Last week, we shared with you our top 20 books of the year as chosen by BookBrowse subscribers. This week, we announce the Award winners in the categories of Best Fiction, Best Nonfiction, Best YA and Best Debut.

Speaking of subscriber favorites, it's time for a beloved BookBrowse tradition: the Big Holiday Wordplay!

If you haven't yet taken advantage of our coupon code to save $7 off a gift membership to BookBrowse, see the details below to purchase a discounted membership for someone else (or a first-time membership for yourself!).

We also have new books for members to request and announcements of upcoming discussions beginning in January and February, so you can look forward to some reading excitement in the new year.

Very best,

Davina Morgan-Witts

BookBrowse Publisher

Last week, we announced our Top 20 books of the year. Thank you to everyone who voted! Now, we bring you our Best of the Year award winners in the categories of Best Nonfiction Book, Best Fiction Book, Best Debut and Best Young Adult Book.

Our awards are unique in that voting is only open to BookBrowse subscribers, books are rated on a 5-point scale and voters only rate books that they have read. This prevents "vote stuffing" and keeps the focus on titles that subscribers have truly enjoyed, rather than simply the most widely read selections.

The just-published issue of The BookBrowse Review is packed with new reviews and articles; plus author interviews, recommendations for book clubs and previews of notable books publishing soon. This latest e-zine includes reviews and "beyond the book" articles for all of our Top 20 Best of Year selections.

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Members! This month's First Impressions and Book Club books are available now. Request at bookbrowse.com/arc before end of Saturday, December 11.

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Our popular Wordplay quizzes run all year, but we always have a special version for the holidays which, over the past 20 years, has become something of a holiday tradition for many subscribers, whether to challenge themselves or share with family and friends!

To enter, decipher the 10 classic books and their authors from the clues below (e.g., the answer to M B by G F would be Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert). This year, all 10 books have an otherworldly flavor and straddle the 20th century from 1904 to 1987.

T H G T T G by D A

C P by I M B

T N S by I A

T L H O D by U K L G

T V O T D T by C S L

T P T by N J

S F T D by O S C

T M L O O by L F B

T W D by A M

A P O M by E R B

There will be 3 winners. Two will be selected at random from the correct entries, one will be selected from all eligible entries - whether correct or not. So it is still worth entering even if you cannot solve all of the clues!

The answer to the last Wordplay: I Y Can't S T H, G O O T K

Meaning: If the pressure is too great for you, leave it to others who can cope

Harry S. Truman is on record as using this expression in 1942 as reported by The Soda Springs Sun, Idaho:

"Favorite rejoinder of Senator Harry S. Truman, when a member of his war contracts investigating committee objects to his strenuous pace: 'If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.'" ...