Foreword Reviews is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2021 INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Death Never Dies was named a finalist in the Popular Culture category.

More than 2,500 entries spread across 55 genres were submitted for consideration. The Finalists were determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners are now being decided by teams of librarian and bookseller judges from across the country.

“Being able to revisit the best of a year’s books—titles that are
either familiar to us, or that we have the joy of seeing for the first
time during judging—is always a pleasure,” says Editor-in-Chief Michelle
Anne Schingler. “This year’s entrants represented a thrilling influx of
books that we thoroughly enjoyed spending time with. We’re proud of
every book that’s moving on to our finalist round.”

“Our goal for Foreword’s INDIES Book of the Year Awards is to be one
of the premier programs for independent presses to be recognized for
their work,” said Victoria Sutherland, publisher. “After 24 years, I
continue to be so very proud of the integrity of our judging process and
so grateful to our volunteer librarians and booksellers who will make
the winner’s determination based on their knowledge of what their
current reader patron pleasures are.”

Winners in each genre—along with Editor’s Choice Prize winners and Foreword’s Independent Publisher of the Year—will be announced June 16, 2022.