2021 Christy Award Winners & Finalists

Book of the Year

* Winner: The End Of Belonging - Amanda Cox

Contemporary Romance

* Winner: Stay With Me - Becky Wade

• Finalists:

Just Like Home - Courtney Walsh

Some Bright Someday - Melissa Tagg

First Novel

* Winner: The End Of Belonging - Amanda Cox

• Finalists:

A Noble Calling - Rhona Weaver

Rain - Dana McNeely

Roots Of Wood And Stone - Amanda Wen

General Fiction

* Winner: The Way It Should Be - Christina Suzann Nelson

• Finalists:

Set The Stars Alight - Amanda Dykes

The Water Keeper - Charles Martin

Historical

* Winner: The White Rose Resists: A Novel Of The German Students Who Defied Hitler - Amanda Barratt

• Finalists"

Like Flames In The Night - Connilyn Cossette

Under The Tulip Tree - Michelle Shocklee

Historical Romance

* Winner: A Portrait Of Loyalty - Roseanna M. White

• Finalists:

The Prince Of Spies - Elizabeth Camden

When Twilight Breaks - Sarah Sundin

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

* Winner: Relative Silence - Carrie Stuart Parks

• Finalists:

Port Of Origin - Lisa Harris, Lynne Gentry

Unknown Threat - Lynn H. Blackburn

Short Form

* Winner: "Far As The Curse Is Found" in Joy To The World - Amanda Barratt

• Finalists:

A Match Made At Christmas - Courtney Walsh

"Wonders Of His Love" in Joy To The World - Erica Vetsch

Speculative

* Winner: Forsaken Island - Sharon Hinck

Extinction Island - Janice Boekhoff

The Story Hunter - Lindsay A. Franklin

Young Adult

* Winner: Mortal Sight - Sandra Fernandez Rhoads

Dust - Kara Swanson

Rebel Daughter - Lori Banov Kaufmann