The 2024 Winners

[@bookwalk1]

Thank you for all your hard work on this and every year of The BookTube Prize. Excited already for next year!

[@Ihearbooks]

Thanks again Robert for doing all the work while we did the reading. Loved seeing the winners. It is always a pleasure to be part of the process, even if my favorite book did not win. So glad Wellness made it all the way. A real surprise of a book and so good. All the winners are well deserved.

[@BookTubePrize]

You are very welcome

[@sangeethav4512]

Excellent! Bee Sting is an awesome book ❤

[@anjascrazywonderland]

Thanks Robert for your organization and work. It‘s a pleasure to help/judge

[@bouquinsbooks]

I couldn’t make it for the live. I am not at all surprised that King won the nonfiction. It is well deserved. I am pleasantly surprised that The Underworld made the top 3. This was a great year in the nonfiction division. Thanks Robert for all your great work!

[@MountainShadow8]

Wonderful! I am an obsessed Book Tube viewer. It must be useful, as I guessed the winners. Happy reading everyone.

[@JyotsnaS]

I’m so glad that Wellness and Tom Lake are in the list, The Bee Sting was good, but the ending didn’t sit well with me

[@angelagoodwin2105]

Thank you so so much, Robert for your dedication and Hard work!

[@BookTubePrize]

You are very welcome

[@BandysBooks]

I couldn’t watch live, but wanted to drop by and say I really enjoyed my first year judging! I read quite a few books I might not have otherwise and it really increased my nonfiction reading which was great! Bummed that We Were Once A Family didn’t win, but the three non fics that were picked were excellent. For fiction, I was bored out of my mind with Tom Lake, but I enjoyed Wellness and The Bee Sting. I wish Enter Ghost would’ve been swapped for Tom Lake.

[@BookTubePrize]

Glad your judging experience was positive. We start again in a few months!

[@janethansen9612]

Thank you for another year of interesting reading and voting, Robert. I felt that The Beesting was the popular choice this year but all the fiction nominees were terrific.

[@prairierose1115]

Great organization work Robert. Thank you!

[@millieandmarigoldbooks]

Wow! What an amazing year! I look forward to reading all these books and have added them to my TBR... well done everybody, thank you robert.. that was wonderful! Happy reading! 😀📚

[@BookTubePrize]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy them.

[@WhitmoreReads]

That was exciting. I have the Bee Sting as a library check out, can't wait to start it.

[@awebofstories]

Thank you Robert! Have a wonderful vacation!

[@BookTubePrize]

Thank you!

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

Always excited to see the winners. 😊💙

[@LiteraryGladiators]

I am glad that you had a great reading year for the BookTube Prize! I really enjoyed judging when I did three rounds in 2020 and one round in 2022, but I had a lot on my plate this year and felt I would not be able to properly commit. We rebooted discussions on our channel, I took on a list of Mock Newbery List from Goodreads, and I joined a traditional book club, as well as took place in several Silent Book Clubs that I really enjoy attending. I was still interested in seeing which books made the finals and won and while I have read none of them, based on the summaries, I found the nonfiction to be especially engaging and I might keep them in mind as I put together our discussion schedule for future seasons. King, Master Slave, Husband and Wife, and Eve especially interest me, and I would say The Underworld catches my attention, too. From what I gather about King, I am really inclined to look into that, especially since time is beneficial for any given subject, for it provides the opportunity to build upon the research that has been completed as well as the ability for new research to be completed. We Were Once a Family and How to Say Babylon do seem to fulfill what they set out to fulfill. Based on the summaries, The Bee Sting is the fictional work I would most be inclined to pick up. Again, I really enjoy what you continue to do and really hope the BookTube Prize continues indefinitely. I would like to judge again in the future, but if I were to decide today, it will likely not be in 2025. Thank you for sharing and for keeping such an amazing book prize going! -Josh

[@BookTubePrize]

Thanks, Josh!

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

Excited to see the winners even though my favourite two novels didn't get a medal alas. But I have read some wonderful books along the way this year.

[@myreadinglife8816]

Totally forgot about this! Bummed I didn’t watch it live with everyone! 😢

[@BookTubePrize]

You're forgiven! 😂

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

I was stuck on a bus at the wrong moment and missed the live show too. I was sorry not to get the chatter.

