Winners Announced: The Zibby Awards 2023
The 3rd Annual Zibby Awards is pleased to announced the winners and runners-up of the 2023 year!! Thanks to everyone for entering!
The categories were based on the different shelves at Zibby’s Bookshop, part of our unique curation system called Zibbacle.
An in-person awards celebration for the winners and runners-up will be held at Zibby’s Bookshop in 2024 (date TBD)!!
Best Beach Read
WINNER: Neely Tubati Alexander, Love Buzz
RUNNER-UP: Erika Montgomery, Our Place on the Island
RUNNER-UP: Kaira Rouda, Beneath the Surface
Best Book for the Anxious
WINNER: Meg Nocero, The Magical Guide to Bliss: Daily Keys to Unlock Your Dreams, Spirit & Inner Bliss
Best Book for the Best Friend
WINNER: JJ Elliott, There Are No Rules for This
RUNNER-UP: Audrey Lynden aka Tricia Quinnies, The Artful Bargain
Best Book for the Griever
WINNER: Eirinie Carson, The Dead Are Gods
RUNNER-UP: Jenny Lisk, Widowed Parents Unite: 52 Tips to Get Through the First Year, One Widowed Parent to Another
RUNNER-UP: Dina Gachman, So Sorry for Your Loss
Best Book for the Health & Wellness Guru
WINNER: Meg Nocero, The Magical Guide to Bliss: Daily Keys to Unlock Your Dreams, Spirit & Inner Bliss
RUNNER-UP: Lauren Belfer, A Fierce Radiance
Best Book for the History Lover
WINNER: Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin Hill, My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy
RUNNER-UP: Lauren Belfer, City of Light
RUNNER-UP: Susan Blumberg-Kason, Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon
Best Book for the Knowledge Hunter
WINNER: Michelle Glogovac, How to Get on Podcasts: Cultivate Your Following, Strengthen Your Message, and Grow as a Thought Leader Through Podcast Guesting
RUNNER-UP: Mandy Naglich, How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life
RUNNER-UP: Lauren Belfer, And After the Fire
Best Book for the Music Lover
WINNER: Lauren Belfer, And After the Fire
RUNNER-UP: Audrey Lynden aka Tricia Quinnies, The Artful Bargain
Best Book for the Parent
WINNER: Sarah Ezrin, The Yoga of Parenting
RUNNER-UP: Meagan Gordon Scheuerman, Babies Are the Worst: A Memoir about Motherhood, PPD, & Beyond
RUNNER-UP: Kay Paschal, Insert Giggle Giggle: Laughing Your Way Through Raising Kids and Running a Business
Best Book for the Pop Culture Lover
WINNER: Alan Bryce Grossman, Because of Rachel
Best Book for the Sports Fan
WINNER: Kirsten Jones, Raising Empowered Athletes
Best Book for the Strong Woman
WINNER: Alyssa Ages, Secrets of Giants
RUNNER-UP: Kelly McMasters, The Leaving Season
RUNNER-UP: Lisa Niver, Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty
Best Book for the Traveler
WINNER: Hitha Palepu, How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip
RUNNER-UP: Nicole Baart, The Long Way Back
RUNNER-UP: Margie Smith Holt, Not on Any Map: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes and the True Meaning of Paradise
Best Book for the Valentine
WINNER: Audrey Lynden aka Tricia Quinnies, The Artful Bargain
Best Book for the Writer
WINNER: Estelle Erasmus, Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published
RUNNER-UP: Karen Eber, The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire
Best Book That Made You Cry
WINNER: JJ Elliott, There Are No Rules for This
RUNNER-UP: Meg Nocero, Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief
RUNNER-UP: Gordon Bonnet, The Communion of Shadows
Books That Made You Escape
WINNER: Margie Smith Holt, Not on Any Map: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes and the True Meaning of Paradise
RUNNER-UP: Melissa Wiesner, The Second Chance Year
Best Book That Made You Laugh
WINNER: Wendi Aarons, I’m Wearing Tunics Now
RUNNER-UP: Jane L. Rosen, On Fire Island
RUNNER-UP: JJ Elliott, There Are No Rules for This
Best Book That Made You Tremble
WINNER: Sarena Straus, ReInception
Best Coming-of-Age Book
WINNER: Carrie Berk, My Real Life Rom-Com
Best Coming of Middle/Old Age Book
WINNER: Melissa Giberson, Late Bloomer
RUNNER-UP: Susan Hayden, Now You Are A Missing Person
Best Family Drama
WINNER: William Dameron, The Way Life Should Be
Best Story of Overcoming
WINNER: Maria Quiban, You Can’t Do it Alone
RUNNER-UP: Shastri Akella, The Sea Elephants
RUNNER-UP: Kay Moser, Celebration!
