Action/Adventure; Addiction & Recovery; Adult Coloring Books; African American Fiction; African American Nonfiction; Aging; Alternative Medicine; Animals; Animals/Pets; Anthology; Apocalyptic Fiction; Art Book; Arts & Entertainment; Audiobook, Autobiography;

Beauty; Bilingual Dual Language; Biographical Fiction; Biography/General; Biography/Historical; Book Cover Design/Fiction; Book Cover Design/Nonfiction; Book Interior Design Fiction; Book Interior Design Nonfiction; Bullying; Business/General; Business/Entrepreneurship & Small Business; Business/Motivational;

Cancer; Career; Caregiving; Chapter Books; Children’s Book Categories; Chick-Lit; Christian Fiction; Christian Nonfiction; Cli-Fi; Coaching; Coffee Table Book; Comedy; Comics and Graphic Novels; Coming of Age; Computer; Contemporary Novel; Cookbooks/General; Cookbooks/International; Cookbooks/Regional; COVID; Cozy Mystery; Crafts-Hobbies; Crime Fiction; Crime Fiction/Hardboiled; Crime/True; Cross Genre; Current Events;

Death & Dying; Diet & Nutrition; Diversity; Divorce; Dreams/Dreaming; Dystopian; Education; Entertainment; Environment; Epic; Fantasy; Fantasy Dark; Fashion; Fiction; Finance; Fine Arts; Fitness; Flash Fiction; Foodie Romance; Friendship; Gift Books; Green; Grief; Guide Book; Health/Wellness; Healthcare; Historical Fiction; Historical Nonfiction; History/World; History/United States; Holiday; Holocaust; Home & Garden; Horror; How-to; Humor;

Illustration Adults; Illustration General; Inspiration; LGBTQ Fiction; LGBTQ Nonfiction; Leadership; Legal Thriller; Literary Fiction;

Magical Realism; Marketing & Public Relations; Marriage; Medical; Medical Thriller; Memoir; Mental Health; Men’s Health; Military Fiction; Military Nonfiction; Mind/Body/Spirit; Miscellaneous; Motivational; Movies and Television; Multicultural-Fiction; Multicultural-Non-Fiction; Music; Mystery; Mythology

Narrative Nonfiction; Nature; Neurodiversity; New Adult Fiction; New Adult Nonfiction; New Fiction (First time published); New Nonfiction (First time published); Nonfiction; Noir Fiction; Nostalgia; Novella

Paranormal; Parenting & Family; Performing Arts/Film, Theater, Dance & Music; Personal Growth; Philosophy; Photography; Plays; Picture Books All Ages; Poetry; Political; Political Thriller; Pop Culture Fiction; Pop Culture Nonfiction; Post-Apocalyptic Fiction; Pregnancy & Childbirth; Psychiatry/Psychology; Public Relations

Reference; Relationships; Religion/Fiction; Religion/Nonfiction; Romance; Romantic Comedy; Romantic Suspense; Sales & Marketing; Science Fiction; Screenplay; Self Help/ General; Self Help/Motivational; Senior Topics; Series; Sexuality; Short Stories; Small Books; Social/Political Change; Social Media; Southern Fiction; Southern Noir; Spanish; Special Needs; Specialty Books; Speculative Fiction; Spiritualism; Spiritual/Spirituality; Sports; Steampunk; Summer Beach Read; Supernatural; Suspense;

Technology; Thriller; Time Travel; Travel; Urban Fantasy; Visionary Fiction; War Fiction; War Nonfiction; Weird Book Genre; Well-Being; Western Fiction; Western Nonfiction; Women’s Fiction; Women’s Issues; Women’s Health; Writing/Publishing; Young Adult Fiction; Young Adult Nonfiction; Young Author – written by under age 25; Young Author – written by teenage 13-18; Young Author – written by age 12 and under

QUIRKY CATEGORIES

Best Author Bio Award – Best Book Club Pick Award – Best Back Cover Award – Best Book Title Award – Best Book Trailer Award – Best Chapter Titles Award – Best Food Descriptions Award – Best for Provoking Philosophical Discussions Award – Best for Reading Aloud Award – Most Unusual Setting Award – Best Plot Twist Award – Best Unconventional Love Story Award – Favorite Book Title to Say Out Loud Award – Best Use of Poetry in a Novel Award – Best to Read on a Rainy Day Award – Book that Feels Like a Work of Art Award – Most Unforgettable Opening Line Award – Most Heartwarming Award – Most Likely to Inspire a Sequel Award – Most Quotable Book Award – Most Likely to Make You Cry Award – Most Misleading Title Award – Quirkiest Character Names Award – Most Unlikely Bestseller Award

 

Children, Juvenile, Pre-teen, Teen book Categories

Adventure – Animals/Pets – Bedtime – Best Cover Design-Fiction – Best Cover Design-Nonfiction – Bilingual – Biography – Board Book – Book Cover Design/Fiction – Book Cover Design/Nonfiction – Book Interior Design Fiction – Book Interior Design Nonfiction – Chapter Book – Children’s Literature – Christian Fiction – Christian Nonfiction – Cookbook – Cross-genre – Diversity – Dual Language – Educational – Early Readers 5-8 –  Environment

Fable – Fairy Tale – Fantasy – Farm Life – Fiction – Folklore – Graphic Novel – Grief/Death – Health/Mental Health – Historical Fiction – Historical Nonfiction – Holiday – How To – Humor – Illustration – Interactive –  Inspirational/Motivational – Juvenile Fiction – Juvenile Nonfiction – LGBTQ Fiction – LGBTQ Nonfiction – Multicultural – Multigenerational – Mystery – Nature – Nonfiction

Picture Books Ages 4-8 – Picture Book – Poetry – Pre-School Ages 2-4 – Pre-Teen Fiction – Pre-Teen Nonfiction – Realistic Fiction – Religious – Science Fiction – Special Needs – Sports – Teen – Travel – Young Author written by teenage 13-18 – Young Author written by age 12 and under

Are we missing any categories? If so, let us know. Email pr@speakuptalkradio.com

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