In sync with World Book Day (April 23), the Goody Business Book Awards honors 8 nonfiction business books that are positively changing lives.

8 Nonfiction Business Books Changing Lives

In sync with World Book Day (April 23), the Goody Business Book Awards honors 8 nonfiction business books that are making a positive impact.

These bestselling books are classic examples of how a book can improve lives in the same 8 genres and Amazon categories that are recognized by our business book awards program.

What makes the Goody Business Book Awards program unique is that it honors 100% social impact authors making a difference with words, which includes mostly nonfiction business books.

In addition, these 8 mega bestsellers were written by authors who’ve helped millions of readers become better business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders, marketers and more. Similarly, these bestselling authors have helped people become healthier and happier, increase their wealth and use technology to launch big ideas.

Have you read any nonfiction business books that are improving lives? Anyone can Nominate Books published within 5 years for Goody Business Book Awards (2019-2023) in these book genres in any of our 50 categories by September 30.

And here is our list of Top 8 Nonfiction Business Books that continue to make a positive impact:

1. Business Category

Good to Great:

Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t

By Jim Collins

Good to Great Business Category Goody Business Book Awards

As one of the best nonfiction business books of all times, “Good To Great” provides benchmarks that set elite companies apart to help others make the leap from a good-to-great company with excellent stock returns. For example, Collins discusses Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, Merck and more.

2. Entrepreneur Category

The ONE Thing:

The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results

By Gary Keller 

The One Thing Number 1 Bestseller Entrepreneur Category Goody Business Book Awards

The One Thing helps entrepreneurs and readers learn to focus on what matters most in their personal and work lives. With the average attention span of an adult being 8 seconds (Microsoft Study featured in our Goody Business Book Awards Founder’s book, 8-Second PR: New Public Relations Crash Course), this is now more relevant than ever. By focusing your energy on one thing at a time, people can live more rewarding and productive lives.

3. Health Category

Atomic Habits:

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

By James Clear

Atomic Habits Health Category for Goody Business Book Awards

As a Number 1 Bestseller, Atomic Habits provides a proven framework for improving everyday lives by forming good habits, breaking bad habits, and master tiny behaviors that can lead to remarkable results. The author draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. And throughout the book, readers will be inspired by true stories about Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians.

4. Leadership Category

START WITH WHY:

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

By Simon Sinek

Start with WHY Simon Sinek Leadership Category for Goody Business Book Awards

To inspire millions, Simon Sinek wrote one of the all-time best nonfiction business books that started a movement. The book demands that leaders define the WHY of their organization and offer purpose-driven work. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act and communicate the same way, including Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers, who had little in common.

5. Marketing Category

This is Marketing:

You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See

By Seth Godin

This is Marketing by Seth Godin recognized by Goody Business Book Awards on World Book Day as one of the top nonfiction business books.

As a recognized marketing expert, Author Seth Godin’s This is Marketing helps readers better present their brand to the world in a meaningful way. For example, Godin teaches how to build trust and permission with your target market. In addition, he emphasizes that “the best way to achieve your goals is to help others become who they want to be.”

6. Money and Wealth Category

Rich Dad Poor Dad:

What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

By Robert T. Kiyosaki (last updated in 2022)

Rich Dad Poor Dad honored in Money and Wealth Category for Goody Business Book Awards

Based on a true story, Rich Dad Poor Dad is based on Bestselling Author Robert T. Kiyosaki’s experience growing up in Hawaii with a “poor dad” compared to lessons learned from his friend’s father who was a wealthy entrepreneur and “rich dad.” April of 2022 marked the 25-year milestone for this personal finance classic that still ranks as the #1 Personal Finance book of all time. While our world is changing at warp speed, the lessons about money and the principles of Rich Dad Poor Dad haven’t changed.

7. Self-Help Category

You Are a Badass®:

How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

By Jen Sincero

You Are a Badass honored in Self-Help Category for Goody Business Book Awards

For anyone looking for a self-esteem boost, You Are a Badass® is one of the best self-help books you can read. In this game-changing guide, readers will find ways to reshape your mindset and life. Mega-bestselling author and world-traveling success coach Jen Sincero provides up 27 bite-sized chapters full of entertaining and inspiring stories, advice tips and easy-to-implement exercises. This nonfiction book can help you make some serious changes and start living the life that once seemed impossible.

