Full List of 2024 Foreword INDIES Winners

Editor's Choice

Fiction: I Cheerfully Refuse (978-0-8021-6293-9) by Leif Enger, Grove Press
Nonfiction: Worth Fighting For (978-0-664-26853-4) by John Pavlovitz, Westminster John Knox Press

Adult Fiction

Fantasy: The Moon Won't Talk (978-1-64603-514-4) by Morgan Howell, Regal House Publishing; Fate and Fury (978-1-961469-10-5) by Emily Colin, Black Orchid Books; Necrology (978-1-951971-14-4) by Meg Ripley, Creature Publishing; The Wider World (978-0-9823714-4-2) by Andrea Jones, Reginetta Press
General: Antenora (978-1-951971-18-2) by Dori Lumpkin, Creature Publishing; Honeymoons in Temporary Locations (978-1-5179-1707-4) by Ashley Shelby, University of Minnesota Press; The Other Side of Nothing (978-1-64742-668-2) by Anastasia Zadeik, She Writes Press; For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus (978-1-941551-42-4) by Varun Gauri, Washington Writers' Publishing House
Historical: Wofford’s Blood (978-0-88146-940-0) by Donna Coffey Little, Mercer University Press; The Queen of Steeplechase Park (978-1-942436-61-4) by David Ciminello, Forest Avenue Press; Banana King Ngôo Tsín-suī (978-1-945049-44-6) by Wang-Tai Lee and Timothy Smith (translator), Shadelandhouse Modern Press; No Perfect Mothers (978-0-88146-919-6) by Karen Spears Zacharias, Mercer University Press
Humor: The Black Bird of Chernobyl (978-1-61294-287-2) by Ann McMan, Bywater Books; Love Painted in Lies (978-1-73856-480-4) by Holly Denham, FOH Recruitment Publishing; It Rhymes with Truth (979-899077090-4) by Rich Miller, Lost Pictograph Publishing; Madcap Serenade (978-1-68513-443-3) by Dan Kopcow, Black Rose Writing
LGBTQ+: The Cadieux Murders (978-1-68512-768-8) by R.J. Koreto, Level Best Books; Sweet Tooth and Other Stories (978-1-985900-19-6) by Serkan Görkemli, University Press of Kentucky; A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest (978-1-948814-98-0) by Charlie J. Stephens, Torrey House Press; The Black Bird of Chernobyl (978-1-61294-287-2) by Ann McMan, Bywater Books
Literary: Beautiful Dreamers (979-888574036-4) by Minrose Gwin, Hub City Press; Country of Under (978-1-952897-41-2) by Brooke Shaffner, Split/Lip Press; Sleepaway (978-1-946724-71-7) by Kevin Prufer, Acre Books; Inside the Mirror (978-1-4962-3678-4) by Parul Kapur, University of Nebraska Press
Multicultural: This Ain't No Promised Land (978-0-8254-4851-5) by Tina Shelton, Kregel Publications; Fine Dreams (978-1-62534-792-3) by Linda N. Masi, University of Massachusetts Press; Blue Rice (978-3-98832067-4) by Frances Park, Vine Leaves Press
