THE 14TH ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS Sponsored by American Book Fest Full Results Listing by Category Congratulations to all of the Winners & Finalists of the 2017 Best Book Awards. AMERICAN BOOK FEST IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE 2017 BEST BOOK AWARD WINNING TITLES Animals/Pets: General Dogs, The Family We Choose by Melanie Steele, photography by Holli Murphy Starbooks/Lydia Inglett Publishing 978-1-938417-32-0 Animals/Pets: Narrative Non-Fiction The Chicken Who Saved Us: The Remarkable Story of Andrew and Frightful by Kristin Jarvis Adams Behler Publications 978-1-941887-00-4 Anthologies: Non-Fiction Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up edited by Shelly Fisher & Jennifer Jones She Writes Press 978-1-63152-242-0 Art The Noise Beneath the Apple by Heather Jacks Self-Published 978-0988951709 Autobiography/Memoir Holding the Net: Caring for My Mother on the Tightrope of Aging by Melanie P. Merriman Green Writers Press 978-0998701226 Best Cover Design: Fiction The Shores of Our Souls by Kathryn Brown Ramsperger Touchpoint Press 978-14-946920-03 Best Cover Design: Non-Fiction The Map to Abundance: The No-Exceptions Guide to Creating Money, Success & Bliss by Boni Lonnsburry Inner Art Inc. 978-1-941322-14-7 Best Interior Design The Ultimate Guide To Champagne by Liz Palmer Liz Palmer Media Group Inc. 978-0991894635 Best New Fiction Girl in the Afternoon by Serena Burdick St. Martin's Press 978-1250082671 Best New Non-Fiction A Garden for the President: A History of the White House Grounds by Jonathan Pliska The White House Historical Association 978-1-931917-55-1 Biography Navigating a Life: Henry Bloch in World War II by John Herron and Mary Ann Wynkoop BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City 978-0-933532-18-2 Business: Careers Leading YOU™ - The Power of SELF-LEADERSHIP to Build Your Executive Brand and Drive Career Success by Brenda Bence Global Insight Communications, LLC 978-1-942718-04-8 Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business The Entrepreneur's Book of Actions: Essential Daily Exercises and Habit for Becoming Wealthier, Smarter, and More Successful by Rhett Power McGraw-Hill Education 978-1259859175 Business: General What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data by Malcom Frank, Paul Roehrig, and Ben Pring Wiley 978-1-119-27866-5 Business: Management & Leadership What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data by Malcom Frank, Paul Roehrig, and Ben Pring Wiley 978-1-119-27866-5 Business: Marketing & Advertising Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles by Chip R. Bell Greenleaf Book Group 978-1-62634-394-8 Business: Personal Finance/Investing Investment Atlas II: Using History as a Financial Tool by Kenneth G. Winans KGW Publishing 978-0-9793014-0-7 Business: Reference Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions by Scott M. Graffius CreateSpace 978-1533370242 Business: Writing & Publishing How to Avoid 101 Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers & Boo-Boos by Judith Briles Mile High Press 978-1-885331-60-1 Children's Educational Spot: A Sea Pup's Survival Guide by Laura Knight, illustrated by Aarin Stewart, photography by Richard Salas Laura Knight 978-0692805251 Children's Fiction The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball by Dori Jones Yang Spark Press 978-1-943006-32-8 Children's Mind/Body/Spirit Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You by Karin Ireland, illustrated by Christopher Canyon Dawn Publications 978-1-58469-583-7 Children's Non-Fiction The Sultan's Trap by Zalman Goldstein The Jewish Learning Group 978-1-891293-64-1 Children's Novelty & Gift Book The Silly World of Chelm by Zalman Goldstein Two Lights Publications 978-1-891293-04-7 Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction The Santa Thief by Alane Adams, illustrated by Lauren Gallegos SparkPress 978-1940716862 Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction A Windy Day: A True Tale of a Tiny Mouse Adventure written & illustrated by Cyndy Callog Cyndy Callog, LLC 978-0-692-79324-4 Children's Picture Book: Softcover Fiction The Great Zodiac Race by W.C. Jefferson Toucan Publishing 978-988-78009-0-3 Children's Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction Baby on Board: How Animals Carry Their Young by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Cathy Morrison Dawn Publications 978-1-58469-593-6 Children's Religious A Little Christmas Tree by Anthony Merrill & Michael Bast, illustrated by Dan Burr Rancho Allegre Publishing 978-0-692-91244-7 Cookbooks: General Gluten-Free Cooking for Two: 125 Favorites by Carol Fenster Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 978-0-544-82868-1 Cookbooks: International Tradition! Recipes, Tales, and More from My Greek American Life by Pamela Kockos Merchant Plymouth Street Books, LLC 978-0997130300 Cookbooks: Regional More! From the Restaurants of Park City: A