Standout Awards

One Book Two Standout Awards are given out by One Book Two reviewers to honor titles and artists that created a stand-out experience for us as readers. At the end of the year, reviewers select—from among the reviews they’ve published during the year—the books, series, authors, audiobooks, narrators, cover artists, etc. that left the biggest impression.

You can identify Standout Award recipients in a few different ways:

• View all the winners on this page
• Find the Standout Award badge on the reviews of the winners
• Read the yearly announcement post for the awards
  • 2016
  • 2015
• Select the Standout Award category from the right-hand menu (green folder in tabbed widget)

Standout Award Winners

• Alicic, Amir, artist
  • Cover of M in the Demon Realm by Mark William Hammond, KM-2016
• Bickle, Laura
  • The Dark Alchemy series, urban fantasy, NN-2015
• Blackwell, Rob
  • The Soren Chase series, horror, NN-2015
• Brand, Kristen
  • Hero Status, superhero fantasy, KM-2016
• Braun, Amy
  • The Cursed series, urban fantasy, II&NN-2015
  • The Dark Sky series, dystopian fantasy, NN-2016
• Carr, Viola
  • The Diabolical Miss Hyde, Electric Empire 01, steampunk fantasy, II-2015
• Chaney, J.N.
  • Transient Echoes, Variant Saga 02, sci-fi dystopian, KM-2016
• Charish, Kristi
  • The Adventures of Owl series, urban fantasy, II&NN-2015
  • The Kincaid Strange series, urban fantasy, II&NN-2016
• Chastain, Rebecca
  • The Madison Fox, Illuminant Enforcer series, urban fantasy, II-2015
  • The Gargoyle Guardian series, urban fantasy, II-2016
• Cook, Angela V.
  • Into A Million Pieces, YA paranormal, PP&FF-2015
• Crewe, Megan
  • A Mortal Song, YA fantasy, FF-2016
• Cummings, Sean
  • The Tim Reaper series, urban fantasy, NN-2016
• Decker, A. E.
  • The Falling of the Moon, Moonfall Mayhem 01, fantasy, KM-2015
  • The Meddlers of Moonshine, Moonfall Mayhem 02, fantasy, KM-2016
• Farish, Lincoln
  • The Inquisitor series 01, horror, NN-2015
• Finn, Domino
  • The Black Magic Outlaw series, urban fantasy, NN-2016
• Graphic Audio. Creates dramatized audio books, II-2015
• Harbison, Beth
  • If I Could Turn Back Time, romance/women’s fiction, RL-2015
• Hartness, John G.
  • The Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series, horror/urban fantasy, NN-2015
• Haven, Talia
  • Mama Cried, fantasy, FF-2015
• Hearne, Kevin
  • The Iron Druid Chronicles, urban fantasy, PP-2015
• Henry, Christina
  • Alice (audio), Chronicles of Alice o1, narrated by Jenny Sterlin, fantasy/horror, II-2016
• Higgins, Kristan
  • If You Only Knew, romance/women’s fiction, RL-2015
• Hines, Jim C.
  • The Magic Ex Libris series, urban fantasy, PP-2016
• Hudson, eden
  • The Redneck Apocalypse series, urban fantasy, II-2015
• Hunter, James
  • The Yancy Lazarus series, urban fantasy, II&NN-2015
  • Mudman, urban fantasy, II-2016
• J. Caleb Design, Jake Clark, artist. II-2016
• Jaffrey, Josie
  • The Solis Invicti series, urban fantasy, LL-2016
• Jay, Pippa
  • Keir, Redemption Book 01, fantasy, VV-2015
  • Keir’s Fall, Redemption Book 02, fantasy, VV-2016
• Kowal, Mary Robinette
  • Ghost Talkers, historical fantasy, II-2016
• Lange, Ken
  • The Warden Global series, urban fantasy, NN-2016
• Laurel, Karissa
  • Midnight Burning, Norse Chronicles 01, urban fantasy, VV-2015
  • Arctic Dawn, Norse Chronicles 02, urban fantasy, VV-2016
• Maggert, Terry
  • The Fearless series, urban fantasy, NN-2015
  • The Halfway Witchy series, narrated by Erin Spencer, urban fantasy, NN-2015, audio II-2016
• Mahanenko, Vasily 
  • Survival Quest, Way of the Shaman 01, LitRPG, VV-2016
• Mandel, Emily St. John
  • Station Eleven, apocalyptic/dystopian, AA-2016
• Maniscalco, Kerri
  • Stalking Jack the Ripper, YA historical, LL-2016
• McGrath, Christian, artist.
  • Cover of Webmage by Kelly McCullough, KM-2015
• Mears, Emmie
  • The Ayala Storme series, urban fantasy, II-2016
• Olson, Melissa F.
  • The Boundary Magic series, urban fantasy, NN-2015
• Radcliffe, Wil
  • The Whisper King series, horror, NN-2015
• Rowling, J.K.
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter 06, YA fantasy, KM-2016
• Saboviec, S.L.
  • Guarding Angel, Fallen Redemption 01, fantasy, II&FF-2015
  • The Impending Possession of Scarlet Wakebridge-Rosé, urban fantasy, II-2016
• Schaefer, Craig
  • The Harmony Black series, urban fantasy, NN-2016
• Stark, Jenn
  • The Immortal Vegas series, urban fantasy, II&NN-2015
• Tanafon, Eric
  • The Road to Hel, Sean’s Saga 01, MG fantasy, KM-2016
• Wright, Adam J.
  • The Harbinger P.I. series, urban fantasy, NN-2016