The results are in! 301 votes were cast and the winner is The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson. Described as a “meticulously crafted thriller,” Jackson’s novel received 67 votes.

The full list of nominees, ordered by number of votes received, is:

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson (67)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (55)
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine by Katherine Marsh (35)
Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow (33)
Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks (25)
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey (24)
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (20)
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (18)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (16)
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (8)

Thirty-two staff also cast a vote for their favourite, with The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters emerging as the winner. The Berry Pickers, described as a novel that “beautifully explores loss, grief, hope, and the invisible tether that keeps families intact even when they are ripped apart,” is a debut novel written by a Nova Scotian author.

The full list of nominees, ordered by number of votes received, is:

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (8)
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine by Katherine Marsh (7)
Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow (4)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (4)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (4)
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (3)
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey (1)
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson (1)
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (0)
Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks (0)