2017 RT Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees

RT Book Reviews has announced their 2017 Reviewers’ Choice Award nominees. Nominees are announced in many categories including Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal. You can view all of the categories here. Winners will be announced at the 2018 RT Booklovers Convention in Reno, NV.


SCI-FI/FANTASY

Sci-Fi Novel

• A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager)
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com)
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager) (also nominated for RT Book of the Year)
• Tomorrow’s Kin by Nancy Kress (Tor Books)
• Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager)
• The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)

Fantasy Novel

• Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com)
• Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys (Tor.com)
• Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan (Tor Books)
• The Long Past & Other Stories by Ginn Hale (Blind Eye Books)

Epic Fantasy Novel

• Death’s Mistress by Terry Goodkind (Tor Books)
• The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher (Tor Books)
• The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams (DAW)
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

Fantasy Adventure

• Heartstone by Elle Katharine White (Harper Voyager)
• The Sapphire Manticore by Marie Andreas (Maria Andreas)
• Ruins & Revenge by Lisa Shearin (NLA Digital LLC)
• The Dreamer’s Song by Lynn Kurland (Berkley)

PARANORMAL/URBAN FANTASY

Urban Fantasy Novel

• The Ghoul Vendetta by Lisa Shearin (Ace)
• Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Blackmoore (DAW)
• Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
• Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn (DAW)
• White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland (DAW)
• All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault by James Alan Gardner (Tor Books)

Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding

• Battle Hill Bolero by Daniel José Older (Ace)
• Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (Roc)
• Bound by Benedict Jacka (Ace)
• Blade Bound by Chloe Neill (Berkley)
• Snared by Jennifer Estep (Pocket Books)

Indie Press/Self-Pub Urban Fantasy

• Blue Blooded by Amanda Carlson
• A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron
• Godkiller by Colleen Vanderlinden
• Volatile Bonds by Jaye Wells
• Midnight Labyrinth by Elizabeth Hunter

Paranormal Romance

• Thirst by Jacquelyn Frank (Loveswept)
• Bound Together by Christine Feehan (Berkley)
• Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost (Avon)
• Red Wolf by Jennifer Ashley (Berkley)
• Wildfire by Ilona Andrews (Avon)
• Booke of the Hidden by Jeri Westerson (Diversion Publishing)

Paranormal Worldbuilding

• The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston (Kensington)
• Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole (Gallery Books)
• Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Berkley)
• The Demon Prince by Ann Aguirre (Ann/Aguirre)

Fantasy Romance

• Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet (Sourcebooks Casablanca)
• Wardance by Elizabeth Vaughan (Birch Cove Press)
• The Sea King by C.L. Wilson (Avon)
• Heart Sight by Robin D. Owens (Berkley)
• The Kingpin of Camelot by Cassandra Gannon (Star Turtle Publishing)

Futuristic Romance

• Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press)
• One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Create Space)
• Sky Raiders by Michelle Diener (Eclipse)

YOUNG ADULT

Young Adult Fantasy

• Caraval by Stephanie Garber (Flatiron Books)
• Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Reader)
• A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury USA Childrens)
• Shimmer and Burn by Mary Taranta (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
• One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake (HarperTeen)
• Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)

Young Adult Paranormal/SF

• Freeks by Amanda Hocking (St. Martin's Griffin)
• Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab (Greenwillow Books)
• Loved by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (Blackstone Publishing)
• Body Parts by Jessica Kapp (Diversion Publishing)
• The Mortician’s Daughter: One Foot in the Grave by C.C. Hunter (EverAfter Romance)

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Paranormal Romantic Suspense

• Stormchaser by Cherry Adair (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
• Her True Match by Paige Tyler (Sourcebooks Casablanca)
• Twisted Truths by Rebecca Zannetti (Forever)