2023 Kindle Book Award FINALISTS

Official 2023 Kindle Book Awards

 

Congrats 2023 Finalists!

Finalists are listed in no particular order: Contact amber@thekindlebookreview.net to claim your badge. *Please note that this may take a few days.

Horror/Suspense (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • Covid Apocalypse by Patrick Sims
  • DEADLY POSSESSION by M. K. Danielson
  • Over the Edge by Michael Garrett
  • Crossbow Creek – Book One: Dead Bridesmaids: A Thriller by Andrew Piñon
  • VACANT by S. Graham
  • The Unkindness of Ravens by John Ryland
  • The Night Visitants: A Ufologist, An Experiencer, and The Undefinable by Anna Maria Manalo and Thomas W. Conwell
  • Wraith by Raymond Bolton
  • Blood Ending by Michael McGovern
  • The Haunting of Sky Hollow by Antoinette McCormick
  • Accursed Son by Eric Avedissian
  • Back Track: Detective Mahoney Series  by Julie Hiner
  • The Hungry Deep by J.L. Murray
  • Slip by Michael Pogach
  • Christmas Spirit by Lara Bernhardt
  • Hell: The Necromancer by Tom Lewis
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  • Full Moon by Matt Drabble 
  • River of Ashes (St. Benedict) by Alexandrea Weis
  • The Green-Eyed Monster by Michael Robinson 
  • The Prince of Earth by Michael Robinson 

Young Adult (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • The Elixir by Jennifer Neal
  • Tough Times by Sheri McGuinn
  • Just City by Olga Tymofiyeva
  • The Secret of the Dragon Egg by N.A. Davenport
  • AKA Kidney Man by Karen LoBello and Judy Voigt
  • Sins of the Parents by Kathleen Sprayberry
  • A Machine Divine by Derek Paul
  • Urbantasm: Spring Storm by Connor Coyne
  • The Silver Sail by Bridgette Portman
  • The Blood of Faeries by Dan Rice
  • Space Race 2500 by Jay Toney
  • The Watchers by Joanna Sisk-Purvis
  • Two Sisters of Fayetteville by Tamar Anolic
  • The Yochni’s Eye by Abigail Morrison
  • Hierarchy of Blood by Jennifer Haskin
  • Black (The Firebrand Trilogy Book 2) by David Kettlehake
  • Erift’s Journey: The Secret of the Sealed Forest by J.T. Tenera
  • Picture Unavailable by Andrew J. Brandt
  • The Magic Campervan by Lisa Selvidge
  • Idiel’s Children by Hayley Reese Chow

Romance (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • Hey Jude by Kathleen Stone
  • The Witch Whisperer (Keepers of Magic Book 1) by Barbara DeLong
  • Half-Moon Rising by Tracy Tappan
  • Lucky Me by Genevieve Jack
  • Master of the Dawn by Kathryn Le Veque
  • High Impact (High Mountain Trackers Book 4) by Freya Barker 
  • TWO HEARTS’ CHRISTMAS PROMISE (Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Book 12) by Tamara Ferguson
  • Fore Play by Linda Sheehan
  • Igniting Vic (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) (On Call Book 8) by Freya Barker 
  • A Good Kind of Crazy by Majken Selinder Nilsson
  • The Pirate’s Conquest by Charlene Centracchio
  • Marked as Queen of Hearts: A Second Chance, Romantic Suspense (Rolling Brook Series Book 5) by Blye Donovan
  • PEER INTO the NIGHT: A Hartz Island Mystery, Book #3 by Tracie Loy 
  • Second Act by Meg Napier 
  • Beyond Any Experience by Anne E. Terpstra
  • LETTERS OF FIRE AND SWORD by Dorothy Wiley
  • Cursed by a Vampire (Immortal Hearts of San Francisco Book 7) by Susan Griscom
  • Tell Me Everything by EeJay Enekwa
  • Unmasking the Thief by Mary Lancaster
  • The Immortal Rose Wyndham: The Beginning (The Moon Singer Book 4) by Barbara Roman

Mystery/Thriller (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • Havana Hangover by Randy Richardson
  • THREE CREEKS by Ken Farmer
  • All Our Yesterdays by Forest Bowman
  • What Lies Beneath Stillwater by Susan Clayton-Goldner
  • Banana Republic: Richie’s Run by Glenn A. Bruce
  • Inescapable, A Novel by WB Henley
  • Deadly Division by Nathaniel Sizemore
  • The Twelve Sisters by Don Gordon Pierson
  • WHO KILLED GARY? by Sahar Abdulaziz
  • Dead Winner by Kevin G. Chapman 
  • 27 Days by Patrick Moore
  • Pandion by William Michael Ried
  • Bring the Light by Annette Montez Kolda
  • What Mae Brings: A Novel by Melissa Berger
  • Free From Sin by Karen Ann Hopkins
  • The Other Side by A.J. McCarthy
  • Lady Vigilante (Season Two) by Hayley Camille  
  • Innocent Lives: Guardians of Grace Book 1 by Julie Bonn Blank
  • Early Grave by Paul Levine 
  • The Kitten by Laurie Jameson

