The 2025 Book Series Award Hall of Fame
The Book Series Awards can now celebrate 5 years of Grand Prize Winners! Congratulations to these amazing authors and their work!
The Book Series Awards can now celebrate 5 years of Grand Prize Winners! Congratulations to these amazing authors and their work!
When Everything is at Stake, These Authors Deliver ***You have until July 31st to enter the Global Thriller Awards!*** The Global Thriller Awards celebrate stories where individual actions determine the fate of nations—or species. Our Hall of Fame showcases authors who've mastered the art of maximum-stakes storytelling, proving that the best thrillers don't just entertain; they remind us that heroes can emerge when humanity needs them most. From underwater civilizations fighting for survival to international conspiracies threatening global stability, these Grand Prize Winners understand that when the world hangs in the balance, readers demand heroes worthy of the challenge. Each of these celebrated works demonstrates what happens when exceptional writing meets planetary-scale peril. We're here to celebrate the past Grand Prize Winners that showed us just how high stakes the suspense can be! A Blanket of Steel: The Rise of Oceania Book 6 By Timothy S Johnston The review for this year's Grand Prize Winner is forthcoming. In the meantime, here is our review for the previous book in the series and 2023 Cygnus Grand Prize Winner, The Shadow of War: In Timothy S. Johnston’s The Shadow of War, gripping personal, ecological, and political battles rage undersea for autonomy and power against the powerful surface nations. But even the ocean depths churn with betrayal, conflicting loyalties, and the ruthless ambitions of humanity. This thriller opens on the dystopia of the year 2131, when rising sea levels have forced humanity to establish and inhabit underwater colonies. The fear of [...]
These stories are life or death where the world is at stake! Revisit the 2024 Global Thriller First Place Award Winners today for the best in High Stakes Suspense!
Some stories take more than one book, and those deserve to be recognized! Here are some great series that we've reviewed, and we're still excited for the next books to come!
The 2025 Spotlight for the Global Thriller Awards are here! When the world is ending, who will stand up and save us?
The 2024 M&M First Place Roundup for Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries is here! Congratulations again to these winners from the 2024 CIBAs!
Discover the 2025 Mystery & Mayhem Awards for cozy mysteries, celebrating Jeanne Matthews' Grand Prize win and showcasing amateur sleuths and puzzling reads.
Ten Days remain for your speculative fiction novel to be discovered in some of the most popular Book Award Divisions we offer! Does your book have what it takes to succeed?
Watch out! The Clue Awards Hall of Fame for Suspense Thrillers, including Fiction & True Crime are here! You'll want to leave the lights on when you read these!
Chanticleer keynote Kim Hornsby went from CIBA Award winner to produced screenwriter. Join her Greece retreat to turn your book into a screenplay!