The Independent Author Network Book of the Year AwardsNon-Fiction: History

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Other Names: IAN Book of the Year Awards, Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards
44 Works / 45 Items 0 Books
An international contest open to all authors with 55 fiction and non-fiction categories. Winners are eligible to receive a share of cash prizes.
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Stages:
Categories:
All, Fiction and Non-Fiction LGBTQ (30), Fiction and Non-Fiction: Humor/Comedy/Satire (50), Fiction: Action/Adventure (66), Fiction: Children's (22), Fiction: Children's Illustrated (64), Fiction: Children's/Juvenile (46), Fiction: Christian/Religious (53), Fiction: Fantasy (69), Fiction: First Novel (17), Fiction: General Fiction (27), Fiction: Historical (58), Fiction: Holiday Fiction (10), Fiction: Horror (41), Fiction: LGBTQIA+ (8), Fiction: Literary (16), Fiction: Literary/General Fiction (43), Fiction: Multicultural (8), Fiction: Mystery (67), Fiction: Novella (50), Fiction: Paranormal/Supernatural (51), Fiction: Romance (44), Fiction: Science Fiction (70), Fiction: Short Story Collection (23), Fiction: Spiritual/Inspirational (8), Fiction: Thriller/Suspense (45), Fiction: Women's Fiction (59), Fiction: Young Adult (14), Fiction: Young Adult/Teen (7), Fiction: Young Adult/Teen/New Adult (29), First Non-Fiction (60), First Novel (25), First Novel (40,000 to 80,000 Words) (16), First Novel (50,000 to 80,000 Words) (15), First Novel (Over 80,000 Words) (31), Historical (11), Horror/Suspense (20), LGBT Fiction (5), LGBT – Fiction and Non-Fiction (7), Multicultural Non-Fiction (8), Non-Fiction: Addiction and Recovery (4), Non-Fiction: Art/Music/Performing Arts (2), Non-Fiction: Arts: Art/Music/Performing Arts (4), Non-Fiction: Biography/Autobiography (30), Non-Fiction: Business/Sales/Economics (17), Non-Fiction: Business/Sales/Finance (23), Non-Fiction: Business/Sales/Investments (6), Non-Fiction: Career/Occupational (30), Non-Fiction: Children's (15), Non-Fiction: Children's/Juvenile (5), Non-Fiction: Children's/Juvenile/Young Adult (23), Non-Fiction: Christian/Religious (6), Non-Fiction: Education/Reference (35), Non-Fiction: Food/Cooking (4), Non-Fiction: General (67), Non-Fiction: Government/Politics (12), Non-Fiction: Grief/Hardship (24), Non-Fiction: Health/Medicine (21), Non-Fiction: Health/Medicine/Fitness (7), Non-Fiction: Health/Medicine/Fitness/Dieting (8), Non-Fiction: History (45), Non-Fiction: Human Interest (5), Non-Fiction: LGBTQ+ (3), Non-Fiction: Memoir (44), Non-Fiction: Memoir/Biography/Autobiography (36), Non-Fiction: Military/War (6), Non-Fiction: Parenting/Family/Relationships (42), Non-Fiction: Reference (4), Non-Fiction: Religion/Christian (36), Non-Fiction: Religion/Spiritual (4), Non-Fiction: Religion/Spiritual/Inspirational (7), Non-Fiction: Self-Help (20), Non-Fiction: Self-Help/How-To (38), Non-Fiction: Social Issues (30), Non-Fiction: Spiritual/Inspirational (44), Non-Fiction: Travel (7), Non-Fiction: Travel/Nature (25), Non-Fiction: Travel/Nature/Photography (6), Non-Fiction: True Crime (2), Non-Fiction: True Story (16), Non-Fiction: True Story/Drama (7), Non-Fiction: Women's (15), Non-Fiction: Writing/Publishing (3), Non-Fiction: Young Adult (4), Non-Fiction: Young Adult/Teen (4), Paranormal/Supernatural (16), Parenting/Family/Relationships (4), Poetry (19), Romance (26), Self-Help (7), Short Story/Novella (7), Spiritual/Inspirational (7), Thriller (25), Travel (3), True Crime (3), War/Military (Fiction and Non-Fiction) (4), Young Adult (19), No Category (54)
Years:
All, 2023 (8), 2022 (7), 2021 (7), 2020 (6), 2019 (6), 2018 (4), 2017 (4), 2016 (3)

