Bookish Awards 2021
My reading this year has been quite a bit different from my previous few. I’ve just finished my first year of university, so I’ve honestly been so incredibly busy and just so damn tired. I still read just as much, but most of it was legal essays, articles, textbooks, etc. for my classes.
Between all that, I haven’t read a single book in my personal life that was non-fiction or poetry. The idea was honestly exhausting in itself. Reading for me this year was mostly books with a low emotional weight - cutesy romance, goofy fantasy. Still, in between everything I managed to read some incredible books.
Author of the Year
Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric’s Demon)
Oscar Wilde (The Portrait of Dorian Gray)
Tim Winton (Breath)
Abby Jimenez (The Friend Zone)
Nora Roberts (Naked In Death)
Winner: Lois McMaster Bujold
Leading Lady of the Year
Rosie Gennaro (The Place on Dalhousie)
Desdemona (Penric’s Demon)
Nikys Arisaydia (Penric’s Mission)
Rabbit (The Empress of Salt and Fortune)
Inej (Six of Crows)
Winner: Rabbit
Male Lead of the Year
Pikelet (Breath)
Penric kin Jurald (Penric’s Demon)
Carrot Ironfoundersson (Guards! Guards!)
Captain Samuel Vimes (Guards! Guards!)
Winner: Penric
Minor Character of the Year
Basil Hallward (The Portrait of Dorian Grey)
Adelis Arisaydia (Penric’s Mission)
Havelock Vetinari (Guards! Guards!)
Sybil Ramkin (Guards! Guards!)
Sukai (The Empress of Salt and Fortune)
Colm Fahey (Crooked Kingdom)
Maximilian Morrel (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Winner: Havelock Vetinari
Villain of the Year
Dorian Grey (The Portrait of Dorian Grey)
Hill House (The Haunting of Hill House)
Joe Goldberg (You by Caroline Kepnes)
Jarl Brum (Six of Crows)
Winner: Hill House
Ship of the Year
Kristen and Josh (The Friend Zone)
Rosie and Jimmy (The Place on Dalhousie)
Penric and Nikys (Penric’s Misson)
Lucy and Josh (The Hating Game)
Amber and Jim Bonner (Nobody's Baby But Mine)
Maximilian Morrel and Valentine Villefort (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Winner: Penric and Nikys
Contemporary of the Year
Breath (Tim Winton)
The Place on Dalhousie (Melina Marchetta)
Winner: Breath
Romance of the Year
The Friend Zone (Abby Jimenez)
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Kerrelyn Sparks)
Strawberries for Dessert (Marie Sexton)
A Touch of Darkness (Scarlett St. Clair)
Strong Enough (Melanie Harlow & David Romanov)
The Pride of Jared MacKade (Nora Roberts)
Naked in Death (Nora Roberts)
The Hating Game (Sally Thorne)
How the Hitman Stole Christmas (Sam Mariano)
Nobody's Baby But Mine (Susan Elizabeth Phillips)
Winner: The Hating Game
Fantasy of the Year
Penric’s Demon (Lois McMaster Bujold)
The Curse of Chalion (Lois McMaster Bujold)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Nghi Vo)
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Winner: Penric’s Demon
Classic of the Year
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
Winner: The Haunting of Hill House
Book of the Year
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
Breath (Tim Winton)
The Place on Dalhousie (Melina Marchetta)
Penric’s Demon (Lois McMaster Bujold)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Nghi Vo)
Strong Enough (Melanie Harlow & David Romanov)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
The Hating Game (Sally Thorne)
Winner: Penric’s Demon