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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: First Annual Libby Book Awards

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool.  

Well today I have an awards list with no backlist for you because it is the first annual of its award. But, it is an award that is 100% library patron focused. It is the Libby Book Awards. And you can even register to watch the live award event on Zoom on March 12th.

Details here but I also posted the full announcement from the Libby blog below as well.

This is very exciting as Libby is 100% library user focused. See the Cookbook category, a huge library circulation winner, and all the genre categories. (The only thing I am not a fan of is "Best Diverse Book.") We don't have another award this specific to our readers. This would be a great award list to display in every format that you own the titles in as a way to highlight these sure bet options and your prepaid (not free) ebook and downloadable audio options.  

See the full announcement here and below.

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Announcing the finalists for the first annual Libby Book Awards, aka The Libbys

FEB 09, 2024

With awards season in full swing, the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys honor and celebrate the best movies, TV and music of the year. But here at Libby, we’re all about the books. So, for the first time ever, we’re excited to introduce "The Libbys: The inaugural Libby Book Awards" where we put books in the spotlight and roll out the red carpet for the best of 2023, nominated by our expert panel of librarians.

These books will then be voted on by librarians and library workers across North America and a winner will be chosen in each category. After all the votes have been tallied, the winners will be announced LIVE on March 12 at 7PM EST!

Want in on all the star-studded action? Register to watch the virtual Libby Book Awards ceremony presented by the hosts of our very own Professional Book Nerds via Zoom, or tune in on YouTubeor Facebook Live.

The envelope, please. Here are the nominees, honoring excellence in 17 categories. Click on the 🎧 for the audiobook version. 

Finalists for Best Adult Fiction

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton 
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward πŸŽ§
The Fraud by Zadie Smith πŸŽ§
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride πŸŽ§
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Adult Nonfiction

The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen πŸŽ§
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo πŸŽ§
Monsters by Claire Dederer πŸŽ§
The Wager by David Grann πŸŽ§
When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Young Adult Fiction

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert πŸŽ§
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis πŸŽ§
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross πŸŽ§
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley πŸŽ§
What the River Knows by Isabel IbaΓ±ez πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Audiobook

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron


Finalists for Best Diverse Author

Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling πŸŽ§
Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse 
Lone Women by Victor LaValle πŸŽ§
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz πŸŽ§
The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Comic/Graphic Novel

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll 
One Bad Day: The Riddler (Batman) by Tom King & Mitch Gerads 
Roaming by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki 
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed 
The Talk by Darrin Bell

Finalists for Best Memoir & Autobiography

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein πŸŽ§
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair πŸŽ§
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand πŸŽ§
Pageboy by Elliot Page πŸŽ§
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Cookbook

Let’s Eat by Dan Pelosi 
Portico by Leah Koenig 
Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly 
Still We Rise by Erika Council 
Tenderheart by Hetty Lui McKinnon

Finalists for Best Mystery

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor πŸŽ§
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim πŸŽ§
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb πŸŽ§
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman πŸŽ§
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Suanto πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Thriller

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby πŸŽ§
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll πŸŽ§
Pet by Catherine Chidgey 
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi πŸŽ§
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Romance

Ana MarΓ­a and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa πŸŽ§
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon πŸŽ§
Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn πŸŽ§
A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles πŸŽ§
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Finalists for Best Fantasy

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon πŸŽ§
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros πŸŽ§
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo πŸŽ§
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose πŸŽ§
Witch King by Martha Wells πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Romantasy

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett πŸŽ§
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong πŸŽ§
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros πŸŽ§
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall πŸŽ§
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Science Fiction

Infinity Gate by M. R. Carey πŸŽ§
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh πŸŽ§
System Collapse by Martha Wells πŸŽ§
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei πŸŽ§
Translation State by Ann Leckie πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Historical Fiction

Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop 
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward πŸŽ§
Loot by Tania James πŸŽ§
North Woods by Daniel Mason πŸŽ§
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng πŸŽ§

Finalists for Best Book Club Pick

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano πŸŽ§
Maame by Jessica George πŸŽ§
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett πŸŽ§
Wellness by Nathan Hill πŸŽ§
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang πŸŽ§

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