Official 2025 Kindle Book Awards

Congrats 2025 Finalists!

Finalists are listed in red and in no particular order. Please contact amber@thekindlebookreview.net to claim your badge. *Please note that this may take a few days.

Horror/Suspense (Finalists are listed in red and in no particular order, followed below by semifinalists)

Tab’s Terrible Third Eye by Isaac Thorne
Do You Hear What I Hear? by Stephen Scott
The Flayer by D.C. Phillips
Lester by Kimberly Wheelock
Full Moon by Matt Drabble
Thrash Talk by Julie Hiner
Darkmaw by Tailesih DeLauney
Swan Song by Isabel Bercaw
Life’s Blood by Vincent F. Herbert Jr.
What Lies Below by Janet Olson
The Band by David Kummer
Somewhere by Matthew Reed Williams
The Bedfordshire Warlock by Patrick R. Field
Never Have I Ever by Harker Jones
Feral by Bryan W. Alaspa

Young Adult (Finalists are listed in red and in no particular order, followed below by semifinalists)

Creatures of Chaos by Lucas Hall
The Boy Who Learned to Live by D.N. Moore
Freak of Nature by Wendy Colbert
Laura McGonogle and the Wombat-O-Matic by C.J. Booth
Samuel Ash and the Grasshoppers of Doom by Mary Mofit Small
North by Ann Michelle Harris
More Than Ivory by Gina Best
A Mark in the Road by Angelique Burrell
Candace Grey’s Academy for Witches by Alexa Guttadauro
The Kiss Wish by J.L. Wyer
Your Knowledge or Your Life by Sophie Madden
All We Have to Remember by C.R. Ware
Pint-sized Pioneers by Preston Lewis
Elusive Common Sense by Gail A. Blohowiak
Pablum by Bea Donaldson
The Joker’s Revenge by Nancy Beaule
Arising by Lisa P. Rodriguez
Awaken the Dawn, Book 1 by Ellis K. Popa
Air and Ashes by Margaret Mantor
Beyond the Cemetery Gate by Valerie Biel

Romance (Finalists are listed in red and in no particular order, followed below by semifinalists)

Royal Caleva: Luis by Nancy Herkness
Late Night Kiss by Angela Taylor
The Swordsman by Kathryn Le VeQue
The Game by Eve Riley
All of Me by Leslie J. Wyatt
Never Have I by Andrea Huston
For You, I’d Break by Hannah Jordan
Cherish and the Duke by Meara Platt
A Barista that Doesn’t Drink Coffee by T.J. Dell
Waiting for Sunset by Starr Ayers
The Unexpected Gift by Heidi Donohue
Mule Springs by Judy Hudson
Kevin and KathRINe in the Next Lifetime by C.C. Lane
Corporate Escapades by TK Ambers
Do You Dare? by Tamani Wooley
A Witch to Change the World by Suzanne Snowdon
Afternoon, Rebecca by Mike Kizman
Lunch Tales: Suellen by Lucille Guarino
Chasing Headlines by J. Rose Black
Medicine Creek Claim by CK Van Dam

Mystery/Thriller (Finalists are listed in red and in no particular order, followed below by semifinalists)

Muddy the Waters by Matt Barrows
Justice for Emerson by Karen E. Osborne
Whalers by Kyle Farnworth
Bones of Deadman’s Bluff by Rob Grindstaff
The Fateful Voyage of the Empress of Ireland by Cheryl Roberts Gale
Boulder Point by Deborah Mader
The Sunken Town by Karen Nelson
Women in Red by Jordan Rosenfeld
The Rebirth by VP Evans
Fire and Tears by Jessica Lewandowski
Double Crossed by Elliot Parker
Contraptions by Jeffrey Weinzweig
Death by Trauma by Abigail Keam
The Widow’s Savior by Ian Griffin
Murder, Mess and the Tangerine Dress by Lynn Rankin-Esquer
The Devil’s Jazz by Vincent “Chip” LoCoco
The Echoes by Jess Montgomery
Murder by Symbols by E.M. Kelly
Born of Bombs and Bullets by David A. Dummer
When Anna Came Home by Shannon Condon

Non-Fiction (Finalists are listed in red and in no particular order, followed below by semifinalists)

Near the Danube Bridge by Catherine Allen-Walters
Canyon of Hope: From Darkness to Dawn; Embracing the Light Within by Eric Donoho
Hold Back the Rain by Michelle Vignault
The Life of Riley Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Dianne DeMille
Prone to Wander by Suzanne LaVenture
Grit & Grace: The Transformation of a Ship & a Soul by Deborah Rudell
Have a Love Affair with Travel: Your Ticket to an Exhilarating Life by Evelyn/Natalie Kelly
The Poker Powered Brain: Play the Game. Train Your Brain by Lena Evans
The Lord Is… by SD Simms
Literacy Roots: Nurturing Your Child’s Reading Journey from Birth to Brilliance by Lauren Daugherty
Young Salt at Sixty: Becoming Better Than Retired by Deborah Hammett
COVID WARS: America’s Struggle Over Public Health and Personal Freedom by Ronald Gruner
Beyond Fear: A Woman’s Path to Enlightenment by Karen Chrappa
Two Tickets To Paradise: From Cult to Comedy by Katie Love
And Goliath: The Littlest Navy SEAL’s Inspirational Story About Living Your Biggest Life by David Brown
Pennies from Vietnam: A Sister at Home, a Brother at War by Tracy Smith
Against All Odds by Tristian Smith
Even There: Love, Faith, and Danger in Wild Alaska by Joy Ng
To Kill a Cockroach by Osvaldo Amador
Memoir of a Mangled Mind: How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities by Steven Shelton