The Christy Award® Finalists
2026 has been a fantastic year to be a reader of Christian books. And now we get to celebrate all the hard work authors and publishers put into their novels. The Christy Awards were established in 1999, and are given in recognition of excellence across all genres of Christian fiction. Browse the 2026 finalists below! Congratulations to all the authors!
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CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE - TIE
Echoes of a Silent Song
by Amanda Wen
Hearts on the Fly
by Toni Shiloh
Kate Landry Has a Plan
by Rebekah Millet
The Voice We Find
by Nicole Deese
FIRST NOVEL
A Simple Kindness in Flatsboro
by Heather Norman Smith
In the Light of the Sun
by Angela Shupe
The Lawyer and the Laundress
by Christine Hill Suntz
GENERAL FICTION
The Bitter End Birding Society
by Amanda Cox
South of Somewhere
by T.I. Lowe
When the Road Comes Around
by Katie Powner
HISTORICAL - TIE
The Daughter of Rome
by Angela Hunt
The French Kitchen
by Kristy Cambron
From the Valley We Rise
by Elizabeth Musser
Splendor of the Land
by Connilyn Cossette
HISTORICAL ROMANCE - TIE
The Belle of Chatham
by Laura Frantz
The Collector of Burned Books
by Roseanna M. White
Mists Over the Channel Islands
by Sarah Sundin
Through Water and Stone
by Karen Barnett
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER - TIE
The Accused
by Cara Putman
Final Approach
by Lynette Eason
Girl Lost
by Kate Angelo
Tempest at Annabel's Lighthouse
by Jaime Jo Wright
SPECULATIVE - TIE
Every Hour Until Then
by Gabrielle Meyer
Heir of Light
by Niki Florica & Jill Williamson
Maxine Justice: Public Offender
by Daniel Schwabauer
Of Dawn and Embers
by Gillian Bronte Adams
YOUNG ADULT - TIE
Illuminary
by Chawna Schroeder
The Outsider
by Katy Morgan
Sons of Day & Night
by Mariposa Aristeo