Category Winner 8

Finalist 45

WorkYear
Einstein: The Man and His Mind by Gary S. Berger2023
E nâtamukw miyeyimuwin: Residential School Recovery Stories of the James Bay Cree, Volume 1 by Ruth DyckFehderau2023
A Soldier's Heart: The 3 Wars of Vietnam by Raynold A. Gauvin2023
Love and Kisses, Charlie: WWII LETTERS FROM A JEWISH-AMERICAN SERVICEMAN by Joshua Gerstein2023
Hashman by Alex Grand2023
Adoption History 101: An Orphan's Research by Janine Myung Ja2023
Rebel Correspondent by Steve Procko2023
Searching for Charles: The Untold Legacy of an Immigrant's American Adventure by Stephen Watts2023
Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: The Capture of the Nazi who put Adolf Hitler into Power by Marcus Nannini2022
The Journey: From Shackles and Chains to the White House by Donald B. Armstrong2022
Oregon Loves New York: A Story of American Unity After 9/11 by Sally Bourrie2022
Black History Tina and Gina Discover Twelve People of Color by Barbara J. Freeman2022
The Party Dolls: The True, Tragic Story of Two Americans’ Attempted Escape from a 1969 Hanoi POW Camp by George Hayward2022
Women: Down Through the Ages, How Lies Have Shaped Our Lives by Jerry Schaefer2022
So Far from Home: The Pearl Bryan Murder by Robert Wilhelm2022
Brothers in Arms: Remembering Brothers Buried Side by Side in American World War II Cemeteries by Kevin M. Callahan2021
Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association (Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe) by Cristina A. Bejan2021
The Zodiac Revisited: The Facts of the Case by Michael F. Cole2021
SOUTH KOREA: The Price of Efficiency and Success by Dr. John Gonzalez2021
MERG: The TRUE story of a WWII soldier's selfless act of valor and sacrifice that one town never forgot. by Peter Lion2021
Alfred: The Quiet History of a World War II Infantryman by Louise Endres Moore2021
The Radical Declaration: An Enlightened American Idea by Byron Williams2021
Left for Dead at Nijmegen: The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War II by Marcus A. Nannini2020
All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship by Steven J Craig2020
Liberty-Loving Lafayette: How ‘America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman’ Helped Win Our Independence by Dorothea Jensen2020
The Discovery of Troy and its Lost History by Bernard Jones2020
Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy by Francis Gary Powers, Jr.2020
Tobacco, Trusts, and Trump: How America's Forgotten War Created Big Government by Jim Rumford2020
MISSING: A World War II Story of Love, Friendships, Courage, and Survival by Kenneth D. Evans2019
The Face of a Monster: America's Frankenstein by Patricia Earnest Suter2019
Silent Spring - Deadly Autumn of the Vietnam War by Patrick Hogan2019
Low On Gas - High On Sky: Nick Mamer's 1929 Venture by J. B. Rivard2019
Tobacco, Trusts, and Trump: How America's Forgotten War Created Big Government by Jim Rumford2019
An American Story: My Family and Yours - Liberation of the Inner Self is Power by Dr Mamie Smith2019
Turbulent times: the remarkable life of William H. Seward by Stephen G. Yanoff2018
Saps, Blackjacks and Slungshots: A History of Forgotten Weapons by Robert Escobar2018
The Bone War of Mccurtain County: A True Story of Two Ordinary Men's Quest for Treasure and Their Epic Battle Against Extraordinary Odds by Russell Ferrell2018
Rear Admiral Larry Chambers, USN: First African American to Command an Aircraft Carrier by Ric Murphy2018
Sketches of a Black Cat by Ron Miner2017
Florence - A Traveler's Guide to its Gems & Giants by Patty Civalleri2017
We Were Soldiers Too: Defending the Iron Curtain by Bob Kern2017
70 Years of American Captivity, The Polity of God, The Birth of a Nation and The Betrayal of Government by Chris Meier2017
Why can't somebody just die around here? by Gerhard Maroscher2016
Not For Sale: Finding Center in the Land of Crazy Horse by Kevin Hancock2016
We Were Soldiers Too: A Historical Look at Germany During the Cold War From the US Soldiers Who Served There (Volume 2) by Bob Kern2016

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An international contest open to all authors with 55 fiction and non-fiction categories. Winners are eligible to receive a share of cash prizes.
The IAN Book of the Year Awards is open to all English language print and eBooks available for sale, including small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, and self-published authors.

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