Before we unveil our outstanding finalists, we want to give out a huge thank you to all our panelists who read more than a thousand books. We had 1045 read by at least 1 panelist and 1010 read by two. There was great discussion and deliberation, and they came up with some amazing shortlists. We also want to thank the category chairs, who guided and read alongside the panelists. We absolutely couldn’t have this award without them.
And now for the finalists!