[@LauraRodriguez-Peace]

Thank you for all of your hard work, Robert! (Much appreciation to all of the BookTube Prize judges. Yay!) ☮️🩵📚

[@ThomasFranklin-i5c]

good video

[@awebofstories]

Yay! King!

[@anjascrazywonderland]

I have to say that was a wild ride and I thought that Wellness would win, but I will give the winner a chance.

[@BookTubePrize]

The Bee Sting and Wellness were separated by a single ranking point. A virtual tie.

[@anjascrazywonderland]

@@BookTubePrize - wow. Thank‘s for sharing this information.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

Hello every one. I say King for nonfiction and North Woods for fiction.

[@stalkingkafka]

North Woods didn't make it into the top 3 and I'm surprised! I loved it.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

@@stalkingkafka I’m surprised too. Maybe not traditional enough storytelling for enough readers.

[@MsPixieD]

I'm still Team North Woods!

[@judybrown1624]

I predict the fiction was very tight 1-6. I think The Bee Sting wins. I think Wellness should win.

[@kararoche6361]

1st North Woods, 2nd Wellness, 3rd The Bee Sting

[@stalkingkafka]

I loved Wellness too!

[@judybrown1624]

@@stalkingkafka I did well with my prediction!

[@BookTubePrize]

1st and 2nd were separated by a single ranking point... Our closest result ever.

[@kararoche6361]

I'm crushed about North Woods. Surprised by Tom Lake. Sorry.

[@gaylep4404]

Agree -- I loved North Woods.. I was disappointed in The Bee Sting.

[@marlab1072]

@@gaylep4404 North Woods was my top book.

[@NovelFindsByKassi]

This is a Misophoniac's worst nightmare. : (

[@BookTubePrize]

Your comment would be far more helpful if you explained why instead of just registering a vague complaint. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@NovelFindsByKassi]

@@BookTubePrize I apologize; I wasn't exactly complaining though. I have autism and I'm not the best at expressing mysef. There are small noises throughout that sound like they are made by the mouth that can be very stressful for people who have misophonia. It's not meant as a criticism, though.The people I know who have misophonia and are able to identify their auditory triggers know it's not the person's fault, but it's the perception of those noises that affect us and stress us out. I was merely pointing out that there are tiny noises throughout that may trigger sensitivities for those who have misophonia. I mean it only as a warning and not as a criticism. Aside from this recording, certain noises like chewing noises are often triggers for misophonia. These noises are what people make dailty in their effort to live. It's a noise that everyone makes at one point or another. However, some people with misophonia cannot tolerate the stress this brings. It's not on that person to cease eating to appease the person with misophonia, though. It's the person with misophonia to take precautions, like with ear devices like Calmer Ear plugs (what I personally use), to help control the amount of noise that is registered so everyone can live in harmony and tolerance can be had by all. I didn't mean to cause distress or appear negative. I just wanted to give a general warning to those who might have the same response as I did. My calmer ear plugs made the experience a wonderful one and I greately appreciate the care and effort that you put into curating this list and finding out which were the stand-outs of the entire group. I adore literature and found this video helpful in pointing me in the direction of more books to read that I should love as so many of the ones listed were ones I've enjoyed greatly over the past 12 months.

[@allenmahan9393]

_Master Slave Husband Wife_ best nonfiction 🎉

[@BookChats]

Really? I thought there were multiple better books in the finals BUT maybe I'm missing something. What did you love about it?

[@allenmahan9393]

​​@@BookChatsHow the narrative read like a novel (for one).

[@BookChats]

@@allenmahan9393 that's narrative nonfiction for you. It was hardly the only book this year in that style.

[@lisettefonder1566]

I cNnot believe thhat James and the Matrix didn’t even mKe the list.

[@BookTubePrize]

James is eligible for NEXT year's prize. Our eligibility is determined by the publication date. A book published in 2024 is considered for the 2025 prize. For Matrix, do you mean the Lauren Groff novel? That was published in 2021 and was in our field in 2022.

[@anjascrazywonderland]

Thanks Robert for your organization and work. It‘s a pleasure to help/judge