Celebrating the best in digital reading, the Libby Awards recognize outstanding e-books and audiobooks across a variety of genres, highlighting the most compelling, thought-provoking, and widely loved titles of the year. The winners were announced by OverDrive on March 5.
For more information, check out the OverDrive website .
Book of the Year – Adult Fiction WOMEN by Kristin Hannah (DB 118896, LB 0000104) GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606) JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso ) LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (DB 122522, LB 0000694) PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (DB 124700)
Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson (DB 120675, LB 0000516) CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096, LB 0000857) REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: OVERSTORIES, SUPERSPREADERS, AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING by Malcolm Gladwell (DB 124574) THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)
Book of the Year – YA Fiction HEIR by Sabaa Tahir (DB 124830) LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K. A. Cobell (DB 122293) TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW: A LOVE STORY by Jason Reynolds (DB 125122)
Audiobook of the Year DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson (DB 120675, LB 0000516) LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP by Sylvie Cathrall (DB 121335) SIPSWORTH by Simon Van Booy (DB 127199) WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST by Alina Grabowski (DB 121433)
Debut Author of the Year MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso ) HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (DB 124703) I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL by Natalie Sue (DB 122045) SWIFT RIVER by Essie Chambers (DB 122116, LB 0000783)
Best Book Club Book MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe (DB 122178) MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich (DB 124843) REAL AMERICANS by Rachel Khong (DB 121156, LB 0000332) SHRED SISTERS by Betsy Lerner (DB 125379)
Best Fantasy SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst (DB 123077) BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman (DB 122990, LB 0001160) FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo (DB 120225, LB 0000404) FATE INKED IN BLOOD by Danielle L. Jensen (DB 119679) IMMORTAL DARK by Tigest Girma (DB 124126)
Best Historical Fiction JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso ) HEART IN WINTER by Kevin Barry (DB 122515) SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 123369) THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud (DB 121644)
Best Memoir & Autobiography KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670, LB 0000205, en español DB124142 ) GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE by Sloane Crosley (DB 119523, LB 0000797) WE LOVED IT ALL: A MEMORY OF LIFE by Lydia Millet (DB 121020)
Best Business Book BRAVE NEW WORDS: HOW AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION (AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING) by Salman Khan (DB 121228)
Best Mystery WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman (DB 124180, LB 0001031) BRIGHT OBJECTS by Ruby Todd (DB 125727) CAHOKIA JAZZ by Francis Spufford (DB 120113) HUNTER by Tana French (DB 119649, en español DB 124088 )
Best Romance FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry (DB 120998, BR 25494, LB 0000348, en español DB 127872 en proceso ) THIS COULD BE US by Kennedy Ryan (DB 119709) TRUTH ACCORDING TO EMBER by Danica Nava (DB 123626)
Best Romantasy HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW by Sarah J. Maas (DB 120413) FIVE BROKEN BLADES by Mai Corland (DB 121635)
Best Science Fiction MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso ) BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino (DB 119680) HUM by Helen Phillips (DB 125970) MERCY OF GODS by James S. A. Corey (DB 124053) STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei (DB 122183)
Best Horror HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay (DB 122459, BR 25520 IN PROCESS) I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 123048, BR 25572 IN PROCESS, LB 0001332) SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez (DB 124501)
Best Thriller ANNA O by Matthew Blake (DB 120089) HERO by Thomas Perry (DB 120529) WHERE YOU END by Abbott Kahler (DB 118737) YOU WILL NEVER BE ME by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 123710, LB 0002365)
Best Picture Book GO FORTH AND TELL: THE LIFE OF AUGUSTA BAKER, LIBRARIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER by Breanna McDaniel (DB 119558)
Best Middle Grade Book IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell (DB 127961) FERRIS by Kate DiCamillo (DB 120489, LB 0000177)
