2016 RT Reviewers Choice Award (Awarded by RT BookReviews Magazine)

Awards List

Amateur Sleuth

Tangled Up in a Brew
(Winner)
Joyce Tremel

Book of the Year

Marrying Winterborne
(Winner)
Lisa Kleypas

British Isles Historical Romance

Duke of Pleasure
(Winner)
Elizabeth Hoyt

Contemporary Love & Laughter

First Star I See Tonight
(Winner)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Contemporary Mystery

The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake
(Winner)
Terry Shames

Contemporary Romance

A Change of Heart
(Winner)
Sonali Dev

Digital or Self-Published Contemporary Romance

The Harder He Falls
(Winner)
Lynda Aicher

Digital or Self-Published Erotica

Beyond Ecstasy
(Winner)
Kit Rocha

Digital or Self-Published Romantic Suspense

Absolute Doubt
(Winner)
Cherry Adair

Digital or Self-Published Urban Fantasy

No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished
(Winner)
Rachel Aaron

Epic Fantasy Novel

The Obelisk Gate
(Winner)
N.K. Jemisin

Erotic Romance

One with You
(Winner)
Sylvia Day

Fantasy Novel

A Gathering of Shadows
(Winner)
V.E. Schwab

Fantasy Romance

Eidolon
(Winner)
Grace Draven

First Historical Romance

How the Duke Was Won
(Winner)
Lenora Bell

Futuristic Romance

Born of Legend
(Winner)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Historical Digital or Self-Published Historical Romance

Cottage in the Mist
(Winner)
Dee Davis

Historical Fiction

The Secret Language of Stones
(Winner)
M.J. Rose

Historical Love & Laughter

A Date at the Altar
(Winner)
Cathy Maxwell

Historical Mystery

When Falcons Fall
(Winner)
C.S. Harris

Historical Romance of the Year

Forbidden
(Winner)
Beverly Jenkins

Inspirational Novel

Song of Silence
(Winner)
Cynthia Ruchti

Inspirational Romance

The Lady and the Lionheart
(Winner)
Joanne Bischof

Inspirational Suspense

Conspiracy of Silence
(Winner)
Ronie Kendig

Mainstream Fiction

The Hating Game
(Winner)
Sally Thorne

New Adult

Up in the Treehouse
(Winner)
K.K. Allen

Paranormal Romance

The Beast
(Winner)
J.R. Ward

Paranormal Romantic Suspense

Deadly Silence
(Winner)
Rebecca Zanetti

Paranormal Worldbuilding

The Undoing
(Winner)
Shelly Laurenston

Romantic Suspense

The Fixer
(Winner)
Helenkay Dimon

RT Review Source

Over the Edge
(Winner)
Meredith Wild

Science Fiction Novel

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
(Winner)
Becky Chambers

Series Romance

One Hot December
(Winner)
Tiffany Reisz

Suspense Novel

What Remains of Me
(Winner)
Alison Gaylin

Thriller

The Sixth Idea
(Winner)
P.J. Tracy

Urban Fantasy Novel

Marked in Flesh
(Winner)
Anne Bishop

Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding

The Dirt on Ninth Grave
(Winner)
Darynda Jones

Young Adult Contemporary Novel

The Female of the Species
(Winner)
Mindy McGinnis

Young Adult Paranormal/Fantasy

Stealing Snow
(Winner)
Danielle Paige

Award Categories

African-American Fiction Novel

African-American Romance

Amateur Sleuth

American Historical Romance

Americana Romance

Bantam Loveswept

Best Continuity

Best Historical Novels

Best Inspirational

Book of the Year

British Isles Historical Romance

Chick Lit Novel

Civil War Romance

Colonial Romance

Contemporary Fantasy

Contemporary Glitz

Contemporary Love & Laughter

Contemporary Mystery

Contemporary Novel

Contemporary Paranormal

Contemporary Paranormal Romance

Contemporary Reincarnation

Contemporary Romance

Contemporary Romance Fantasy

Continuity Series Romance

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