To be eligible for a 20th Annual Whitney Award, novels must be written by an LDS author AND have a release date between October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. For more information, visit the Whitney Awards FAQ page.
Send an email ASAP to ldsbookgeek [@] gmail [dot] com if:
- Your novel is NOT on this list and it should be.
- You are no longer LDS and want to be deleted from this list.
- You are LDS but this is a pen name you’d like to keep secret (hopefully, this doesn’t apply to anyone on the list)
- If anything about your listing needs a correction
To nominate a novel listed below, visit the Whitney Nominate page.
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Eligible Novels listed by Author
Updated 07/18/25
Baccellia, Kim
- Letters from Lucca [Historical]
Champenois, Annika
- Neighbor Feud [Contemporary Romance]
DiPastena, Joyce
- Falcon’s Heart, The (Poitevin Hearts #1) [Historical Romance]
Holmberg, Charlie N.
- The Half-Hearted Queen (Shattered King #2) [Fantasy]
Hughes, Matthew I.
- Antipus: The Drawn Sword (The Buried and the Kept #1) [Historical]
- Antipus: The Keeping (The Buried and the Kept #2) [Historical]
- Ammon: The Buried Sword (The Buried and the Kept #3) [Historical]
- King David: The Man After God’s Own Heart (The Called and the Kept #1) [Historical]
- Abigail of Carmel: The Bundle of Life (The Called and the Kept #2) [Historical]
Sowards, A.L.
- Bridge of Betrayal (Falcon Point #3) [Mystery/Suspense]