Mystery: A Cold Cold World (978-1-4483-1406-5) by Elena Taylor, Severn House; The Last Hanging of Angel Martinez (978-0-8263-6704-4) by Kate Niles, University of New Mexico Press; Gathering Mist (978-1-63910-894-7) Crooked Lane; Death Holds the Key (978-1-76099-291-0) by Alexander Thorpe, Fremantle Press
Religious: The Scrolls of Deborah (978-1-955905-41-1) by Esther Goldenberg, 100 Block; Wu Lou (978-1-960172-08-2) by Lu Xinhua, David Klein (editor), Kevin Callahan (editor), Capella Cao (translator), and Richard Ljoenes (designer), Pine Bush Publishing; The Evolution of the Gospelettes (978-1-950564-44-6) by Tammy Oberhausen, University Press of Kentucky; Something Borrowed (978-0-8254-4842-3) by Rachel Scott McDaniel, Allison Pittman, and Susie Finkbeiner (contributor), Kregel Publications
Romance: Highcliffe House (978-1-63993-244-3) by Megan Walker, Shadow Mountain Publishing; Road Trip to Miracles (979-898707076-5) by Sueann Pugh, Green Writers Press; Maggie and the Pirate's Son (978-1-955643-12-2) by Rose Prendeville, Eridani Press; So True a Love (978-1-63993-294-8) by Joanna Barker, Shadow Mountain Publishing
Science Fiction: The Rain Artist (979-898881540-2) by Claire Rudy Foster, Moonstruck Books; The Years Shall Run like Rabbits (978-1-989496-88-6) by Ben Berman Ghan, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers; Trempealeau (979-898667260-1) by John T. Umhoefer, Talus Books
Short Stories: The Bone Picker (978-0-8061-9467-7) by Devon A. Mihesuah, University of Oklahoma Press; Where to Carry the Sound (978-1-57441-949-8) by Nina Sudhakar, University of North Texas Press; Displaced Persons (978-1-941561-32-4) by Joan Leegant, New American Press; The Hungry and the Haunted (978-1-960215-17-8) by Rilla Askew, Belle Point Press
Thriller & Suspense: The Vixen Amber Halloway (978-1-64603-466-6) by Carol LaHines, Regal House Publishing; The Death of Clara Willenheim (979-899023731-5) by Charlotte M. Lesemann, The Gothic Literary Society; Releasing the Reins (979-898988401-8) by Catherine Matthews, Pacific Peaks Publishing; Bone Pendant Girls (978-0-7443-0792-4) by Terry S. Friedman, CamCat Books
War & Military: March 1917 (978-0-268-20879-0) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Marian Schwartz (translator), University of Notre Dame Press; Homefront (978-1-64779-144-5) by Victoria Kelly, University of Nevada Press; The Quantum Grail (979-899097383-1) by J.D. Redvale, Gotham Bookworks; The Life of Kim and the Behavior of Men (978-1-956440-79-9) by Rod Davis, Madville Publishing

