The Vanishing Half by https://www.fictiondb.com/title/the-vanishing-half~brit-bennett~2531371.htmBrit Bennett
FictionDB Book of the Year:
While there are many awards given annually to the top fiction books, FictionDB has chosen to award Book of the Year to Brit Bennett's book, The Vanishing Half. The book appeared on many Best Of 2020 lists this year.

Awards List

Thriller / T 4.5
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2021 Locus Award -- Fantasy Novel (Nominee)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Debut Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Media (Top of the List)
            2020 Goodreads Choice Award -- Young Adult Fiction (Winner)
            2021 Carnegie Medal -- Children's (Nominee)
            2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award -- Fiction & Poetry (Honor Book)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Young Adult (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Adult Books (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books About Crossing Boundaries (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Fiction (8-12 Years) (Silver Winner)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Romance (*)
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Cozy Mystery / CZ 4
            2020 Agatha Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Fantasy Novel (Nominee)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking (*)
Historical / H 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- World Literature (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Cover Design (Small) (Gold Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Books Starring Young Changemakers (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Young Adult (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2020 Dragon Award -- Graphic Novel (Nominee)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Thriller Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence -- Fiction (Finalist)
            2020 Entertainment Weekly -- Best Books: Top 10 (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
            2020 O, the Oprah Magazine -- Best Books (*)
            2020 Time -- Best Fiction Books (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Top 10 (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 National Book Award -- Fiction (Finalist)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction for Quarantine Reading (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Entertainment Weekly -- Best Books: Top 10 (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble Book Club (*)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Literary Fiction (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Today Show Book Club (Read with Jenna) (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Fiction (#11)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Romance (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Romance (*)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2021 People -- Best Books: Top 10 (*)
Horror / HORR 5
            2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Young Adult (Winner)
Historical / H 4
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Pennie's Picks (Costco) (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Friendship (*)
Fantasy / F 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
Historical Romance / HR 0
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Saga (Shortlist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Historical / H 5
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Friendship Stories (*)
Literary / L 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction in Translation (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Fiction (#6)
Fantasy / F 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Science Fiction/Fantasy (Silver Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 National Book Critics Circle Award -- Fiction (Finalist)
Mystery / M 4
            2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Novel (Winner)
            2021 Macavity Award -- First Mystery (Nominee)
            2020 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction (Longlist)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Crime Fiction (*)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 5
            2020 Locus Award -- Short Story (Winner)
(e) Science Fiction / SF 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Novelette (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Carnegie Medal -- Children's (Nominee)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Romantic Suspense: Long (Finalist)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
Cozy Mystery / CZ 5
            2020 Agatha Award -- Contemporary Novel (Nominee)
Paranormal Romance / PNR 5
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Fantasy / F 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Fantasy and Science Fiction (*)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Romantic Suspense: Long (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Fiction (8-12 Years) (Silver Winner)
Science Fiction / SF 5
            2020 Dragon Award -- Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel (Winner)
Literary / L 4.5
            2021 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults (Winner)
Literary / L 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- World Literature (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Reader's Books (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Children's Books (*)
Literary / L 5
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books To Get Kids Thinking (*)
(e) Horror / HORR 0
            2020 Bram Stoker Award -- Graphic Novel (Nominee)
(e) Horror / HORR 0
            2020 Bram Stoker Award -- Short Fiction (Nominee)
Fantasy Romance / FR 4
            2020 Goodreads Choice Award -- Romance (Winner)
Paranormal Romance / PNR 4.5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Speculative Romance: Long (Winner)
Fantasy / F 4.5
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Young Adult (*)
(e) Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2021 Vivian Award -- First Book (Finalist)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2021 RoNA -- Popular Romantic Fiction (Shortlist)
Contemporary Romance / CR 0
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Comedy (Shortlist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
Historical / H 4
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble Book Club (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 School Library Journal Best Books -- Chapter Books (*)
            2022 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
            2021 BookPage -- Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books (#3)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Carnegie Medal -- Children's (Nominee)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble YA Book Club (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books About Crossing Boundaries (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Young Adult (*)
