Cole
• Chemistry: Stella Blunt, Book 1 ~ C.L. Lynch
• The Keeper’s Crown ~ Nathan Maki
• The Sailweaver’s Son: Sky Riders of Ethereum, Book 1 ~ Jeff Minerd
• Feeder: Book 1, Feeder Series ~ Eliza Green
• Deliverance ~ Kristy Centeno Judge
• Cover: High School Drama & Deadly Vices: Hafu Sans Halo, Book 1 ~ Melissa Abigail
• ReWired ~ S.R. Johannes
• The Tremblers: Blackburn Chronicles, Book 1 ~Rachel Byrnes
• The Stronghold ~ Sebastian Bendix
• Guinevere: At the Dawn of Legend ~ Cheryl Carpinello
• Daughter of Chaos: Red Magic, Book 1 ~ Jen McConnel
• Brought to You by the Color Drab ~ Norma Jean Lutz
• The Army of Orphans: The Beginning ~ F.B. Veneziano

 

 

Romance (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• That Month in Tuscany ~ Inglath Cooper  (WINNER)
• The Boy Friend ~ Mika Jolie
• Lavender Beach ~ Vickie McKeehan
• WarWolfe ~ Kathryn Le Veque
• Unloved, A Love Story ~ Katy Regnery
• The Lords Captive ~ Cecelia Mecca
• Leave a Mark ~ Stephanie Fournet
• ShadowWolfe ~ Kathryn Le Veque
• Those Sweet Words ~ Kait Nolan
• Seeking the Brown Mountain Lights ~ CC Tillery
• Under the Lights ~ Tia Louise
• If the Devil had a Dog ~ T.K. Lukas
• Fake Out ~ Eden Finley
• We’ve Only Just Begun ~ Kathleen Ball
• If I Didn’t Care ~ Kait Nolan
• Crazy in Love ~ Annibelle Costa
• Watch Over: The Deluca Family ~ Amy Reese
• Sins of the Father ~ Nikki Landis
• The Wallflowers Wicked Wager ~ Collette Cameron
• Lukas ~ F.G. Adams

 

 

Poetry (WINNER & Finalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Chant of a Million Women ~Shirani Rajapakse   (WINNER)
• Darkverse:  The Shadow Hours ~ Lori R. Lopez 
• From Bedtime On: poetry that hits home ~ Jean Gill
• Small Stones from the River ~ Kat Lehmann
• Imperfect Echoes ~ Carolyn Howard Johnson

 

 

Mystery/Thriller (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• A Strange Twist of Fate ~ Debra Erfert  (WINNER)
• A River of Silence: A Winston Radhauser Mystery, Book 3 ~ Susan Clayton Goldner
• The Butcher’s Bill: The Linus Schag, NCIS, Book 2 ~ Martin Roy Hill
• Requiem for Innocence: Scott Drayco Mystery Series, Book 2 ~ BV Lawson
  
• The Former Assassin ~ Nikki Stern
• The Other Side of Him ~ Alice Rene
• Lethal Tide: A Samantha Reynolds Aloha Lagoon Mystery Book ~ Beth Prentice
• Blackwell: Prequel to the Magnus Blackwell Series ~ Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor
• Breathe In ~ Michelle Bellon
• Making Ghosts Dance ~ Gregory E. Buford
• The Carolina Emerald: Jeweler’s Gemstone Mystery Series #3 ~ Lynn Franklin
• Too Close to Home: The Samantha Zaliver Case ~ Laurinda Wallace & Stephen C. Tarbell
• Crysalis ~ Angie Martin
• Restored: Faith under Fire, Book 3 ~ Gwen Sutton
• Impulse to Murder ~ Laura Munder
• Devil in a Black Suit ~ Collene Helme
• Sherlock Holmes and the Brash Blonde: A Marty Hudson Mystery, Book 1 ~ Gemma Halliday
• Inconclusive Evidence: The McAllister Justice Series, Book 3 ~ Reilly Garrett & Rylan Killian
• The Jewelled Egg Murders: Dangerous Journeys, Book 5 ~ Virginia Winters
• Hair Brained: The Bad Hair Day Mysteries, Book 14 ~ Nancy Cohen

