The Rando Awards
therandoawards.bsky.social
The Rando Awards
@therandoawards.bsky.social
A homespun literary award with absolutely zero prestige but 100% passion. Founded in 2023 by a collection of randos who just wanted to celebrate the books they love. Want to join the judging team for the 2025 Randos or sponsor an award? Drop us a DM!
The Rando Award for Best of All Possible Genderverses

In Universes, by @emnorth.bsky.social
Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg
The Unraveling, by @benjaminrosenbaum.com
The Space Between Worlds, by @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social
The Husbands, by @hollygramazio.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Rando Award for Nordic Feels

The Night Guest, by @hildur.bsky.social
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by @wiswell.bsky.social
Leech, by @hironennes.bsky.social
Quarter Share, by Nathan Lowell
What Feasts at Night, by @tkingfisher.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Rando Award for Reminding Me I Love Reading

The Invisible Library, by @genevievecogman.bsky.social
Rules for Ghosting, by @shellyjayshore.bsky.social
Witch of Wild Things, by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Consort of Fire, by @kitrocha.com
Slippery Creatures, by @kjcharleswriter.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Rando Award for Life is But a Dream

Famous Men Who Never Lived, by K. Chess
The Museum of Human History, by @rebekahbergman.bsky.social
The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez
Gnomon, by @harkaway.bsky.social
Time’s Agent, by @brendapeynado.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Rando Award for Social Commentary in the Streets, Monster Fucking in the Sheets

Morning Glory Milking Farm, by C.M. Nascosta
Jumping the Shark: Matched with the Space Shark, by @authorashraven.bsky.social
Impromptu Match, by @authorlilymayne.bsky.social
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February 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Rando Award for We Live in a Society

Who Gets To Be Smart, by Bri Lee
The Marigold, by @afsulli.bsky.social
The City in the Middle of the Night, by @charliejane.bsky.social
The Faithless and the Damned, by @sevromero.bsky.social
The Winnowing Draw, by @emptywrites.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Award for Stellar Storytellers

Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut, by Samantha Cristoforetti
How to Astronaut, by @astroterry.bsky.social
A City on Mars, by @weinersmith.bsky.social & @zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Chasing Space, by Leland Melvin
Not Necessarily Rocket Science, by Kellie Gerardi
February 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Rando Award for Oof, Right in the Emotions

The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez
Children of Time, by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Hench, by @nataliezed.bsky.social
The Blacktongue Thief, by @buehlmeister.bsky.social
Some Desperate Glory, by @emilytesh.net
February 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Rando Award for The Best of the First

Dungeon Crawler Carl, by @mattdinniman.bsky.social
The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune
The Sunbearer Trials, by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social
The Wrath & The Dawn, by Renée Ahdieh
The City of Brass, by @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Friends, it's time.

Our panel of nine passionate Randos spent all of 2024 reading the very best books they could get their grubby hands on. Now comes the challenging part: winnowing down our shortlists, and then picking our deserving winners.

But first: the categories!
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February 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM