Historical Fiction Book of the Year Awards 2022
Categories and winners:
Ancient World Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Before Beltane
By Nancy Jardine
Silver Medal
The Cimbri Appear
By Jeff Hein
Early Medieval Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Son of Anger
(Ormstunga Saga Book 1)
By Donovan Cook
Silver Medal
Beheld: Godiva’s Story
By Christopher M. Cevasco
Bronze Medal
The Wistful and the Good
(Cuthbert’s People, Book 1)
By G. M. Baker
Honourable Mention
The Last King
By MJ Porter
Medieval Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Her Castilian Heart
By Anna Belfrage
Silver Medal
The Douglas Bastard
(A sequel to The Black Douglas Trilogy)
By J R Tomlin
Bronze Medal
De Bohun's Destiny
(The Meonbridge Chronicles Book 3)
By Carolyn Hughes
Honourable Mention
Imperial Passions - The Great Palace: A Byzantine Novel
By Eileen Stephenson
Honourable Mention
The Song And The Sword
By Isabelle Chevallot
The Tudors, The Stuarts, and The Commonwealth of England Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Lady in Waiting
By Karen Heenan
Silver Medal
A Woman of Noble Wit
By Rosemary Griggs
Bronze Medal
The King's Inquisitor
By Tonya Brown
European Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
The Viennese Dressmaker
By Kathryn Gauci
Silver Medal
We Shall Not Shatter
By Elaine Stock
Bronze Medal
The Shadows of Versailles
By Cathie Dunn
Honourable Mention
Paris In Ruins
By MK Tod
Honourable Mention
Longsword: Edward and the Assassin
Dimitar Gyopsaliev
Asian Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
The Admiral's Wife
By MK Tod
Silver Medal
Lies That Bind
By E.S. Alexander
Bronze Medal
The Lake Pagoda
By Ann Bennett
American Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Northern Shadows
(Northern Wolf Series Book 5)
By Daniel Greene
Silver Medal
Muskets & Minuets
By Lindsey S. Fera
The Mesilla
By Mary Armstrong
Honourable Mention
Fortunate Son
By Thomas Tibor
Honourable Mention
John Brown's Women
Susan Higginbotham
Early Modern Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
The Silkworm Keeper
By Deborah Swift
Silver Medal
When Starlings Fly As One
By Nancy Blanton
Bronze Medal
The Shadows of Versailles
By Cathie Dunn
Honourable Mention
Ash Fall
A Novel of the Knights of Malta (the Siege of Malta Book 3)
By Marthese Fenech
Modern Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Angels and Bandits
By Brodie Curtis
Silver Medal
The Art of Deception
By Pam Lecky
Bronze Medal
The Girl from Bologna
By Siobhan Daiko
Honourable Mention
Secrets of Rosenli Manor
By Heidi Eljarbo
Honourable Mention
Where the Gulls Fall Silent
By Lelita Baldock
Women's Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Gwenna The Welsh Confectioner
(The New Zealand Immigrant Collection)
By Vicky Adin
Silver Medal
A Woman of Noble Wit
By Rosemary Griggs
Bronze Medal
Under the Emerald Sky
(The Irish Fortune Series)
By Juliane Weber
Honourable Mention
The Viennese Dressmaker
By Kathryn Gauci
Dual Time-Line
Gold Medal
The Girl from Bologna
By Siobhan Daiko
Silver Medal
The Admiral's Wife
By MK Tod
Bronze MedalThe Virgin of the Wind Rose
By Glen Craney
Supernatural Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
The Year We Lived
By Virginia Crow
Silver Medal
The Ghost Rider
By Ellen Read
Bronze
When The Mermaid Sings
By Helen Hollick
Honourable Mention
Over the Broad Earth
By J.L. Feuerstack
Young Adult Historical Fiction
Gold Medal
Muskets & Minuets
By Lindsey S. Fera
Silver Medal
Clement: The Templar’s Treasure
By Craig R. Hipkins
Bronze Medal
A Stranger from the Storm
By William Burton McCormick
Time Travel
Gold Medal
Shake Loose the Border
By Andrea Matthews
Silver Medal
Finding Jane
By Elizabeth Conte
Historical Romance
Gold Medal
Sea of Shadows
By Amy Maroney
Silver Medal
A Woman of Noble Wit
By Rosemary Griggs
Bronze Medal
The Feathered Nest
By Ellen Read
Honourable Mention
Muskets & Minuets
By Lindsey S. Fera
Historical Fantasy
Gold Medal
The Last Crystal
By Frances Schoonmaker
Silver Medal
Over the Broad Earth
By J.L. Feuerstack
Bronze Medal
Over the Breadth of the Earth
By J.L. Feuerstack
Honourable Mention
Strung
By Roske
Congratulations to all the winners from The Coffee Pot Book Club team.
A massive thank you to our judges, without whom this competition would not be possible. You are the best!
I am so thrilled and honoured to get the Gold Award with The Viennese Dressmaker, and also an honorable mention. There are so many wonderful books here that it must have been extremely difficult to choose. Thank you from the bottom f my heart, Mary Anne, and to your readers also.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners. My to-read list has suddenly gotten a little larger!
ReplyDeleteI am delighted and honoured that The Girl from Bologna received a Gold Award. Thank you so much, Mary Anne and your readers for all your hard work.
ReplyDeleteIt is such an honor to win a gold medal for Historical Fantasy. It is actually quite humbling to be in such good company. What a marvelous reading list. I can't wait to get started. Thank you Mary Anne and the judges who have made this award possible.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to everyone - some fabulous books here!
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ReplyDeleteThrilled with the Silver Award in Asian Historical Fiction for Lies That Blind. Thank you, Mary Anne, Ellie, and all the judges. Congratulations MJ Porter and Helen Hollick, two of the kind bloggers who helped to feature Lies That Blind during my blog tour.
ReplyDeleteI am honored beyond words that ANGELS and BANDITS has received the Gold Medal for Modern Historical Fiction. There are so many talented writers and terrific books on the list that just to be included is humbling. Thank you so much Mary Anne and the entire Coffee Pot Book Club Community!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Mary Anne and team. I'm honored that Sea of Shadows was awarded a gold medal and is in such excellent and talented company!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all award winners!.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very great honour to receive a Coffee Pot Club Book of the Year Gold Award for Before Beltane, and I thank all of those involved in the processes of selection.
Congratulations to all the winners. And thank you to the judges. I am honoured and delighted to have received a Gold Medal for Gwenna the Welsh Confectioner in the Women's Historical Fiction category.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to each and every book and author on this list! Thank you to Mary Anne and all the Coffee Pot Book Club readers. This is a dream come true!
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