2022 Christy Award

Awards List

Book of the Year

The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery
(Winner)
Amanda Cox

Contemporary Romance

All That Really Matters
(Winner)
Nicole Deese

First Novel

All That Is Secret
(Winner)
Patricia Raybon

General Fiction

The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery
(Winner)
Amanda Cox

Historical

Drawn by The Current
(Winner)
Jocelyn Green

Historical Romance

Until Leaves Fall in Paris
(Winner)
Sarah Sundin

Short Form

A Texas Christmas Carol
(Winner)
Karen Witemeyer

Speculative

Windward Shore
(Winner)
Sharon Hinck

Suspense

Aftermath
(Winner)
Terri Blackstock

Young Adult

Shadow
(Winner)
Kara Swanson

Contemporary Romance

Bookshop by the Sea
(Finalist)
Denise Hunter

Husband Auditions
(Finalist)
Angela Ruth Strong

First Novel

Sugar Birds
(Finalist)
Cheryl Grey Bostrom

Recorder
(Finalist)
Cathy McCrumb

General Fiction

Under the Magnolias
(Finalist)
T.I. Lowe

The Letter Keeper
(Finalist)
Charles Martin

Historical

Between the Wild Branches
(Finalist)
Connilyn Cossette

The Widows of Champagne
(Finalist)
Renee Ryan

Yours Is the Night
(Finalist)
Amanda Dykes

Historical Romance

Hope Between the Pages
(Finalist)
Pepper Basham

As Dawn Breaks
(Finalist)
Kate Breslin

Shadows of Swanford Abbey
(Finalist)
Julie Klassen

Short Form

False Pretense
(Finalist)
Heather Day Gilbert
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Mr. Nicholas
(Finalist)
Christopher de Vinck

Speculative

A Time to Seek
(Finalist)
T.L. Higley / Tracy L. Higley

Dark Intercept
(Finalist)
Jeffrey Wilson; Brian Andrews

Recorder
(Finalist)
Cathy McCrumb

Suspense

The Barrister and the Letter of Marque
(Finalist)
Todd M. Johnson

Young Adult

A Gentle Tyranny
(Finalist)
Jess Corban

Realms of Light
(Finalist)
Sandra Fernandez-Rhoads

Amplify Award

In Search of a Prince
(Winner)
Toni Shiloh

Award Categories

Allegory/Fantasy

Amplify Award

Book of the Year

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

First Novel

Futuristic

General Fiction

Historical

Historical Romance

International Historical

Lits

North American Historical

Romance

Series

Short Form

Speculative

Suspense

Western

Young Adult

Award Years

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