In His Own Words: Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson passed away on June 11. He was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. NLS has two of his memoirs in our collection.

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE: MY OWN STORY (DB 34660)
I AM BRIAN WILSON: A MEMOIR (DB 86546)

Marfield Prize for Outstanding Writing about the Arts

Since 2006, the Marfield Prize, also known as the National Award for Arts Writing, is announced annually by the Arts Club of Washington. The award recognizes the author of an outstanding nonfiction book about the visual, literary, media, or performing arts. This $10,000 prize is designed to recognize excellence in arts writing for a broad audience. The winner was announced in mid-April, and the prize was awarded on June 4.  

For more information check out the Marfield Prize website.

Titles in the NLS collection are:

Winner

CHASING BEAUTY: THE LIFE OF ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER by Natalie Dykstra (DBC 11759)

Nominees

3 SHADES OF BLUE: MILES DAVIS, JOHN COLTRANE, BILL EVANS, AND THE LOST EMPIRE OF COOL by James Kaplan (DB 119773)
COCKTAILS WITH GEORGE AND MARTHA: MOVIES, MARRIAGE, AND THE MAKING OF WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Philip Gefter (DB 121300)
GET THE PICTURE: A MIND-BENDING JOURNEY AMONG THE INSPIRED ARTISTS AND OBSESSIVE ART FIENDS WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEE by Bianca Bosker (DB 119366)
DRAWN TESTIMONY: MY FOUR DECADES AS A COURTROOM SKETCH ARTIST by Jane Rosenberg (DB 126498)

Past Award Recipients in the TBP collection:

2023: ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART AND ME by Patrick Bringley (DB 113368, en español DB 126480)
2022: MR. B: GEORGE BALANCHINE’S 20TH CENTURY by Jennifer Homans (DB 111898)
2018: LIBRARY BOOK by Susan Orlean (DB 92869, BRC 01820, LB 11432)
2016: YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE: THE STORY OF RAINER MARIA RILKE AND AUGUSTE RODIN by Rachel Corbett (DB 86724)
2015: RAZZLE DAZZLE: THE BATTLE FOR BROADWAY by Michael Riedel (DB 88018)
2013: INSIDETHE DREAM PALACE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NEW YORK’S LEGENDARY CHELSEA HOTEL by Sherill Tippins (DBC 27079)
2012: LADY IN GOLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF GUSTAV KLIMT’S MASTERPIECE, PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH-BAUER by Anne-Marie O’Connor (DB 75392)
2008: WHITE HEAT: THE FRIENDSHIP OF EMILY DICKINSON AND THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON by Brenda Wineapple (DB 69087)
2006: STEEL DRIVIN’ MAN: JOHN HENRY, THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Scott Reynolds Nelson (DB 67453)

Agatha Awards Nominees 2025

Since 1988, The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, have been awarded by Malice Domestic Ltd. in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children’s/Young Adult Mystery.

These are the literary awards for “cozy mysteries” also defined as mystery and crime books in the traditional mystery subgenre: “books typified by the works of Agatha Christie…loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence.” The 2025 Agatha Awards were announced on April 26.

For more information, check out the Agatha Awards’ website.

Best Contemporary Novel

VERY WOODSY MURDER by Ellen Byron (DB 124223)
MIDNIGHT PUZZLE by Gigi Pandian (DB 119883)
FONDUE OR DIE by Korina Moss (DB 128179 IN PROCESS)
DARK WIVES by Ann Cleeves (DB 123656)

Best Historical Novel

LAST HOPE by Susan Elia MacNeal (DB 121458)

Best First Novel

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID by K. T. Nguyen (DB 120643)

Best Non-Fiction

BOOKSHOP: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BOOKSTORE by Evan Friss (DB 124566)

Best Children’s/YA Mystery

SHERLOCK SOCIETY by James Ponti (DB 126810)

Hugo Award Finalists 2025

Since 1953, the Hugo Awards, science fiction’s most prestigious awards, were established by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them. The awards will be presented in Seattle on August 16, 2025.

For more information check the Awards’ Website.