Adult Nonfiction

Adventure, Sports & Recreation: Headstrap (978-1-68051-640-1) by Nandini Purandare and Deepa Balsavar, Mountaineers Books; In the Shadow of Tungusuak (978-1-77821-936-8) by Chris Buckley, Brack and Brine; No Walk in the Park (979-898992021-1) by Michael Engelhard, Corax Books; Fighting Irish Football (978-0-268-20816-5) by Charles Lamb and Elizabeth Hogan, University of Notre Dame Press
Art: Rachel Ruysch (978-0-87846-899-7) by Robert Schindler (contributor), Bernd Ebert (contributor), and Anna C. Knaap (contributor), MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Making the Unknown Known (978-1-64843-150-0) by Dr. Victoria H. Cummins (editor) and Light Townsend Cummins (editor), Texas A&M University Press; The Art of Being an Artist (979-832902722-8) by Bianca A Berends, Amazon KDP; Indigenous War Painting of the Plains (978-0-8061-9364-9) by Arni Brownstone and Dana Claxton (contributor), University of Oklahoma Press
Autobiography & Memoir: The Mourner's Bestiary (978-1-955905-58-9) by Eiren Caffall, Row House Publishing; The Braille Encyclopedia (978-1-941628-33-1) by Naomi Cohn, Rose Metal Press; Warsaw Testament (979-898867739-0) by Rokhl Auerbach and Samuel Kassow (translator), White Goat Press; Loose of Earth (978-1-4773-2962-7) by Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn, University of Texas Press
Biography: Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned (978-1-959569-05-3) by Tim Allis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press; Ara (978-0-268-20851-6) by Mark O. Hubbard, University of Notre Dame Press; A Prairie Faith (978-0-8028-7628-7) by John J. Fry, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; Concrete Century (978-0-472-03974-6) by Michael G. Smith, University of Michigan Press
Body, Mind & Spirit: Incantations Embodied (978-1-955905-55-8) Spirit Bound, Row House Publishing; Becoming Baba Yaga (978-1-64297-051-7) by Kris Spisak, Hampton Roads Publishing; Empathic Evolution (978-1-950984-11-4) by Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Des'Tai Press
Business & Economics: Thinking at the Speed of Bias (978-1-5230-0676-2) by Sara Taylor, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; The Illusion of Innovation (978-1-64687-154-4) by Elliott Parker, Ideapress Publishing; Disrupt with Impact (978-1-398-61688-2) by Roger Spitz, Kogan Page; The Sixth Level (978-1-63755-856-0) by Stacy Feiner, Kathy K. Overbeke, Jack D. Harris, and Rachel Wallis Andreasson, Amplify Publishing
Career: DEI Deconstructed (979-889057050-5) by Lily Zheng, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Lead without Burnout (979-898913071-9) by Ryan Renteria, Stretch Five; The Creative Way Forward (978-1-63908-108-0) by Jen Martin, Fast Company Press; Unwritten (979-889138204-6) by Emily Crookston, Amplify Publishing
Cooking: Zaatari (978-1-77310-235-1) by Karen E. Fisher, Goose Lane Editions; Nosh (978-1-68555-327-2) by Micah Siva, The Collective Book Studio; The Vedge Bar Book (979-889303014-3) by Rich Landau, Kate Jacoby, Brian Bolles, Ginevra Reiff, Sara Zatopel (editor), Ted Nghiem (photographer), and Beth Bugler (designer), The Experiment; Æbleskiver (978-1-68555-792-8) by Pim Pauline Overgaard, The Collective Book Studio
Ecology & Environment: A Global Warming Primer (978-1-937548-88-9) by Jeffrey Bennett, Big Kid Science; Life after Dead Pool (979-889092002-7) by Zak Podmore, Torrey House Press; Radical Adaptation (978-1-00-921115-4) by Brian Stone, Jr., Cambridge University Press; The Blue Plate (978-1-952338-20-5) by Mark J. Easter, Patagonia
Education: Learning to Relearn (978-1-62531-622-6) by Kwame Sarfo-Mensah, Tracy Zager (editor), and Jennessa Burks (illustrator), Routledge; How Schools Make Race (978-1-68253-922-4) by Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, Harvard Education Press; The Magnitude of Us (978-0-8077-6988-1) by Marlee S. Bunch, Teachers College Press; Storytelling with Purpose (978-1-56484-996-0) by Michael Hernandez, ISTE
