Best Debuts
THE OTHER BLACK GIRL, Zakiya Dalila Harris
THE REVELATIONS, Erik Hoel
REPRIEVE, James Han Matton – a horror novel
DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN, Carolyn Ferrell
HELLO, TRANSCRIBER, Hannah Morrissey
NEVER SAW ME COMING, Vera Kurian
WHO IS MAUDE DIXON?, Alexandra Andrews
A LONELY MAN, Chris Power
WHO THEY WAS, Gabriel Krauze
ALL HER LITTLE SECRETS, Wanda M. Morris

Best Historical Fiction (Almost All Mysteries)
A NET FOR SMALL FISHES, Lucy Jago
THE LOST APOTHECARY, Sarah Penner
THE GREAT MISTAKE, Jonathan Lee
THE BOMBAY PRINCE, Sujata Massey
DEATH AT GREENWAY, Lori Rader-Day
THE PERFUME THIEF, Timothy Schaffert
THE MONSTERS OF CHAVEZ RAVINE, Debra Castaneda
PALACE OF THE DROWNED, Christine Mangan
VELVET WAS THE NIGHT, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
THE COMMITTED, Viet Thanh Nguyen