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. The Book of the Year winner is Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines by Adriene Caldwell.

🏆 Annual Winners and Finalists

Book of the Year Winner

Finalists

  1. The Moaning Lisa by Rosemary and Larry Mild
  2. Peering Into Infinity: Mirrors of Love & Grief by Steven Lewis
  3. Cancer Courts My Mother by  LindaAnn LoSchiavo
  4. The Magical World of Candytopia by Abigail Samson
  5. The Song of Hadariah by Alisse Lee Goldenberg
  6. Accused Again by Michael J. Kundu
  7. Down to Earth by Nil Demircubuk
  8. Climb Greater Heights by Tony Jeton Selimi
  9. Jake Fox: Ties That Blind by Michael Stockham
  10. The Lost Lamb by Melanie Flynn
  11. Nero and Sporus by S.P. Somtow
  12. The Mystery of Way Back When by Carolyn Summer Quinn
  13. The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor by D.R. Berlin
  14. The Destiny Book by Helena Lind
  15. What Mommy Doesn’t See by Karen Ledbetter
  16. The Islander by David W Berner
  17. Cristobal Bull by Chris Corbett
  18. Nowhere to Hide by Jude Austin
  19. Erift’s Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest by J.T. Tenera
  20. Cheerful Obedience by Patrick McLaughlin
  21. Know Your Mind by Peter Massam
  22. Young Anastrina and Companions by Luminescence Goh
  23. Yesterday Was Not So Long Ago by Ruth Benario
  24. Eternal Love by C. Peggy Atoche
  25. The Travels of Mr Cat by Jenny Carey
  26. Unravelling Inwards: A Journey Of Embracing The Divine Feminine by Camilla Fellas Arnold
  27. Mary Poser (YA Edition) by Angel A
  28. The Magic Hotel by John Reimold
  29. 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 5 by Ross Brand
  30. Every Other Weekend: Coming of Age With Two Different Dads by Anthony J. Mohr
  31. Not A Shovel In Sight by Carolyn Summer Quinn
  32. Letters from Gilgil 3 by Peter Massam
  33. Garden Tools: Poems by David W. Berner
  34. The Ballad of Billy Lopez by Stewart McKay
  35. The Last Toll Collector by S.S. Turner
  36. Apprenticed to the Night by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
  37. The Woman on the Ferry by Brenda K. Uekert, PhD
  38. Letters from Gilgil 1 by Peter Massam
  39. Letters from Gilgil 2 by Peter Massam
  40. The Doctor’s Future by Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli
  41. Little Joe and the Big City by Mike Darcy
  42. The Foundling: Heir to Ash and Blood by Donald Firesmith
  43. The Romantic Ideal by Gregory V. Diehl
  44. Two Crowns, Three Blades by Robert A. Walker
  45. Cargo 3120: Ties That Bind by Aaron Walker Sr
  46. The Puzzle Piece by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
  47. 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 2 by Ross Brand
  48. Rivers on Fire by Paul Buchheit
  49. Yankeeland by Lacy Fewer
  50. Willow Rose by  M. Kevin Hayden
  51. The Art of Managing Humans by Tsvika Abramovitch
  52. Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit by Carolyn Summer Quinn
  53. Botheration 2 by Vito Di Barone
  54. Child of Secrets From Afar by Carolyn Summer Quinn
  55. More Future Dreams and Nightmares by Donald Firesmith
  56. Living on the Fringe of the Mob by Joseph P. O’Donnell
  57. Daylight Saving Time: The Power of Growing Older by David W. Berner
  58. Never Have I Ever by Harker Jones
  59. Wealth and Privilege by Jeanette Watts
  60. A Song at Dead Man’s Cove by Ana Yudin
  61. Doris the Dragon by Tom Morency
  62. Ancient Wonders: The Sword’s Secret by Chris Cole
  63. Hey Dick: The Story of How I Loved and Lost My Brother by Robbie Blackburn
  64. Geri o Shimasu: Adventures of a Baka Gaijin by Alia Luria
  65. Metrognome by Jana Cruz
  66. Vademecum of English by Ana María López Jimeno
  67. It Was Her New York by C.O. Moed
  68. The Adventures of Periwinkle Fae by Donald Firesmith
  69. The Call of Abaddon by Colin Searle
  70. An Enemy Like Me by Teri M Brown
  71. Nipper by Peter Massam
  72. The Sea Turtle Spy Project by Marsha Klopmeier Tufft

🌟 Book of the Month Winners

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The BREW Readers’ Choice Award is a reader-driven literary prize presented monthly and annually. To qualify, books must have at least a 4.0 out of 5-star average review score. Readers then vote to select winners, with monthly winners advancing to the annual Readers’ Choice of the Year. Open to almost all genres, the award highlights books that resonate with readers, emphasizing popular appeal in addition to critical selection.

To know more about the BREW Readers’ Choice Award, click here.

View the list of all BREW Readers’ Choice Award Book of the Month winners by clicking here.

The annual BREW Readers’ Choice Award winners and finalists are here.

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