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The Christy Award® Archives
FIRST NOVEL
2023
Winner
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Winner
The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon
Kregel Publications
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Porch Music
TouchPoint Press Faith
2022
Winner
All That Is Secret
Tyndale House Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Recorder
Enclave Publishing, a division of Oasis Family Media
Finalist
Sugar Birds
She Writes Press
2021
Winner
The Edge of Belonging
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
A Noble Calling
Two Oaks Press
Finalist
Rain
Mountain Brook Ink
Finalist
Roots of Wood and Stone
Kregel Publications
2020
Winner
A Long Time Comin'
Tyndale House Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
The Means That Make Us Strangers
Bellflower Press
Finalist
Whose Waves These Are
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
2019
Winner
The Baggage Handler
Thomas Nelson
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Engraved on the Heart
Tyndale House Publishers
Finalist
The Plum Blooms in Winter
Mountain Brook Ink
2018
Winner
Missing Isaac
Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Freedom's Ring
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Finalist
The House on Foster Hill
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist
Turtles in the Road
Bold Vision Books
2017
Winner
Stars in the Grass
Barbour Publishing
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Counted with the Stars
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
Finalist
Like a River from Its Course
Kregel Publications
2016
![The Choosing](http://www.kendalmarsh.com/chr/2016/books/The-Choosing.jpg)
Finalist
The Choosing
Tyndale House Publishers
![Irish Meadows](http://www.kendalmarsh.com/chr/2016/books/irishmeadows.jpg)
Finalist
Irish Meadows
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
![A Noble Masquerade](http://www.kendalmarsh.com/chr/2016/books/noblemasquerade.jpg)
Finalist
A Noble Masquerade
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
2015
![Feast for Thieves](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/412130.jpg)
Winner
Feast for Thieves
RiverNorth, an imprint of Moody Publishing
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
![For Such A Time](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/211607.jpg)
Finalist
For Such A Time
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
![House of Living Stones](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/586494.jpg)
Finalist
House of Living Stones
Concordia Publishing House
2014
![Burning Sky](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/731472.jpg)
Winner
Burning Sky
WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
![A Cast of Stones](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/210433.jpg)
Finalist
A Cast of Stones
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
![Dear Mr. Knightly](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/689680.jpg)
Finalist
Dear Mr. Knightly
Thomas Nelson, Harper Collins Christian Publishing
2013
![Into the Free](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/081250.jpg)
Winner
Into the Free
David C Cook
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
![Tangled Ashes](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/368405.jpg)
Finalist
Tangled Ashes
Tyndale House Publishers
![Wedded to War](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/405760.jpg)
Finalist
Wedded to War
RiverNorth, an imprint of Moody Publishing
2012
![Words](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/671708.jpg)
Winner
Words
B&H Publishing Group
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
![An Eye for Glory](https://g.christianbook.com/g/ebooks/covers/w185/3/322023_w185.png)
Finalist
An Eye for Glory
Zondervan
![Southern Fried Sushi](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51OKfPXe1eL._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Finalist
Southern Fried Sushi
Barbour Publishing
2011
![Heartless](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/207808.jpg)
Winner
Heartless
Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
![Crossing Oceans](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/333052.jpg)
Finalist
Crossing Oceans
Tyndale House Publishers
![A Season of Miracles](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/441912.jpg)
Finalist
A Season of Miracles
Kregel Publications
2010
![Fireflies in December](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/411a9Sa0KIL._SX330_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Winner
Fireflies in December
Tyndale House Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
![The Familiar Stranger](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41TqvAlNoRL._SX332_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
Finalist
The Familiar Stranger
Moody Publishers
![Scared](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f400/191021.jpg)
Finalist
Scared
David C Cook
2009
Winner
Blue Hole Back Home
David C. Cook
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Rain Song
Bethany House Publishers
Finalist
Safe at Home
David C. Cook
2008
Winner
The Stones Cry Out
Revell, a division of Baker
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Finalist
Auralia's Colors
WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
Finalist
Demon: A Memoir
NavPress Publishing Group
2007
Winner
Where Mercy Flows by Karen Harter
Center Street
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Watching the Tree Limbs
NavPress
Finalist
William Henry Is a Fine Name
Moody Press
2006
Winner
This Heavy Silence
Paraclete Press
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Like a Watered Garden
Bethany House Publishers
Finalist
The Road Home
Steeple Hill
2005
Winner
The Mending String by Cliff Coon
Moody Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
The Dead Don't Dance
Thomas Nelson
Finalist
There is a Wideness
RiverOak
2004
Winner
Welcome to Fred
Broadman & Holman Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Flabbergasted
Revell
Finalist
The Yada Yada Prayer Group
Integrity Publishers
2003
Winner
A Place Called Wiregrass
RiverOak Publishing
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Daughter of China
Bethany House Publishers
Finalist
Yucatan Deep
Zondervan
2002
Winner
Ezekiel’s Shadow
Bethany House Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Go Down to Silence
Multnomah Publishers
Finalist
Sea of Glory
Broadman & Holman Publishers
2001
Winner
Passing by Samaria
Multnomah Publishers
![](http://christianbookexpo.com/bookawards/images/christy-award-seal160.png)
Finalist
Refiner's Fire
Multnomah Publishers
Finalist
Winter Passing
Tyndale House Publishers
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