8. Technology Category

BOLD:

How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World (Exponential Technology Series)

By Peter H. Diamandis

BOLD by Peter H. Diamandis recognized by Goody Business Book Awards on World Book Day as one of the top nonfiction business books.

Written by the Founder of the X-Prize Foundation, BOLD is one of the most influential nonfiction business books. As a “radical how-to guide”, Mega Author Peter H. Diamandis teaches how to use “exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools” to implement big ideas. For example, insights about the power of 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, networks and sensors, and synthetic biology are highlighted. In addition, entrepreneurial secrets by billionaires such as Larry Page, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Jeff Bezos are featured.

What are some of your favorite all-time nonfiction business books that positively enhanced your life?

How did the words of that author help you save money, get healthier, live longer, get inspired and more?

And if you are an author who wrote a book with a WHY to change the world, you can Nominate Your Book for Goody Business Book Awards in 1-50 categories in these 8 parent genres.

Being recognized as an Award-Winning Author can really make a difference in your book marketing in many ways. And a book award can help you reach more readers through the power of recognition.

And to help our fellow authors get publicity, Goody Business Book Awards Founder and Author Liz H. Kelly is gifting her how-to do public relations book (eBook version) on Amazon for free: 8-Second PR: New Public Relations Crash Course over World Book Day Weekend (April 20- 23, 2023).

Happy World Book Day, and cheers to all of the nonfiction business books and authors making a difference with words (which really should be every day!)

Goody Business Book Awards open for 2023 with 25 new book award categories

2023 Goody Business Book Awards Open with 25 New Categories

To recognize authors making a positive impact with words, the Annual Goody Business Book Awards is now accepting 2023 Nominations with 25 new categories to expand options for writers. While many book awards highlight a social good category, the Goody Business Book Awards program honors 100% social impact books in 50 categories.

Any book published within 5 years (2019-2023) is eligible for the 2023 Goody Business Book Awards. 

Authors, publishers, literary agents and fans are encouraged to Nominate Books here by September 30, 2023: https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book/

“With a sea of 48.5+ million books published on Amazon as Kindle eBooks alone, authors need to find new ways to stand out above the rest beyond being a bestseller, which includes becoming an Award-Winning Author,” explains Goody PR and Goody Business Book Awards Founder, Award-Winning Author and Podcast Host Liz H. Kelly.

When asked what changed, Kelly expanded, “Our author awards program still has 50 total book award categories, but added MANY new categories based on the most popular book award categories last year (i.e. Self-Help Memoir, Self-Help Inspiration and Leadership-Think Differently).”

More book award category options were added to recognize authors who wrote about their “life story.” For example, Autobiography, Biography, Personal Transformation, Motivation, Happiness, Diet and Exercise categories are new.

You can see what has been added in the two images below noted with a star next to the new category.

Goody Business Book Awards adds 25 new book award categories for authors such as biography, big ideas and environment.

The goal is to amplify authors in their niche area of expertise to better attract potential readers, fans and clients. Our Book Award Categories are in these 8 subject areas: 

  • Business (13 categories)
  • Entrepreneur (3 categories)
  • Health (8 categories) 
  • Leadership (6 categories) 
  • Marketing (4 categories)
  • Money/Wealth (3 categories)
  • Self-Help (11 categories) 
  • Technology (2 categories)
Goody Business Book Awards expands with 25 new book award categories for 2023 for authors making a difference with words.

When submitting a nomination, authors will also be asked HOW their book is improving lives. Kelly explains, “If your book is helping people live longer, improve their diet, be inspired, be a better leader, save money, buy a house, market their product better and/or other positive impacts, you should nominate your book for a Goody Business Book Award.”

Goody Business Book Awards – 2023 Nomination and Awards Timeline:

  • Now – September 30, 2023 – Book Award Nominations Accepted
  • November 15, 2023 – Award-Winning Winners/Finalists Announced
  • November 15 – December 31, 2023 & Beyond – Promote Award-Winning Authors

Over 100 Award-Winning Authors (50 Winners and 50 Finalists) will be announced by the Goody Business Book Awards by November 15, 2023, just-in-time for your holiday book promotions. The authors can then promote their awards on their front cover, website, social media, blogs, videos – and/or distribute a press release! And as the presenting sponsor and marketing agency, Goody PR will also actively promote the winners on similar platforms.

