2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Mystery, Crime
What should an attorney do when, out of the blue, his best friend pressures him to draw up a will leaving his entire estate to a no-good hippie? Investigate! That’s what he should do.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Mystery, Historical
“A gentle mystery that harkens a bygone era.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges
When former paratrooper Glenn Halliday and his wife inherit a sprawling mansion in Argentina in 1963, they uncover a chilling legacy—one that links wartime crimes, hidden identities, and a past that refuses to die.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Mystery, Historical
1929 Las Vegas, New Mexico. When a man is murdered at the Castaneda Hotel, Josie MacFarland faces a dismissive sheriff, the cold shoulder of old friends, and the hardships of the Great Depression.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Mystery, Novella
“Complex characters complement a compelling story.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges
After Julie disappears on her way to school, Detective Jim Brady can’t believe his son could be involved, but his wife is convinced the boy is hiding something. He needs to find Julie before the worst happens.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Mystery, Novella
When Raine discovers a series of unsolved disappearances in the quiet village of Woodvale, she becomes determined to uncover the truth. Will she expose the sinister forces at play before it’s too late?
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Mystery, Suspense
“A tightly crafted suspense novel from start to dramatic finish.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges
The storybook romance between Selena and Victor becomes a living nightmare as Victor reveals his true, dark nature. When his behavior turns to violence, Selena runs for her life but soon finds there is no place to hide.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Mystery, Suspense
Scrappers find the body of a much-despised junk man at the local dump. In the process of the murder investigation, Sheriff Peter Elliott discovers the residents of Stone County, Montana are hiding a shameful secret.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Mystery, Suspense
More than anything, Jasmin wants to gain her mother’s love and trust, but first she must unravel family secrets. When the chilling truth comes out, Jasmin’s world is forever changed!
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Nonfiction
“An honest look at the crossroads we’re all sitting at.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges
A thought-provoking exploration of AI’s promise and peril, this book examines how technological advancement challenges ethics, identity, and humanity’s responsibility to shape its future wisely.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Nonfiction
Learn how to make YouTube work for your author career without burning out, overspending, or wasting time chasing trends. Build a channel that fits your goals, grows your readership, and supports your writing life.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Nonfiction
Family, Fun, First, Failure, From, Farmer, Fire, Formidable, Farewell… words that bring emotion into our conversation. Learn a bit about the author’s life and think through what these words mean to you.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Nonfiction
A journey of reason, question, contradiction and finally conclusion, Sheldon’s fascinating struggle with logic, philosophy, religion and good and evil reflects his own anomalous perspective of life.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Nonfiction, Christian
“A markedly intellectual consideration of Bible accounts.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges
More than a retelling, this is an invitation to engage deeply with Scripture, to see oneself in its stories, and to grasp the enduring message of redemption that threads from Genesis to Revelation.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Nonfiction, Christian
A powerful antidote to the modern identity crisis, this book confronts the deceptive allure of the inward search and the cultural myth that worth must be earned.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Nonfiction, Christian
From the rise of Herod the Great (ca. 44 BCE) to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE, this is a rigorous chronicle of the religious and political forces that shaped the ministry of Jesus and the formation of the early Church.
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2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Nonfiction, Educational
“Informative, engaging, trustworthy advice that everyone needs to read.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges
This book guides parents and allergic children to and through proven solutions that will ease their allergies, reactions, and stress. You can live a normal life, even with severe allergies.
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