 

 

Non-Fiction (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The Butcher’s Daughter: A Memoir ~ Florence Grende  (WINNER)
• Make a Wish for Me: A Family’s Recovery from Autism ~ LeeAndra Chergey
• Grandma’s Secret Blessings: A Memoir with a Twist ~ John Egreek
• More Than Everything ~ Vanessa G. Foster
• Dining and Driving with Cats – Alice Unplugged ~ Pat Patterson
• Promises to Keep: Southern Short Stories ~ Tom McDonald & Jackie Hastings
• The Age of Metapreneurship: A Journey into the Future of Entrepreneurship ~ CJ Cornell
• Wheels of Wisdom : Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit ~ Tim & Debbie Bishop
• The Unspoken Truth: A Memoir ~ Lisa Zarcone
• Not Quite Lost – Travels without a Sense of Direction ~ Roz Morris
• Too Close to Home: The Samantha Zaldivar Case ~ Laurinda Wallace & Stephen Tarbell
• Supernal Grace: Live Powerfully, Master your Destiny ~ Elenah Kwaramba Kangara
• Always Face the Hounds – The Negotiation for Osama Bin Laden ~ Meghan Hansen
• Shattered Lives: Overcoming the Fraunces Tavern Terror ~ Jeff Ingber & Joe Connor
• Living with Harold and Hitler: A WWII Memoir ~ Shirley Gray
• Two Trees ~ Julie Beekman
• Second Hand Scotch: How One Family Survived In Spite of Themselves ~ Cathy Curran
• The Unspoken Truth: A Memoir by Lisa Zarcone
• Just Another Girl’s Story ~ Laura Ekert
• Ignorance is Not Bliss: Protect Your Work and Yourself ~ Patricia Reding

 

 

Literary Fiction (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Harps Upon the Willows ~ M.B. Gibson  (WINNER)
• In the Context of Love ~ Linda K. Sienkiewicz
• Forgotten Letters ~ Kirk Raeber & Mario Acevedo
• Twenty One Trees ~ Linda Cousine
• Survivor’s Dawn ~ Ashley Warren
• The Guru’s Touch ~ Robert G. Schneider
• A Man of No Country ~ Greta Curran Browne
• Day in the Sun ~ Karin Bishop
• Degrees of Love ~ Lisa Slabach
• Nineteen Hundred Days ~ Florence Osmund
• Aroon ~ M.B. Gibson
• A Faithful Son ~ Michael Scott Garvin
• Brought to Our Senses ~ Kathleen Wheeler
• Bocas ~ Thomas M. Barron
• Nickerbacher ~ Terry John Barto
• Fender ~ Brent Jones
• Leah’s Story ~ CM Huddleston
• A Better Place to Be ~ David Wind
• Ocean Echoes ~ Sheila Hurst
• The Comfort of Secrets ~ Christine Nolfi

 

 

Sci-Fi/Fantasy (WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Outliers ~ Kate Mary  (WINNER)
• The Spider in the Laurel by Michael Pogach
• Aegis Evolution ~ S.S. Segran
• Banished ~ Michael Wisehart
• Buffer Zone ~ Connie Suttle
• Reminiscence ~ Amy Marie
• Enslaved ~ D. Robert Pease
• Joan the Made ~ Kristen Pham
• The Namarielle ~ Julien Jamar
• The Gemini Hustle ~ Kathleen McClure
• Fires of Hell: the Alchemystic ~ Maureen Mills
• The Coven ~ Chrissy Lessey
• New Kings of Tomorrow ~ JM Clark
• The Sailweaver’s Son ~ Jeff Minerd
• The One Apart ~ Justine Avery
• The Soul Mender ~ RS Dabney
• Spirit of the Sea Witch ~ Tara West
• Magic Brew ~ T. Rae Mitchell
• Taerak’s Void ~ M.R. Mathias
• Runes and Red Sails ~ Ander Levisay

 

 

 

Book Cover Awards: WINNER, Finalists & Semifinalists.