Annual People's Choice Awards


The Library of Virginia established the People's Choice Awards in 2004 to give readers an opportunity to share their enthusiasm for favorite works by Virginia authors and on Virginia topics. Finalists for the People's Choice Awards are selected from the books nominated for the annual Virginia Literary Awards. The People's Choice winners are selected by readers through a secure online voting portal.

2025 Fiction People's Choice Finalists

2025 People’s Choice Awards Fiction Finalists

Author Title
Danielle Allen Curvy Girl Summer
Yasmin Angoe Not What She Seems
David Baldacci A Calamity of Souls
Isabel Banta Honey
Alex Finlay If Something Happens To Me

2025 Non-fiction People's Choice Finalists

2025 People’s Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalists

Author Title
Alan Pell Crawford This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South
Evan Friss The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Erika Howsare The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship With Our Wild Neighbors
Heath Hardage Lee The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady
Earl Swift Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery

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