Official 2020 Kindle Book Awards

 

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Congrats 2020 Finalists!

Finalists are the top 5 in each category (listed in no particular order), listed in bold, with remaining Semi-Finalists listed directly below: Contact amber@thekindlebookreview.net to claim your badge.

Horror/Suspense (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent by Jennifer Anne Gordon
• The Trapper by Ellie Douglas
• Gate of Torment by V.C. Marello
• The Witch of Gray’s Point by JP Barnett
• Prime Time by Matt Drabble
• The Eidola Project by Robert Herold 
• Cane Field Revival by Joann Bassett
• The Diary of a Serial Killer’s Daughter by L.A. Detwiler 
•  Fire, Pain, and Ruin by Konn Lavery
•  Canny Danny by Gerhard Dennis
•  Soul Shift by Calinda B. 
•  Seminar by Jay Klages
•  West of Famous by Joni M. Fisher  
•  Scream for the Camera by Colleen Connally 
•  The Holding by Daniel Greene 
•  The Boy in the Barn by Ciana Stone  
•  Sometimes We Ran 4 Survival by Stephen Drivick
•  The Deadly Match by Kishan Paul 
•  Raven’s Glen by Nancy E. Polin
•  Memoir from Hell by Stephen Ross  

Young Adult (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• Urbantasm Book Two: The Empty Room by Conner Coyne
• What Had to Be Done by DelSheree Gladden 
• The Ghosts of Summers Past by Kendra Alvey 
• You’re Not a Real Goth Until You Sack Rome by Cook and Perkins
• Save the Last Dance for Me by Daris Howard
• The Crow Child by Sherrie-Todd Beshore
• Welcome to Superhero School by Gracie Dix
• The Best Week that Never Happened by Dallas Woodburn
• Royal Refugee by Lorena Angell 
• Ice Queen by Felicia Farber
• Hazel’s Shadow by Nicole MacCarron
• Mark of the Medallion by Mike Shelton 
• The Reclaiming by Harker McNai
• Reinventing Hannah by Jack Ori
• Steel Strings by Alex Hayes
• How the Deer Moon Hungers by Susan Wingate
• Britfield and the Lost Crown by C. R. Stewart
• Hope by Jennifer Gibson
• Shade and the Castle Sea by Marilyn Peake
• The Lost Link by Michelle Bryan 

Romance (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• Dibs by Allison Martine
• On the Other Side by TK Cherry
• Rogue’s Holiday by Regan Walker
• When Hope Ends by Freya Barker 
• Protecting Amy by Desiree Holt
• Behind the Fan by Caroline Walken
• Life in the Chastity Zone by Holly Brandon
• Bat Out of Hell by Bernadette Franklin
• The Run Around by Bernadette Franklin
• Haunted Wolf by Nikki Landis
• When Stars Collide by Sara Furlong-Burr
• Forgotten Secrets by Elizabeth Rose
• The Day is Ours by Gretchen Jeannette 
• Forever Lately by Linore Rose Burkhard
• The German’s Guilty Pleasure by Katie Mettner
• Accidental Lies by Dana Mason
• Amish Alias by Ashley Emma
• No Romance Allowed by Kana Wu
• Protected by a Vampire by Susan Griscom
• Restart in Bristol by Sedona Hutton

Mystery/Thriller (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• Drawer #7 by Jeff Wade 
• Cheater’s Game by Paul Levine
• The Curious Case of the Missing Head by Gabriel Farago
• The Measure of Ella by Toni Bird Jones
• Justifiable Deceit by Mikael Carlson
• Don’t Lie to Me by Willow Rose
• The Circle by Stephen J. Galgon
• With Killer Views by CeeCee James 
• First Cut by JT Bishop
  
• Shadow of Doubt by SL Beaumont
  
• Deadly Enterprise by Kevin G. Chapman
  
• How Deep is the Darkness by Mary Anne Edwards
  
• Salvaging Truth by Joanne Jaytanie
• Ex Libris by John Oehler
• Breaking Destiny by Mitty Walters
• Travels of Quinn by Sasscer Hill
• You Only Live Once by Haris Orkin
• Last Breath by Lincoln Chase
• Bloody Creek Murder by Susan Clayton-Goldner
• Deep Waters by Deborah Shlian and Linda Reid

Non-Fiction (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• My Life with Ndoto by Teresa O’Kane
• Accidental Activist: Justice for the Groveland Four by Barbara Venkataraman
• Can’t Breathe: A Memoir by Laesa Kim
• Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days by Andrea Wilson Woods
• Playing Dead, A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faison Ross
• Only the Lucky Grow Old by Kristine Fontaine
• Broken Handoff: Saving Your Assets by Darien George
• The Liminal Lands by Robyn Sheldon
• The Boss Lady Investo by Krista Goodrich
• 8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility by Chuen Chuen Yeo
• Searching for Mom: A Memoir by Sara Easterly
• Mindfulness Meets Emotional Awareness by Jenny Florence
• Healing Steps: A Gentle Path to Recovery For Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Sharyn Jones
• HomoAmerican – The Secret Society by Michael Dane
• The Power of Heart Language by Monte Taylor
• Explosive Growth by Clifford Lerner
• Skinny House- A Memoir of Family by Julie L. Seely
• Growing Up Between Stops on the A-train: A Memoir by Jennifer Y. Johnson-Garcia
• SHACKLED: A Journey From Political Imprisonment To Freedom by Adam Siddiq
• Summer of ’77: Beaches, bars and boogie nights in Ibiza by Robert Fear

Literary Fiction (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• Sisters of the Undertow by Johnnie Bernhard
• The Playground by Michelle Lee   
• Sweet Jane by Joanne Easley
• Sweet Bitter Cane by GS Johnston 
• Scarab in the Storm by Lauren Merewether
• Journey of a JuBu by Blaine Langberg
• Bread Bags and Bullies by Steven Manchester
• Amie Cut for Life by Lucinda E Clarke
• Man with No Yesterdays by Susan Moore Jordan
• In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow by Kenneth Harmon
  
• None of Us the Same by Jeffrey K. Walker  
  
• The Destiny by Jerena Tobiasen
• Songbirds and Stray Dogs by Megan Lucas
• Missing Pieces by Susan Clayton-Goldner
• Fall Out by Susan Spieth
• Little Tea by Claire Fullerton 
• Song Hereafter by Jean Gill 
• Patience Can Cook a Stone by MB Gibson 
• Passage by Prue Batten
• Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Finalists are listed in red (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below in black)

• Bonds by Susan Copperfield
• SKELLIG by E.R. Barr
• Queen of the Warrior Bees by Jean Gill 
• Transference by B.T. Keaton
• What Branches Grow by T.S. Beier
• Before and After by Andrew Shanahan
• Into the Fold by Chase Blackwood
• Tower of the Arkein by Chase Blackwood
• Blood Bound by RJ Blain 
• Decimus Fate and the Talisman
• The Other Magic by Derrick Smythe
• The Norse Queen by Johanna Wittenberg
• Struck by Keith Soares
• Winds of War by Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle 
• Steel Reign by Braxton Cosby
• Prophecy by Sheryl Steines
• Stone of Matter by B.L Barkey 
• The Legend of Chip by Stanley Campbell
• The Hidden Abbey by Jodine Turner
• Farseeker by Joanna Starr

Book Cover: (Finalists are enlarged (in no particular order), with Semi-finalists listed below)