Suspense / S 5
            2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Historical Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Children's Books (*)
(e) Romance / R 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- First Book (Finalist)
Literary / L 4.5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- World Literature (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Graphic Novels (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Comics (*)
Literary / L 5
            2020 Indie Next -- #1 Pick (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Literature & Fiction (*)
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Fantasy / F 4.5
            2021 Locus Award -- First Novel (Winner)
            2021 Hugo Award -- Young Adult (Finalist)
            2020 Nebula Award -- Andre Norton Award (Nominee)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Young Adult (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Mystery and Thrillers (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Young Adult (#5)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Saga (Shortlist)
Dark Fantasy / DF 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Young Adult Novel (Nominee)
(e) Private Investigator / PI 0
            2020 Shamus Award -- P.I. Short Story (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2022 Carnegie Medal -- Children's (Winner)
Thriller / T 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- New Voice Fiction (Silver Winner)
Historical / H 5
            2021 Book Club Picks -- Target Club Picks (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2021 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award -- Picture Book (Honor Book)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Picture Books (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Small People in a Big World (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Children's Books (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Picture Books (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Mystery / M 4.5
            2022 Beehive Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Young Adult (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Mystery and Thrillers (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Teen & Young Adult (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble YA Book Club (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
(ss) Historical Romance / HR 5
            2021 Christy Award -- Short Form (Winner)
Christian / CH 5
            2021 Christy Award -- Historical (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Middle Grade (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
Literary / L 4
            2021 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults (Winner)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction Writers to Discover (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
Literary / L 5
            2019 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction (Longlist)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Literary Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Books About Friendship (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble Book Club (*)
(e) General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Locus Award -- Collection (Nominee)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2020 Locus Award -- Novelette (Nominee)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2020 Locus Award -- Short Story (Nominee)
Science Fiction / SF 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Science Fiction Novel (Nominee)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2020 Locus Award -- Novella (Nominee)
Women's Fiction / WF 5
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Saga (Shortlist)
Literary / L 4
            2020 National Book Award -- Fiction (Longlist)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking (*)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Literary Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Historical Fiction (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Graphic Novels (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Picture Books (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2020 Dragon Award -- Graphic Novel (Nominee)
Historical / H 4
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2020 Lolly Award -- Book of the Year (Winner)
            2020 Goodreads Choice Award -- Historical Fiction (Winner)
            2020 Time -- Best Fiction Books (Winner)
            2021 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction (Shortlist)
            2020 National Book Award -- Fiction (Longlist)
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Good Morning America Book Club (*)
            2020 People -- Best Books: Top 10 (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Media (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Literature & Fiction (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble Book Club (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Fiction (#1)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Thriller Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Today Show Book Club (Read with Jenna) (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2020 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Children's Pict/4-7 Yrs (Silver Winner)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
Historical Romance / HR 4
            2019 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Shortlist)
Literary / L 5
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
Historical / H 4
            2022 Beehive Award -- Graphic Novel: Young Adult (Nominee)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Historical Mystery / HM 5
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Middle Grade (*)
Action Adventure / AA 4
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Adult SF & Fantasy (*)
Thriller / T 5
            2021 Thriller Award -- E-Book Original (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Picture Books (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Picture Books (*)
Women's Fiction / WF 5
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Media (*)
Fantasy / F 4
            2022 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
Historical / H 4.5
            2022 Beehive Award -- Fiction (Nominee)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Historical Fiction (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Historical / H 4
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Historical Fiction (Silver Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
LI-1260 Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2020 Carol Award -- Short Novel (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2020 Bram Stoker Award -- Anthology (Nominee)
