The Christy Award^® Archives

HISTORICAL

2023

Winner

Within These Walls of Sorrow

Amanda Barratt

Kregel Publications

Finalist

The Hidden Prince

Tessa Afshar

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

All the Lost Places

Amanda Dykes

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

2022

Winner

Drawn by The Current

Jocelyn Green

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Between the Wild Branches

Connilyn Cossette

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

The Widows of Champagne

Renee Ryan

Love Inspired

Finalist

Yours is the Night

Amanda Joy Dykes

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

2021

Winner

The White Rose Resists

Amanda Barratt

Kregel Publications

Finalist

Like Flames in the Night

Connilyn Cossette

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Under the Tulip Tree

Michelle Shocklee

Tyndale House Publishers

2020

Winner

The Medallion

Cathy Gohlke

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Bright Unknown

Elizabeth Byler Younts

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

Memories of Glass

Melanie Dobson

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

My Dearest Dietrich

Amanda Barratt

Kregel Publications

2019

Winner

Shelter of the Most High

Connilyn Cossette

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

A Rumored Fortune

Joanna Davidson Politano

Revell/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Of Fire and Lions

Mesu Andrews

WaterBrook

Finalist

The Seamstress

Allison Pittman

Tyndale House Publishers

2018

Winner

Isaiah's Daughter

Mesu Andrews

WaterBrook

Finalist

Catching the Wind

Melanie Dobson

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Finalist

Many Sparrows

Lori Benton

WaterBrook

2017

Winner

The Mark of the King

Jocelyn Green

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Like a River from Its Course

Kelli Stuart

Kregel Publications

Finalist

Miriam

Mesu Andrews

WaterBrook

2016

Winner

Secrets She Kept

Cathy Gohlke

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Girl from the Train

Irma Joubert

Thomas Nelson

Finalist

The Wood's Edge

Lori Benton

WaterBrook Press

2015

Winner

The Sentinels of Andersonville

Tracy Groot

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Advocate

Randy Singer

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

The Invention of Wings

Sue Monk

Viking

2014

Winner

Burning Sky

Lori Benton

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

Finalist

All for a Story

Allison Pittman

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Sweet Mercy

Ann Tatlock

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

2013

Winner

Flame of Resistance

Tracy Groot

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Wedded to War

Jocelyn Green

RiverNorth, an imprint of Moody Publishing

Finalist

A Wreath of Snow

Liz Curtis Higgs

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

2012

Winner

Wonderland Creek

Lynn Austin

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Forsaking All Others

Allison Pittman

Tyndale House Publishers

Finalist

Mine is the Night

Liz Curtis Higgs

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

2011

Winner

While We're Far Apart

Lynn Austin

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther

Ginger Garrett

David C. Cook

Finalist

For Time & Eternity

Allison Pitman

Tyndale House Publishers

2010

Winner

Though Waters Roar

Lynn Austin

Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

A Flickering Light

Jane Kirkpatrick

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

Finalist

The Swiss Courier

Tricia Goyer & Mike Yorkey

Revell/ Baker Publishing Group

2009

Winner

Until We Reach Home 

Lynn Austin

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Shadow of Colossus

T.L. Higley

B&H Publishing Group

Finalist

Washington's Lady

Nancy Moser

Bethany House Publishers

2008

Finalist

A Proper Pursuit

Lynn Austin

Bethany House, a division of Baker

Finalist

Lady of Milkweed Manor

Julie Klassen

Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Finalist

Tendering in the Storm

Jane Kirkpatrick

WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

2007

Winner

Madman

Tracy Groot

Moody Press

Finalist

Glastonbury Tor

LeAnne Hardy

Kregel

Finalist

Grace in Thine Eyes

Liz Curtis Higgs

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

Pieces of Silver

Maureen Lang

Kregel

2006

Winner

Whence Came a Prince

Liz Curtis Higgs

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

Glimpses of Paradise

James Scott Bell

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

The Noble Fugitive

T. Davis Bunn & Isabella Bunn

Bethany House Publishers

2005

Winner

King’s Ransom by Jan Beazely/Thom Lemmons

WaterBrook Press

Finalist

Retribution

Randall Ingermanson

Zondervan

Finalist

Third Watch

Bodie & Brock Thoene

Tyndale

2004

Winner

Fire by Night

Lynn Austin

Bethany House Publishers

Finalist

Beyond the Sacred Page by Jack Cavanaugh

Zondervan

Finalist

First Light

Bodie and Brock Thoene

Tyndale House Publishers