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. (Voting for the 2023 winners has closed.)

The 2022 winners for the People's Choice Awards were Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson for the fiction category and The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II by Mari K. Eder in the nonfiction category.

2023 Fiction People's Choice Finalists

The 2023 fiction finalists for the People's Choice Awards are:

Title and Author
They Come at Knight Yasmin Angoe
Clive Cussler: The Sea Wolves Jack Du Brul
The Displacements Bruce Holsinger
Demon Copperhead  Barbara Kingsolver
Must Love Books Shauna Robinson


2023 Non-fiction People's Choice Finalists

The 2023 nonfiction finalists for the People's Choice Awards are:

Title and Author
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown Taylor Harris
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, The Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire Jonathan Katz
Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America Dahlia Lithwick
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis Beth Macy
Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders Kathryn Miles




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