The Best Books of September - Amazon Top 100 Lists and More

 




And the best books of September 2023 are ... drumroll! ....

Top 100 Amazon

1.       Hot new releases

        Bob McGee’s book, A View through the Fog, was #1 in hot new releases in bridge engineering for the entire 30-day new-release period and bounced around #13-#41 overall in bridge engineering. Great showing for a first-time author. 

       Steven Greenebaum’s book, An Afternoon’s Discussion, was #1 in ecumenism in hot new releases on June 24 and #21 overall in Christian ecumenism, mostly staying in the top 100 during the new-release period. Congratulations to him on that #1 status!!

 General categories

a.  Kris Girrell’s book, Learning to Feel, reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists.

 

b.     Shannon Gonyou’s book, Since Sinai, reached #10 in biographies of Judaism.

 

c.      Steven Greenebaum’s book, An Afternoon’s Discussion, reached #59 in ecumenism.

 

d.     Larry MacDonald’s book, RV Oopsies, reached #34 in travel humor, #116 in business and professional humor, and #136 in hospitality, travel, and tourism (a huge field; an excellent showing for this book).

 

e.      Bob McGee’s book, A View through the Fog, reached #31 in bridge engineering.

 

f.       Ken Mogren’s book, Spunky Grandmas and Other AmusingCharacters, reached #69 in limericks and humorous verse.

 

g.     Boris Shekhtman’s book, How to Improve Your ForeignLanguage Immediately, reached #52 in study and teaching references.

Awards

Congratulations to Steven Greenebaum for being the runner-up (finalist) for the Pacific Books Award competition in the category of religion for his book, An Afternoon’sDictation. There are only two awards in each category: winner and finalist. So, in this case, finalist is significant.

Congratulations to Diana Keathley, whose book, GodSway, received an honorable mention at the New York Book Festival and an honorable mention at the.

 

So far this year, MSI Press authors have won 17 awards – not a bad showing!

For more posts about Girrell and his books, click HERE.

For more posts about Gonyou and her book, click HERE.

For more posts and Greenebaum and his books, click HERE.

For more posts about Keathley and her book, click HERE.

For more posts about MacDonald and his books, click HERE.

For more posts about McGee and his book, click HERE.

For more posts about Mogren and his book, click HERE.

For more posts about Shekhtman and his book, click HERE.

For more posts about top 100 Amazon books, click HERE.

For more posts about book awards, click HERE.


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