This year’s finalists were announced on November 12, and they are:
Debut, General Fiction and Book of the Year:
Whose Waves These Are
by Amanda Dykes
(Bethany House)
Print | eBook | eAudio
Contemporary Romance:
Now and Then and Always
by Melissa Tagg
(Larkspur Press)
Print | eAudio
First Novel:
A Long Time Comin’
by Robin W. Pearson
(Tyndale House)
Print | eBook | eAudio
Historical:
The Medallion
by Cathy Gohlke
(Tyndale House)
Print | eBook | ebook | eAudio
Historical Romance:
The Painted Castle
by Kristy Cambron
(Thomas Nelson)
Print | eBook | ebook | eAudio
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller:
The Girl Behind the Red Rope
by Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker
(Revell)
Print | eBook | ebook | eAudio
Short Form:
A Christmas Haven
by Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall
(WaterBrook)
Print | Audiobook | eBook | eAudio
Visionary:
Hidden Current
by Sharon Hinck
(Enclave Publishing)
Print | eBook |eAudio
Young Adult:
The Means That Make Us Strangers
by Christine Kindberg
(Bellflower Press)
Other titles that were nominated and were finalists include:
(click on the titles to link directly to our catalog!)
- Just One Kiss by Courtney Walsh
- Sweet On You by Becky Wade
- All Manner of Things by Susie Finkbeiner
- The Words Between Us by Erin Bartels
- The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Byler Younts
- Memories of Glass by Melanie Dobson
- My Dearest Dietrich by Amanda Barratt
- The Land Beneath Us by Sarah Sundin
- The Number of Love by Roseanna M. White
- Echoes Among the Stones by Jaime Jo Wright
- Smoke Screen by Terri Blackstock
- A Flood of Love by Tracie Peterson
- Intrigue a la Mode by Regina Jennings
- Cry of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
- The Story Raider by Lindsay A. Franklin
- The Piper’s Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
- The Winter King by Christine Cohen
Authors Tamera Alexander and Steven James were inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame during the event as well.
I don’t know about you, but it looks like I have some serious reading to catch up on. Of the winners and nominees, I’ve only read a couple … as Frank Zappa said, “So many books, so little time” … Happy reading everyone!!