2016 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Book of the Year

* Winner: The Five Times I Met Myself - James L. Rubart

Contemporary Romance

* Winner: The Sea Keeper's Daughters - Lisa Wingate

• Finalists:

The Art Of Losing Yourself - Katie Ganshert

As Waters Gone By - Cynthia Ruchti

Contemporary Romance/Suspense

* Winner: The Wedding Chapel - Rachel Hauck

• Finalists:

Falling Like Snowflakes - Denise Hunter

Sabotaged - Dani Pettrey

Contemporary Series

* Winner: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Beth K. Vogt

• Finalists:

Anna's Healing - Vannetta Chapman

Come Rain Or Come Shine - Jan Karon

First Novel

* Winner: The Choosing - Rachelle Dekker

• Finalists:

Irish Meadows - Susan Anne Mason

A Noble Masquerade - Kristi Ann Hunter

General Fiction

* Winner: The Promise Of Jesse Woods - Chris Fabry

• Finalists:

Long Way Gone - Charles Martin

The Undoing Of Saint Silvanus - Beth Moore

Historical

* Winner: Secrets She Kept - Cathy Gohlke

• Finalists:

The Girl From The Train - Irma Joubert

The Wood's Edge - Lori Benton

Historical Romance

* Winner: A Note Yet Unsung - Tamera Alexander

* Winner: The Lady And The Lionheart - Joanne Bischof

• Finalists:

From This Moment - Elizabeth Camden

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: When Death Draws Near - Carrie Stuart Parks

• Finalists:

If I Run - Terri Blackstock

Without Warning - Joel C. Rosenberg

Short Form

* Winner: Looking Into You - Chris Fabry

• Finalists:

Mirror Image - Laura Scott

Restoring Christmas: A Novella - Cynthia Ruchti

Visionary

* Winner: The Long Journey To Jake Palmer - James Rubart

• Finalists:

The Alliance - Jolina Petersheim

King's Folly - Jill Williamson

Young Adult

* Winner: The Silent Songbird - Melanie Dickerson

Finalists:

If You're Gone - Brittany Goodwin

Unblemished - Sara Ella