Join us as we celebrate the winners of the 84th annual Ohio Book Awards – live at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium!
The Ohio Book Awards will be presented live at the historic Ohio Statehouse Atrium, with a reception that includes heavy hors d'oeuvres and complimentary drinks. The program will include interviews with each Award winner (featuring Special Guest Interviewers) followed by book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
The Event will also include some fun surprises, amazing food, and great conversation with fellow book lovers! Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating Ohio literature.
The 2025 Ohio Book Award Winners:
Fiction: Christopher Bollen. Havoc. Harper: New York, NY, 2024.
Poetry: Yalie Saweda Kamara. Besaydoo: Poems. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2024.
Nonfiction: Timothy Snyder. On Freedom. New York, NY: Crown, 2024.
Young Adult: Mindy McGinnis. Under This Red Rock. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books, 2024.
Middle Grade: Andrea Wang. Summer at Squee. New York, NY: Kokila, 2024.
Juvenile: Loren Long. The Yellow Bus. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press, 2024.
About Ohio or an Ohioan: Keith O’Brien*. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. New York, NY: Pantheon, 2024.
Readers’ Choice: Amanda Flower. To Slip the Bonds of Earth (A Katharine Wright Mystery). Kensington: New York, NY, 2024.