2023 BookPage (Awarded by BookPage)

Awards List

Best Fiction

The Covenant of Water
(*)
Abraham Verghese

In Memoriam
(*)
Alice Winn

The Great Reclamation
(*)
Rachel Heng

Loot
(*)
Tania James

Return to Valetto
(*)
Dominic Smith

Crook Manifesto
(*)
Colson Whitehead

Bellies
(*)
Nicola Dinan

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
(*)
James McBride

Tom Lake
(*)
Ann Patchett

Witness: Stories
(*)
Jamel Brinkley

The Fraud
(*)
Zadie Smith

Happiness Falls
(*)
Angie Kim

Blackouts
(*)
Justin Torres

The Future
(*)
Naomi Alderman

Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books

What Happened to Rachel Riley?
(*)
Claire Swinarski

Dear Mothman
(*)
Robin Gow

You Are Here: Connecting Flights
(*)
Ellen Oh

Big Tree
(*)
Brian Selznick

Conjure Island
(*)
Eden Royce

Hope in the Valley
(*)
Mitali Perkins

Eagle Drums
(*)
Nasugraq Rainey Hopson

The Puppets of Spelhorst
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Remember Us
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Best Mystery & Suspense

The Motion Picture Teller
(*)
Colin Cotterill

Exiles
(*)
Jane Harper

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
(*)
Jesse Q. Sutanto

All the Sinners Bleed
(*)
S.A. Cosby

Zero Days
(*)
Ruth Ware

The Last Devil to Die
(*)
Richard Osman

The River We Remember
(*)
William Kent Krueger

The Secret Hours
(*)
Mick Herron

Bright Young Women
(*)
Jessica Knoll

The Frozen River
(*)
Ariel Lawhon

Best Picture Books

Ancient Night
(*)
David Bowles

Rainbow Shopping
(*)
Qing Zhuang

Big
(*)
Vashti Harrison

Oh No, the Aunts Are Here
(*)
Adam Rex

When You Can Swim
(*)
Jack Wong

Scroll
(*)
Hui Li

A Cloud in a Jar
(*)
Aaron Lewis Krol

Best Romance

Exes and O's
(*)
Amy Lea

Something Wild & Wonderful
(*)
Anita Kelly

The True Love Experiment
(*)
Christina Lauren

We Could Be So Good
(*)
Cat Sebastian

Business or Pleasure
(*)
Rachel Lynn Solomon

The Blonde Identity
(*)
Ally Carter

Every Duke Has His Day
(*)
Suzanne Enoch

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel
(*)
K.J. Charles

10 Things That Never Happened
(*)
Alexis Hall

Hunt on Dark Waters
(*)
Katee Robert

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hell Bent
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

Our Share of Night
(*)
Mariana Enriquez

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
(*)
S.A. Chakraborty

A Day of Fallen Night
(*)
Samantha Shannon

Lone Women
(*)
Victor Lavalle

Silver Nitrate
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

He Who Drowned the World
(*)
Shelley Parker-Chan

Medusa's Sisters
(*)
Lauren J.A. Bear

The Reformatory
(*)
Tananarive Due

Starling House
(*)
Alix E. Harrow

Best Young Adult

Unraveller
(*)
Frances Hardinge

For Lamb
(*)
Lesa Cline-Ransome

Nine Liars
(*)
Maureen Johnson

Greymist Fair
(*)
Francesca Zappia

Imogen, Obviously
(*)
Becky Albertalli

Nigeria Jones
(*)
Ibi Zoboi

Only This Beautiful Moment
(*)
Abdi Nazemian

Warrior Girl Unearthed
(*)
Angeline Boulley

The Prince and the Coyote
(*)
David Bowles

The Space between Here & Now
(*)
Sarah Suk

Top 10

Dear Mothman
(*)
Robin Gow

The Great Reclamation
(*)
Rachel Heng

Lone Women
(*)
Victor Lavalle

All the Sinners Bleed
(*)
S.A. Cosby

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
(*)
James McBride

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel
(*)
K.J. Charles

The Prince and the Coyote
(*)
David Bowles

A Walk in the Woods
(*)
Nikki Grimes

Award Categories

Best AudioBooks

Best Fiction

Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books

Best Mystery & Suspense

Best Picture Books

Best Romance

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy

Best Young Adult

Top 10

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