These unique business book awards can help authors increase awareness of their work, build credibility as a trustworthy thought leader, increase sales, and attract more raving fans and clients through the power of recognition. The Goody Business Book Awards logo is a hot air balloon with a book as the basket to symbolize the mission to “Uplift Author Voices” literally above millions of similar books.

NOMINATE BOOKS:

Anyone can Nominate a Book for the 2023 Annual Goody Business Book Awards. 

ABOUT: The Annual Goody Business Book Awards are presented by Goody PR to “Uplift Author Voices” with 100% social impact book awards. Goody PR Founder, Award-Winning Author (“8-Second PR”) and Podcast Host Liz H. Kelly designed the Goody Business Book Awards program to amplify authors making a positive impact with words. This annual awards program is an extension of Goody PR’s Mission to “Magnify Good”. 

Goody PR works primarily with clients who are Authors, Businesses, Business Professionals, Business Owners, CEOs, Founders, Entrepreneurs, Speakers, CEOs, Thought Leaders, Experts, and Causes. Goody PR has booked thousands of major media interviews, including on the TODAY Show, CNN, BBC World News, Pioneer PBS, NPR’s Marketplace, TIME Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, WOR 710 AM, Fast Company, and hundreds of local TV, radio shows and podcasts. 

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Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips

8 New Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips

If you are an Award-Winning Author, these 8 new book promotion tips from Goody Business Book Awards with examples can help you magnify your book award news.

With 111 new Award-Winning Authors just announced on November 15, 2022, you can see how they are using these tips to boost their holiday and book marketing campaigns. 

And if you are wondering, WHY would you want to tell everyone that you’re an Award-Winning Author? The answer is simple. Book awards can increase your book sales, build credibility as a thought leader, attract more media interviews, and help authors get more speaking gigs. So yes, you want to tell the world!

1. Send out a Press Release Announcement

One of the fastest ways to make your book award news go viral is to send out a press release using a news wire that gets picked up by multiple media outlets. For example, one of our Business – Philanthropy /Non-Profit, Award-Winning Authors Devin D. Thorpe (“Superpowers for Good”) sent out a press release announcing his award. Thorpe used EIN Newswire, contacted us for a quote, and it was picked up by ABC4 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and many others.

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Press Releases

2. Add Book Award News to Your Website

To maximize your book SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as an Award-Winning Author, one of the best things you can do is post your award on your website. When some does a Google search for award-winning books in your subject matter, you want your book to be on top of their search results.

For example, “I Love Me More” Author Jenna Banks posted this banner on her website with Goody Business Book Awards recognition for her Self-Help – Memoir (one of the most popular and competitive categories) as a Finalist.

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Websites

3. Publish Book Awards Seal on Your Cover

To stand out in a sea of 46 million+ authors on Amazon, Award-Winning Authors can also add the book awards seal to their cover. The seal is a visual that can help your book catch someone’s attention when scanning through books in a specific genre. For example, Goody Business Book Awards Winner and Finalist David E. Edey (“Executor Help”) tweeted this banner with the seal on the cover. His publisher, Friesen Press, also posted it on Instagram.

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Book Cover Seal

4. Share Your Award-Winning Author News in Banners

You can also share your new book award all over social media using banners. All Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists were emailed custom banners to make it easier for them to share the good news.

For example, Award-Winning Author Michael Alcee @mike_drop_ (“Therapeutic Improvisation”) shared a banner on Instagram to let his fans know that his book won the 2022 Goody Business Book Awards’ Health – Psychology category. Phillip Wilcox posted a banner on LinkedIn about his book (“The Future is Autonomous”) winning the Technology – Future Tech and Innovations category. Jeffrey D. Korzenik (“Untapped Talent”) also tweeted that his book won multiple awards, and Art Dielhenn (“Get Out of Your Head, It’s a Mess In There”) posted that his book was Finalist in Health – Psychology using a banner on Instagram.

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Add Banners

5. Post Custom Graphics on Social

Authors can also create a custom graphic, and then post it on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms. Everyone was also sent the Goody Business Book Awards seals for Winner and Finalist, depending on their specific award.

