Winners 2019
Below is a list of the 2019 WINNERS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children's books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm. The books were marked according to EDITING, THEME, STYLE, COVER and, in the case of many of the children's books, ILLUSTRATIONS.
Jump straight to:
- Category 1: Pre-school picture books
- Category 2: Books for 6 - 8 year olds
- Category 3: Books for 9 - 12 year olds
- Category 4: Books for Teenagers
- Category 5: Books for adults (fiction)
- Category 6: Books for Adults (non-fiction)
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
Gold
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and the China Before and After
Author: Anna Wang
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MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCE (2022)
NOT pro-US Sci-Fi
weltweite, profond, prisbelönt
by X. Ho Yen
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
Lines in the Sand
Edgy and isolating. A perfect
memoir of loss and endurance.
F. Scott Service
ULTIMATE OBSESSION
A cracking murder/mystery
packed with twists and turns.
Dai Henley
THE UNBROKEN
Love and adventure in
the strange worlds of mind.
Nigel Peace
The Other Side of Nowhere
A fast-paced page turner
southern gothic horror
by Jack Holt
LOOK AWAY NO MORE
A story rich in history & love
at a Georgia college in 1970.
Amazon
Glitching Souls - Steve Kenney
Neil can read minds...
He can't turn them off.
Amazon
A Rage To Live
A true boys' coming of age
story set during the Holocaust
Amazon
Mother To Elephants
A Beautiful Tale of
Care and Compassion
Amazon
Naked in the Now
What if presence felt like
being seduced by life?
Amazon
The Graffiti Killer
A mind unhinged on
the fulcrum of our age.
by David Milnes
THEY'RE ALL BARKING
Discover how your lifestyle
and emotions affect your dog
Amazon
101 Ways to Wow! Our World
Insights, ideas, & actions
to encourage & empower
Amazon
SIN EATER
A girl with the power to
erase ANY bad memory!
Amazon
Nantucket Monsters
Island monsters on the sly,
live in the corner your eye
B. LAWSON HULL
THE ART IN MY PALM
Queer coming-of-age tale
set in Cyprus & Australia.
by Luke Icarus Simon
BEHIND BULLETPROOF GLASS
A raw memoir about
pregnancy loss and grief
Amazon
Adventures of Beryl and Carol
Award winning, clean teen
adventure for all ages.
berylandcarol
Crowded platforms Window Seats
One family's adventures
around Europe by train.
Amazon
Millie’s Magic
The little mouse
with a big heart.
Amazon
Prescription for Frozen Heart
Pride & Prejudice meets
Grey's Anatomy - medical rom.
by Jo-Anne Duffett
Soul Release
An epic fantasy action
adventure in a world of magic.
Amazon
Smurgle The Windy Dragon
By Jane Clack, ill. by Lucy
Nicholson. A FUN PICTURE BOOK!
Amazon
Moonshine Mesa
Why are bees, crows &
humans dying at the Mesa?
Amazon
Why Alaska?
An immigrant's tale in
the last frontier of America
The State I Came To Love
It Rains in February
A wife's memoir of love,
suicide, grief and loss
Amazon
101 Ways to Wow! Our World
Insights, ideas, & actions
to encourage & empower
Amazon