Here are the finalists for 2025 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Novel

ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (DB 124970)
SERVICE MODEL by Adrian Tchaikovsky (DB 122092)
SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher (DB 123396, BR 26176 IN PROCESS)
TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennett (DB 118884, BR 25745 IN PROCESS)
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)

Best Novella

PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar (DB 123094)

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book

MAID AND THE CROCODILE by Jordan Ifueko (DB 124172)

Kirkus’ Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)

It’s 2025, and Kirkus has celebrated the occasion by compiling a list of the best books published in the last 25 years. In order to create this curated list, Kirkus Reviews first reviewed a large pool of books published in the US between 2000 and 2024. The books were then categorized into broad genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Teen and Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Books. Kirkus Reviews editors then made the final selections, considering both the quality of the book and the potential for reader interest.

For more information, check out the Kirkus Reviews Website

Here are the books that are in the TBP collection.

Fiction

AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (DB 77188, LB 08272, en español DBG 17313, en français DBG 18008, BRG 04956, BRG 04957)
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson (DB 76417, LB 10827)
ORYX AND CRAKE by Margaret Atwood (DB 56234, BR 14805)
ARTHUR AND GEORGE by Julian Barnes (DB 61635, BRG 01754, LB 09687)
MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN: SELECTED STORIES by Lucía Berlin (DB 83703, BR 23549, en español DB 83996)
2666 by Roberto Bolaño (DB 68418, en español DB 68961)
WITNESS: STORIES by Jamel Brinkley (DB 116828)

Nonfiction

OPEN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Andre Agassi (DB 70076, en español DB 119726)
SECONDHAND TIME: THE LAST OF THE SOVIETS: AN ORAL HISTORY by Svetlana Aleksievich (DB 84738)
GULAG: A HISTORY by Anne Applebaum (DB 58287)
AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (DB 61087)

Teens and Young Adult

CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi (DB 90928, BR 22258)
SAINTS AND MISFITS by S. K. Ali (DB 90693, BRG 04091)
KIT’S WILDERNESS by David Almond (DB 51741)
FEED by M. T. Anderson (DB 55687, BRG 01588)
FEVER, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (DB 51967, BR 16484)
BLOOD YEARS by Elana K. Arnold (DB 117992, BR 25423)

Middle Grade

I LIVED ON BUTTERFLY HILL by Marjorie Agosín (DB 81239)
CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander (DB 79528, BR 24707, BT 13359, LB 11454, en español DB 111942)
ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate (DB 75687, BR 19679, LB 11289)
NIGHT GARDENER: A SCARY STORY by Jonathan Auxier (DB 79649, BRG 03549, LB 11288)
CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett (DB 83073, DBC 16811, BRG 00685)
GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Regan Barnhill (DB 85739, BR 21836, LB 09158)
IVY AND BEAN by Annie Barrows (DB 64440)
LUCKY BROKEN GIRL by Ruth Behar (DB 88385, en español DB 110128)

Picture Books

UNDEFEATED by Kwame Alexander (DB 118181, BR 22617, LB 14537)
TROMBONE SHORTY by Troy Andrews (DB 85566, BR 21098)
CROWN: AN ODE TO THE FRESH CUT by Derrick Barnes (DB 90685, BR 22031)
HELLO LIGHTHOUSE by Sophie Blackall (BR 22571, LB 14526)
RIGHT WORD: ROGET AND HIS THESAURUS by Jen Bryant (DB 80620)

Pulitzer Prize Finalists 2025

The Pulitzer Prizes, which are administered at Columbia University, were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian American journalist and newspaper publisher who left money to the university upon his death. A portion of his bequest was used to establish the Pulitzer Prize as an incentive to excellence, and the first awards were given in 1917. Joseph Pulitzer specified solely four awards in journalism, four in books and drama, one for education, and five traveling scholarships. Since then, the Pulitzer Prize board has increased the number of awards to 23 and introduced poetry, music, photography, memoir, and audio journalism as subjects.

Below are the 2025 finalists and winners in the TBP collection under the category of Letters and Drama Prizes. The winners were announced on May 5.

For more information check the Awards’ Website.

