The Zibby Awards
Welcome to the 4th Annual Zibby Awards!!
Finalists for the 4th Annual Zibby Awards 2024
Welcome to the 4th Annual Zibby Awards!! Launched in 2021, the Zibby Awards strives to celebrate the under-celebrated parts of a book. Best spine design, best acknowledgments, best table of contents, and more.
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Finalists for the 4th Annual Zibby Awards 2024
The Zibby Awards is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2024 year.
Best Book for the Parent
Nicole Pensak
Rattled: How to Calm New Mom Anxiety with the Power of the Postpartum Brain
Lori Sugarman-Li
Our Home: The Love, Work, and Heart of Family
Shelly Mazzanoble
How to Dungeon Master Parenting: A Guidebook for Gamifying the Child-Rearing Quest
Amy Betters Midtvedt
You’ll Make It (and They Will Too): Everything No One Talks About When Parenting Teens
Paige Peterson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jesse Kornbluth
The Secret Garden
Best Story of Overcoming
Dara Levan
It Could Be Worse
Bridey Thelen-Heidel
Bright Eyes: Surviving Our Monsters and Learning to Live Without Them
Karen Kirsten
Irena’s Gift
Rosie Sorenson
If You’d Only Listen: A Medical Memoir of Gaslighting, Grit & Grace
Gila Pfeffer
Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
Best Book for the History Lover
Samantha Greene Woodruff
The Trade Off
Talia Carner
The Boy with the Star Tattoo
Lisa Barr
The Goddess of Warsaw
Katharine Schellman
The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery
Teri M. Brown
Daughters of Green Mountain Gap
Best Book for the Dreamer (Fantasy)
Judith Natelli McLaughlin
Summer on Butterfly Bay
Paige Peterson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jesse Kornbluth
The Secret Garden
Kris Faatz
Fourteen Stones
Sabine Ruh
Lumilore: The Original Story of the Dragon Who Glowed
Best Book for the Traveler
Lauren Martin
Night of the Hawk
Kirstin Vukovic
The Cheesemaker’s Daughter
Michael C. Higgins
Exploring Wine Regions - Mexico
Best Book for the Animal Lover
Cathryn Michon
I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever
Jenni Ogden
Dancing with Dragons
Stevie Lynne
The Accidental Animal Cop
Allia Zobel Nolan
Why Can’t My Brother Be More Like My Cat?
Judith Natelli McLaughlin
Summer on Butterfly Bay
Best Book for the Best Friend
Jenni Ogden
Dancing with Dragons
Jenifer Goldin
Moms Who Read Romance Novels
Samantha Greene Woodruff
The Trade Off
Sarahlyn Bruck
Light of the Fire
Best Coming-of-Age Book
Kelly McKenzie
Never, Never, Hardly Ever
Lorelei Darling
Somewhere Will Find You
Mimi Zieman
Tap Dancing on Everest
Anastasia Zadeik
The Other Side of Nothing
Cherry Lou Sy
Love Can't Feed You
Best Book for the Anxious
Allia Zobel Nolan
Harriet Hurry-Up and the Oh-So-Slow-Day
Michele Olson
Being Nancy (In a World Lost in Mystery)
Best Coming-of-Middle-or-Old-Age
Dara Levan
It Could Be Worse
Jessica Saunders
Love, Me
Jennifer Lang
Landed: A Yogi’s Memoir in Pieces and Poses
Suzette Mullen
The Only Way Through is Out
Renee Burns
We’re Sorry to Inform You that Your Forties Are Over
Best Health & Wellness Book
Laura Gabayan
Common Wisdom: 8 Scientific Elements of a Meaningful Life
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Allison Gilbert, Pierre Lehu
The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life
Best Book That’ll Make You Cry
Jessica Fein
Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes
Gila Pfeffer
Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
Chelsea Ohlemiller
Now That She’s Gone: A Daughter’s Reflections on Loss, Love, and a Mother’s Legacy
Gina DeMillo Wagner
Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home
Michelle Cox
The Fallen Woman’s Daughter
Best Book for the Foodie
Kristin Vukovic
The Cheesemaker’s Daughter
Michael C. Higgin
Exploring Wine Regions - Mexico
Rachel Adina Mullen
Vegan Flavors of the World
Micah Silva
Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine
Best Book for the Strong Woman
Lisa Barr
The Goddess of Warsaw
Vanessa Miller
The American Queen
Suzette Mullen
The Only Way Through is Out
Samantha Greene Woodruff
The Trade Off
Mimi Zieman
Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure
Best Book That’ll Make You Laugh
Bethany Turner
Cole and Laila Are Just Friends
Kristan Higgins
Look on the Bright Side
Lisa F. Rosenberg
Fine, I’m a Terrible Person
Leslie Anne Tarabella
We Don’t Push in Fairhope
Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy
Let it Glow
Best Book for the Griever
Chelsea Ohlemiller
Now That She’s Gone: A Daughter’s Reflections on Loss, Love, and a Mother’s Legacy
Jessica Fein
Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes
Gina DeMillo Wagner
Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home
Best Book That Made Your Escape
Ellen Meister
Divorce Towers
Mimi Zieman
Tap Dancing on Everest
Kirstin Vukovic
The Cheesemaker’s Daughter
Best Beach Read
Suzanne Kamata
Cinnamon Beach
Judith Natelli McLaughlin
Summer on Butterfly Bay
Andrew Knott
Love’s a Disaster
Sarahlyn Bruck
Light of the Fire
Best Book That’ll Make You Tremble
Madeleine Henry
My Favorite Terrible Thing
Maggie Smith
Blindspot
Julia Marie Davis
Catbird
Best Family Drama
Karen Kirsten
Irena’s Gift: An Epic WWII Memoir of Sisters, Secrets and Survival
Rachel McRady
Sun Seekers
Nayantara Roy
The Magnificent Ruins
Zelly Ruskin
Not Yours to Keep
Best Book for the Pop Culture Lover
Kristin Mulrooney
Barbie IRL
Piper Ferguson
Indie/Seen
Best Book for the Valentine
Ruth A. Casie
The Lyon’s Alliance
Best Book for the Sports Fan
Sarahlyn Bruck
Light of the Fire
Best Book for the Knowledge Hunter
Susan Blumberg-Kason
When Friends Come from Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League
This year, we’re changing things up. Our awards ceremony will be held in person!
We have 27 categories, all inspired by shelves in the bookstore.
Anyone can nominate a book or author they love (and yes, you can nominate yourself).
All nominees will be notified that they were nominated. Our team will select the finalists in each category. Winners will be in announced in person and via livestream.
Winners and Finalists will be announced December 11, 2024.
Nominate a book you loveAward Ceremony
To Be Announced.
