Madison Library District

Choice Awards

FICTION NOMINEES FOR 2022

Voting has ended for 2022.

Find all the nominees below.

Winners

1. Charming Artemis
by Sarah M. Eden

Charlie Jonquil is mild-mannered and kind—except when it comes to his one true adversary, Artemis Lancaster. Though Charlie has a brilliant mind for mathematics, Artemis poses a problem he can’t seem to comprehend…

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2. The Slow March of Light
by Heather B. Moore

Sometimes all you have is hope.

In the summer of 1961, a wall of barbed wire goes up quickly in the dead of night…

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3. The Four Winds 
by Kristin Hannah

Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as…

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4. In Harm’s Way
by Traci Hunter Abramson

For years, Troy has lived in the shadows as a Guardian. As part of this secret government taskforce, he has agreed to oversee…

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5. Getting Even
by Clair M. Poulson

Joe Whalen is the first to admit he’s no angel. But living alone in his remote house in the country, he’s been working hard to eke out a livelihood on a local farm as he cleans up his act. However…

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6. An Uncommon Earl 
by Sian Ann Bessey

Alexander Allerton, the Earl of Bloxley’s, greatest desire is to alleviate the suffering of the poor and less fortunate of England. So when his hackney carriage is involved in an accident…

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7. Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr

Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns …

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8. A Captain for Caroline Gray
by Julie Wright

Caroline Gray would rather be daring and intelligent than demure and insipid, which is why she is still unmatched after her third season in London. Her family’s threadbare finances leave Caroline with only one choice​…

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9. The Merchant and the Rogue
by Sarah M. Eden

London, 1865

Vera Sorokina loves reading the Penny Dreadfuls and immersing herself in tales of adventure, mystery, and romance. Her own days are filled with…

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10. The Wish
by Nicholas Sparks

1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks…

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Other Nominees

Isabelle and Alexander
by Rebecca Anderson

Manchester, 1850

Isabelle Rackham knows she will not marry for love. Though arranged marriages have fallen out of fashion, hers has been settled for some time…

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The Crown of Rosemund
by Michele Ashman Bell

Anduron, 1498 

The king and queen are dead, murdered by one who will stop at nothing to rule. But the young princess—Rosemund—has survived…

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Dark Sky
by C.J. Box

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip – but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted ​…

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A Gentlewoman Scholar
by Sarah M. Eden

Three women scholars. Three lives changed. And a dash of romance…

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His Accidental Bride
by Carolyn Twede Frank

Dorothy Bednar is living a life she despises. Forced to work as a double-dealing saloon girl, Dorothy has finally had enough. The next train out of town is her ticket to freedom…

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The Judge’s List
by John Grisham

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later…

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Sooley
by John Grisham

In the summer of his seventeenth year, Sam­uel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basket­ball tournament. He has never been away from home…

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A Proper Scoundrel
by Esther Hatch

As the successful owner of multiple railroad lines, Diana Barton is all too accustomed to fending off suitors seeking to stake their claim on her wealth. In order to keep the wolves at bay​…

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Georgana’s Secret
by Arlem Hawks

1811, HMS Deborah

 Georgana Woodall dreams of freedom—freedom from her past and freedom from her secret…

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Missing and Endangered
by J.A. Jance

When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet…

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Forever, Phoebe
by Chalon Linton

At the dignified age of eighteen, Phoebe Jamison knows she should behave in a manner befitting her station, as her three loving elder brothers often tease. Unfortunately…

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The Dowry of Lady Eliza
by Anita Stansfield

Eliza Melodious Grenville’s wedding day has finally arrived, and the church bells ring out in anticipation of the glorious event. Eliza has eagerly awaited her picture-perfect nuptials, but there is just one problem…

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Refining the Debutante
by Anneka R. Walker

Miss Miranda Bartley is in love with the Honorable Ethan Roderick, their engagement all but official. But as she basks in the success of her London Season, her joy is cut short when…

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Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that…

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In Times of Rain and War
by Camron Wright

In September of 1940, during the Blitz in London, Audrey Stocking is blending in with other civilians who are trying to survive the nightly bombings, but she has a secret​…

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