Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

October ~ ‘Winners' Circle’ ~ read a book that has won an award . . . tell us which award and which year!

(the yearly tracker can be found here)

(And note to our friends who enjoy mysterious, suspenseful reads, our unofficial 'Spooky Season' challenge will be returning for October, and I will post the thread in a few days.)

I plan on reading As Sure as the Sea , which won the 2025 Christy Award for Historical Romance.

I'm hoping to get to:
10-2-26
ACFW Carol Award for Historical Romance 2021


Carol Award Finalist for Historical Romance (2024)


Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers' Favorite Mystery & Thriller 2023

I plan to read
Carol Award Finalist 2026
Selah Winner 2026

I’m in please.

YES! This is my kind of challenge for sure. I'm in!

None of these are Christian Fiction
Patrick Radden Keefe is shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (winner announced on November 4, 2026) and named a finalist for Barnes & Noble Book of the Year.

Longlisted for 2026 Booker

I'm in but not sure what I'll read yet.

I’m in!
Any suggestions on the easiest way to find out if a book has won awards? Internet search? Since I read ebooks almost exclusively I often don’t see the jackets where “award winner” might be advertised.

A Light on the Hill by Connilyn Cossette
(10/24/26)
ACFW Carol Award for Historical Romance - 2019

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
(10/30/26)
Newberry Medal Nominee - 1945

You can do a search of each award's most recent winners on their website (the ACFW awards, the Christies, etc), or if there is a specific book you're wondering about, the GR page will often have any awards won listed in the book info.
Probably the easiest way to find an award winner would be to go to the section in our own CFD threads for award winners that Staci so carefully moderates for us each awards season.
HTH!

Lynnette wrote: "I’m in!
Any suggestions on the easiest way to find out if a book has won awards? Internet search? Since I read ebooks almost exclusively I often don’t see the jackets where “award winner” might be..."

Thank you, Kate. I did skim through a few of Staci’s awards posts to see if any of the books I had planned were there. I knew I could find some good options there. I will go back and take a closer look once I have a little more time. I was mostly curious about specific books I’ll be reading for my other challenges and checking to see if any of them had possibly won any awards.

I think this is a fun new challenge.

I'm in. Will check the CFD threads for award winners. Of those already listed, Dark Design grabs my attention.
Selah Winner 2026 10/4

Love the interest in award books! Here's the link to the thread in our group:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Some books have award designations in their Goodreads descriptions but sadly it's more rare than common from what I've seen.

Happy award reading all!

I listened to . A 2003 RITA award nominee for Inspirational Romance.

I just finished reading this one to my 4th grade class. It's one of my favorites. It won the Newbery Award in 1945.

Great job, ladies!

I finished . A Newbery Medal nominee 1938.

I read:
(Caldecott Honor book 2021)

Hats off Michelle and Bonny!

Finished (10/14/26) - 2026 Selah Award for Romantic Suspense and 2026 Carol Award for Short Novel

Great job, y'all!

I'll check to see if I have any on my TBR shelf

finished Dark Design Selah Winner for Mystery/Suspense 2nd place 2026 read 17 October 2026

Nicely done Karen and Jackie!

@Karen, I enjoyed that novel too.

@Jackie, I've heard great things about Dark Design.

Staci wrote: "Nicely done Karen and Jackie!

@Karen, I enjoyed that novel too.

@Jackie, I've heard great things about Dark Design."

Yes, it was a great read.

I read this one to my class. It was published in the 1940s but it still feels very relevant! And the kids loved it. It won the Newberry Award in 1945.

finished Hearts in Circulation Carol Award Finalist 2026 read 18 October 2026

finished As Sure as the Sea Christy Award Winner for Historical Romance 2025 read 19 October 2026

I finished 10-2-26
ACFW Carol Award for Historical Romance 2021

Great job, all!

I finished . Forward INDIES Book of the Year Award Nominee for Romance 2023.

Great job! How did you like that one, Michelle? It's in my Kindle at the moment.

Finishing the month with two…

A Light on the Hill by Connilyn Cossette
(10/24/26)
ACFW Carol Award for Historical Romance - 2019

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
(10/30/26)
Newberry Medal Nominee - 1945

I read two award winners this month:

The Chaos Grid by Lyndsey Lewellen
2025 Christy Award for Young Adult

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
1956 Newbery Medal

Three for me….

1) Waiting for Gilbert by Tasha Hackett (Carol Award for Short Novel-2025)

2) Pine Country Cowboy by Glynna Kaye (FHL Reader’s Choice Award for Short Contemporary-2015)

3) One Nine by Sara Davison (Carol Award for Short Novel-2026)


Not a winner but Newberry Honor for 1938…
by Laura Ingalls Wilder