Fiction

JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (DB 124703)

History

NATIVE NATIONS: A MILLENNIUM IN NORTH AMERICA by Kathleen DuVal (DB 121149)

Biography

EVERY LIVING THING: THE GREAT AND DEADLY RACE TO KNOW ALL LIFE
by Jason Roberts (DB 120621)
JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE by David Greenberg (DB 125436, BR 25696 IN PROCESS,
LB 0003598)

Memoir or Autobiography

FI: A MEMOIR by Alexandra Fuller (DB 121448)

New Large Print Books Added in April 2025

Adult Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

GALAPHILE: THE FIRST DRUIDS OF SHANNARA     Brooks, Terry    
LB 0003253

Detective and Mystery Fiction and Thrillers

DEATH OF A POLICEMAN     Beaton, M. C.    
LB 0002947

NOTE     Burke, Alafair    
LB 0001570

KNIFE BEFORE CHRISTMAS     Carlisle, Kate    
LB 0002495

HIGH TEA AND MISDEMEANORS     Childs, Laura    
LB 0003132

NOBODY’S FOOL     Coben, Harlan    
LB 0003155

HERRINGBONE HARBOR MYSTERY     Goldenbaum, Sally    
LB 0002216

ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME: A NOVEL     Harman, Sarah    
LB 0002956

BAD MONKEY     Hiaasen, Carl    
LB 0002443

KNIFE SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS     Murrin, Orlando    
LB 0003140

BOOKED FOR MURDER     Nelson, P. J.    
LB 0003525

WRITER     Patterson, James; Barker, J. D.    
LB 0002400

RAISED BY WOLVES     Patterson, James; Raymond, Emily    
LB 0001726

PRO BONO     Perry, Thomas    
LB 0003072

INHERITANCE     Sakhlecha, Trisha    
LB 0002234

LETHAL PREY     Sandford, John    
LB 0003152

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO 10: A NOVEL     Unger, Lisa    
LB 0003071

Fantasy Fiction

CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS     Murakami, Haruki    
LB 0001348

ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD     Maguire, Gregory    
LB 0003134

WATER MOON: A NOVEL     Sotto, Samantha    
LB 0001445

General Fiction and Novels

WORLD’S FAIR QUILT: A NOVEL      Chiaverini, Jennifer    
LB 0003133

HIGH STAKES     Johansen, Iris    
LB 0002930

INTERMEZZO: A NOVEL     Rooney, Sally    
LB 0003104

STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL     Wood, Charlotte    
LB 0001265

Historical Fiction

STRANGERS IN TIME     Baldacci, David    
LB 0003328

QUEENS OF CRIME: A NOVEL     Benedict, Marie    
LB 0003116

STOLEN QUEEN: A NOVEL     Davis, Fiona    
LB 0001434

ISOLA: A NOVEL     Goodman, Allegra    
LB 0002549

ORPHAN MOTHER     Hicks, Robert   
LB 0002918

ONE GOOD THING     Hunter, Georgia    
LB 0001527

WITCHES OF EL PASO: A NOVEL     Jaramillo, Luis    
LB 0003566

PREACHER’S STRIKE     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.    
LB 0003077

LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN     Kamali, Marjan    
LB 0003243

BEAR FLAG REVOLT     Murphy, Robert Lee    
LB 0003276

RESTLESS WAVE: A NOVEL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY     Stavridis, James    
LB 0001431

GIRL FROM GREENWICH STREET: A NOVEL OF HAMILTON, BURR, AND AMERICA’S FIRST MURDER TRIAL     Willig, Lauren    
LB 0001502

Horror and Paranormal Fiction

WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS     Hendrix, Grady    
LB 0002960

Psychological Fiction

DREAM COUNT: A NOVEL     Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi    
LB 0001494

LAST DAYS OF KIRA MULLAN: A NOVEL     French, Nicci    
LB 0001484

MORE DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP: A NOVEL     Yagisawa, Satoshi    
LB 0001501

Religious Fiction

AMBUSH     Coble, Colleen    
LB 0003055

Romance Fiction

STORYBOOK ENDING: A NOVEL     Alexander, Poppy    
LB 0001302

REMEMBER ME     Balogh, Mary    
LB 0003065

BOOK SWAP     Bickers, Tessa    
LB 0001537

ANOTHER DAWN     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002231

HIDDEN FIRES     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002482

SUNSET EMBRACE     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002472

WORDS OF SILK     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002225

WELCOME TO THE HONEY B&B     Carlson, Melody    
LB 0003073

WITH THIS RING     Clipston, Amy    
LB 0003088

CRIME BRÛLÉE BAKE OFF     Connolly, Rebecca    
LB 0003547

GIRL ANONYMOUS     Dodd, Christina    
LB 0003121

CORNERED: THREE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVELLAS    
Eason, Lynette; Blackburn, Lynn Huggins, Walters, Natalie    
LB 0003080