Essays: Brown Women Have Everything (978-1-4696-8177-1) by Sayantani Dasgupta, University of North Carolina Press; Core Samples (978-1-5179-1604-6) by Anna Farro Henderson, University of Minnesota Press; The Land Is Holy (978-1-73771-848-2) by Noam Keim and Meher Manda (editor), Radix Printing & Publishing Cooperative; Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie (978-1-59714-647-0) by Steve Wasserman, Heyday
Family & Relationships: Let’s Talk About Aging Parents (978-1-61519-802-3) by Laura Tamblyn Watts, Hannah Matuszak (editor), and Debra Whitman (contributor), The Experiment; Mindful with Me (978-1-68555-678-5) by Sarah Dennehy, The Collective Book Studio; Pink Chaos (978-1-77458-464-4) by Shayna Barksdale, Page Two
Grief/Grieving: One Ripple at a Time (978-1-64742-794-8) by Janice Jensen, She Writes Press; The Power of Sharing (978-0-8028-8446-6) by Vonnie Woodrick, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; Fifty-Seven Fridays (978-1-958972-25-0) by Myra Sack, Monkfish Book Publishing
Health: Breaking Canadians (978-1-4875-4812-4) by Nili Kaplan-Myrth and Brian Goldman, Aevo UTP (Imprint of University of Toronto Press); The Ethics of Precision Medicine (978-0-268-20905-6) by Paul Scherz, University of Notre Dame Press; Hood Wellness (978-1-955905-34-3) by Tamela J. Gordon, Row House Publishing; On the Origin of Being (978-1-63299-769-2) by Luke Comer and Jenny Powers, River Grove Books
History: Vagabonds (978-1-891011-42-9) by Oskar Jensen, Matthew Lore (editor), Danny Lyle (designer), and Beth Bugler (designer), The Experiment; Freeman's Challenge (978-0-226-74423-0) by Robin Bernstein, The University of Chicago Press; Rock Music, Authority and Western Culture, 1964–1980 (978-1-4766-9369-9) by James A. Cosby, McFarland; The Chief Rabbi’s Funeral (978-1-64012-618-3) Potomac Books (University of Nebraska Press)
Hobbies & Home: Success with Hydrangeas (978-0-9820394-9-6) by Lorraine Ballato, BNB Publications; Crochet Girls (978-0-7643-6803-5) by Colleen Lynch, Schiffer Publishing; Entertaining by Design (978-1-68555-578-8) by Lorna Gross, The Collective Book Studio
Humor: Paris Lost and Found (978-1-60952-212-4) by Scott Dominic Carpenter, Travelers' Tales; Window Shopping for God (978-1-77162-399-5) by Deborah Kimmett, Douglas & McIntyre; An Unconditional Friendship (979-898675164-1) by James Pauley and Charlene Potterbaum, Take Flight Publishing, LLC
LGBTQ+: How Do I Sexy? (978-1-990869-53-2) by Mx. Nillin Lore, Thornapple Press; Transgender Justice in Schools (978-0-942961-46-1) by Linda Christensen (editor) and Ty Marhsall (editor), Rethinking Schools; No Son of Mine (978-0-8131-9851-4) by Jonathan Corcoran, University Press of Kentucky; Virginia's Apple (978-1-962645-22-5) by Judith Barrington, Oregon State University Press
Multicultural: On the National Language (978-0-7643-6814-1) by B.A. Van Sise, Schiffer Publishing; Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw: We Come From This Land (978-1-77458-392-0) by Squamish Nation (contributor), Page Two; Shackled (978-0-520-39865-8) by Rebecca A. Sharpless, University of California Press; Compton in My Soul (978-1-5036-3819-8) by Albert M. Camarillo, Stanford University Press
Nature: Patagonia National Park (978-1-952338-06-9) by Kristine McDivitt Tompkins (contributor), Yvon Chouinard (contributor), and Michelle Bachelet (contributor), Patagonia; Birding for Boomers (978-1-68051-670-8) by Sneed B. Collard III, Mountaineers Books; The Mourner's Bestiary (978-1-955905-58-9) by Eiren Caffall, Row House Publishing; Into Whooperland (978-0-9754964-2-8) by Dr. Rich Beilfuss (contributor) and Rene Ebersole (contributor), self
Performing Arts & Music: The Bastard Instrument (978-0-472-07681-9) by Brian F. Wright, University of Michigan Press; Red Stained (978-1-68134-252-8) by Jokeda "JoJo" Bell, Minnesota Historical Society Press; Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man (979-898953841-6) by Jim Wilson, Willow Bay Media; Intimate Conversations (978-1-61153-505-1) by Larry Ruttman, Torchflame Books