Many Award-Winning Authors created their own graphics and shared their awards on Instagram, including: including the Rich Fettke (“The Wise Investor”, Money/Wealth – General – Winner), Batloul Ajlouni (“Ditching Success”, Self-Help Inspiration Winner), and Mark Berridge (“A Fraction Stronger”, Self-Help Inspiration Finalist).

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Custom Graphics

6. Create a Custom Instagram Reels

Because Instagram is now prioritizing videos over photos, posting a Reel is another great way to promote your award-winning book news. In this case, make sure to use all the video features offered to add special effects, music, headlines, hashtags and more. From our 2022 winners, two authors really stood out using custom Instagram Reels, including:

Award-Winning Author @LuciGabel (“Eat To Lead”) that won the Health-Medical and Leadership – Think Differently categories.

Award-Winning Author @Lucy_Beato (“I Had Killer Boobs”) shared that her book was a Finalist for Self-Help – Memoir (one of the most competitive categories) using Reels.

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Reels Videos

7. Create a Custom Book Award Video

Award-Winning Authors can also create a video to share their book award with fans. YouTube is the second largest search engine behind Google, and is owned by Google so that is a great place to post videos to increase your SEO.

To support all Winners and Finalists, the Goody Business Book Awards created a new Playlist on the Goody PR YouTube Channel, and is sharing a video a day for all 45 categories over the next six weeks. We got this idea after attending the Midwest Emmys® in Minneapolis, where our Goody PR client’s 20 minute Pioneer PBS story won a regional Emmy®, and then the host tweeted individual videos by category! You catch watch the Goody Business Book Awards YouTube Playlist that lists all related videos together, so fans can watch them one after another.

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Playlist YouTube

8. Create a ‘Breaking News’ Video with an Online Panel

In addition to the promotion tips above, the “Pulling Each Other Along: 31 Inspirational Stories about Human Kindness” Award-Winning Authors posted a celebration video with a panel discussion on their Facebook page about their book winning the Self-Help-Inspiration category. Award-Winning Authors Todd Civin, Doug Cornfield, Dave Stevens, and Dave Clark, announced the “Breaking News” with back stories on “Pulling Each Other Along”. 

During this video panel, the Award-Winning Authors reflect on the inspiring stories in the book, and praise Todd and Doug for putting it all together. During this discussion, Todd Civin explains; “What I keep thinking about Dave is, this is the equivalent to an Emmy® in my world, so I’m only six behind you” (followed by LOLs). Dave Clark added that their book team was also happy to get some good news in South Florida after the hurricane. And then Doug Cornfield added, “It was truly a privilege to work on this book with Todd because you got to meet so many great folks.”

Goody Business Book Awards Award-Winning Author Promotion Tips Breaking News Video


If your book won a book award recently, make sure you share your breaking news everywhere online using these eight promotion tools and tips! It’s way too easy to become an Amazon bestseller today by telling your friends to all buy your book on the same day. Getting a book award is much more of an honor because it means your book stood out and was selected by a panel of judges. So don’t even hesitate telling the world that you are an Award-Winning Author. And check out our FULL LIST of 2022 Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for more ideas!

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists Full List for 2022

New 2022 Goody Business Book Awards Winners

The 2022 Annual Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists announces the FULL LIST of 111 Award-Winning Authors in 45 categories.

With hundreds of nominations from around the world, these book awards winners are being presented to 100% Social Impact books by Goody PR to shine a light on outstanding books and add value to the author’s brand as a thought leader and to their book marketing campaigns. 

This summary is a RECAP. You can also view Award-Winners and Finalists pages for each category that lists the authors, book cover, HOW their words are helping others and links to their books.

All Award-Winning Authors were selected by a panel of marketing and communications judges based on their book quality and impact. Some of the most popular Goody Business Book Awards categories have multiple Winners and Finalists because there were so many well-written and game changer books.

These Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists are not ranked, and it is considered a tie for all recognized if there is more than one in any of these 10 genres.

