{"id":118468,"date":"2025-03-07T20:04:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/here-are-the-2025-libby-award-winners\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:04:22","slug":"here-are-the-2025-libby-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=118468","title":{"rendered":"Here Are the 2025 Libby Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The winners of the second annual Libby Book Awards have been announced. The award seeks to honor the best in digital reading, and span across ebooks, audiobooks, and a variety of genres.<\/p>\n

Since Libby is a library app, accompanying this year\u2019s winners announcement is a bevy of recommendations for how to incorporate this year\u2019s winners with library programming.<\/p>\n

As for the winners themselves, many of them are books that were either popular last year and\/or award-winning\u2014like Kristin Hannah\u2019s The Women<\/em> and Percival Everett\u2019s James<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Below are this year\u2019s winners.<\/p>\n

Adult Fiction<\/h2>\n

The Women<\/a> by Kristin Hannah<\/p>\n

Adult Nonfiction<\/h2>\n
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The Demon of Unrest<\/a> by Erik Larson<\/p>\n

YA Fiction<\/h2>\n

Heir<\/a> by Sabaa Tahir<\/p>\n

Audiobook of the Year<\/h2>\n

The Demon of Unrest<\/a> by Erik Larson, narrated by Will Patton and Erik Larson<\/p>\n

Debut Author of the Year<\/h2>\n

The Ministry of Time<\/a> by Kaliane Bradley<\/p>\n

Best Book Club Book<\/h2>\n

Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/a> by Rufi Thorpe<\/p>\n

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Best Comic\/Graphic Novel<\/h2>\n

Feeding Ghosts<\/a> by Tessa Hulls<\/p>\n

Best Fantasy<\/h2>\n

The Spellshop<\/a> by Sarah Beth Durst<\/p>\n

Best Historical Fiction<\/h2>\n

James<\/a> by Percival Everett<\/p>\n

For more of the winners, visit Overdrive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in\u00a0Breaking in Books<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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