Book Squirrel announced the third annual Golden Squirrel Independent Book Awards on December 28th, 2020.
These are the books or series that Book Squirrel has deemed the best in their genre from those read and reviewed on this blog in 2020.
This is not a voting or popularity contest. It’s entirely subjective, based on Book Squirrel’s excellent taste. Book Squirrel has been as fair and impartial as a squirrel can be in awarding the winners with a 2020 Golden Squirrel Gold or Silver Award.
There is a Gold and Silver award given by genre, and an award for Book of the Year.
Best Children’s Books
Ronaldo and the Flying Reindeer Academy by Maxine Sylvester
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Lucy Evans Instaexplorer: Dragons Rock by Millie Slavidou
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Best YA Fantasy
Mya by Missy Sheldrake
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Miss Mabel’s School for Girls by Katie Cross
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Best YA Paranormal
13 Ways to Midnight series by Rue Volley
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Dead by Morning by Kayla Krantz
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Best YA Urban Fantasy
Foul is Fair by Jeffrey Cook and Katherine Perkins
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Kennedy Awakens by Greg Alldredge
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Best Audiobooks
Ice and Embers by Melanie Karsak
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The Damien Dickens mystery series by Phyllis Entis
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Best Cozy Mystery
Cirque de Slay by CeeCee James
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The Marquesa’s Necklace by PJ MacLayne
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Best Short Story
A Dark Covenant by F.B. Hogan
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All The Children On The Porch by Dona Fox
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Best Fairy Tale
Ice and Embers by Melanie Karsak
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Eye of the Beholder by CH Clepitt
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Best Fantasy
The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler
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A Moth in the Flames by S.E. Turner
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Best Historical Fiction
The Day I Saw The Hummingbird by Paulette Mahurin
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The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham by Tony Riches
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Best Holiday Themed Book
A Queer Old Christmas by CH Clepitt
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A Haverton Christmas by TL Clark
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Best Horror
Dead Lake by Darcy Coates
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The Malan Witch by Catherine Cavendish
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Best in Diversity
My Dream Woman by CH Clepitt
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Promise of the Opal by Lyra Shanti
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Best Mystery
The Spyglass File by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
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Footprints In The Sand by Pam Lecky
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Best Paranormal
Fallen Captive by Aliya DalRae
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Red Dot Capers by C.A. King
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Best Romance
Regency Love by TL Clark
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Sweet William by Sherrie Hansen
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Best Science Fiction
The Auctioneer by J.S. Frankel
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Andora Pett and the Oort Cloud Cafe by Richard Dee
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Best Steampunk
Webley and the World Machine by Zachary Chopchinski
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The Last Temptations of Iago Wick by Jennifer Rainey
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Best Urban Fantasy
Bentwhistle the Dragon: A Threat From the Past by Paul Cude
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The Unhuman Series by Wilkie Martin
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Book of the Year
For its combination of original story line, characterisation, excellent writing, and ability to carry the reader to a different time and place, the award for BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 goes to
‘Mya’ by Missy Sheldrake
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Congratulations to all the winners!
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