Table of Contents:

Business

BUSINESS – CAREER SUCCESS

Winner – No Permission Needed: Unlock Your Leadership Potential and Eliminate Self-Doubt – By Tissa Richards

Finalist – Write to Influence!: Personnel Appraisals, Resumes, Awards, Grants, Scholarships, Internships, Reports, Bid Proposals, Web Pages, Marketing, and More – By Carla D. Bass Colonel, USAF (Ret)

Finalist – Your Amazing Itty Bitty Guide to Being TED-Worthy: 15 Essential Secrets of Successful Speaking Based in Human Neurobiology – By John K. Bates

BUSINESS – CUSTOMER SERVICE

Winner – Customer Service Is DEAD: Delivering 6-Star Service In A 1-Star World – By Mitche Graf

Finalist – The Power of Customer Experience: 5 Elements To Make An Impact – By Elizabeth Dixon

BUSINESS – ECONOMICS

Winner – The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale – By Professor John A. List

Finalist – Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community -By Jeffrey D. Korzenik

BUSINESS – EDUCATION

Winner – Ethics in Finance: Case Studies from a Woman’s Life on Wall Street – By Dr. Kara Tan Bhala

Finalist – Veil Not Fail: Protecting Your Personal Assets from Business Attacks – By Garrett Sutton, Esq.

BUSINESS – ENTERTAINMENT

Winner – The Church of Baseball – The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit  – By Ron Shelton

Finalist – I Got You Covered: The Premiere and Fun Guide to Script Coverage, Notes, and Story Analysis – By Beverly Neufeld

BUSINESS – GENERAL

Winner – Relentless: Mark Victor Hansen – By Mitzi Perdue

Winner – To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose – By Ron A. Carucci

Finalist – Heroes Work Here: An Extraordinary Story of Courage, Resilience and Hope from the Frontlines of COVID-19 – By Lucinda (“Cindy”) M. Baier

BUSINESS – INNOVATION

Winner – The Innovation Ultimatum: How six strategic technologies will reshape every business in the 2020s – By Steve Brown

Finalist – Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products – By Eisha Tierney Armstrong

BUSINESS – LIFESTYLE

Winner – How to Start a Successful Food Truck Business: Earn Full-time Income on Autopilot with a Profitable Mobile Food Business Even if You Got Zero Experience (A Complete Guide for Beginners)- By Walter Grant, Andrew Hudson

Finalist – Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones – By James Clear

BUSINESS – NOVEL

Winner – Outsmarting Crazytown: A Business Novel about How Derailed Professionals Can Get Back on Track – By Brenda Abdilla

Finalist – Let It Snow: A Novel – By Nancy Thayer

BUSINESS – PHILANTHROPY / NON-PROFIT

Winner – Superpowers for Good: The Skills You Can Master to Leave Your Mark on the World – By Devin D. Thorpe

Finalist – Gods in Shackles: What Elephants Can Teach Us About Empathy, Resilience, and Freedom – By Sangita Iyer

Finalist – Post Pandemic Nonprofit: 12 Disruptive Trends Your Nonproft Must Master – By Jeremy Reis

BUSINESS – TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY

Winner – The Business Side of Restaurants: How Intelligent Restaurant Business Entrepreneurs & Investors Can Lead, Win and Make More Money in Life – By Clifford K. Bramble

Finalist – Traveling Tribes: Your Next Gig As a Travel Influencer – By Jeff Gayduk

BUSINESS – WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Winner – Flying by the Seats of Their Skirts – By Athena Ann Golianis

Winner – Heroes Work Here: An Extraordinary Story of Courage, Resilience and Hope from the Frontlines of COVID-19 – By Lucinda (“Cindy”) M Baier

Finalist – No Permission Needed: Unlock Your Leadership Potential and Eliminate Self-Doubt – By Tissa Richards

See the Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists 2022 Full List with Award-Winning Authors

Children’s Books

CHILDREN’S BOOK – BUSINESS SKILLS

Winner – The Randimals – By Nick Harman

Finalist – Sharpen Their Saw: Fun Activities to Help Families Connect and Boost Their EQ Skills – By Janet Vinciguerra

CHILDREN’S BOOK – GENERAL

Winner – Where, Oh Where, Is Barnaby Bear? – By Wendy Whitcomb Rouillard

Finalist – Buster The Bridger Mountain Bear – By Wayne Edwards, Gina Davis (Illustrator)

Entrepreneur

ENTREPRENEUR – GENERAL

Winner – Confessions of an Entrepreneur: Simple Wisdom for Starting, Building, and Running a Business – By Mark C. Zweig

Finalist – Veil Not Fail: Protecting Your Personal Assets from Business Attacks – By Garett Sutton, Esq.


