Historical, Suspense, Speculative, Romance, Contemporary fiction and
more. Look below to see how FamilyFiction readers voted!
And if
some of your favorite authors didn’t make the list this year, fear not — there’s always next year …
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
01 Karen Kingsbury
02 Bryan Davis
03 Julie Lessman
04 Jim Stovall
05 Beverly Lewis
06 Wanda E. Brunstetter
07 Ted Dekker
08 Terri Blackstock
09 Sandra Orchard
10 Julie Cave
NEW AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
01 Amanda L. Davis
02 Tracy Trost
03 Brock Eastman
04 Sandra Orchard
05 Julie Cave
06 Ronie Kendig
07 Melanie Dickerson
08 Ginny Yttrup
09 Keven Newsome
10 Mandy Goff
NOVEL OF THE YEAR
01 Song of the Ovulum (Children of the Bard)
Bryan Davis (Living Ink)
02 Longing (Bailey Flanigan Series)
Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan)
03 The Lamp
Jim Stovall with Tracy J. Trost (Destiny Image)
04 A Heart Revealed (Winds of Change)
Julie Lessman (Revell Books)
05 Deep Cover (Undercover Cops)
Sandra Orchard (Love Inspired Suspense)
06 Pieces of Light (A Dinah Harris Mystery)
Julie Cave (New Leaf)
07 The Colonel’s Lady
Laura Frantz (Revell Books)
08 Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride (Emma Rae Creation)
Sandra D. Bricker (Abingdon Press)
09 A Cowboy’s Touch (A Big Sky Romance)
Denise Hunter (Thomas Nelson)
10 Forbidden (The Books of Mortals)
Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee (Center Street)
MOVIE OR DVD OF THE YEAR
01 Courageous
02 Soul Surfer
03 The Lamp
04 The Shunning
05 The Grace Card
06 Like Dandelion Dust
07 Dolphin’s Tale
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BOOK TRAILER OF THE YEAR
01 Longing by Karen Kingsbury
02 Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride (Emma Rae Creation) by Sandra D. Bricker
03 Taken by Brock Eastman
04 The Healing by Wanda E. Brunstetter
05 The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson
SERIES OF THE YEAR (SINGLE AUTHOR)
01 Children of the Bard
Bryan Davis (Living Ink)
02 Bailey Flanigan
Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan)
03 Winds of Change
Julie Lessman (Revell Books)
04 The Rose Trilogy
Beverly Lewis (Bethany House)
05 Discarded Heroes
Ronie Kendig (Barbour Books)
COLLECTION OF THE YEAR
01 An Amish Wedding
Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Kelly Long
(Thomas Nelson)
02 A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Historical Romances during American Pioneer Christmases
Margaret Brownley, Wanda E. Brunstetter, Kelly Eileen Hake, Liz Johnson, Jane Kirkpatrick, Liz Tolsma, Michelle Ule, Debra Ullrick, Erica Vetsch
(Barbour Books)
03 Smitten
Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, Denise Hunter
(Thomas Nelson)
SERIES OF THE YEAR (MULTIPLE AUTHORS)
01 Love Finds You (Summerside Press)
02 Love Inspired Historical
03 Love Inspired Suspense
04 Love Inspired
05 Heartsong Presents (Barbour Books)
FAVORITE GENRE
Romance: 21%
Historical: 20%
Suspense: 19%
Amish: 13%
Contemporary/General Fiction: 12%
YA: 7%
Speculative: 5%
Children’s: < 2%
Comics: < 2%
YOU VOTED, NOW HERE ARE YOUR TOP AUTHORS …
ROMANCE
01 Julie Lessman
Karen Kingsbury
Denise Hunter
Deeanne Gist
Susan May Warren
More romance authors here
AMISH FICTION
01 Beverly Lewis
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Cindy Woodsmall
Beth Wiseman
Amy Clipston
More Amish fiction authors here
SPECULATIVE FICTION
01 Bryan Davis
Ted Dekker
Frank Peretti
Amanda L. Davis
Jill Williamson
More speculative fiction authors here
SUSPENSE
01 Terri Blackstock
Ted Dekker
Ronie Kendig
Irene Hannon
Steven James
More suspense authors here
HISTORICAL FICTION
01 Julie Lessman
Francine Rivers
Mary Connealy
Tamera Alexander
Laura Frantz
More historical fiction authors here
YA FICTION
01 Bryan Davis
Jenny B. Jones
Melanie Dickerson
Lisa T. Bergren
Melody Carlson
More YA fiction authors here
CONTEMPORARY/GENERAL FICTION
01 Karen Kingsbury
Susan May Warren
Robin Jones Gunn
Jenny B. Jones
Denise Hunter
More Contemporary/General fiction authors here
CHILDREN’S BOOK CREATORS
01 Wanda E. Brunstetter
Karen Kingsbury and Jennifer A. Bell
Brock Eastman
Max Lucado and Toni Goffe
Lisa Tawn Bergren and Laura J. Bryant
More children’s book authors here
COMIC BOOK
01 Priscilla #4: “O Come, Let Us Adore Him”
Script: Peter Gonzalez
Art: Jamie Cosley
(Salinas Slugger Studios)
More comics here