BookTube PrizeWelcome to the 2022 Quarterfinals Results video.
The Semifinals take place over June and July.
For a downloadable checklist with all of the group pairings, and for a page with all the group graphics for you to use in your own social media, please visit our website homepage, linked below.
2022 Quarterfinals Results – Semifinals PairingsBookTube Prize2022-06-01 | Welcome to the 2022 Quarterfinals Results video.
The Semifinals take place over June and July.
For a downloadable checklist with all of the group pairings, and for a page with all the group graphics for you to use in your own social media, please visit our website homepage, linked below.
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTube2025 Call for JudgesBookTube Prize2024-10-06 | Judging the BookTube Prize FAQ
Q: How do I sign up to judge for 2025? A: Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/vsA3qWjshTgVHgky6
Q: What’s the deadline to sign up? A: I close judge signups on New Year’s Eve.
Q: What can I judge? A: You may sign up to judge Fiction Only, Nonfiction Only, or Both Divisions.
Q: When does the schedule begin? A: On January 1, I send the nomination lists to all of the judges. They have two weeks to research the titles and they may (but are not required to) vote for up to 20 titles they would like to see in each division they are judging. The first round begins on February 1.
Q: Do I have to be a YouTube creator to judge? A: It’s not required, but we strongly request all judges make either videos or other social media posts after each round they judge (once I have announced the results).
Q: How many rounds do I have to judge? A: That’s up to your schedule. If you want to judge the final round, however, you must judge at least one of the first three rounds. You may sign up for one round or all four, if you wish. I send an RSVP two weeks before each round. To be considered for that round, you have to send in the RSVP form. Keep in mind that the first round uses the most judges, so consider signing up for it, if you’re able.
Q: Does the BTP supply the books? A: Unfortunately, no. We are a completely volunteer event. I have no budget to acquire and ship books. So judges are responsible for acquiring a copy to read on their own. (And yes, audiobooks are allowed.)
Q: How many books will I read, and how quickly? A: Each round, you’ll be assigned to a group of 6 books (some of which you may have already read). You’ll have two months to read them and submit your rankings.
Q: Can I see the books I’d have to read before deciding whether to judge? A: Unfortunately, no. With 250+ judges and 8 groups in each division, that presents a logistical impossibility for me.
Q: Can I read the books in my primary language if it’s not English? A: No. We want everyone to be ranking the same original English edition, so we don’t include translated versions.
If you have any additional questions, please email me: robertsheard@booktubeprize.org
#BookTubePrize #Fiction #NonfictionThe 2024 WinnersBookTube Prize2024-10-05 | 📚Join us as we announce this year’s BookTube Prize Winners. Your engagement and participation have made this year’s prize a terrific literary event. We couldn't have done it without the BookTube community.
🤝 Thank You
We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who is participating—as a judge, a viewer, or a supporter. Your contributions make the BookTube Prize a celebration of literature that enriches us all.
#BookTubePrize #Fiction #Nonfiction #Literature #BookCommunity #BookTubeCommunity #BookAwards #BookRecommendationsFinals AnnouncementBookTube Prize2024-08-01 | 📚Join us as we begin the BookTube Prize Finals. This is the video announcement of the 6 finalists in Fiction and Nonfiction. Your engagement and participation have made this a terrific literary event. We couldn't have done it without the BookTube community.
🤝 Thank You
We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who is participating—as a judge, a viewer, or a supporter. Your contributions make the BookTube Prize a celebration of literature that enriches us all.
#BookTubePrize #Fiction #Nonfiction #Literature #BookCommunity #BookTubeCommunity #BookAwards #BookRecommendationsSemifinals AnnouncementBookTube Prize2024-06-01 | 📚Join us as we begin the BookTube Prize Semifinals. This is the video announcement of the 12-book fields in Fiction and Nonfiction for the 3rd round, which begins today. Your engagement and participation have made this a truly remarkable literary event. We couldn't have done it without the BookTube community.
🤝 Thank You
We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who is participating—as a judge, a viewer, or a supporter. Your contributions make the BookTube Prize a celebration of literature that enriches us all.
