Annual People's Choice Awards
The Library of Virginia established the People's Choice Awards in 2004 to give readers an opportunity to share their enthusiasm for favorite works by Virginia authors and on Virginia topics. Finalists for the People's Choice Awards are selected from the books nominated for the annual Virginia Literary Awards. The People's Choice winners are selected by readers through a secure online voting portal. (Voting for the 2023 winners has closed.)
The 2023 winners for the People's Choice Awards were “ Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver for the fiction category and “ Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, The Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire” by Jonathan M. Katz in the nonfiction category.
The 2023 fiction finalists for the People's Choice Awards are:
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| They Come at Knight | Yasmin Angoe |
| Clive Cussler: The Sea Wolves | Jack Du Brul |
| The Displacements | Bruce Holsinger |
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver |
| Must Love Books | Shauna Robinson |
The 2023 nonfiction finalists for the People's Choice Awards are:
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown | Taylor Harris |
| Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, The Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire | Jonathan Katz |
| Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America | Dahlia Lithwick |
| Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis | Beth Macy |
| Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders | Kathryn Miles |