Science Fiction / SF 0
            2021 Christy Award -- Speculative (Finalist)
Historical / H 0
            2021 Spur Award -- Mass Market Paperback Novel (Winner )
Thriller / T 4
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2020 O, the Oprah Magazine -- Best Books (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
Romantic Suspense / RS 0
            2021 Vivian Award -- Romantic Suspense: Mid (Finalist)
Paranormal Romance / PNR 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Romance (*)
Historical Mystery / HM 5
            2020 Agatha Award -- Historical (Winner)
            2021 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Graphic Novels (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Modern-Day Middle Grade (*)
Historical Romance / HR 3.5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Historical Romance: Mid (Finalist)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- First Book (Winner)
Mystery / M 5
            2021 Anthony Award -- Juvenile/Young Adult (Nominee)
            2020 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2022 Beehive Award -- Fiction (Nominee)
            2021 Newbery Medal -- Children's (Honor Book)
            2021 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award -- Fiction & Poetry (Honor Book)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Middle Grade (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Modern-Day Middle Grade (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Middle Grade (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books (#3)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Audio Fiction (Silver Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Reader's Books (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- SF/Fantasy (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Science Fiction and Fantasy (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2020 Bram Stoker Award -- Graphic Novel (Nominee)
Horror / HORR 5
            2021 Locus Award -- Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel (Nominee)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 William C. Morris YA Debut Award -- Young Adult Literature (Finalist)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Young Adult (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Mysteries & Thrillers (*)
            2021 Book Club Picks -- Target Club Picks (*)
Fantasy / F 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Fantasy and Science Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Graphic Novels (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2020 Locus Award -- Short Story (Nominee)
Thriller / T 5
            2021 Thriller Award -- E-Book Original (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Bram Stoker Award -- Anthology (Winner)
Mystery / M 5
            2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile (Winner)
            2020 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult (Nominee)
            2021 Anthony Award -- Juvenile/Young Adult (Nominee)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Children's Books (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books (#10)
Historical / H 5
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Pennie's Picks (Costco) (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books for Animal Lovers (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 Spur Award -- Traditional Novel (Finalist)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Romance (*)
(e) Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Romantic Suspense: Long (Finalist)
Historical / H 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- New Voice Fiction (Gold Winner)
Christian / CH 4.5
            2020 Christy Award -- Visionary (Finalist)
Dark Fantasy / DF 5
            2021 Dragon Award -- Fantasy Novel (Winner)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
Dark Fantasy / DF 5
            2020 LibraryReads -- Top Pick (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Hugo Award -- Graphic Story or Comic (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Fiction (*)
Amateur Sleuth / AS 5
            2020 Agatha Award -- Contemporary Novel (Nominee)
Contemporary Romance / CR 0
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Comedy (Shortlist)
Thriller / T 0
            2021 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Coretta Scott King Award -- Illustrator (Honor Book)
            2021 Caldecott Medal -- Picture Book (Honor Book)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Picture Books (#4)
Fantasy / F 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Anthology (Nominee)
Mystery / M 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Mystery and Thrillers (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Young Adult (#9)
Mystery / M 4
            2020 Agatha Award -- Historical (Nominee)
            2021 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel (Nominee)
(e) Mystery / M 3
            2020 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books That Discuss Mental Health (*)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award -- Fiction & Poetry (Winner)
            2020 National Book Award -- Young People's Literature (Winner)
            2021 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author (Honor Book)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Middle Grade (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Middle Grade (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books (#4)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction Writers to Discover (*)
Science Fiction / SF 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Science Fiction/Fantasy (Silver Winner)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Book Club Picks -- Costco's Buyer's Pick (*)
            2021 BookPage -- Best Mystery & Suspense (#7)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Shortlist)
Mystery / M 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
Mystery / M 5
            2021 Thriller Award -- E-Book Original (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (Top of the List)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Debut Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books About Finding Inner Strength (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books That Discuss Mental Health (*)
Historical / H 4
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Mystery/Thriller (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Romance Novels (*)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2021 Locus Award -- Short Story (Nominee)
            2021 Hugo Award -- Short Story (Finalist)
LI-1319 Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2021 Carol Award -- Short Novel (Winner)
Fantasy / F 4
