2024 Book Award Winners

Official 2024 Kindle Book Awards

Congrats 2024 WINNERS!

Winners are pictured, finalists are listed in RED and in no particular order and are followed by semifinalists in black: Contact amber@thekindlebookreview.net to claim your badge. *Please note that this may take several days.

Horror/Suspense (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • The Demon Inside Me by Stephen Scott
  • Find Them by Julia Ash
  • Haunt by S. Graham
  • Digger by Arjay Lewis
  • Unsettling Thoughts by Erik Dean
  • Old Ghosts: they have all the time in the world by Michael McClendon
  • North Woods by Dani Ripley
  • Darkness There but Something More by Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar
  • A Girl Named Mishka by Clarence Carter 
  • Finding Utopia by Linda Weber 
  • The Gardener’s Secret by S. Hansberger
  • Servant by Patrick R. Field 
  • The Shattered Bones by David Santana 
  • Traces of Mary by G. Wayne Miller 
  • Frightful Fables by D.C. Phillips 
  • The Beast of Beartooth Mountain by Michael John Perry 
  • A True Crime by Charlotte Barnes
  • Misadventures of a Cryptid Hunter by Michael Kelso 
  • Raised in Sin by TJ White 
  • Takers by Ann Swann

Young Adult (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • The Devil Particle: A Dystopian Novel by Kristin A. Oakley
  • Showstopper by F.C. Chavez
  • The NOVA System by John Scott Lee
  • Little Mountain, Big Trouble by Chris Norbury
  • An Otherwise Perfect Plan by Ken Schafer 
  • Time’s Orphan by Hayley Reese Chow 
  • Twinkie and Hopie by Nancy Dickens 
  • In the Shade of the Crimson Tree by Mandar Pattekar 
  • Cat-atonic by Sue C. Dugan 
  • In the Dark of a Dream by L.E. DeLano
  • Like a Hero by Michael J. Bowler 
  • Spring Flower and the Jade Bracelet: An Adoption Story by Carol Mackela  
  • The Wall by Brian Penn 
  • Zeru Zeru Girl by Barbara Kerr
  • Romancing the Princess by C.K. Brooke 
  • The Penance of Valentine Cash by Rebecca Rook 
  • Prairie Dog Cowboy by Vivian Zabel 
  • A Place of Vengeance by David M. Lafferty 
  • Invasion: Book One of the Protectorate by Jeffrey Harlan 
  • Kira and Henry: Young Adult Fantasy Quest into the Forbidden Lands by Sandi Jerome 

Romance (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • Trash Can Terry by Ian Griffin
  • The Next Breath by Laurel Osterkamp
  • My Lady by Diane David
  • Losing My Breath by J. Rose Black
  • Elizabeth’s Mountain by Lucille Guarino
  • Bound in Roses by Katherine Kayne 
  • The Blooms that Broke Us by Ashley Dill 
  • Soul Dancing by Gail Priest 
  • Whispers in the Vineyard by Justin Kojok 
  • In It to Win It by Ali Curtis   
  • Cowboy in Her Classroom by Pam Mantovani 
  • Cover Story by Valerie Gomez
  • Gullible by Rosemary Kubli 
  • Anna’s Shadow by Ingrid McCarthy 
  • The Detail by Dana Wayne 
  • Invisible Burdens by Jillian Wray 
  • Blaze of Glory by Blye Donovan 
  • Earl of Griffith by Aubrey Wynne 
  • Of Mist and Memory by Jennae Vale 
  • The Unveiling by Laurie Harrison 

Mystery/Thriller (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • Faythe of North Hinkapee by James T. Hogg
  • The Killer Chorus by Jack Conlan
  • Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller by Michael Balter
  • Edge of Justice by Kaylon Tran
  • Murder Outside the Box by Saralyn Richard
  • Murder Under a Honey Moon by Abigail Keam
  • An Ocean Life by T.R. Cotwell
  • A Change in Destiny:  Dark Choices by Janet Shawgo 
  • The Dead of Sled Run Jean Rabe 
  • Youtopia by Joseph Rein 
  • Circus Train at Sunrise by Sarah Denning 
  • Codename Parsifal: A WWII Thriller by Martin Roy Hill 
  • Retribution by Peggy Jaeger 
  • America’s Candidate by Francine Pozner Ehrenberg
  • Hunting the Devil by Suanne Schafer
  • Volk by D. Werkmeister    
  • Reap the Wind by Joel Burcat 
  • The War Photographers by SL Beaumont 
  • The Orchid Tattoo by Carla Damron  
  • A Deeper Dive by Deborah Madar 

