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 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 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 |
The public is invited to select the winners from these lists of finalists by voting anytime between June 1 and July 15, 2025. Vote online at https://lvafoundation.org/peopleschoiceawards.
Winners will be announced at the 28th Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration, the Commonwealth’s biggest night honoring its authors and their stories, on Sept. 20, 2025.