2024 Amazon Editors' Picks (Awarded by amazon.com)

Awards List

Children's Books

The Bletchley Riddle
(Winner)
Ruta Sepetys

Impossible Creatures
(*)
Katherine Rundell

Buffalo Fluffalo
(*)
Bess Kalb

The Scarlet Shedder
(*)
Dav Pilkey

Orris and Timble: The Beginning
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
(*)
Gennifer Choldenko

The First Week of School
(*)
Drew Beckmeyer

I Am La Chiva!
(*)
Karol Hernandez

The Yellow Bus
(*)
Loren Long

We Are Definitely Human
(*)
X. Fang

Black Star
(*)
Kwame Alexander

Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
(*)
Sherri Duskey Rinker

The Man Who Didn't Like Animals
(*)
Deborah Underwood

Not Nothing
(*)
Gayle Forman

When We Flew Away
(*)
Alice Hoffman

Wrath of the Triple Goddess
(*)
Rick Riordan

The Hotel Balzaar
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Into the Uncut Grass
(*)
Trevor Noah

Stella & Marigold
(*)
Annie Barrows

Literature & Fiction

James
(Winner)
Percival Everett

Martyr!
(*)
Kaveh Akbar

The Women
(*)
Kristin Hannah

Wandering Stars
(*)
Tommy Orange

Clear
(*)
Carys Davies

I Cheerfully Refuse
(*)
Leif Enger

Table for Two
(*)
Amor Towles

Long Island
(*)
Colm Toibin

Fire Exit
(*)
Morgan Talty

Margo's Got Money Troubles
(*)
Rufi Thorpe

The Safekeep
(*)
Yael van der Wouden

You Are Here
(*)
David Nicholls

The God of the Woods
(*)
Liz Moore

And So I Roar
(*)
Abi Dare

By Any Other Name
(*)
Jodi Picoult

There Are Rivers in the Sky
(*)
Elif Shafak

The Wedding People
(*)
Alison Espach

Creation Lake
(*)
Rachel Kushner

Tell Me Everything
(*)
Elizabeth Strout

The Mighty Red
(*)
Louise Erdrich

Mysteries & Thrillers

The God of the Woods
(Winner)
Liz Moore

Black River
(*)
Nilanjana Roy

First Lie Wins
(*)
Ashley Elston

The Excitements
(*)
C.J. Wray

Kill for Me, Kill for You
(*)
Steve Cavanagh

Listen for the Lie
(*)
Amy Tintera

The Unquiet Bones
(*)
Loreth Anne White

A Calamity of Souls
(*)
David Baldacci

Lost Man's Lane
(*)
Scott Carson

The Sicilian Inheritance
(*)
Jo Piazza

What Happened to Nina?
(*)
Dervla McTiernan

All the Colors of the Dark
(*)
Chris Whitaker

The Return of Ellie Black
(*)
Emiko Jean

What You Leave Behind
(*)
Wanda M. Morris

Broiler
(*)
Eli Cranor

House of Glass
(*)
Sarah Pekkanen

Wordhunter
(*)
Stella Sands

The Last One at the Wedding
(*)
Jason Rekulak

Deadly Animals
(*)
Marie Tierney

Pony Confidential
(*)
Christina Lynch

Mysteries & Thrillers: Series

Black Wolf
(*)
Juan Gomez-Jurado

The Hunter
(*)
Tana French

City in Ruins
(*)
Don Winslow

The Instruments of Darkness
(*)
John Connolly

Westport
(*)
James Comey

Farewell, Amethystine
(*)
Walter Mosley

Spirit Crossing
(*)
William Kent Krueger

This Is Why We Lied
(*)
Karin Slaughter

The Butcher Game
(*)
Alaina Urquhart

Death at the Sign of the Rook
(*)
Kate Atkinson

Guide Me Home
(*)
Attica Locke

We Solve Murders
(*)
Richard Osman

What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
(*)
Alan Bradley

Exposure
(*)
Ramona Emerson

Identity Unknown
(*)
Patricia Cornwell

The Sequel
(*)
Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Treasure Hunters Club
(*)
Tom Ryan