LOVE YOU A LATKE     Elliot, Amanda    
LB 0003117

INDIGO HEIRESS     Frantz, Laura    
LB 0003114

DEEP END     Hazelwood, Ali    
LB 0003250

CHRISTMAS INN: A NOVEL     Kelley, Pamela M.    
LB 0002218

BEACH VIBES     Mallery, Susan    
LB 0003113

MAGICAL MEET CUTE     Meltzer, Jean    
LB 0003248

GUEST LIST     Michaels, Fern    
LB 0001723

BETWEEN FRIENDS & LOVERS: A NOVEL     Obuobi, Shirlene    
LB 0003244

HOW TO HELP A HUNGRY WEREWOLF     Stein, Charlotte    
LB 0003246

THREE DAYS IN JUNE     Tyler, Anne    
LB 0001519

BLOOMING OF DELPHINIUM: A MOONBERRY LAKE NOVEL     Varni, Holly    
LB 0003158

AMISH HEALING & OLLIE’S STORY     Wiseman, Beth    
LB 0003085

RETURN OF THE MONARCHS     Wiseman, Beth    
LB 0003109

SURF’S UP COLLECTION: THREE NOVELLAS     Wiseman, Beth    
LB 0003157

Science Fiction

STRANGE CASE OF JANE O: A NOVEL     Walker, Karen Thompson    
LB 0001448

Short Stories

MAN IN BLACK: AND OTHER STORIES     Griffiths, Elly    
LB 0001712

DANGEROUS TRAILS: WESTERN SHORT STORIES     Nesbitt, John D.    
LB 0003569

Spy Fiction

OLIGARCH’S DAUGHTER: A NOVEL     Finder, Joseph    
LB 0001509

Western Fiction

MADSTONE: A NOVEL     Crook, Elizabeth    
LB 0002235

KILL ME TOMORROW     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.    
LB 0001518

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

ROMAN YEAR: A MEMOIR     Aciman, André    
LB 0003131

ONCE UPON A TIME: THE CAPTIVATING LIFE OF CAROLYN BESSETTE-KENNEDY     Beller, Elizabeth    
LB 0003325

MEMORIAL DAYS     Brooks, Geraldine    
LB 0001491

NAME OF THIS BAND IS R.E.M.: A BIOGRAPHY     Carlin, Peter Ames    
LB 0003097

SOURCE CODE     Gates, Bill    
LB 0001704

HERO CODE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM LIVES WELL LIVED    
McRaven, William H.    
LB 0002944

ALL MY KNOTTED-UP LIFE: A MEMOIR     Moore, Beth    
LB 0003321

CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS: NO SPIN ASSESSMENTS FROM WASHINGTON TO BIDEN     O’Reilly, Bill; Dugard, Martin    
LB 0003054

EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING     Roberts, Robin    
LB 0002877

BROOKE SHIELDS IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET OLD: THOUGHTS ON AGING AS A WOMAN     Shields, Brooke    
LB 0003095

I AM MARIA: MY REFLECTIONS AND POEMS ON HEARTBREAK, HEALING, AND FINDING YOUR WAY HOME     Shriver, Maria    
LB 0003295

MELANIA     Trump, Melania    
LB 0001552

Essays

KISS ME IN THE CORAL LOUNGE: INTIMATE CONFESSIONS FROM A HAPPY MARRIAGE     Ellis, Helen    
LB 0001449

Psychology and Self-Help

BEYOND ANXIETY: CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND FINDING YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE     Beck, Martha Nibley    
LB 0002213

NEXT CONVERSATION: ARGUE LESS, TALK MORE     Fisher, Jefferson    
LB 0003153

DEFY: THE POWER OF NO IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS YES     Sah, Sunita    
LB 0001430

LOW VISION MATTERS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LIVING WITH LOW VISION & BLINDNESS     Stevens, Laura J.; Blackman, Thomas    
LB 0001526

Religion

ROAD TO WISDOM: ON TRUTH, SCIENCE, FAITH, AND TRUST    
Collins, Francis S.    
LB 0003273

MIRACLES AND WONDER: THE HISTORICAL MYSTERY OF JESUS    
Pagels, Elaine H.    
LB 0003302

WE WHO WRESTLE WITH GOD: PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIVINE    
Peterson, Jordan B.    
LB 0001486

