2022-2023 Award Winners

1.
Nettle & Bone
Nettle & Bone 4.09 avg rating — 125,281 ratings
2.
Prophet Song
Prophet Song 4.04 avg rating — 74,027 ratings
3.
Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7)
Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7) 4.04 avg rating — 19,092 ratings
4.
Galaxy's Edge 009: The Space-Time Painter
Galaxy's Edge 009: The Space-Time Painter
by: Yang Feng
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
5.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 160,022 ratings
6.
Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams
Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams 3.31 avg rating — 807 ratings
7.
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography 4.67 avg rating — 4,218 ratings
8.
Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)
Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 4,807 ratings
9.
Blackouts
Blackouts 3.74 avg rating — 11,072 ratings
10.
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History 4.15 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
11.
From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]
From Unincorporated Territory [åmot] 4.34 avg rating — 166 ratings
12.
The Words That Remain
The Words That Remain 4.06 avg rating — 5,621 ratings
13.
A First Time for Everything
A First Time for Everything 4.37 avg rating — 7,910 ratings
14.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating — 705,027 ratings
15.
Trust
Trust 3.81 avg rating — 154,245 ratings
16.
English
English 4.35 avg rating — 345 ratings
17.
Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power 4.49 avg rating — 810 ratings
18.
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century 4.36 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
19.
Stay True
Stay True
by: Hua Hsu
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,568 ratings
20.
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 3.95 avg rating — 426 ratings
21.
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice 4.50 avg rating — 3,050 ratings
22.
Dr. No
Dr. No 3.70 avg rating — 7,076 ratings
23.
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin 4.32 avg rating — 153 ratings
24.
Night of the Living Rez
Night of the Living Rez 3.89 avg rating — 12,357 ratings
25.
Calling for a Blanket Dance
Calling for a Blanket Dance 4.24 avg rating — 5,360 ratings
26.
A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
A Left-Handed Woman: Essays 3.99 avg rating — 99 ratings
27.
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness 4.34 avg rating — 225 ratings
28.
The Loose Pearl
The Loose Pearl 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
29.
People from Bloomington
People from Bloomington 3.97 avg rating — 2,195 ratings
30.
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey 3.97 avg rating — 2,073 ratings
31.
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm 4.55 avg rating — 4,358 ratings
32.
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning 4.24 avg rating — 490 ratings
33.
Notes on an Execution
Notes on an Execution 4.05 avg rating — 129,213 ratings
34.
Don't Know Tough
Don't Know Tough 3.66 avg rating — 3,638 ratings
35.
Or Else
Or Else
by: Joe Hart
3.98 avg rating — 16,856 ratings
36.
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation 3.76 avg rating — 18,064 ratings
37.
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators 4.04 avg rating — 296 ratings
38.
The Seaside Corpse (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #4)
The Seaside Corpse (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 405 ratings
39.
The Red Palace
The Red Palace
by: June Hur
4.13 avg rating — 15,556 ratings
40.
A Dreadful Splendor
A Dreadful Splendor 3.86 avg rating — 7,751 ratings
41.
Hideout (Alice Vega, #3)
Hideout (Alice Vega, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 2,457 ratings
42.
Buried in a Good Book (By the Book Mysteries, #1)
Buried in a Good Book (By the Book Mysteries, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 3,460 ratings
43.
A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)
A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) 4.45 avg rating — 76,044 ratings
44.
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes, #8)
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes, #8) 4.07 avg rating — 4,749 ratings
45.
Because I Could Not Stop for Death (An Emily Dickinson Mystery #1)
Because I Could Not Stop for Death (An Emily Dickinson Mystery #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,599 ratings
46.
Cheddar Off Dead (Cheese Shop Mystery, #1)
Cheddar Off Dead (Cheese Shop Mystery, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
47.
Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction
Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction 4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings
48.
Babel
Babel 4.16 avg rating — 398,251 ratings
49.
Even Though I Knew the End
Even Though I Knew the End
by: C.L. Polk
3.81 avg rating — 18,310 ratings
50.
Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion
Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion 4.08 avg rating — 281 ratings
51.
Solito
Solito 4.48 avg rating — 65,955 ratings
52.
The Hurting Kind: Poems
The Hurting Kind: Poems
by: Ada Limon
4.32 avg rating — 7,457 ratings
53.
Perennial Earth: Poetry by Wallace Stevens and Paintings by Alexis Serio
Perennial Earth: Poetry by Wallace Stevens and Paintings by Alexis Serio it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
54.
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld 4.12 avg rating — 766 ratings
55.
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling 3.96 avg rating — 57,323 ratings
56.
The Rupture Tense: Poems
The Rupture Tense: Poems
by: Jenny Xie
3.91 avg rating — 385 ratings
57.
Alain Locke and the Visual Arts
Alain Locke and the Visual Arts 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
58.
Before Whiteness (City Lights Spotlight, No. 21)
Before Whiteness (City Lights Spotlight, No. 21) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
59.
The Classic Love and Rockets 40th Anniversary Slipcase Set
The Classic Love and Rockets 40th Anniversary Slipcase Set 4.78 avg rating — 18 ratings