#BookTubePrize #Fiction #Nonfiction #Literature #BookCommunity #BookTubeCommunity #BookAwards #BookRecommendationsQuarterfinals AnnouncementBookTube Prize2024-04-01 | 📚Join us as we begin the BookTube Prize Quarterfinals. This is the video announcement of the 24-book fields in Fiction and Nonfiction for the 2nd round,, which begins today. Your engagement and participation have made this a truly remarkable literary event. We couldn't have done it without the BookTube community.
🤝 Thank You
We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who is participating—be it as a judge, a viewer, or a supporter. Your contributions make the BookTube Prize a celebration of literature that enriches us all.
#BookTubePrize #Fiction #Nonfiction #Literature #BookCommunity #BookTubeCommunity #BookAwards #BookRecommendations2024 Field AnnouncementBookTube Prize2024-02-01 | 📚 About This Video Join us as we begin a new year for the BookTube Prize. This is the video announcement of the 48-book fields in Fiction and Nonfiction for the 6th-Annual BookTube Prize! Months of reading, voting, and rereading begin today. Your engagement and participation have made this a truly remarkable literary event. We couldn't have done it without the BookTube community.
🤝 Thank You We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who is participating—be it as a judge, a viewer, or a supporter. Your contributions make the BookTube Prize a celebration of literature that enriches us all.
#BookTubePrize #Fiction #Nonfiction #Literature #BookCommunity #BookTubeCommunity #BookAwards #BookRecommendationsA Chat with BookTube Prize JudgesBookTube Prize2023-12-22 | Here's the video with sign-up information: youtu.be/Co1H9akyCl4?si=_E_WiUvpJJXEAJyi
After you watch the video for details about what is involved in becoming a BookTube Prize judge, here is the link to the sign-up form: https://forms.gle/1bXFAYuYXSS8g4zC8
Judge sign ups for 2024 are open until December 31st, 2023.
On YouTube: Freddie @sluggishreader Gemma @GemofBooks Jennie @JennieJohnston
On Instagram: Freddie @freddie.reads.slowly Gemma @GemofBooks Jennie @JennieJohnstonArtist
Books mentioned: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Dinners With Ruth by Nina Totenberg Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir translated by Meg Matich An Immense World by Ed Yong Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri2024 Call for JudgesBookTube Prize2023-10-13 | 2024 Call for Judges
After you watch the video for details about what is involved in becoming a BookTube Prize judge, here is the link to the sign-up form:
https://forms.gle/1bXFAYuYXSS8g4zC8
The form will remain open until the end of December.
Please hit Like, Subscribe, and click the Bell for notifications, and share this video with all of your bookish friends who might be interested in taking part in 2024.
#BookTubePrize #BookTube #CallforJudgesA Word from the 2023 Fiction Prize Winner: Barbara KingsolverBookTube Prize2023-10-10 | Thank you to Barbara Kingsolver for sending this video clip for all the readers and judges.
#booktubeprize #barbarakingsolver #demoncopperhead2023 Winners AnnouncementBookTube Prize2023-10-04 | 📚 About This Video Join us for one of the most anticipated moments of the year: the announcement of the 2023 BookTube Prize winners in Fiction and Nonfiction! Months of reading, voting, and rereading have all led to this point. Your engagement and participation have made this a truly remarkable literary event. We couldn't have done it without the BookTube community.
🥇 Fiction Winner A breathtaking novel that captured our hearts and minds. This book not only speaks to the human condition but also pushes the boundaries of storytelling.
🥇 Nonfiction Winner This year's nonfiction winner provides an unparalleled deep-dive into a subject matter that is both timely and timeless. This work challenges us to rethink, engage, and grow.
🤝 Thank You We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who participated—be it as a judge, a viewer, or a supporter. Your contributions make the BookTube Prize a celebration of literature that enriches us all.
#BookTubePrize #BookTubeCall for Judges and Two AnnouncementsBookTube Prize2022-11-16 | It’s almost time to begin the 5th Annual BookTube Prize. Would you like to be one of our judges in 2023? Please share this video with your bookish contacts. So many people mention to me that they didn’t know when or where to sign up. If you all include it in your own videos/posts, our reach will expand quite a bit.