            2020 BookPage -- Best Science Fiction & Fantasy (#4)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Friendship (*)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Chapter Books (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Chapter Books (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books (#5)
Police Procedural / PP 5
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Romance (*)
Mystery / M 4
            2020 Bram Stoker Award -- Young Adult Novel (Winner)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Historical Romance: Mid (Finalist)
            2021 Vivian Award -- First Book (Finalist)
Women's Fiction / WF 5
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Mystery / M 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Historical Fiction (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Debut Fiction (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Debut Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Children's Books (Winner)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Picture Books (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Picture Books (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Small People in a Big World (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Historical Romance / HR 4
            2021 Vivian Award -- Historical Romance: Long (Winner)
Historical / H 4.5
            2020 National Book Award -- Young People's Literature (Finalist)
            2021 Michael L. Printz Award -- Young Adult (Honor Book)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Young Adult (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Young Adult (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Teen & Young Adult (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Historical Fiction (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Romance (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (*)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2020 Locus Award -- Novella (Nominee)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 0
            2020 Locus Award -- Short Story (Nominee)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 5
            2020 Locus Award -- Novelette (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Kirkus Prize -- Young Readers (Finalist)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books That Discuss Mental Health (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Small People in a Big World (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
Fantasy / F 4.5
            2021 Locus Award -- Novella (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Young Adult Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Graphic Novels (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 Locus Award -- Anthology (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 3.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books About Crossing Boundaries (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Children's Pict/4-7 Yrs (Silver Winner)
Science Fiction / SF 4
            2021 Locus Award -- Novella (Nominee)
            2020 Nebula Award -- Novella (Nominee)
            2021 Hugo Award -- Novella (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Pura Belpre Award -- Author (Winner)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Books Starring Young Changemakers (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Middle Grade (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Fantasy / F 4
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Adult SF & Fantasy (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Adult SF & Fantasy (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Book Club Picks -- Target Club Picks (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Mysteries & Thrillers (*)
Dark Fantasy / DF 5
            2021 Locus Award -- Novella (Winner)
            2020 Nebula Award -- Novella (Winner)
            2021 Hugo Award -- Novella (Finalist)
            2021 World Fantasy Award -- Novella (Nominee)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Horror (*)
Law Enforcement / PD 5
            2021 Shamus Award -- P.I. Novel (Nominee)
            2021 Anthony Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Debut Fiction (*)
Fantasy / F 4.5
            2021 Locus Award -- Young Adult Novel (Nominee)
(e) Science Fiction / SF 0
            2021 Locus Award -- Anthology (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 5
            2021 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction (Winner)
            2021 World Fantasy Award -- Novel (Nominee)
            2021 Hugo Award -- Novel (Finalist)
            2021 Locus Award -- Fantasy Novel (Nominee)
            2020 Nebula Award -- Novel (Nominee)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Fiction (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Science Fiction and Fantasy (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Fiction (#3)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2019 Entertainment Weekly -- Best Romance Novels (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Romance Novels (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Romance (#2)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Picture Books (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2020 Entertainment Weekly -- Best Books: Top 10 (*)
Dystopian / DY 4
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Picture Books (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Mysteries & Thrillers (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Mysteries & Thrillers (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2020 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Audio Fiction (Silver Winner)
Historical / H 5
            2021 Spur Award -- Mass Market Paperback Novel (Finalist)
Science Fiction / SF 5
            2020 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)
Historical Romance / HR 0
            2021 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Shortlist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Middle Grade (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Books About Friendship (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books (#6)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books for Understanding the U.S. Today (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Romance (*)
            2022 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Fiction (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Paperback Original (Winner)
            2021 Thriller Award -- Paperback Original (Nominee)
            2021 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel (Nominee)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
            2020 Good Housekeeping -- Best Books (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Romance Novels (*)
            2020 LibraryReads -- Top Pick (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Mystery & Suspense (#8)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Picture Books (*)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
