Award-Winning Books

Turner Publishing and its imprints, including Keylight Books, West Margin Press, Alaska Northwest Books, Prospect Park Books, and Jewish Lights, publish books recognized by juried literary, design, and industry awards. Honors include the Shamus Award, the Nautilus Book Award, the National Outdoor Book Award, the Sir Walter Raleigh Award, the Foreword INDIES, the Jewish Book Council's Natan Notable Book Award, and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, along with finalist recognition for the Edgar, Eisner, NAACP Image, Thriller, and National Jewish Book Awards.

The list below covers fiction, cookbooks, outdoor and nature writing, children's books, and Jewish literature, and is updated as new honors are announced.

Award Winners

• After Everyone Else: Next Generation Indie Book Award, Romance (2023)
• Aurora: Northern Lights Book Award (2021)
• California Thriller: Shamus Award, Best PI Paperback Original (1982)
• Descendants of Fire & Water: International Impact Book Award, Fantasy (2024)
• Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves: Natan Notable Book Award, Jewish Book Council (2022)
• Golden Gate Park, An A to Z Adventure: Eureka! Honor Award, California Reading Association (2020)
• Grant's Getaways: Guide to Wildlife Watching in Oregon: Outdoor Writers Association of America Excellence in Craft Award (2015)
• The Hive: Next Generation Indie Book Award, Cover Design (2023)
• Jimmy Bluefeather: National Outdoor Book Award (2015); Banff Mountain Book Competition finalist (2016)
• L.A. Mexicano: PubWest Book Design Award, Gold (2017)
• Little Flower Baking: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, Cookbooks (2016); PubWest Book Design Award, Gold (2016); SCIBA Book Award, Nonfiction (2016)
• The Noisy Classroom: American Fiction Award, Children's Book Cover Design (2020)
• One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: National Outdoor Book Award (1999)
• Pup the Sea Otter: National Outdoor Book Award (2017); NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book (2017)
• The Secret of Rainy Days: Next Generation Indie Book Award, Regional Fiction (2023)
• The Seventh Thunder: Next Generation Indie Book Award, Suspense/Thriller (2010)
• A Short Time to Stay Here: Sir Walter Raleigh Award (2013); Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction (2012); Clark Cox Historical Fiction Award (2012)
• So Happiness to Meet You: Nautilus Book Award (2017)
• Two in the Far North, Revised Edition: National Outdoor Book Award (1998)
• The Winter Walk: Alaska Indigenous Literature Award (2004)
• Words Whispered in Water, Anniversary Edition: Nautilus Book Award, Silver (2020)
• The Zee Files: Mom's Choice Awards, Gold

Finalists and Honors

• After Abel and Other Stories: National Jewish Book Award finalist (2015); Sophie Brody Medal honor (2015)
• All This Can Be True: Foreword INDIES finalist, LGBTQ+ Fiction (2025)
• The Auntie Em's Cookbook: SCIBA Book Award nominee, Nonfiction (2014)
• Be a Good Man, Not a Nice Guy: NAACP Image Award nominee (2018)
• Crush: Kirkus Reviews Best Mystery/Thriller of 2015
• The Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape: Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award nominee (2025)
• Dumpster Dying: Silver Falchion Award finalist, Cozy Mystery (2024)
• Foreign Seed: Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction finalist, National Jewish Book Awards (2024)
• Glacier on the Move: School Library Journal STEM Picture Books to Inspire Budding Scientists (2020)
• The Honeybee Emeralds: Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, First Novel (2023)
• How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: ALSC Notable Children's Book (2019)
• The Hungry Giant of the Tundra: Alaska Battle of the Books selection
• In Our Image: Booklist Top 10 Religion Books for Youth (1999); AJL Best of the Bunch (1998)
• Killer Cache: Silver Falchion Award finalist, Cozy Mystery (2026)
• La Padella di Pedro: New York Public Library Best Books for Kids (2019)
• Living Within the Wild: IACP Cookbook Award finalist, Culinary Travel (2022)
• Made in California, Volume 2: Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, Regional Nonfiction (2025)
• The Man Who Hacked the World: Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, True Crime (2023)
• My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black: Thriller Award finalist, Best Original Paperback Novel (2022)
• On Heaven's Hill: American Fiction Awards finalist (2024); Banff Mountain Book Competition finalist (2023)
• Pedro's Pan: New York Public Library Best Books for Kids (2019)
• The Puzzler's Guide to California: Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, Activity Books (2025)
• The Puzzler's Guide to Oregon: Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, Activity Books (2025)
• The Science of Sherlock Holmes: Edgar Award nominee (2007)
• The Sky Club: Thomas Wolfe Literary Award runner-up (2023)
• Strawberry Yellow: SCIBA T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award finalist (2013)
• Sylvia Finds a Way: Patricia Gallagher Children's Choice Award finalist (2023)
• The Tinsel Twist: Stiletto Award finalist, Contemporary Romantic Suspense (2025)
• A Visit to Moscow: Eisner Award nominee, Best Adaptation from Another Medium (2023)
• Ways the World Could End: Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, General Fiction (2023)
• When My Cousins Come to Town: New York Public Library Best Books for Kids (2021); Irma S. Black Award nominee (2021)