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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!