ENTREPRENEUR – SMALL BUSINESS

Winner – Veil Not Fail: Protecting Your Personal Assets from Business Attacks – By Garrett Sutton, Esq.

Finalist – The 7 Key Habits & Principles of Elite Entrepreneurs – Develop a Powerful Entrepreneurial Mindset and Transform Your Business – By Walter Grant

ENTREPRENEUR – START UPS / NEW BUSINESS

Winner – The Venn Effect: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Success Through Purpose, Second Edition – By W.K. (Bill) Rader

Finalist – Confessions of an Entrepreneur: Simple Wisdom for Starting, Building, and Running a Business – By Mark C. Zweig 

ENTREPRENEUR – YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR

Winner – Notes to a Young Entrepreneur: Everything a High School Student Needs to Know About Turning an Idea Into a Successful Business – By Gary Nealon

Finalist – The Young Entrepreneur: How to Start A Business While You’re Still a Student – By Swish Goswami

Finalist – How to Start a Successful Food Truck Business – By Walter Grant and Andrew Hudson

What makes these book awards unique is that they honor 100% social impact books – and HOW the author’s book is helping others is highlighted next to their award on the Goody Business Book Awards – AWARDS pages by category.

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists 2022 Full List of Social Impact Books and Authors

Health

HEALTH – GENERAL

Winner – Secrets of Space Clearing: Achieve Inner and Outer Harmony Through Energy Work, Decluttering, and Feng Shui – By Denise Linn

Finalist – Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain: The Personalized Path to Protect Your Memory, Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes, and Avoid Chronic Illness – By Bradley Bale

HEALTH – MEDICAL

Winner – Eat to Lead: Gain a High Performance Edge With Healthy Food Habits – By Luci Gabel 

Finalist – A Smile is Always In Style: How to Look Great and Feel Amazing – By Hugh Douglas Flax

Finalist – Solutions For Better Sleep: Improve Sleeping Positions To Relieve Pain and Stiffness – By Dr. Kathleen M. Favaloro, DC, PT

HEALTH – MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

Winner – Get Out of Your Head, It’s a Mess in There!: 101 Simple Aphorisms for Better Thinking and Living – By Arthur B. Dielhenn

Finalist – Secrets of Space Clearing: Achieve Inner and Outer Harmony Through Energy Work, Decluttering, and Feng Sheu – By Denise Linn

HEALTH – PSYCHOLOGY

Winner – Against All Odds: A Practical Guide to Successfully Navigate Psychosis and Behavioral Health Systems – By Gary Tsai, M.D.

Winner – Therapeutic Improvisation: How to Stop Winging It and Own It as a Therapist – By Michael Alcee

Finalist – Get Out of Your Head, It’s a Mess in There!: 101 Simple Aphorisms for Better Thinking and Living – By Arthur B Dielhenn

HEALTH – WELLNESS

Winner – Chronically Fabulous: Finding Wholeness and Hope Living with Chronic Illness – By Marisa Zeppieri

Winner – The Domino Diet How to Heal You from the Inside Out – By Karie Cassell

Finalist – Reflect: A Perspective on Understanding Your Reality and Becoming Unstuck – By Maria Lizza Bowen

Leadership

LEADERSHIP – DEI

Winner – Leading Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Guide for Systemic Change in Multinational Organizations Kindle Edition – By Dr. Rohini Anand 

Finalist – Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community – By Jeffrey D. Korzenik

LEADERSHIP – GENERAL

Winner – Healthy Leadership: How to Thrive in the New World of Work – By Lee J. Colan Ph.D., Julie Davis-Colan

Finalist – To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose – By Ron A. Carucci

LEADERSHIP – HR AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT

Winner – Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community – By Jeffrey D. Korzenik

Finalist – You, Me, We: Why we all need a friend at work (and how to show up as one!) – By Morag Barrett,  Eric Spence, Ruby Vesely 

LEADERSHIP – TEAM BUILDING

Winner – 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII’s Bloodiest Battles – By Joseph Tachovsky, Cynthia Kraack

Finalist – Leadership Team Coaching: Developing Collective Transformational Leadership – By Peter Hawkins

