Here now are the results of this year’s BREW Readers’ Choice Award, a celebration of the books that resonated most with our readers across the globe! Thank you to everyone who participated and supported their favourite authors. On the lead is “Unheard” by Bhavini Bhargava crowned Book of the Year title with over 10,000 votes. Following closely is “My Lost Pages” by Sneha Sabu, earning the Honourable Mention with more than 4,000 votes.


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🏆 Annual Winners and Finalists
BREW Readers’ Choice Award 2024-2025 Book of the Year

BREW Readers’ Choice Award 2024-2025 Honourable Mention

BREW Readers’ Choice Award 2024-2025 Finalists

- “The Velvet Hammer” by Chief Justice Belvin Perry, Jr. and Amy Mitchell
- “Merely Mortal” by Michelle M. Pillow
- “Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems” by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
- “The Butcher and the Bard” by J. E. Harter
- “Bunky and the Summer Wish” by Aleksandra Tryniecka
- “Saint Bloodbath” by Frederick Douglass Reynolds
- “Covered in Flour” by Charles Presti
- “Deception Bay” by N N Parker
- “Fiercely ME” by Stephanie Rowe
- “Grasslands” by Shekhar Khatri
- “Heir to the Ice Flame” by Rose Harvey
- “The Ghost in the Garden” by Alisse Lee Goldenberg
- “Werecats Emergent” by Mark J. Engels
- “No Going Back” by Susan Frances
- “The Spirituality in Science” by Benneth Iwuchukwu
- “Six Moons, Seven Gods” by Robert A. Walker
- “Harvest Cruise” by Rebecca Benison
- “Killing Shore” by K.A. Nelson
- “Building a Team: A Baseball Buddies Story” by Aaron Derr
- “My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis” by Jennifer Gasner
- “Goyhood” by Reuven Fenton
- “Why in the World Are We Here?” by Clare-Rose Trevelyan
- “The Retirement Planning Roadmap” by Sweet Home Publishing
- “Of Friction” by S. J. Lee
- “Your Forgotten Sons” by Anne Montgomery
- “Glitches of Gods” by Jurgen “Jojo” Appelo
- “You Are There” by Felicity Wrangles
- “Until the Stars Align” by Carolyn Summer Quinn
- “The Street Between the Pines” by J.J. Alo
- “Bereft: A Story about Love, Loss, and Family” by M. A. Quigley
- “May I Come to Your Party?” by Grace A. Wolf
- “Belle And Chloe: Reflections In The Mirror” by Isabela Sardas, Ph.D.
- “A Different Lens” by Sheila Eve Arad
- “Things to Aim For” by Rodney Ross
- “I’m Beautiful Because I Am” by Azizi Tuere
- “The Treasure of Tundavala Gap” by Jeffrey K. Schmoll
- “Dreams and Metamorphoses” by Fabio Grandi
- “The Lilacs I Once Knew: Friddie’s Poems” by Roni Rosenthal
- “The Meaning of Okay” by Cortney Raymond
- “Journey of a Radiant Heart” by Niomi Nicci
- “Guilty of Stealing His Heart” by Nancy Lynn White
- “The Adventures of Angel” by Ross Alan Hahn
- “The Love Tank” by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
- “Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey” by Jason Ollander-Krane
- “The Secret Life of Bears” by Joann Slead
- “Here There Be Monsters” by Josh Wright
- “My Place Among Them” by J. Stanion
- “Thomas the Terrible Tomcat Needs a Friend” by Zivile Cecilia Brubeck
- “The Soul Sistas Go To School!: (Too Cool for School?)” by Newton Vanriel
- “New American Monarch” by Marcel Fable Price
- “Rock, Crush and Roll” by Hunter Snow
- “A New Family for Tate” by Erika L. Turner, LCSW
- “The Only Anxiety Book for Teens You Will Ever Need” by Carla Picolli
- “Nature Ninja Saves the Natural World” by Tania Moloney
- “The First Unicorn” by Kathleen J. Shields
- “AI… Meets… AI” by Amber Ivey
- “The Bravest Soldiers” by Elaine Schroller
- “Praesidium” by McKinley Aspen
- “Cogitatio: Shadows in the Wind – Book Two” by McKinley Aspen
- “Facts Are Stubborn Things” by Richard A Danzig
- “Sentience Hazard” by Alexandru Czimbor
- “Emma’s Fury” by Linda Rainier
- “Believe Nothing, Know Nothing” by Jean-Claude Koven
- “Until September” by Harker Jones
- “Adventures of Fairies and Dragons” by Nancy Benson
- “Daughters of Green Mountain Gap” by Teri M. Brown
- “Fabric of Light” by Travis Sharp
- “Jar of Tears” by Kathleen Templeton
- “The Serpent’s Tongue (Nova 02)” by C. T. Emerson
- “Intrepid Spirit” by David Tunno
- “Taking Flight” by Jacques Sardas
- “Dreams and Illusions” by Rebecca Olmstead
- “Wayward Wings” by S. Slottje
- “Golden” by S.S. Turner
- “Punch Line” by Richard A. Danzig
- “Luck and Love in 1902” by Jody Gorran
- “Olympus Bound” by Zoë Routh
- “No Borders for Truth” by Martin J. Brown
- “Ain’t No Jazz in Kansas City” by Bruce Rodgers
- “The Sound of an Ordinary Life” by Alis Cerrahyan
- “Rogues of the Crosslands: Azoria’s Blade” by John Daze
- “Bad Love Medicine” by Kevin Schewe M.D.
- “The Bright Freight of Memory” by Greg Fields
- “Vermilion Harvest” by Reenita M. Hora
- “Ghost Train” by Natalie Anna Jacobsen
- “Navigating Life’s Challenges” by Luminescence Goh
- “The Ultimate Guide to Rapport” by Stig Ernsund
- “Nate’s Noisy Nose” by Frances Mackay
- “The Great Christmas Escape” by Janae Haddad
- “The Lonely Prisoner” by Michael J. Kundu
- “Black On Madison Avenue” by Mark S. Robinson
- “Me Power” by LaNysha T. Adams
- “The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life” by D. Terrence Foster MD
- “The Matters of Friendship” by Rona D. Drinkard
- “Hatfield 1677” by Laura C. Rader
- “Lasting Transformation: A Guide to Navigating Life’s Journey” by Abby Rosen PhD
- “Run for My Life” by Joseph P. Odonnell
- “Muddy the Water” by Jessica Barrows Beebe and Matt Barrows
- “Delaware Before the Railroads: A Diamond Among the States” by Dave Tabler
- “Fever of Unknown Origin” by Judith Ford
- “Soul Threads” by Camilla Fellas Arnold
🌟 Book of the Month Winners

- December 2024 – No winner
- November 2024 – “Building A Team: A Baseball Buddies Story” by Aaron Derr
- October 2024 – “Harvest Cruise” by Rebecca Benison
- September 2024 – “Unheard” by Bhavini Bhargava
- August 2024 – “Saint Bloodbath” by Frederick Douglass Reynolds
- July 2024 – “My Lost Pages” by Sneha Sabu
- June 2024 – “Six Moons, Seven Gods” by Robert A. Walker
- May 2024 – “The Spirituality in Science” by Benneth Iwuchukwu
- April 2024 – “No Going Back” by Susan Frances
- March 2024 – “The Ghost in the Garden” by Alisse Lee Goldenberg
- February 2024 – “Werecats Emergent” by Mark J. Engels
- January 2024 – no winner
Congratulations to Bhavini Bhargava and all our winners and finalists! We will be in touch with you before January 2025 ends. A happy and prosperous new year to all! Keep shining!
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