Official 2024 Kindle Book Awards

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Horror/Suspense (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

Old Ghosts: they have all the time in the world by Michael McClendon
North Woods by Dani Ripley
Unsettling Thoughts by Erik Dean
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
Digger by Arjay Lewis
Haunt by S. Graham
Servant by Patrick R. Field
The Shattered Bones by David Santana
Traces of Mary by G. Wayne Miller
Frightful Fables by D.C. Phillips
Find Them by Julia Ash
The Demon Inside Me by Stephen Scott
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 (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

The Devil Particle: A Dystopian Novel by Kristin A. Oakley
Time’s Orphan by Hayley Reese Chow
Twinkie and Hopie by Nancy Dickens
In the Shade of the Crimson Tree by Mandar Pattekar
Showstopper by F.C. Chavez
The NOVA System by John Scott Lee
An Otherwise Perfect Plan by Ken Schafer
Little Mountain, Big Trouble by Chris Norbury
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 (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

The Next Breath by Laurel Osterkamp
Bound in Roses by Katherine Kayne
My Lady by Diane David
Elizabeth’s Mountain by Lucille Guarino
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
Trash Can Terry by Ian Griffin
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
Losing My Breath by J. Rose Black
Of Mist and Memory by Jennae Vale
The Unveiling by Laurie Harrison

Mystery/Thriller (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

An Ocean Life by T.R. Cotwell
A Change in Destiny: Dark Choices by Janet Shawgo
The Dead of Sled Run Jean Rabe
Edge of Justice by Kaylon Tran
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
Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller by Michael Balter
Volk by D. Werkmeister
Murder Under a Honey Moon by Abigail Keam
The Killer Chorus by Jack Conlan
Reap the Wind by Joel Burcat
The War Photographers by SL Beaumont
Faythe of North Hinkapee by James T. Hogg
The Orchid Tattoo by Carla Damron
A Deeper Dive by Deborah Madar
Murder Outside the Box by Saralyn Richard

Non-Fiction (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

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
Leaning into Curves by Linda Sandel Pettit, Ed.D
Every Other Weekend by Anthony Mohr
DEAD DOG ROAD: A True Story Into the Dark World of an Abused Child by Diane N. Black
Buddy’s War by Barry A. Lehman
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
Busting Drug Dealers: Diaries of a DEA Special Agent by Mike Fredericks
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
Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir by Susannah Kennedy
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 (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

Tell Me Your Plans by Torres and Firsht
Running as Fast as I Can by John David Graham
Pheidippides Didn’t Die: a novel by Autumn Konopka
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
The Story I Told Myself by Arvashni Seeripat
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
180 Days by Alfredo Botello
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
Glory Unbound by Deborah L. King
I Never Called Him Pa by Diane Kane

Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Semifinalists are in no particular order)

Of Friction by SJ Lee
Resurrection by MC Hunton
The Standard Book of Anything by Andrea H. Rome
The Reset by Avi Datta
The Movement 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
The Last Sovereign by AJ Bugayong
Let’s Go Back (Life After War Book 18) by Angela White
The Befallen by Cambria Williams
The Architect of Grayland by Evelyn Arvey
ODE: The Scion of Nerikan by Richard Sweitzer
With Love, From Planet B by Zaayin Salaam, MD
Dead Weight (Magic, Mayhem, and the Law in Precinct #153 Book One ) by GP Robbins