The Waiting
(*)
Michael Connelly

The Grey Wolf
(*)
Louise Penny

To Die For
(*)
David Baldacci

Romance

This Could Be Us
(Winner)
Kennedy Ryan

Last Call at the Local
(*)
Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Never Blow a Kiss
(*)
Lindsay Lovise

Say You'll Be Mine
(*)
Naina Kumar

Bride
(*)
Ali Hazelwood

A Fate Inked in Blood
(*)
Danielle L. Jensen

Funny Story
(*)
Emily Henry

Just for the Summer
(*)
Abby Jimenez

The Paradise Problem
(*)
Christina Lauren

This Summer Will Be Different
(*)
Carley Fortune

You Should Be So Lucky
(*)
Cat Sebastian

Love Unwritten
(*)
Lauren Asher

The Rom-Commers
(*)
Katherine Center

Summer Romance
(*)
Annabel Monaghan

Not Another Love Song
(*)
Julie Soto

Between Friends and Lovers
(*)
Shirlene Obuobi

Slow Dance
(*)
Rainbow Rowell

Wild Eyes
(*)
Elsie Silver

The Striker
(*)
Ana Huang

The Songbird and the Heart of Stone
(*)
Carissa Broadbent

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The Familiar
(Winner)
Leigh Bardugo

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
(*)
Kimberly Lemming

When the Moon Hatched
(*)
Sarah A. Parker

The Book of Doors
(*)
Gareth Brown

A Fate Inked in Blood
(*)
Danielle L. Jensen

The Veiled Kingdom
(*)
Holly Renee

The Book That Broke the World
(*)
Mark Lawrence

Five Broken Blades
(*)
Mai Corland

The Ministry of Time
(*)
Kaliane Bradley

The Lost Story
(*)
Meg Shaffer

Navola
(*)
Paolo Bacigalupi

The Spellshop
(*)
Sarah Beth Durst

Apprentice to the Villain
(*)
Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Mercy of Gods
(*)
James S.A. Corey

A Sorceress Comes to Call
(*)
T. Kingfisher

Lucy Undying
(*)
Kiersten White

Somewhere Beyond the Sea
(*)
T.J. Klune

Blood of the Old Kings
(*)
Sung-il Kim

A Song to Drown Rivers
(*)
Ann Liang

Wind and Truth
(*)
Brandon Sanderson

Teen & Young Adult

When the World Tips Over
(Winner)
Jandy Nelson

Ruthless Vows
(*)
Rebecca Ross

The Reappearance of Rachel Price
(*)
Holly Jackson

Blood at the Root
(*)
LaDarrion Williams

Road Home
(*)
Rex Ogle

The Deep Dark
(*)
Molly Knox Ostertag

Children of Anguish and Anarchy
(*)
Tomi Adeyemi

On the Bright Side
(*)
Anna Sortino

Two Sides to Every Murder
(*)
Danielle Valentine

Ash's Cabin
(*)
Jen Wang

Under the Surface
(*)
Diana Urban

Everything We Never Had
(*)
Randy Ribay

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry
(*)
Ransom Riggs

Full Shift
(*)
Jennifer Dugan

Immortal Dark
(*)
Tigest Girma

Pick the Lock
(*)
A.S. King

With Love, Echo Park
(*)
Laura Taylor Namey

Heir
(*)
Sabaa Tahir

Sixteen Minutes
(*)
K.J. Reilly

For She Is Wrath
(*)
Emily Varga

Top 20

Martyr!
(*)
Kaveh Akbar

The Women
(*)
Kristin Hannah

James
(*)
Percival Everett

The Familiar
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

I Cheerfully Refuse
(*)
Leif Enger

All the Colors of the Dark
(*)
Chris Whitaker

The Ministry of Time
(*)
Kaliane Bradley

Fire Exit
(*)
Morgan Talty

The God of the Woods
(*)
Liz Moore

There Are Rivers in the Sky
(*)
Elif Shafak

The Wedding People
(*)
Alison Espach

We Solve Murders
(*)
Richard Osman

The Last One at the Wedding
(*)
Jason Rekulak

When the World Tips Over
(*)
Jandy Nelson

Award Categories

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Mysteries & Thrillers

Mysteries & Thrillers: Series

Romance

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Teen & Young Adult

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