Non-Fiction (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • Raising Jess A Story of Hope by Vickie Rubin
  • Joy in Plain Sight: Stories and Essays Celebrating Wonder in the Ordinary by Katya Davydova
  • I CAN SEE FOR MILES: OVERCOMING THE PAST AND RUNNING TO MY FUTURE by Hollie Stuart
  • Lucky Jack (1894-2000) by S. Bavey
  • A Fish Has No Word For Water: A punk homeless San Francisco memoir by Violet Blue
  • TURN WORDS INTO WEALTH: Blueprint for Your Business, Brand, and Book by Aurora Winter, MBA
  • Embracing the Unknown: Exploring the Pathways to Change by Lisa DeAngelis
  • Melissa Come Back by Patrice Keet
  • Breaking Midnight: A True Story by Lynn Walker
  • THE PARTY DOLLS: The True, Tragic Story of Two Americans’ Attempted Escape  from a 1969 Hanoi POW Camp by George Hayward
  • Building the Business of You: A System to Align Passion and Growth Potential through Your Own Career Mashup by Connie Steele
  • Not the Breast Year of My Life by Cara Sapida
  • Lifeline to a Soul by John McLaughlin
  • It’s Not About Love (at least not the way you think) by Jamie Murray
  • Plunge: One Woman’s Pursuit of a Life Less Ordinary by Liesbet Collaert
  • The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America’s Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery by Cory Mortensen
  • The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life by D. TERRENCE FOSTER, MD
  • Searching for Charles: The Untold Legacy of an Immigrant’s American Adventure by Stephen Watts
  • Brain Glue by James Bond 
  • Half In: A Coming-of-Age Memoir of Forbidden Love by Felice Cohen

Literary Fiction (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • Blurred Fates by Anastasia Zadeik
  • Still Black by Tammy Ferebee
  • Tell Me You Love Me by Kathleen Stone
  • Where Butterflies Go to Die by Michael Ringering
  • The Silence in the Sound by Dianne C. Braley
  • The Midwife’s Touch by Sue Harrison
  • For My Sister by Puja Shah
  • Wrong Kind of Paper by Cynthia Simmons
  • COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023 by Mark Wish 
  • Exploration: The Stanfield Chronicles by David Tory
  • What the Moon Did by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
  • Slade by Robb Grindstaff
  • The Secrets We Hide by Patricia Sands
  • And This Shall Be for Music by Susan Moore Jordan
  • Reinventing Rita: A Midlife Moxie Novel (Midlife Moxie Novel Series Book 1) by Nancy Christie
  • Red Rain by Lara Bernhardt
  • Southern-Fried Woolf by Drema Drudge
  • Pedaling West by E. A. Coe
  • Shayna, a Novel by Miriam Ruth Black
  • Have You Eaten Rice Today by Apple Gidley

Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Finalists are in red, followed by Semifinalists. Books are in no particular order)

  • The World Beyond the Redbud Tree by Madison Brightwell
  • Loy: In the forests of the mind by Todd Gross
  • The Golden Cage: A Dystopian Novel by Kate L Mary
  • Coyle and Fang: Curse of Shadows by Robert Adauto
  • Proud Pada by S.G. Blaise 
  • The Courage of the Commonwealth by John Spearman 
  • Butter, Sugar, Magic: Baking Up a Magical Midlife, book 1 by Jessica Rosenberg
  • Narwhals in the Stars: A YA Fantasy Quest with Friends to Lovers Romance (The Amielian Legends Book 8) by Christine Schulze
  • Catching Souls for Beelzebub by Gordon Haynes
  • Many Savage Moons by Ben Spencer
  • Yestertime: A Novel of Time Travel (Yestertime Series Book 1) by Andrew Cunningham
  • The Wizard’s Brew by Jordan Reed 
  • The Soul Machines by 
  • Disunion: Book One: The Mantiz Gambit by John Whitman
  • House Made of Sound by Freeman Jayce
  • The Palladium by Thorsten Brandl
  • Deathwind: War of the Harbingers by Brad Pawlowski
  • Hell Holes: A Slave’s Revenge by Donald Firesmith
  • Trampling in the Land of Woe by William Galaini
  • Delilah Recovered by Amelia Estelle Dellos

Book Cover: (Five Finalists are listed in red. Semifinalists follow, books are in no particular order)

  • The World Beyond the Redbud Tree by Madison C. Brightwell
  • Havana Hangover by Randy Richardson 
  • The Midwife’s Touch by Sue Harrison 
  • Hey Jude by Kathleen Stone 
  • River of Ashes by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor 

 

 

 

 

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