HOPE OF HEAVEN: HOW THE PROMISE OF ETERNITY CHANGES EVERYTHING     Walsh, Sheila    
LB 000314

Science and Technology

AGELESS BRAIN: HOW TO SHARPEN AND PROTECT YOUR MIND FOR A LIFETIME     Bredesen, Dale E.    
LB 0003320

Social Sciences

SIRENS’ CALL: HOW ATTENTION BECAME THE WORLD’S MOST ENDANGERED RESOURCE     Hayes, Christopher    
LB 0001296

SECOND FIFTY: ANSWERS TO THE 7 BIG QUESTIONS OF MIDLIFE AND BEYOND     Whitman, Debra    
LB 0003309

True Crime

SINNERS ALL BOW: TWO AUTHORS, ONE MURDER, AND THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE     Dawson, Kate Winkler    
LB 0001435

ALL THAT GLITTERS: A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, FRAUD, AND FINE ART     Whitfield, Orlando    
LB 0003251

U.S. History

WHAT WOULD REAGAN DO? LIFE LESSONS FROM THE LAST GREAT PRESIDENT     Christie, Chris; Henican, Ellis    
LB 0003086

SAVE OUR SOULS: THE TRUE STORY OF A CASTAWAY FAMILY, TREACHERY, AND MURDER     Pearl, Matthew    
LB 0002959

Juvenile Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

MISFITS: A COPYCAT CONUNDRUM     Yee, Lisa    
LB 0003277

Humorous Fiction

TALES FROM A NOT-SO-BRATTY LITTLE SISTER     Russell, Rachel Renée
LB 0003245

Young Adult Fiction

General Fiction and Novels

MOONLIT VINE     Santiago, Elizabeth    
LB 0003059

Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist 2025

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in nonfiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2025.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Nonfiction

STORY OF A HEART by Rachel Clarke (DB 127008)
WHY FISH DON’T EXIST: A STORY OF LOSS, LOVE, AND THE HIDDEN ORDER OF LIFE by Lulu Miller (DB 102031)
RAISING HARE: A MEMOIR by Chloe Dalton (DB 128243 IN PROCESS)
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS: FOUR WOMEN FACE CHINA’S NEW SOCIAL ORDER by Yuan Yang (DB 123818)
EMBERS OF THE HANDS: HIDDEN HISTORIES OF THE VIKING AGE by Eleanor Barraclough (DB 128103 IN PROCESS)
WHAT THE WILD SEA CAN BE: THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN by Helen Scales (DB 123195)
AUTOCRACY, INC.: THE DICTATORS WHO WANT TO RUN THE WORLD by Anne Applebaum (DB 123412, LB 0000705, en español DB 126283)

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025

The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in fiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2025.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Fiction: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Fiction

DREAM COUNT by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (DB 127672 IN PROCESS, LB 0001494)
TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout (DB 124184)
DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami (DB 127950 IN PROCESS)
PERSIANS by Sanam Mahloudji (IN PROCESS)
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)

2025 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists

The International Thriller Writers (ITW) is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas. The winners will be announced at the annual ThrillerFest conference in New York City in June 2025.

For more information check out the ITW Thriller Awards website.

Here are some of the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Standalone Thriller

WORST CASE SCENARIO by T. J. Newman (DB 123285)
LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING by Jason Rekulak (DB 124569)
TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS by Lisa Scottoline (DB 120098, LB 0000156)

Best Standalone Mystery Novel

NIGHT WE LOST HIM by Laura Dave (DB 124790)
WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan (DB 122143)

Best Series Novel

TO DIE FOR: 6:20 MAN SERIES by David Baldacci (DB 125480, LB 0001131)
DARK WIVES: A VERA STANHOPE MYSTERY by Ann Cleeves (DB 123656)
FLASHBACK: A KENDRA MICHAELS MYSTERY by Iris Johansen (DB 122169, LB 0000601)

Best First Novel

DEADLY ANIMALS by Marie Tierney (DB 125474)

Best Audiobook

DARLING GIRLS by Sally Hepworth and narrated by Jessica Clarke (DB 120859)
NO ONE CAN KNOW by Kate Alice Marshall and narrated by Karissa Vacker (DB 118656)
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera and narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron (DB 119654)

Best Young Adult Novel

GIRLS LIKE HER by Melanie Sumrow (DB 122609)