And the winners are. . . . We are so excited to present to you the winners of the 2015 *Book Shimmy* Awards! Thank you to the thousands and thousands of you that voted in the semi-final and final rounds in this year’s awards. Get the full list of the winners below, but first watch the award show!
The *Book Shimmy* Awards is an annual award show dedicated to honoring young adult novels. The awards are 100% community nominated and voted on and 100% awesome.
Best of Shelf
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (Winner)
Winter by Marissa Meyer
The Heir by Kiera Cass
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Pagemaster
Sarah J. Maas (Winner)
Rainbow Rowell
Marissa Meyer
Kiera Cass
New Kid on the Shelf
Sabaa Tahir (Winner)
Renée Ahdieh
Becky Albertalli
Jennifer Niven
Cover Lust
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Winner)
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
We Need Diverse Books
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh (winner)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Mental Health Matters
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (winner)
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
Here and Now Award
PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han (winner)
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
Reality Bites Award
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (winner)
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Hot Under the Cover Award
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (winner)
Sweet Temptation by Wendy Higgins
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han
World Series Champ
The Selection series by Kiera Cass (winner)
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
Miss Peregrine’s series by Ransom Riggs
Blast from the Past Award
Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson (winner)
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
The Retelling Award
Winter by Marissa Meyer (winner)
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Epic Adaptations
Mockingjay Part 2 (winner)
Insurgent
The 100
Paper Towns
Most Anticipated Award
The Crown by Kiera Cass (winner)
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Book Nerd of the Year
Sasha of youtube.com/abookutopia (winner)
Cait of www.PaperFury.com
Jesse of youtube.com/jessethereader
Christine of youtube.com/polandbananasBOOKS
That’s it for this year’s YA-only award show! Were there any upsets? Surprise winners? Winners that totally deserved it? Tell us in the comments below! We’ll see you next year! *book shimmy!!!!*