2020 Amazon Editors' Picks (Awarded by amazon.com)

Awards List

Children's Books

All Because You Matter
(Winner)
Tami Charles

What Will You Dream of Tonight?
(*)
Frances Stickley

The Old Truck
(*)
Jarrett Pumphrey; Jerome Pumphrey

Be You!
(*)
Peter H. Reynolds

Black Brother, Black Brother
(*)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

When Stars Are Scattered
(*)
Victoria Jamieson; Omar Mohamed

The One and Only Bob
(*)
Katherine Applegate

AntiRacist Baby
(*)
Ibram X. Kendi

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears
(*)
Tehlor Kay Mejia

The Barnabus Project
(*)
Terry Fan; Eric Fan

Before the Ever After
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Every Night Is Pizza Night
(*)
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

I Am Every Good Thing
(*)
Derrick Barnes

Premeditated Myrtle
(*)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

The Silver Arrow
(*)
Lev Grossman

Skunk and Badger
(*)
Amy Timberlake

The Suitcase
(*)
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

Willa the Wisp
(*)
Jonathan Auxier

Cat Kid Comic Club
(*)
Dav Pilkey

Literature & Fiction

Migrations
(Winner)
Charlotte McConaghy

Apeirogon
(*)
Colum McCann

The Girl with the Louding Voice
(*)
Abi Dare

The Mercies
(*)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Oona Out of Order
(*)
Margarita Montimore

Deacon King Kong
(*)
James McBride

Sharks in the Time of Saviors
(*)
Kawai Strong Washburn

Writers & Lovers
(*)
Lily King

Almond
(*)
Won-pyung Sohn

A Burning
(*)
Megha Majumdar

The Jane Austen Society
(*)
Natalie Jenner

The Vanishing Half
(*)
Brit Bennett

Luster
(*)
Raven Leilani

The New Wilderness
(*)
Diane Cook

Anxious People
(*)
Fredrik Backman

The Book of Two Ways
(*)
Jodi Picoult

Fifty Words for Rain
(*)
Asha Lemmie

Transcendent Kingdom
(*)
Yaa Gyasi

The Midnight Library
(*)
Matt Haig

Memorial
(*)
Bryan Washington

Mysteries & Thrillers

Blacktop Wasteland
(Winner)
S.A. Cosby

The Dirty South
(*)
John Connolly

Long Bright River
(*)
Liz Moore

Unspeakable Things
(*)
Jess Lourey

The Sun Down Motel
(*)
Simone St. James

Things in Jars
(*)
Jess Kidd

The Boy from the Woods
(*)
Harlan Coben

Pretty Things
(*)
Janelle Brown

The Guest List
(*)
Lucy Foley

The Last Flight
(*)
Julie Clark

The Order
(*)
Daniel Silva

Winter Counts
(*)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

All the Devils Are Here
(*)
Louise Penny

And Now She's Gone
(*)
Rachel Howzell Hall

Squeeze Me
(*)
Carl Hiaasen

The Thursday Murder Club
(*)
Richard Osman

Dear Child
(*)
Romy Hausmann

The Devil and the Dark Water
(*)
Stuart Turton

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

The Law of Innocence
(*)
Michael Connelly

Romance

Take a Hint, Dani Brown
(Winner)
Talia Hibbert

A Heart of Blood and Ashes
(*)
Milla Vane

Defending Zara
(*)
Susan Stoker

If I Never Met You
(*)
Mhairi McFarlane

The Happy Ever After Playlist
(*)
Abby Jimenez

Beach Read
(*)
Emily Henry

Broken
(*)
Rebecca Zanetti

Conventionally Yours
(*)
Annabeth Albert

Party of Two
(*)
Jasmine Guillory

Daring and the Duke
(*)
Sarah MacLean

One to Watch
(*)
Kate Stayman-London

What You Wish For
(*)
Katherine Center

You Had Me at Hola
(*)
Alexis Daria

The Duke Who Didn't
(*)
Courtney Milan

The Wreckage of Us
(*)
Brittainy C. Cherry

Brothersong
(*)
T.J. Klune

Fatal Fraud
(*)
Marie Force

Roommaid
(*)
Sariah Wilson

Crazy Stupid Bromance
(*)
Lyssa Kay Adams

First Comes Scandal
(*)
Julia Quinn

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The City We Became
(Winner)
N.K. Jemisin

The House in the Cerulean Sea
(*)
T.J. Klune

Bonds of Brass
(*)
Emily Skrutskie

The Last Emperox
(*)
John Scalzi

Race the Sands
(*)
Sarah Beth Durst

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
(*)
Suzanne Collins

Network Effect
(*)
Martha Wells

Devolution
(*)
Max Brooks

The Empire of Gold
(*)
S.A. Chakraborty

Mexican Gothic
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Scarlet Odyssey
(*)
C.T. Rwizi

Harrow the Ninth
(*)
Tamsyn Muir

The Bone Shard Daughter
(*)
Andrea Stewart

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
(*)
Christopher Paolini

Battle Ground
(*)
Jim Butcher

Black Sun
(*)
Rebecca Roanhorse

A Deadly Education
(*)
Naomi Novik

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
(*)
V.E. Schwab

The Midnight Library
(*)
Matt Haig

The Once and Future Witches
(*)
Alix E. Harrow

Teen & Young Adult

Midnight Sun
(Winner)
Stephenie Meyer

Tweet Cute
(*)
Emma Lord

Dragon Hoops
(*)
Gene Luen Yang

Crave
(*)
Tracy Wolff

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
(*)
Suzanne Collins

You Should See Me in a Crown
(*)
Leah Johnson

The Extraordinaries
(*)
T.J. Klune

Raybearer
(*)
Jordan Ifueko

Blood & Honey
(*)
Shelby Mahurin

The Inheritance Games
(*)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Punching the Air
(*)
Ibi Zoboi

We Are Not Free
(*)
Traci Chee

Dear Justyce
(*)
Nic Stone

The Enigma Game
(*)
Elizabeth Wein

The Ravens
(*)
Kass Morgan; Danielle Paige

Super Fake Love Song
(*)
David Yoon

The Way Back
(*)
Gavriel Savit

The Cousins
(*)
Karen M. McManus

A Sky Beyond the Storm
(*)
Sabaa Tahir

Award Categories

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Mysteries & Thrillers

Mysteries & Thrillers: Series

Romance

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Teen & Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019