Non-Fiction (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir by Susannah Kennedy
  • Busting Drug Dealers: Diaries of a DEA Special Agent by Mike Fredericks
  • Buddy’s War by Barry A. Lehman
  • DEAD DOG ROAD: A True Story Into the Dark World of an Abused Child by Diane N. Black
  • Leaning into Curves by Linda Sandel Pettit, Ed.D
  • las Crosses: An Unwavering Journey to a New Life in America by Apple An 
  • My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis by Jennifer Gasner 
  • Saint Bloodbath by Frederick Douglass Reynolds 
  • Living Life Unwounded: A Memoir by Sydney Oliver James 
  • Once Upon a Kentucky Farm by Connard Hogan 
  • Every Other Weekend by Anthony Mohr 
  • To Kill a Cockroach by Osvaldo Amador 
  • The Gray Bird of Baghdad by Stephen Phillip Monteiro
  • Rage to Peace: From Wounded Child to Gang Member to Peace Advocate by Iran Nazario 
  • Mom Dad Not Hear by Mickey Carolan, Kathleen Sindorf, and Joseph Sindorf 
  • To Steal a Moment’s Time by Katharina Berger and G.J. Berger 
  • I Call Bullshit by Becca Christensen 
  • Pain, Pumpernickel, and Profound Forgiveness: A Daughter’s Story of Her Punishing & Loving Relationship with Her Father by Roseanne D’Ausilio
  • Reckless Grace: A Mother’s Crash Course in Mental Illness by Carolyn DiPasquale 
  • A Voice from Heaven: From Earthly Struggles to Thriving in the Afterlife by Alexander Girman and Cynthia Girman

Literary Fiction (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • Tell Me Your Plans by Torres and Firsht
  • 180 Days by Alfredo Botello
  • Pheidippides Didn’t Die: a novel by Autumn Konopka
  • The Story I Told Myself by Arvashni Seeripat
  • Glory Unbound by Deborah L. King 
  • Running as Fast as I Can by John David Graham   
  • Always Forward by J. Gardner Hurd 
  • The Restless Lake by Teri Fink 
  • Love and Protest by Nancy Klann-Moren 
  • She Taught Me Everything by Amy Smith Linton 
  • The Highway of Spirit and Bone by Steven Ostrowski  
  • Islands of Women by Eileen A. O’Hara 
  • The Canticle of Ibiza by Justin Kurian 
  • The Magdalenes by Jeanne Skartsiaris 
  • The Gambler’s Game by James Darnborough  
  • Driving for Justice by JUSTIN KOJOK
  • Finding Isobel by Mary Behan 
  • No Good Deed by Clar Ni Chonghaile 
  • Why Sell Lies When the Truth is Free by Carlos Wallace and Liz Faublas-Wallace
  • I Never Called Him Pa by Diane Kane 

Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Winners are pictured, finalists are in RED and in no particular order)

  • Of Friction by SJ Lee 
  • The Movement by Avi Datta
  • ODE: The Scion of Nerikan by Richard Sweitzer
  • The Last Sovereign by AJ Bugayong
  • The Standard Book of Anything by Andrea H. Rome
  • Resurrection by MC Hunton  
  • The Reset by Avi Datta 
  • Unworthy: The Blacksea Odessey Book One by JA Vodvarka 
  • The Relic Revolver: Book One of the Heaven’s Throne Series by Jeffery Touchstone 
  • Falling Stars by Julie Rogers 
  • Restart: Book One by Drew Samuelson 
  • Broken: The Young Hellions Series by Braxton A. Cosby 
  • LOY and Beyond by Todd David Gross  
  • Zeke Zooter and the Eye of Balor by Bruce Jacobs 
  • Zero Sum Conclusion by Thomas Lopinski  
  • Let’s Go Back (Life After War Book 18) by Angela White 
  • The Befallen by Cambria Williams 
  • The Architect of Grayland by Evelyn Arvey 
  • With Love, From Planet B by Zaayin Salaam, MD
  • Dead Weight (Magic, Mayhem, and the Law in Precinct #153 Book One ) by GP Robbins 

 

Reader’s Favorite: (Winner Pictured)

Book Cover: (Finalists are enlarged and in no particular order)