Mountain Town's Cookbook Book Two by Lauren Nadler Park City Publishing 978-0-9975910-2-6 Current Events Natural Resource Conflicts: From Blood Diamonds to Rainforest Destruction edited by M. Troy Burnett ABC-CLIO 978-1-61069-464-3 Education/Academic Once Upon an Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing by Martin Erwig MIT Press 978-0-262-03663-4 Fiction: African-American Sidelined: The Draft by Bianca Williams Bianca Williams Books 978-0-9985146-0-4 Fiction: Anthologies Lurking in the Mind, edited by Jaidis Shaw CHBB Publishing 978-1545138304 Fiction: Chick Lit/Women's Lit The Future She Left Behind by Marin Thomas Berkley-Penguin Random House 978-0451-476302 Fiction: Cross Genre Beautiful Mess by John Herrick Segue Blue 978-0-9915309-6-0 Fiction: Fantasy The Legend of Vanx Malic: To Kill a Witch by M.R. Mathias Mathias Publishing 978-1517384449 Fiction: General Edward Unspooled by Craig Lancaster Missouri Breaks Press 978-0-9827822-8-6 Fiction: Graphic Novel Hockey Karma by Howard Shapiro Animal Media Group 978-0-9861489-3-4 Fiction: Historical Land of Wolves: The Return of Lincoln's Bodyguard by TJ Turner Oceanview Publishing 978-1-60809-202-4 Fiction: Horror Child's Play by Merry Jones Oceanview Publishing 978-1-60809-1911 Fiction: LGBTQ The Infinite Now: A Novel by Mindy Tarquini SparkPress 978-1943006342 Fiction: Literary Flood: A Novel by Melissa Scholes Young Hachette Book Group: Center Street Imprint 978-1478970781 Fiction: Multicultural Rooville by Julie Long Spark Press 978-1-940716-60-2 Fiction: Mystery/Suspense Strong to the Bone by Jon Land Forge Books 978-0765384645 Fiction: New Age Rehumanized Drew: A Windstalker Story by K.M. Baginski CreateSpace 978-1544713014 Fiction: Religious Abiding Mercy by Ruth Reid Thomas Nelson 978-0718082444 Fiction: Romance Lady in the Window by Maryann Ridini Spencer SelectBooks 978-1-59079-407-4 Fiction: Science Fiction The Rising by Heather Graham and Jon Land Tor Books 978-0765337917 Fiction: Short Story Do The Dead Dream?: An Anthology of the Weird and the Peculiar by F.P. Dorchak, edited by Joyce Combs Wailing Loon 978-0-692-94480-6 Fiction: Thriller/Adventure The Red Line by Walt Gragg Berkley/Penguin Random House 978-0425283455 Fiction: Visionary The Uncommitted by Maragaret M. Goss HenschelHAUS Publishing, Inc. 978-159598428-9 Fiction: Western Bock's Canyon by Dan Baldwin Four Knights Press 978-1519695888 Fiction: Young Adult The Way It Hurts by Patty Blount Sourcebooks Fire 978-1492632788 Health: Addiction & Recovery Real Hope, True Freedom: Understanding & Coping with Sex Addiction by Milton Magness and Marsha Means Central Recovery Press 978-1942094302 Health: Aging/50+ Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory: What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do About It by Andrew E. Budson, MD and Maureen K. O'Connor, PSYD Oxford University Press 978-0190494957 Health: Alternative Medicine Change The Story of Your Health: Using Shamanic and Jungian Techniques for Healing by Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD Findhorn Press 978-1844097166 Health: Cancer Write Treatment Anthology, Volume I: 2011-2016, edited by Emily Rubin and Lauren Flick CreateSpace 978-0692776186 Health: Death & Dying Midlife Maze: A Map to Recovery and Rediscovery after Loss by Janis Clark Johnston Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-4422-7269-9 / 978-1-4422-7270-5 Health: Diet & Exercise No Cheatin', Just Eatin' by Mary Jo Fay Out of the Boxx Inc. 978-0-9981764-0-6 Health: General Helping Patients Outsmart Overeating: Psychological Strategies for Doctors and Health Care Providers by Paige O'Mahoney, M.D., CHWC and Karen R. Koenig, M.Ed., LCSW Rowman & Littlefield 978-1442266629 Health: Psychology/Mental Health Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism by Robert J. Bernstein w/ Robin Cantor-Cooke Future Horizons, Inc. 978-1-941765-46-3 Health: Women's Health Raising The Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture by Lisa Boucher She Writes Press 978-1-63152-214-7 History: General Dead In Six Minutes by Paul Ciolino Forensic Press, Sitka, Alaska 978-1-48358-508-6 History: Military Journals of War: Coming of Age with the 104th Infantry During World War II by E.J. McCully Epigraph Publishing 978-1944037628 History: United States Blair House: The President's Guest House by William Seale The White House Historical Association 978-1-931917-58-2 Home & Garden Official White House China: From the 18th to the 21st Century by William Allman The White House Historical Association 978-1-931917-63-6 Humor Lying to Children by Alex Shahla Fitzwilde LLC 978-0997796520 Law American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton by Lise Pearlman Regent Press 978-1-58790-369-4 LGBTQ: Non-Fiction Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples by Eric Rosswood New Horizon Press 978-0882825144 Multicultural Non-Fiction Folktales and Fairy Tales: Traditions and Texts from Around the World, edited by Anne E.