Libby is your library app for eBooks and audiobooks. This year for the first time, Libby will present the Libby Book Awards in 17 categories. If you’re looking for the best books of the year, check out these popular titles, available both online and at your local library. New to Libby? Sign up with your library card and start borrowing titles for free!
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Finalists for Best Adult Fiction
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton 
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
The Fraud by Zadie Smith 
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Finalists for Best Mystery
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Suanto
Finalists for Best Book Club Pick
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Maame by Jessica George
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
A Few Finalists from Nonfiction, Memoir and Cookbooks
The Wager by David Grann
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Let’s Eat: 101 recipes to fill your heart & home by Dan Pelosi
Start Here: Instructions for becoming a better cook by Sohla El-Waylly
Some Finalists in Other Categories
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
System Collapse by Martha Wells
North Woods by Daniel Mason
See all the finalists in every category at libbylife.com