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The Coffee Pot Book Club
Book of the Year Awards 2025

* Categories & Winners *

ANCIENT WORLD

Gold Medal

The Bronze Door
(The Cyrenian Trilogy, Book 2)
by Karin Ciholas

Silver Medal

Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City
by Janet Tamaren

Bronze Medal

The Walls of Rome
(The Histories of Sphax, Book 1)
by Robert M. Kidd

Honourable Mention
New Star
(The Magi's Encounters, Book 1)
by Lana Christian

EARLY MEDIEVAL (500s-900s)

Gold Medal
The Saxon Sword

(The Song of Artemis, Book 1)

by Laura Gwendolyn Hill

Silver Medal

The Wanderer and the Way

(Cuthbert's People, Book 4)

by G. M. Baker

HIGH MEDIEVAL (1000s-1200s)

Gold Medal
Ravens Hill

(The Atheling Chronicles, Book 5)

by Garth Pettersen

Silver Medal

The Will of God

by Julian De La Motte

Bronze Medal

The Price of Loyalty: Serving Adela of Blois
by Malve von Hassell

Honourable Mention

Sword Brethren

by Jon Byrne

Honourable Mention

The Welsh Warrior's Inheritance

(Welsh Warrior, Book 2)

by Arianwen Nunn

LATE MEDIEVAL (1300s-1400s)

Gold Medal

Sister Rosa's Rebellion

(The Meonbridge Chronicles, Book 6)

by Carolyn Hughes

Silver Medal

The Tale of the English Templar

by Helena P. Schrader

Bronze Medal

The Usurper King

(The Plantagenet Legacy, Book 3)

by Mercedes Rochelle

Honourable Mention

The Traitor's Son

by Wendy Johnson

Honourable Mention

The Herb Knot

by Jane Loftus

RENAISSANCE

Gold Medal

Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles

by Peggy Joque Williams

Silver Medal

The Painter from Seville

by Sonya van de Graaff

Bronze Medal

Inês

(Queens of Portugal Trilogy, Book 1)

by Catherine Mathis

THE TUDORS & THE STUARTS

Gold Medal

The Fugitive's Sword

(Lord's Learning, Book 1)

by Eleanor Swift-Hook

Silver Medal

Mistress of Dartington Hall

(Daughters of Devon, Book 3)

by Rosemary Griggs

Joint Bronze Medal

Nothing Proved

by Janet Wertman

Joint Bronze Medal

Lady of the Quay

by Amanda Roberts

Honourable Mention
Bess: Tudor Gentlewoman

by Tony Riches

Honourable Mention
The Midnight of Eights

by Justin Newland

ENLIGHTENMENT (1600s-1800s)

Gold Medal

The Wrecker's Daughter

by G. M. Baker

Silver Medal

The Ballad of Mary Kearney

by Katherine Mezzacappa

Bronze Medal

Lord Frederick's Return

by Catherine Kullmann

AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION

Gold Medal

Tangled in Water

by Pam Records

Silver Medal

Water Music: A Cape Cod Story

by Marcia Peck

Bronze Medal

Unspoken: A Dust Novel

(The Dust Series, Book 1)

by Jann Alexander

WESTWARD EXPANSION (NORTH AMERICA)

Gold Medal

No Good Deeds

by E.J. McKenna

Silver Medal

The Blood of Others

by Charity Eleson

Bronze Medal

Time Enough

by Lise Mayne

20th CENTURY HISTORICAL FICTION

Gold Medal

Last Train to Freedom

by Deborah Swift

Silver Medal

Lenswoman in Love: a novel of the 1960s and 1970s

by Kim Gottlieb-Walker

Bronze Medal

The Came the Summer Snow

by Trisha Pritikin

Honourable Mention

Cold Victory: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift

(Bridge to Tomorrow, Book 3)

by Helena P. Schrader

HISTORICAL LITERARY FICTION

Gold Medal

Marianne: A Sense and Sensibility Sequel

(Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)

by Alice McVeigh

Silver Medal

If Crows Could Talk

by Debz Hobbs-Wyatt

Bronze Medal

Portait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw

by Roberta Harold

HISTORICAL WOMEN'S FICTION

Gold Medal

Luminous: The Story of a Radium Girl

by Samantha Wilcoxson

Silver Medal

Shades of Yellow

by Wendy J. Dunn

Joint Bronze Medal
White Feathers

by Susan Lanigan

Joint Bronze Medal
A Woman Scorned

(Hartford Manor Series, Book 5)

by Marcia Clayton

HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION

Gold Medal

Lady of Lincoln: A Novel of Nicola de la Haye,
the Medieval Heroine History Tried to Forget

