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The Coffee Pot Book Club
Historical Fiction Book of the Year Awards 2024

* Categories & Winners *

ANCIENT WORLD

Gold Medal

Venator
(Roman Equestrian, Book 1)
by A. M. Swink

Silver Medal

Exsilium
(A Roma Nova Novel)
by Alison Morton

Bronze Medal

Apollo's Raven
(Curse of Clansmen and Kings, Book 1)
by Linnea Tanner

Honourable Mention
Imperatrix
(Nero and Sporus Trilogy, Book 2)
by S. P. Somtow

MEDIEVAL (500s-1400s)

Gold Medal
Oscar's Tale

by Chris Bishop

Silver Medal

Children's Fate

(The Meonbridge Chronicles, Book 4)

by Carolyn Hughes

Bronze Medal

The Agincourt King
(The Plantagenet Legacy, Book 5)
by Mercedes Rochelle

Honourable Mention

Their Castilian Orphan

(The Castilian Saga, Book 4)

by Anna Belfrage

Honourable Mention
Riddle of the Gods
(Olaf's Saga, Book 4)
by Eric Schumacher

Honourable Mention
The Falconer's Apprentice
by Malve von Hassell

RENAISSANCE

Gold Medal

The Pirate's Physician

(Sea and Stone Chronicles, Companion Novella)

by Amy Maroney

Silver Medal

Turning the World to Stone:

The Life of Caterina Sforza Part Two (1488 to 1509)

by Kelly Evans

Bronze Medal

Return to the Eyrie

(Medieval Hungary Series, Book 2)

by Katerina Dunne

Honourable Mention
The Bastard Prince of Versailles

by Will Bashor

THE TUDORS & THE STUARTS

Gold Medal

The King's Intelligencer

Discovering the Missing Princes in the Tower

by Elizabeth St.John

Silver Medal

A Matter of Time

(The Henrician Chronicle, Book 3)

by Judith Arnopp

Bronze Medal

The Dartington Bride

by Rosemary Griggs

Honourable Mention
The Queen's Avenger

by Anna Legat

Honourable Mention
A Splendid Defiance

by Stella Riley

ENLIGHTENMENT (1600s-1800s)

Gold Medal

Her Own War

(Château de Verzat, Book 3)

by Debra Borchert

Silver Medal

Novice Threads

(Silver Sampler Series, Book 1)

by Nancy Jardine

Bronze Medal

The Curse of Maiden Scars

(Maiden, Mother, Crone, Book 1)

by Nicolette Croft

Honourable Mention
The Sand Vines

(The Sand Vines, Book 1)

by Michèle Callard

AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION

Gold Medal

Until Time Erases You

by David Gordon

Silver Medal

Jessie

by Barry G. Campbell

Bronze Medal

Tigers in Blue

(Shire's Union, Book 3)

by Richard Buxton

Honourable Mention

Bandy

by Craig R. Hipkins

Honourable Mention

Rolling Home

Ghosts along the Oregon Trail

by David Fitz-Gerald

Honourable Mention

Anywhere but Schuylkill

by Michael Dunn

WESTWARD EXPANSION (NORTH AMERICA)

Gold Medal

West of Santillane

by Brook Allen

Silver Medal

Rolling Home

(Ghosts along the Oregon Trail, Book 5)

by David Fitz-Gerald

Bronze Medal

Yellow Bird's Song

by Heather Miller

Honourable Mention

A Grave Every Mile

(Ghosts along the Oregon Trail, Book 1)

by David Fitz-Gerald

Honourable Mention

Snarling Wolf

(Ghosts along the Oregon Trail, Book 4)

by David Fitz-Gerald

20th CENTURY HISTORICAL FICTION

Gold Medal

Searching for Van Gogh

by Donald Lystra

Silver Medal

Stumbling Stones

by Bonnie Suchman

Bronze Medal

Operation Tulip

by Deborah Swift

Honourable Mention

Beautiful Ghost

by Milana Marsenich

Honourable Mention

Tatae's Promise

by Sherry Maysonave & Moises J. Goldman

Honourable Mention

The Witch of the Breton Woods

by Jennifer Ivy Walker

HISTORICAL LITERARY FICTION

Gold Medal

Tatae's Promise

by Sherry Maysonave & Moises J. Goldman

Silver Medal

The Dream Collector: Sabrine and Vincent van Gogh

(The Dream Collector, Book 2)

