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.
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🏆 Annual Winners and Finalists
Book of the Year Winner
Finalists
- The Moaning Lisa by Rosemary and Larry Mild
- Peering Into Infinity: Mirrors of Love & Grief by Steven Lewis
- Cancer Courts My Mother by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
- The Magical World of Candytopia by Abigail Samson
- The Song of Hadariah by Alisse Lee Goldenberg
- Accused Again by Michael J. Kundu
- Down to Earth by Nil Demircubuk
- Climb Greater Heights by Tony Jeton Selimi
- Jake Fox: Ties That Blind by Michael Stockham
- The Lost Lamb by Melanie Flynn
- Nero and Sporus by S.P. Somtow
- The Mystery of Way Back When by Carolyn Summer Quinn
- The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor by D.R. Berlin
- The Destiny Book by Helena Lind
- What Mommy Doesn’t See by Karen Ledbetter
- The Islander by David W Berner
- Cristobal Bull by Chris Corbett
- Nowhere to Hide by Jude Austin
- Erift’s Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest by J.T. Tenera
- Cheerful Obedience by Patrick McLaughlin
- Know Your Mind by Peter Massam
- Young Anastrina and Companions by Luminescence Goh
- Yesterday Was Not So Long Ago by Ruth Benario
- Eternal Love by C. Peggy Atoche
- The Travels of Mr Cat by Jenny Carey
- Unravelling Inwards: A Journey Of Embracing The Divine Feminine by Camilla Fellas Arnold
- Mary Poser (YA Edition) by Angel A
- The Magic Hotel by John Reimold
- 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 5 by Ross Brand
- Every Other Weekend: Coming of Age With Two Different Dads by Anthony J. Mohr
- Not A Shovel In Sight by Carolyn Summer Quinn
- Letters from Gilgil 3 by Peter Massam
- Garden Tools: Poems by David W. Berner
- The Ballad of Billy Lopez by Stewart McKay
- The Last Toll Collector by S.S. Turner
- Apprenticed to the Night by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
- The Woman on the Ferry by Brenda K. Uekert, PhD
- Letters from Gilgil 1 by Peter Massam
- Letters from Gilgil 2 by Peter Massam
- The Doctor’s Future by Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli
- Little Joe and the Big City by Mike Darcy
- The Foundling: Heir to Ash and Blood by Donald Firesmith
- The Romantic Ideal by Gregory V. Diehl
- Two Crowns, Three Blades by Robert A. Walker
- Cargo 3120: Ties That Bind by Aaron Walker Sr
- The Puzzle Piece by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
- 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 2 by Ross Brand
- Rivers on Fire by Paul Buchheit
- Yankeeland by Lacy Fewer
- Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden
- The Art of Managing Humans by Tsvika Abramovitch
- Vanished on the Vaudeville Circuit by Carolyn Summer Quinn
- Botheration 2 by Vito Di Barone
- Child of Secrets From Afar by Carolyn Summer Quinn
- More Future Dreams and Nightmares by Donald Firesmith
- Living on the Fringe of the Mob by Joseph P. O’Donnell
- Daylight Saving Time: The Power of Growing Older by David W. Berner
- Never Have I Ever by Harker Jones
- Wealth and Privilege by Jeanette Watts
- A Song at Dead Man’s Cove by Ana Yudin
- Doris the Dragon by Tom Morency
- Ancient Wonders: The Sword’s Secret by Chris Cole
- Hey Dick: The Story of How I Loved and Lost My Brother by Robbie Blackburn
- Geri o Shimasu: Adventures of a Baka Gaijin by Alia Luria
- Metrognome by Jana Cruz
- Vademecum of English by Ana María López Jimeno
- It Was Her New York by C.O. Moed
- The Adventures of Periwinkle Fae by Donald Firesmith
- The Call of Abaddon by Colin Searle
- An Enemy Like Me by Teri M Brown
- Nipper by Peter Massam
- The Sea Turtle Spy Project by Marsha Klopmeier Tufft
🌟 Book of the Month Winners
- December 2025 – Peering Into Infinity: Mirrors of Love & Grief by Steven Lewis
- November 2025 – The Moaning Lisa by Rosemary and Larry Mild
- October 2025 – Down to Earth by Nil Demircubuk
- September 2025 – Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines by Adriene Caldwell
- August 2025 – Yesterday Was Not So Long Ago by Ruth Benario
- July 2025
- The Ballad of Billy Lopez by Stewart McKay
- The Doctor’s Future by Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli
- The Foundling: Heir to Ash and Blood by Donald Firesmith
- Little Joe and the Big City by Mike Darcy
- Letters from Gilgil 2 by Peter Massam
- Letters from Gilgil 1 by Peter Massam
- The Woman on the Ferry by Brenda K. Uekert, PhD
- Apprenticed to the Night by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
- The Last Toll Collector by S.S. Turner
- June 2025
- Eternal Love by C. Peggy Atoche
- The Travels of Mr. Cat by Jenny Carey
- Unravelling Inwards by Camilla Fellas Arnold
- Mary Poser (YA Edition) by Angel A
- The Magic Hotel by John Reimold
- 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions: Vol. 5 by Ross Brand
- Every Other Weekend by Anthony J. Mohr
- Not a Shovel in Sight by Carolyn Summer Quinn
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025 – The Destiny Book by Helena Lind
- February 2025 – The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor by D. R. Berlin
- January 2025 – The Mystery from Way Back When by Carolyn Summer Quinn
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Congratulations. It is a fantastic time for the literary community.
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Congrats to all the winners 🏆📚
Congratulations to all the incredible talents who earned their place among the winners and finalists this year! 🏆📚