(The Nicola de la Haye Series, Book 1)

by Rachel Elwiss Joyce

Silver Medal

Marguerite: Hell Hath No Fury!: The Story of Marguerite of Anjou

by Judith Arnopp

Bronze Medal

Harold The King
(You Are The Chosen King, US title)

by Helen Hollick

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Gold Medal

A Scottish Shield Maiden

by Heide Middlebrook

Silver Medal

Lord Frederick's Return: A Regency Novel

by Catherine Kullmann

Bronze Medal

A Red Lion's Alliances

(Kellsey Isle's Clans, Book 2)

by Heide Middlebrook

Honourable Mention

A Highlander's Healer

(Kellsey Isle's Clans, Book 1)

by Heide Middlebrook

HISTORICAL MYSTERY & CRIME

Gold Medal

A Mischief of Murder

(Jan Christopher Mysteries, Book 6)

by Helen Hollick

Silver Medal

Death and the Poet

(The Publius Ovidius Mysteries, Book 2)

by Fiona Forsyth

Bronze Medal

Murder in the Garden of Enchantment: The Constantinople Diaries

(A Madame Theodosia Mystery, Book 1)

by Kathryn Gauci

HISTORICAL SAGA & FAMILY SAGA

Gold Medal

Betsey

(Hartford Manor Series, Prequel)

by Marcia Clayton

Silver Medal

The Mazzard Tree

(Hartford Manor Series, Book 1)

by Marcia Clayton

Bronze Medal

Tailored Truths

(Silver Sampler Series, Book 2)

by Nancy Jardine

TIME TRAVEL / TIME-SLIP / DUAL-TIMELINE FICTION

Gold Medal

Shades of Yellow

by Wendy J. Dunn

Silver Medal

The Dutch Muse

(A Fabiola Bennett Mystery, Book 4)

by Heidi Eljarbo

Joint Bronze Medal

Daughter of Mercia: A haunting Anglo-Saxon dual time novel

(Dr Anna Petersen Medieval Mysteries Series, Book 1)

by Julia Ibbotson

Joint Bronze Medal

The Cross of Ciaran

(The Cross of Ciaran Series, Book 1)

by Andrea Matthews

Honourable Mention

The Paris Portrait

(A Fabiola Bennett Mystery, Book 3)

by Heidi Eljarbo

ALTERNATIVE HISTORICAL FICTION / HISTORICAL FANTASY

Gold Medal

Sands of Bone

(The Oaths of Blood Saga, Book 2)

by Logan D. Irons

Silver Medal

Vengeance of the Vanished Ones

(A Dr Marcos Andersson Adventure, Book 1)

by Lee Orlich Bertram

Bronze Medal

Boy with Wings

by Mark Mustian

HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGIES & COLLECTIONS

Gold Medal

Scents of Lavender: Queer Love Through the Ages --in Verse

by D. C. Wilkinson

Silver Medal

Fate: Tales of History, Mystery, and Magic

by Annie Whitehead

Jean Gill

Marian L Thorpe

Helen Hollick

Alison Morton

Elizabeth St.John

R. Marsden

Anna Belfrage

J. P Reedman

Debbie Young

With an introduction by Cathie Dunn

and endword by Helen Hollick.

Bronze Medal

Falling Pomegranate Seeds Duology

by Wendy J. Dunn

HISTORICAL NON-FICTION

Gold Medal
Ghost Encounters: The Lingering Spirits of North Devon

by Helen Hollick, with Kathy Hollick

HISTORICAL AUDIOBOOKS

Gold Medal
A Woman's Lot

(The Meonbridge Chronicles, Book #2)

by Carolyn Hughes

Silver Medal
Dagger's Destiny

(Curse of Clansmen and Kings, Book 2)

by Linnea Tanner

Bronze Medal
London Tales

(Short Stories)

by Tim Walker

Honourable Mention
Apollo's Raven

(Curse of Clansmen and Kings, Book 1)

by Linnea Tanner

Many congratulations to everyone! 👏🥂

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