UPDATED LIST!!!!
We apologize, our system had a glitch and some of the names did not post. We've updated the previous post, but we are reposting so that all the longlisted authors and books are recognized. Please re-visit to see if you are on the list!! Again, we apologize for the glitch!!
A whole year has passed full of amazing books submitted this year for the 2022 Book of the Year awards. First and foremost, thank you to everyone who submitted, you truly made our job at HFC incredibly hard with the amount of quality historical fiction which passed across our desks.
Without much ado, let's get down to business!
Announcing the long-listed authors for the 2022 HFC Book of the Year awards.
If your name is on the list, you are a semi-finalist in the upcoming category awards, which will award a bronze, silver, and gold medal award badge in each category on December 31, 2022. The grand prize will be selected from the gold category winners for Book of the Year.
We wish you all much success and congratulations on making it to this list!!
To enter the 2023 Book of the Year awards, go here: https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/award-submission
All 4 - 5 star books reviewed or rated during 2022 are longlisted. You are only eligible to use the "Highly Recommended" award of excellence badge if your book received a five-star rating or review. (Disclaimer: some 4 star books may be eligible for an award if there is not an eligible 5-star book in a category, thus the reason that all 4 and 5-star books are longlisted.)
Book Title Author
Reliquary Prue Batten
I Am Germany Michael Witt
The Sicilian Sorceress Mary Knight
Discerning Grace Emma Lombard
A Lady Newspaperman's Dilemma Eileen Donovan
Confederacy of Fenians James D. Nealon
The Curse of Beauty Lauren Merewether
The Prisoner of Paradise Rob Samborn
A Cord of Three Strands Christy Distler
Saints, Strangers, and Rosehip Tea Toni Kief
Wealth and Privilege Jeanette Watts
Brains and Beauty Jeanette Watts
My Dearest Miss Fairfax Jeanette Watts
Dream of Courage Paul Rushworth-Brown
Skulduggery Paul Rushworth-Brown
Notebook Mysteries - Emma Kimberly Mullins
The Saint Nicholas Society Ben Bongers
The Whaler's Daughter Jerry Mikorenda
McRae - Murder at the Opera Steve Bartholomew
Begin the Beguine Bruce Graham
Marigold, Our Lady of Thieves Jack Heerema
Tapestry - My Mother's Life Malve von Hassell
Knights of the Air Iain Stewart
Masada: Thou Shalt Not Kill Shimon Avish
Winter's Reckoning Adele Holmes
Blind Tribute Mari Christie
Forgiving Nero Mary Ann Bernal
Sitting on Top of the World Cheryl King
The Architect of Auschwitz S. J. Tagliareni
I Am Ushriya Beverly Young
Finding the Way Cindy Maynard
The D'urberville Inheritance Patricia Dolling-Mann
Unfinished - The Inspiring Life of Elizabeth Sirani Kelly Evans
Strung Roske
After Pearl Stephen Eoannou
Rook Stephen Eoannou
Sunflowers Beneath the Snow Teri M. Brown
Wild Field Johnny Stonborough
E-ON Dave Mason
The Bookmark Anne Suspic
The Bullet Ridden Baby Carriage Vaughn Roste
Tales of the Romanov Empire Tamar Anolic
A Lonely Spirit Tamar Anolic
Northern Shadows Daniel Greene
In Imminent Danger of Slipping into Barbarism A. L. Padden
A Short and Unhappy Courtship A. L. Padden
This Hallowed Ground Donna E. Lane
First Kings and Other Stories Ted Morrissey
An Untimely Frost Ted Morrissey
The Banana Farm David Lane
