IPNE BOOK AWARDS 2020
2020 BOOK OF THE YEAR
Life List
By Ken Janes
North Country Press
IPNE Book Awards 2020 was the 7th year we’ve held the event. Check out the 2020 winners, in a wide range of genres.
Every year, the Independent Publishers of New England runs its book awards program with the aim of recognizing the best of the best in recent independent publishing. These are awards that serve the industry by rewarding publishers and authors for exemplary work and providing readers another means of navigating an increasingly noisy marketplace.
The awards are judged by a panel of distinguished librarians, booksellers, literary agents, and editors. The winners are honored at the annual conference in November.
Congratulations to IPNE’s 7th Annual Book Award
Winners & Finalists!
Winners and finalists in the 2020 IPNE Book Awards were presented with their certificates
at our 7th Annual Book Awards Ceremony
on November 7, 2020
OWN THIS YEAR’S BEST BOOKS!
* Denotes Category Winner
Book of the Year
Life List*Safe as Lightning
By Scudder Parker Rootstock Publishing Available HereWaldorf Education: A Family Guide, 2nd Edition
Pamela Johnson Fenner, Editor Michaelmas Press Available HereLiterary Fiction
The Promise: Discovering Their Gifts*
By Hank Ellis
Stillwater River Publications
Available Here and Here
Fire on the Steppe, A Historical Novel of Russia and the United States, Book 2: 1917-1918
By Gabriella Gavrilov Available HereHenry Hits the Ball
By Thom Ring Available HereGenre Fiction
The Salty Rose: Alchemists, Witches & A Tapper in New Amsterdam*
By Beth Caruso
Lady Slipper Press
Available Here and Here
Murder At First Pitch
By Nicole Asselin
Pandamoon Publishing
Available Here and Here
Fire on the Steppe, A Historical Novel of Russia and the United States, Book 2: 1917-1918
By Gabriella Gavrilov Available HereChildren’s Books
An Assortment of Animals
By Heather Kelly The Writer’s Loft Available HereYoung Adult
The Real Estate Kid
By Randy Herman Waterside Productions Available HereThe Teenager’s Guide to Surviving A Horror Film
By Coral Isabella Aurora
Stillwater River Publications
Available Here and Here
Narrative Non-Fiction
One of Ourselves: John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Ireland
By James Robert Carroll Images from the Past Available Here600 Days In Hiding: A Jewish Family in Nazi-Occupied Thessaloniki, Greece
By Andrea Algava Available HereInformational Non-Fiction
Jumpstart Your Writing in 30 Days*
By Heather Kelly
Pocket Moon Press
Available Here and Here
How To Be An Effective Public Servant
By Nabil Hourani R&P Publishing Available HerePreaching Happiness
By Ginny Sassaman Rootstock Publishing Available HerePoetry
Safe as Lightning
By Scudder Parker Rootstock Publishing Available HereTo the Man in the Red Suit
By Christina Fulton Rootstock Publishing Available HereAn Assortment of Animals
By Heather Kelly The Writer’s Loft Available HereCoffee Table and Art Books
Still Life (without the vase)
By Glenn Koenig Available HereDesign
Waldorf Education: A Family Guide, 2nd Edition
Pamela Johnson Fenner, Editor Michaelmas Press Available HereEducational
Waldorf Education: A Family Guide, 2nd Edition
Pamela Johnson Fenner, Editor Michaelmas Press Available HereJumpstart Your Writing in 30 Days*
By Heather Kelly
Pocket Moon Press
Available Here and Here