by R.w. Meek

Bronze Medal

Senlac

(A Novel of the Norman Conquest of England, Book One)

by Julian de la Motte

Honourable Mention

The Mark of the Salamander

(The Island of Angels, Book 1)

by Justin Newland

HISTORICAL WOMEN'S FICTION

Gold Medal

Novice Threads
(Silver Sampler Series, Book 1)

by Nancy Jardine

Silver Medal

Amid the Oncoming Storm

(The Irish Fortune Series, Book 3)

by Juliane Weber

Bronze Medal
Miss del Río

by Bárbara Mujica

Honourable Mention

The Loose Thread

(Three Sisters, Book 1)

by Liz Harris

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Gold Medal

Amid the Oncoming Storm

(The Irish Fortune Series, Book 3)

by Juliane Weber

Silver Medal

Their Castilian Orphan

(The Castilian Saga, Book 4)

by Anna Belfrage

Bronze Medal

A Rose in the Blitz

(Sisters at War)

by Ann Bennett

Honourable Mention

The Trail to Crooked Creek

(Crooked Creek, Book 3)

by MK McClintock

Honourable Mention

Twelfth Cake House

(Heartwarming Christmas, Book 5)

by Heidi Eljarbo

Honourable Mention

The Witch of the Breton Woods

by Jennifer Ivy Walker

Honourable Mention

The Prince's Darling

(The Stuart Monarch Series, Book 3)

by Tonya Ulynn Brown

HISTORICAL MYSTERY & CRIME

Gold Medal

Sleight of Hand

(The Alewives of Colmar, Book 2)

by Elizabeth R. Andersen

Silver Medal

The Signare of Gorée

by Laura Rahme

Bronze Medal

Twelve Nights

by Penny Ingham

Honourable Mention

Murder on West Main

(A South Shore Mystery, Book 2)

by I. M. Foster

Honourable Mention

Millie's Escape

(Hartford Manor Series, Book 4)

by Marcia Clayton

TIME TRAVEL / TIME-SLIP / DUAL-TIMELINE FICTION

Gold Medal

Trouble in Assisi

(Fabiola Bennett Mysteries, Book 2)

by Heidi Eljarbo

Silver Medal

The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu

by Ann Bennett

Bronze Medal

The Dragon Tree

(Dr DuLac Series)

by Julia Ibbotson

ALTERNATIVE HISTORICAL FICTION / HISTORICAL FANTASY

Gold Medal

Oaths of Blood

(The Oaths of Blood Saga, Book 1)

by Logan D. Irons

Silver Medal

Conquist

by Dirk Strasser

HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGIES

Gold Medal

Feisty Deeds

Historical Fictions of Daring Women

by Debra Borchert, Julie Mayerson Brown, Teri M. Brown,
Julia María Schiavone Camacho, Elisabeth Carson-Williams,

Valerie Chalker, Joan Fernandez, Beth Anne Hill, Kim Gottlieb-Walker,

Dawn W. Hogan, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Della Leavitt,

Raquel Y. Levitt, Christy Matheson, Barbara Buckley Ristine,

Suzanne Samuels, Elaine Aucoin Schroller, Kay Smith-Blum,

Kimberly Sullivan, Ashley E. Sweeney, Nina Wachsman,

Patty W. Warren, and Marie W. Watts.

Silver Medal

Historical Stories of Exile

by Helen Hollick & Friends

Bronze Medal

A Home for Christmas

by MK McClintock

Honourable Mention

London Tales

by Tim Walker

HISTORICAL NON-FICTION

Gold Medal
How to Dress like a Tudor

by Judith Arnopp

Silver Medal

The Royal Women who made England

by MJ Porter

Bronze Medal

A Most Unsettled Man

by Lily Style

HISTORICAL AUDIOBOOKS

Gold Medal
Fortune's Wheel

(The Meonbridge Chronicles, Book #1)

by Carolyn Hughes

Silver Medal
The Curse of Maiden Scars

(Maiden, Mother, Crone Trilogy, Book 1)

by Nicolette Croft

Many congratulations to all!

We want to thank all authors who have booked blog tours, editorial reviews, book spotlights, or entry into the book awards this year.

Your books are all amazing. Celebrate them!

And lastly, a big *Thank You* goes to our fabulous Friends of the Coffee Pot Book Club!