Celebrating it’s octennial anniversary, the NYC Big Book Award had a plethora of book submissions. In particular, the quality of presses, the prodigious amount of submissions, and array of publishers made this the best year ever in my estimation.
Publishers included Atmosphere Press, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Beaufort Books, Beyond Words Publishing, Blackstone Publishing, Brown Books Kids, Familius Publishing, Flatiron Books, Hachette Go, HarperCollins Leadership, Lyons Press, McGraw Hill, Oceanview Publishing, Old Stone Press, Rowman & Littlefield, Simon & Schuster, Thomas Nelson, Ulysses Press, Watkins Publishing, Westminster John Knox Press; and were placed among the winners and distinguished favorites. The diversity and high level publishing made this year especially noteworthy. The upshot?: the reader benefits.
In the following pages, you will find the book winners & favorites. Be it biography or cookbook;…