Here’s the form to sign up to be a judge for 2023: https://forms.gle/N3RasNs67eHrckZu5
If you’re interested in buying one of the BookTube Prize journals (USA only, unfortunately), they are $25, which includes shipping. Send me an email at robertsheard at mac dot com and I’ll share my Venmo contact information and you can tell me which style and color you’d like.
This is what I have left:
RULED PAPER Blue Slate (6), Yellowgold (7), Charcoal (8), Light Gray (9), Stone (10), Fig Wine (7)
DOT GRID PAPER Blue Slate (10), Yellowgold (4), Charcoal (10), Light Gray (9)
#BookTubePrize #BookTube #CallForJudges2022 Winners AnnouncementBookTube Prize2022-10-08 | Welcome to the 2022 Winners Announcement video.
In February, we started with 48 books in each division. By the end of July, we were down to the six finalists in each. Here are the final results. Enjoy!
For a PDF file with all of the results from every group in every round, visit the website.
Be looking for a Call for Judges video fairly soon for next season.
Welcome to the 2022 Semifinals Results and Finals Pairings video. The Finals take place over August and September. The winners announcement video will air on Saturday, October 8.
For a downloadable checklist with all of the group pairings, and for a page with all the group graphics for you to use in your own social media, please visit our website homepage, linked below.
#BookTubePrize #SemifinalsResults #FinalsPairings #BookTube2022 Octofinals Results – Quarterfinals PairingsBookTube Prize2022-04-01 | Welcome to the 2022 Octofinals Results video.
The Quarterfinals take place over April and May.
For a downloadable checklist with all of the group pairings, and for a page with all the group graphics for you to use in your own social media, please visit our website homepage, linked below.
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in Translated FictionBookTube Prize2021-08-30 | Fiction in Translation Entries for Next Year’s BTP
To Walk Alone in the Crowd – Antonio Muñoz Molina, tr. from Spanish by Guillermo Bleichmar (FSG) The Woman from Uruguay – Pedro Mairal, tr. from Spanish by Jennifer Croft (Bloomsbury) Strange Beasts of China – Yan Ge, tr. from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang (Melville House) Voices of the Lost – Hood Barakat, tr. from Arabic by Marilyn Booth (Yale UP) Summer Brother – Jaap Robben, tr. from Dutch by David Doherty (World Editions) Heatwave – Victor Jestin, tr. from French by Sam Taylor (Scribner)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in FictionBookTube Prize2021-08-29 | Fiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix (Berkley) Long Division – Kiese Laymon (Scribner) Light Perpetual – Francis Spufford (Scribner) Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir (Ballantine) Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch – Rivka Galchen (FSG) Morningside Heights – Joshua Henkin (Pantheon)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in NonfictionBookTube Prize2021-08-28 | Nonfiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos – Judy Battalion (William Morrow) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty – Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday) The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, & Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age – Amy Sohn (FSG) The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer – Dean Jobb (Algonquin) Don’t Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM – Sarah Berman (Steerforth Press) American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850 – Alan Taylor (Norton)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in Translated FictionBookTube Prize2021-08-27 | Fiction in Translation Entries for Next Year’s BTP
Bug – Giacomo Sartori, tr. from Italian by Frederika Randall (Restless Books) Catch the Rabbit – Lana Bastašić, tr. from Serbo-Croatian by the author (Restless Books) The Year of Our Love – Caterina Bonvicini, tr. from Italian by Antony Shugaar (Other Press) Nancy – Bruno Lloret, tr. from Spanish by Ellen Jones (Two Lines Press) Fem – Magda Cârneci, tr. from Romanian by Sean Cotter (Deep Vellum Publishing) Voices in the Evening – Natalia Ginzburg, tr. from Italian by D.M. Low (New Directions)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in FictionBookTube Prize2021-08-26 | Fiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf) Lorna Mott Comes Home – Diane Johnson (Knopf) Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead (Knopf) Phase Six – Jim Shepard (Knopf) What Strange Paradise – Oman El Akkad (Knopf) Wayward – Dana Spiotta (Knopf)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in NonfictionBookTube Prize2021-08-25 | Nonfiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir – Michelle Zauner (Knopf) The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid – Lawrence Wright (Knopf) A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey – Jonathan Meiburg (Knopf) Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest – Suzanne Simard (Knopf) Notes on Grief – Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie (Knopf) Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir – Elizabeth Miki Brina (Knopf)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in NonfictionBookTube Prize2021-08-18 | Nonfiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows – Ruth Scurr (Liveright) America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s – Elizabeth Hinton (Liveright) Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America – Scott Borchert (FSG) A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance – Hanif Abdurraqib (Random House) Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted – Suleika Jaouad (Random House) Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 – Max Hastings (Harper)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in FictionBookTube Prize2021-08-17 | Fiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
The Vixen – Francine Prose (Harper) With Teeth – Kristin Arnett (Riverhead) The Scapegoat – Sara Davis (FSG) Infinite Country – Patricia Engel (Avid Reader Press) Should We Stay or Should We Go – Lionel Shriver (Harper) The Chosen and the Beautiful – Nghi Vo (Tor Dot Com)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeSemifinals Results – Finals PairingsBookTube Prize2021-08-01 | Welcome to the Semifinals Results and Finals Pairings Announcement
In each division, 6 books advance into the Finals, which take place in August and September. Did your favorites clear into the Finals? Which group are you looking forward to reading (or judging)?