Fantasy / F 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Reader's Books (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Comedy (Shortlist)
Historical Mystery / HM 5
            2021 Shamus Award -- P.I. Novel (Nominee)
Dystopian / DY 5
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Science Fiction & Fantasy (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble YA Book Club (*)
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Adult SF & Fantasy (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Teen & Young Adult (*)
Literary / L 5
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- World Literature (*)
Thriller / T 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Mysteries and Thrillers (*)
Legal Thriller / LT 5
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Mysteries & Thrillers (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Mysteries & Thrillers (*)
Mystery / M 5
            2021 Thriller Award -- Young Adult (Winner)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Mystery and Thrillers (*)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Man Booker Prize -- Novel (Nominee)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Literature & Fiction (*)
Mystery / M 4
            2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Novel (Nominee)
            2021 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel (Nominee)
Literary / L 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Fiction for Quarantine Reading (*)
(e) Historical Romance / HR 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Historical Romance: Mid (Winner)
Historical / H 4
            2021 RoNA -- Romantic Thriller (Shortlist)
(e) Historical Romance / HR 0
            2021 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Shortlist)
Action Adventure / AA 4.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Romance (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Historical Fiction (*)
Thriller / T 4
            2021 Thriller Award -- Novel (Winner)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Mysteries & Thrillers (Winner)
            2021 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel (Winner)
            2021 Anthony Award -- Novel (Winner)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Crime Fiction (*)
            2020 BookPage -- Best Mystery & Suspense (#1)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
Christian / CH 5
            2021 Carol Award -- Historical Romance (Winner)
            2021 Christy Award -- Historical (Finalist)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2021 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Shortlist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2022 Beehive Award -- Fiction (Nominee)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2021 RoNA -- Paranormal or Speculative Romance (Winner)
            2021 Vivian Award -- Speculative Romance: Long (Finalist)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Good Morning America Book Club (*)
Christian / CH 5
            2021 Christy Award -- First Novel (Winner)
            2021 Christy Award -- Book of the Year (Winner)
(e) Historical / H 4
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Audio Fiction (Silver Winner)
Historical Mystery / HM 4.5
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Mystery/Suspense (Gold Winner)
Mystery / M 4
            2021 Shamus Award -- P.I. Novel (Winner)
            2021 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites -- Young Reader's Books (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Middle-Grade Graphic Novels (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Graphic Novels (*)
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Middle Grade (*)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2021 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction (Longlist)
Fantasy / F 5
            2019 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Teen & Young Adult (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Fiction-Teen (Silver Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books About Crossing Boundaries (*)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2021 Vivian Award -- Romantic Suspense: Mid (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Pura Belpre Award -- Author (Honor Book)
            2021 ALA Notable Books -- Children (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Graphic Novels (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Oprah's Picks (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Barnes & Noble Book Club (*)
            2020 Indie Next -- #1 Pick (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Graphic YA Books (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Youth (*)
            2020 School Library Journal -- Best Books: Graphic Novels (*)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- YA Books About Finding Inner Strength (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 0
            2021 RWA PRISM Award -- Futuristic (Finalist)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 BookPage -- Best Romance (#4)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2021 Spur Award -- Juvenile Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Refugees and Immigration (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Romance Novels (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2021 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults (Winner)
            2021 Locus Award -- Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel (Nominee)
            2020 O, the Oprah Magazine -- Best Books (*)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Horror (*)
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
Women's Fiction / WF 5
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Media (Top of the List)
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Pop Fiction (*)
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Today Show Book Club (Read with Jenna) (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Literature & Fiction (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Book Club Picks -- Target Club Picks (*)
            2020 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Romance (*)
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Romance Novels (*)
            2020 LibraryReads -- Top Pick (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Publishers Weekly Best Books -- Romance (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2021 Locus Award -- Anthology (Nominee)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2020 Booklist Editors Choice -- Adult (*)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2020 Kirkus Best Books of the Year -- Picture Books About Friendship (*)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2020 Library Journal Best Books -- Horror (*)
Historical / H 4
            2019 LibraryReads -- Hall of Fame (*)