Photography: Reframing Photography (978-0-87846-898-0) by Kristen Gresh (contributor), Anne E. Havinga (contributor), and Karen Haas (contributor), MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Long Ride Home (978-1-960521-02-6) by Ron Tarver and Art T. Burton (contributor), George F. Thompson Publishing; Work in Progress (979-898762583-5) by Peter Essick (photographer) and Dan Chapman (contributor), Fall Line Press; Grace & Grit (979-821814360-2) by Jano Cohen, John DiSanto, and Jeanne Abboud (designer), Self
Political and Social Sciences: Central America in the Crosshairs of War (978-1-960521-01-9) by Scott Wallace and Christopher J. Dodd (contributor), George F. Thompson Publishing; We the Poisoned (978-1-5381-9424-9) by Erin Brockovich, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; The Afterworld (978-0-7766-4147-8) by Frédéric Mérand and Jennifer Welsh, University of Ottawa Press; Desire to Serve (978-1-57441-950-4) by Cheryl Brown Wattley, University of North Texas Press
Popular Culture: Conjuring the Spirit World (978-0-8478-2824-1) by George H. Schwartz, Tedi E. Asher (contributor), Christopher Jones (contributor), Lan Morgan (contributor), Tony Oursler (contributor), Jennifer Lemmer Posey (contributor), and Mark Schwartz (contributor), Rizzoli Electa; Bowlarama (978-1-62640-131-0) by Chris Nichols and Adriene Biondo (contributor), Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public Library; Woodstock (978-1-4384-9932-1) by Richard Heppner, Excelsior Editions; The Pink Dress (978-1-64742-740-5) by Jane Little Botkin, She Writes Press
Reference: At Ease (979-899146570-0) by Emily King, Fullcourt Press; Murder in the West End (979-888771469-1) by Amnon Kabatchnik, BearManor Media; Scams, Hacking, and Cybersecurity (978-1-965480-05-2) by May Brooks-Kempler, Authority Publishing; The New Testament in Color (978-0-8308-1409-1) by Esau McCaulley (editor), Janette H. Ok (editor), Osvaldo Padilla (editor), and Amy Peeler (editor), IVP Academic
Regional: Also On View (978-1-62640-119-8) by Todd Lerew and Ryan Schude (photographer), Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public Library; The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World's Fair (979-898557164-6) by Sharon Smith, Missouri Historical Society Press; Women of the Colorado Mines (978-1-56037-832-7) by Linda Wommack, Farcountry Press; Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains (978-1-68051-635-7) by Rosalie Haizlett, Mountaineers Books
Religion: The Afternoon of Christianity (978-0-268-20747-2) by Tomáš Halík and Gerald Turner (translator), University of Notre Dame Press; The Day God Saw Me as Black (978-1-955905-53-4) by D. Danyelle Thomas, Row House Publishing; Our Church Speaks (978-1-5140-0903-1) by D. J. Marotta and Ben Lansing, InterVarsity Press; For Times Such as These (978-0-8143-5051-5) by Ariana Katz and Jessica Rosenberg, Wayne State University Press
Science & Technology: Information Crisis (978-1-73511-133-9) by Julia Soplop, Hill Press; A Billion Things to Ask a Neuroscientist (979-898736653-0) by Mike Tranter, Author Publisher; Responsible AI (978-1-398-61570-0) by Olivia Gambelin, Kogan Page
Self-Help: Be a Dime (978-1-77327-214-6) by Jill Payne, Figure 1 Publishing; You Belong Here (978-1-5230-0589-5) by Kim Dabbs, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Dare to Author! (979-888645250-1) by Lior Arussy, Greenleaf Book Group Press
Travel: Exploring Wine Regions: México (978-0-9969660-6-1) by Michael C. Higgins, International Exploration Society; Home Base Hiking Europe (978-1-68051-615-9) by Cassandra Overby, Mountaineers Books; Wandering in American Deserts (979-898870216-0) by Linda Watanabe McFerrin (editor), Joanna Biggar (editor), and Laurie McAndish King (editor), Wanderland Writers
War & Military: A Church at War (978-0-7766-4215-4) by Alan Bowker, University of Ottawa Press; Snapshots Sent Home (978-1-934617-81-6) by JT Blatty, Elva Resa Publishing; Red Arrow across the Pacific (978-1-976600-33-3) by Mark D. Van Ells, Wisconsin Historical Society Press; The After (978-1-4696-7807-8) by Michael Ramos, University of North Carolina Press
Women's Studies: Paths Made by Walking (978-0-253-07086-9) by Amina Tawasil, Indiana University Press; The Doctor Was a Woman (978-1-4930-6292-8) by Chris Enss, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing

Children's

Juvenile Fiction: The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree (978-1-63163-820-6) by Lucille Abendanon, Jolly Fish Press; The Legend of the Last Library (978-1-63993-238-2) by Frank L. Cole, Shadow Mountain Publishing; The Witch in the Woods (978-1-63993-232-0) by Michaelbrent Collings, Shadow Mountain Publishing; All Mixed Up (978-1-223-18855-3) by Raj Tawney, Paw Prints Publishing
Juvenile Nonfiction: She Spoke Too (978-1-64170-751-0) by Kathy MacMillan, Manuela Bernardi, and Becky Thorns (illustrator), Familius; Wall to Wall (978-1-947440-08-1) by Mary Ann Fraser, Getty Publications; Of Words & Water (978-1-4788-7037-1) by Shannon Hitchcock and Sophie Page (illustrator), Reycraft; First Big Book of How (978-1-80466-119-2) by Sally Symes, Saranne Taylor, and Kate Slater (illustrator), What on Earth!
Picture Books: Daisy's Magnificent Magnifying Glass (978-0-646-89735-6) by Ellyce Ellmoos and Phoenix Raig (editor), Self-Published; Little Boos on the Loose (978-1-948931-43-4) by Mark Waters and Laura Borio (illustrator), Hazy Dell Press; My Father Once Told Me (979-821841725-3) by Blas Telleria and Ben Konkol (illustrator), Amazon KDP; When You Plant a Seed (979-898952207-1) by Quincy Kjartansson, Q
Picture Books, Early Reader: Here and There (978-0-8028-5623-4) by Thea Lu, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers; Marvin's Little Mermaid (978-1-73585-356-7) by Deborah Stevenson and Stella Maris (illustrator), Notable Kids Publishing; Quiet As Mud (978-1-4338-4153-8) by Jane Yolen and Nicole Wong (illustrator), Magination Press; Miss Dorothy's Garden (979-821850933-0) by Gwendolyn Faye and Robin Swaby (illustrator), Myriad Press
Young Adult Fiction: Casters and Crowns (978-1-63993-320-4) by Elizabeth Lowham, Shadow Mountain Publishing; If You Knew My Name (978-1-77168-360-9) by Lisa Roberts Carter, Central Avenue Teen; Navigating with You (978-1-952303-60-9) by Jeremy Whitley and Cassio Ribeiro (illustrator), Mad Cave Studios/Maverick; Till Human Voices Wake Us (979-821263105-1) by Rebecca Roque, Blackstone Publishing

General

Anthologies: Back Where I Came From (978-1-77166-917-7) by Taslim Jaffer (editor) and Omar Mouallem (editor), Book*hug Press; John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight (979-898872854-2) by John Carpenter, Sandy King, Kealan Patrick Burke, Amanda Deibert, Duane Swierczynski, Mike Sizemore, Cat Staggs (illustrator), Dave Kennedy (illustrator), Tim Bradstreet (illustrator), Raulo Caceras (illustrator), Andrea Mutti (illustrator), and Damien Worm (illustrator), Storm King Comics; Troublesome Rising (978-1-950564-42-2) by Melissa Helton (editor), University Press of Kentucky; I Lived to Tell the World (978-1-962645-07-2) by Elizabeth Mehren, Oregon State University Press
Coffee Table Books: Appalachian Ghost (978-0-8131-9899-6) by Raymond Thompson Jr., University Press of Kentucky; Enter Space (978-0-9893088-6-1) by Bill Witherspoon, The Blue Tree; Moments of InFocus (978-0-9950788-7-1) by Alexis Marie Chute, Beth Kane, and Steven Sandor, Wild Skies Press; The Art of John Coleman (978-1-934491-90-4) by John Coleman and Michael Clawson, SF Design, LLC
Graphic Novels & Comics: Age 16 (978-1-77321-834-2) by Rosena Fung, Annick Press; We Called Them Giants (978-1-5343-8707-2) by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, Image Comics; Ruth Asawa (978-1-947440-09-8) by Sam Nakahira, Getty Publications; Between Two Sounds (978-1-63608-134-2) by Joonas Sildre and Adam Cullen (translator), Plough Publishing House
Poetry: Magicicada (978-0-87775-161-8) by Claire Millikin, Unicorn Press; Twisted Pairs (978-1-77349-144-8) by Gabriel Spera, Able Muse Press; Santa Tarantula (978-0-268-20752-6) by Jordan Pérez, Notre Dame Press; The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket (978-0-8203-6730-9) by Kinsale Drake, University of Georgia Press

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