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in NonfictionBookTube Prize2021-07-02 | Nonfiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
The Outlier – Kai Bird (Crown) Diary of a Young Naturalist – Dara McAnulty (Milkweed Editions) All That She Carried – Tiya Miles (Random House) Journey to the Edge of Reason – Stephen Budiansky (Norton) Halfway Home – Reuben Jonathan Miller (Little, Brown) The Triumph of Nancy Reagan – Karen Tumulty (Simon & Schuster) Letters to Camondo – Edmund de Waal (FSG) The Enlightenment – Ritchie Robertson (Harper) How the Word is Passed – Clint Smith (Little, Brown) Islands of Abandonment – Cal Flyn (Viking)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in FictionBookTube Prize2021-07-01 | Fiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
Rainbow Milk – Paul Mendez (Doubleday) The Atmospherians – Alex McElroy (Atria) Gold Diggers – Sanjena Sathian (Penguin Press) Second Place – Rachel Cusk (FSG) A Lonely Man – Chris Power (FSG) Popisho – Leone Ross (FSG) Secrets of Happiness – Joan Silber (Counterpoint) The Five Wounds – Kirstin Valdez Quade (Norton) Early Morning Riser – Katherine Heiny (Knopf) Hummingbird Salamander – Jeff VanderMeer (MCD/FSG)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in NonfictionBookTube Prize2021-06-30 | Nonfiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
Radiant – Liz Heinecke (Grand Central) Let the Record Show – Sarah Schulman (FSG) Unsolaced – Gretel Ehrlich (Pantheon) Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? – Jenny Diski (Bloomsbury) The Sum of Us – Heather McGhee (One World) The Ground Breaking – Scott Ellsworth (Dutton) The Agitators – Dorothy Wickenden (Scribner) Punch Me Up to the Gods – Brian Broome (HMH) Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid – Glenn Stout (HMH) Plunder – Menachem Kaiser (HMH)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in TranslationBookTube Prize2021-06-25 | Fiction in Translation Entries for Next Year’s BTP
My Brilliant Life – Ae-ran Kim, Tr. by Chi-Young Kim (Forge) The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World – Laura Imai Messina, Tr. by Lucy Rand (The Overlook Press) Nervous System – Lina Meruane, Tr. by Megan McDowell (Graywolf Press) Roundabout of Death – Faysal Khartash, Tr. by Max Weiss (New Vessel Press) Mona – Pola Oloixarac, Tr. by Adam Morris (FSG) Vernon Subutex 3 – Virginie Dementes, Tr. by Frank Wynne (FSG) Untraceable – Sergei Lebedev, Tr. by Antonina W. Bouis (New Vessel Press) The Art of Losing – Alice Zeniter, Tr. by Frank Wynne (FSG) Touring the Land of the Dead – Maki Kashimada, Tr. by Haydn Trowell (Europa) An Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures – Clarice Lispector, Tr. by Stefan Tobler (New Directions)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeNew in NonfictionBookTube Prize2021-06-19 | Nonfiction Entries for Next Year’s BTP
The Artful Dickens – John Mullan (Bloomsbury) Shooting Midnight Cowboy – Glenn Frankel (FSG) The Free World – Louis Menand (FSG) Places of Mind – Timothy Brennan (FSG) Albert and the Whale – Philip Hoare (Pegasus) Pop Song – Larissa Pham (Catapult) Everybody – Olivia Laing (Norton) Spilt Milk – Courtney Zoffness (McSweeney’s) Who Will Pay Reparations On My Soul? – Jesse McCarthy (Liveright) Nuclear Folly – Serhii Plokhy (Norton)
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTubeQuarterfinals Results – Semifinals PairingsBookTube Prize2021-05-31 | Welcome to the Quarterfinals Results and Semifinals Pairings Announcement
In each division, 12 books advance into the Semifinals, which take place in June and July. Did your favorites clear into the Semifinals? Which group are you looking forward to reading (or judging)?
