Monday 12 September 2022

The Coffee Pot Book Club Book Of The Year Awards 2022

 


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
Bronze Medal
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 Medal
The 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!


12 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Congratulations to all the winners. My to-read list has suddenly gotten a little larger!

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  3. I 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.

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  4. It 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.

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  5. Congratulations to everyone - some fabulous books here!

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  6. Thrilled 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.

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  7. I 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!

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  8. Thanks 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!

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  9. Congratulations to all award winners!.
    It'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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. Congratulations 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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See you on your next coffee break!
Take Care,
Mary Anne xxx