Traitor MacGuire C. R. Dempsey
The Puppetmaker's Daughter Karla M. Jay
The Seventh Circle Thomas Bauer
Dancing to Her Own Tune Sara Powter & Shelia Hunter
The Third Daughter Fiona Forsyth
Trip Around the Sun Joseph Colby
Trip Around the Sun - Book Two Joseph Colby
Sawyer's Regret E. Raymond Tatten
The Red Path M. Daniel Smith
Savage City Donald Levin
Cate's Crossing Brandon Maggart
Where the Possums Dance & the Willows Sing Brandon Maggart
Driftless Ardys Richards
Broken Bones Edward Rickford
Beheld - Godiva's Story Christopher Cevasco
Yonder and Far: the Lost Lock Matthew C. Lucas
Boy at the Crossroads Mary Ford
The True Purpose of Vines Giovanna Siniscalchi
The Taste of Light Giovanna Siniscalchi
Trigger Point Tony Roth
Black, White and Gray All Over Frederick Reynolds
The King's Inquisitor Tonya Ulynn Brown
Take Height, Rutterkin Pat Bunting
Southern Change Victoria Laurienzo
Walks the Sky Ron Habeck
The Road Remembered Kaye Schmitz
The Spanish Slave Greg Fisher
The Spy Who Sank the Armada David West
Called to Account David West
Leningrad: The People's Siege Rachel Heil
Leningrad: The People's Hero Rachel Heil
The Value of an Anne Elliot Kate Westwood
Woodston: a Sequel to Northanger Abbey Kate Westwood
Codename: Mermaid Michael Emberger
Vengeance for All Things Anthony Flacco
Gold in Peace, Iron in War Anthony Flacco
Sisters of Castle Leod Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
Whatever Lies Beyond Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
War Sonnets Susannah Willey
Liopleurodon M. B. Zucker
The Eisenhower Chronicles M. B. Zucker
One Merciful Moment Sheri Farago
Bitter Draughts Yves Fey
Floats the Dark Shadow Yves Fey
Conecuh Herb Hughes
Tennessee Yankee Herb Hughes
A Hittite and a Shaman Naveen Sridhar
No Safe Haven Angela Moody
The Last Daughter Belle Ami
Daisy Chain Justine Gilbert
Rising Sun K. D. Allbaugh
These Sacred Lands James Harold Kelly
The Courier's Wife Vanessa Lind
The Name I Chose Naima Haviland
Beneath the Darkening Clouds Juliane Weber
The Man from Burnt Island Wendy Thomson
Bone Necklace Julia Sullivan
John Law Pat Silver-Lasky
My Search for Air - novel & audiobook Jeanne K. Johnson
Harvest of Fear Anne Cienska
Tangled Spirits Kate Shanahan
Naked Truth or Equality Carrie Hayes
The Importance of Sons Kiera Morgan
The Last Ziti Michael Caiazzo
Bitter for Sweet Daryl Potter
Our Daughter's Last Hope Elaine Stock
We Shall Not Shatter - audiobook Elaine Stock
The Douglas Bastard J. R. Tomlin
Trust and Treason J. R. Tomlin
Castle Gordon Sue Jaskula
Finding Jane Elizabeth Conte
That Dickinson Girl Joan Koster
The Enchanted Journal Gordon Buck - Sandlin
Timepath Gordon Buck - Sandlin
Ranger Timothy Ashby
Crossing the Ford Gail Hertzog
A Roman Death Denise O'Hagan
Firmitas Danuta Pfeiffer
The Soldier and the Orphan Alastair Henry
Small Eden Jane Davis
Silk Sophia Alexander
Tapestry Sophia Alexander
Ambition Frank Baillargeon
Maiden Scars Nicolette Croft
The Pen and the Sword Mark Munger
The Guild of Salt and the King's Messenger Robin Isard
Kinship Merry Benezra
Close Your Eyes Chris Tomasini
Baker Street Irregular Craig W. Fisher
The Secret of Four Notch Tracy Sabin
From the Drop of Heaven Juliette Godot
Siciliana: A Novel Carl Treviso
To Alaska or Bust Linda Wagner
The Walk of the Wandering Man Ric Szabo
Caught in a Trance David Fitz-Gerald
Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story A. M. Watson
The Light Among Us: Cornwall Jill George
Winter Pale Marina Koulouri
To Be Free Lloyd Mullins
Skulls Vengence Linnea Tanner
The Admiral's Wife M. K. Tod
Paris in Ruins M. K. Tod
The Kingston Twins Deb Stratas
Song for the Widowmaker Gail Fraser
Return to Bayeux Cilinda Stroud
What We Leave Behind Barb Solberg
The Merest Loss Stephen Neil
The Dream Collector R. w. Meek
Sabrine and Vincent - Book Two R. w. Meek
Bayou Fire Sharon Cathcart
The Glovemaker's War Katherine Williams
The Whispering Women Trish MacEnulty
Susan - a Jane Austen Prequel Alice McVeigh
A Hundred Sweet Promises - audiobook Sepehr Haddad
Through These Dark Gates Brooklyn K. Biegel
Eden Waits - audiobook Maryka Biaggio
The Model Spy Maryka Biaggio
The Spirited Mrs Pringle Jilliane Hamilton
Matching Miss Moon K. Lyn Smith
Franco's Lost Gold Johan Rosenlind
The Godmother's Secret Elizabeth St. John
Signum T. R. Burgess
She Serves the Realm Lee Swanson
Her Dangerous Journey Home Lee Swanson
Ascent Cathie Dunn
A Peculiar Enchantment Kathleen Buckley
Texian by Choice Peter Schram
Yelling at the Stars Michael Hertzog
To Shine With Honor Scott Amis
My Mother's Friend Sally Jameson Bond
What a Difference a Journey Makes Celia Martin
Magnus Maximus Brent Reilly
The Shadow of the Mole Bob van Laerhoven
When We Return Eliana Tobias
Soul Scepter Eric Westergard
Mask of Dreams Leigh Grant
The Empress' Gift Ellen Laubhan
Secret Lives Anna Jensen
The Conjurer's Apprentice G. J. Williams
Angels and Bandits Brodie Curtis
The Founding Michael Ross
Maggies' Dream Leslie Tall Manning
Sincerity is a Goddess Adam Alexander Haviaras
Of Ripeness & the River Mary F. Burns
Violet Yorke P. J. McIlvaine
Lost Souls Recovered Eric Walker
The Lost Chapters of Humanity on Earth Anastasia Martin
The Muse of Freedom Jules Larimore
Alfred of Wessex Michael Carden
The Ring Breaker Jean Gill
Faith on the Mall Ann Beltran
The Investigation Officer's File Dallas Clark
The Welsh Traitor's Daughter Arianwen Nunn
The Cimbri Appear Jeff Nein
One Must Tell the Bees - audiobook J. Lawrence Matthews
Yellow Sky Revolt Baptiste Pinson Wu
Where David Threw Stones Elyse Hoffman
At the Corner of Hitler and Goering Joseph Kovler
Gallows Wake Helen Hollick
Walking in the Shadow Carmen Radtke
Someone to Believe In Glena G. Walker
Lilacs in the Dust Bowl Diana Stevens
Sunflowers in the Sun Diana Stevens
Ruby Pi and the Geometry Girls Tom Durwood
Ruby Pi and the Math Girls Tom Durwood
The War Never Ended Lucinda Heck
Murder at Old St. Thomas Lisa M. Lane
Escape Route Elan Barnehama
Gift of Diamonds Roberta Seret
The Story of Humanity Ishi Nobu
What We Leave Behind Barb Solberg
The Ghost Rider Ellen Read
Under the Dirt Sky Callie Trautmiller
Arlen's Gun Edgar Doleman
Tomb for an Eagle Lexie Conygham
A Century of Promises Jeffrey Neto
Acts of the Women Patrick W. Anderson
Sir John James Taylor Richard R. Pyves
The Intrepid Life of Abigail Adams Mary Rae Mauch
Sid Johnson Frances Schoonmaker
Hold Fast Bird Jones
Our Eternal Souls P. L. Jonas
Dolley Madison and the War of 1812 Libby Carty McNamee
Falling for Elizabeth Bennet Debra-Ann Kummoung
Angel of Alta Langa Suzanne Hoffman
Arabella's Assistant Judy Lynn Ichkhanian
Texian by Choice Peter Schram
Lies That Blind E. S. Alexander
My Mother's Secret Alina Adams
Angelina's Secret Diane Merrill Wigginton