If you’d like a downloadable pdf of the Semifinals groups, that’s available at the bottom of the main page at our website.
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTube2021 Octafinals Results – Quarterfinals PairingsBookTube Prize2021-03-30 | Welcome to the Octafinals Results and Quarterfinals Pairings Announcement
In each division, 24 books advance into the Quarterfinals, which take place in April and May. Did your favorites clear into the Quarterfinals? Which group are you looking forward to reading (or judging)?
If you’d like a downloadable pdf of the Quarterfinals groups, that’s available at the bottom of the main page at our website.
If you’re interested in joining us as a judge for a future round in 2021, please watch the information video here. There’s a link in the description box to the judge signup form: youtube.com/watch?v=BtSIz5_l_vg&t=3s
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizesJanuary New BooksBookTube Prize2021-02-03 | Here are the books I received in January from publishers for consideration for the 2022 BookTube Prize.
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself – Peter Ho Davies
Trio – William Boyd
Outlawed – Anna North
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality – Frank Wilczek
Aftershocks: A Memoir – Nadia Owusu
American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption – Gabrielle Glaser
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life – George Saunders
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizesAnnouncing the 2021 Long ListsBookTube Prize2021-01-25 | It’s the start of Season Three of the BookTube Prize. Today we’re announcing the 48 books in each division for the 2021 prize competition.
If you’re interested in joining us as a judge for a future round in 2021, please watch the information video here. There’s a link in the description box to the judge signup form: youtube.com/watch?v=BtSIz5_l_vg&t=3s
If you’d like a downloadable pdf of the Octafinal groups, that’s available at the bottom of the main page at our website.
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes2021 Call for JudgesBookTube Prize2020-10-09 | If you’re interested in judging next year’s BookTube Prize, please fill out the form linked here: https://forms.gle/cn7i9uD4NdS55FMn7
We’ll start January 1 with revision and voting on the list of nominated titles. Octafinals are February - March. Quarterfinals are April - May. Semifinals are June - July. Finals are August - September. Winners are announced the first weekend in October.
booktubeprize.org #booktubeprize #literaryprize2020 Winners AnnouncementBookTube Prize2020-10-03 | The Winners for the 2020 BookTube Prize
A huge thank you to all the 173 judges this year. You’re the best!
Complete group-by-group, round-by-round results are available on our website.: booktubeprize.org
If you’re interested in judging the 2021 BookTube Prize, please be on the lookout for the Call-for-Judges video coming soon on this channel.
#BookTubePrize #BookTubePrizeChallenge #LiteraryPrizesThe 2020 FinalistsBookTube Prize2020-07-31 | The Finals start August 1 and finish on September 30. The winners will be announced on October 3.
#BookTubePrize #BookTubePrizeChallenge #LiteraryPrizesQuarterfinals Results – Semifinals PairingsBookTube Prize2020-05-31 | Here are the results from the Quarterfinals and the pairings for the Semifinals. How many semifinalists did you predict correctly?
As judges post their response videos, I'm compiling them in a 2020 Quarterfinals playlist. You can find all (I hope) of the judge videos in one place that way.
If you'd like a downloadable pdf checklist of the semifinalists, please visit the webpage: bootubeprize.org/semifinals
#BookTubePrizeBookTube Prize Talks | Octafinals Live Show: Non-Fiction (Re-Upload)BookTube Prize2020-05-07 | This is the re-upload of the BookTube Prize Talks | Octafinals Live Show: Non-Fiction