LEADERSHIP – THINK DIFFERENTLY

Winner – Eat to Lead: Gain a High Performance Edge With Healthy Food Habits – By Luci Gabel

Winner – Marketer In Chief: How Each President Sold the American Idea – By Jason T. Voiovich

Finalist – I Thought You Knew… Confessions of a Chronic Assumer (and How You Can Stop Guessing Your Way Through Important Interactions) – By Ellen E. Patnaude

Finalist – To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose – By Ron A. Carucci


Marketing

MARKETING – COMMUNICATIONS AND PR

Winner – Write to Influence!: Personnel Appraisals, Resumes, Awards, Grants, Scholarships, Internships, Reports, Bid Proposals, Web Pages, Marketing, and More – By Carla D. Bass, Colonel, USAF (Ret)

Finalist – A Modern Guide to Public Relations: Unveiling the Mystery of PR: Including: Content Marketing, SEO, Social Media & PR Best Practices – By Amy Rosenberg

MARKETING – DIGITAL MARKETING

Winner – 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 2: Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change – By Ross Brand 

Finalist – The LinkedIn® Book For Sales and Marketing – By Scott Aaron

MARKETING – SALES

Winner – The Sale Is in the Tale – By John W. Livesay

Finalist – The LinkedIn® Book For Sales and Marketing – By Scott Aaron

MARKETING / SALES – GENERAL

Winner – Write to Influence!: Personnel Appraisals, Resumes, Awards, Grants, Scholarships, Internships, Reports, Bid Proposals, Web Pages, Marketing, and More – By Carla D. Bass, Colonel, USAF (Ret)

Finalist – Marketer In Chief: How Each President Sold the American Idea – By Jason T. Voiovich


Money

MONEY – FINANCE

Winner – Simple Choices Big Rewards in Money – By Ramona Cedeno, CPA, CFP

Finalist – Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole – By Tiffany Aliche

MONEY – MANAGEMENT

Winner – The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation for Entrepreneurs, Leaders & Investors – By Christopher H. Volk

Finalist – Executor Help: How to Settle an Estate Pick an Executor and Avoid Family Fights – By David Edey

MONEY – WEALTH AND TAXES

Winner – Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know – By Howard Yaruss

Finalist – Top 10 Ways to Avoid Taxes: A Guide to Wealth Accumulation – By Mark J. Quann

MONEY/WEALTH – GENERAL

Winner – Executor Help: How to Settle an Estate Pick an Executor and Avoid Family Fights – By David Edey

Winner – The Wise Investor: A Modern Parable About Creating Financial Freedom and Living Your Best Life – By Rich Fettke

Finalist – Freedom At Risk – How To Protect Your Personal And Financial Freedoms – By Tony Lopes


Real Estate

REAL ESTATE – GENERAL

Winner – Exactly What to Say: For Real Estate Agents – By Phil M. Jones, Chris Smith, Jimmy Mackin

Finalist – 7 Step Blueprint to Passive Wealth: Property Management Made Simple – By Rob Chiang

Some of the popular book awards winners categories that received the most nominations included: Business – General, Self-Help – Inspiration, Self-Help – Memoir, and Leadership – Think Differently.

Self-Help

SELF-HELP – DATING / RELATIONSHIPS

Winner – The Introvert’s Guide to Dating: How to Leverage Your Unique Strengths to Connect and Find Love – By Courtney Geter

Finalist – Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love – By Jessica Baum

SELF-HELP – GENERAL

Winner – 13 Step Guide to Success – By Rich LaMonica

Winner – Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life – By Luke Arthur Burgis

Finalist – Heroic Choices: Break Through Fear, Realize Your Dreams and Transform Your Life- By Paula Jeanne Kent 

SELF-HELP – HOW TO

Winner – Box Lunch Lifestyle: Using Your Lunch Break to Win Back the Life You Deserve – By Cheryl K. Johnson

Winner – The Captivating Public Speaker: Engage, Impact, and Inspire Your Audience Every Time – By Peter George

Finalist – Fast-Track Your Book! 222 Book Types For Building Your Business & Brand That Require Less Writing – By Carol Abrahamson

Finalist – Guerrilla Warfare in the Corporate Jungle: Adaptations for Survival – By K. F. Dochartaigh

SELF-HELP – INSPIRATION

Winner – Ditching Success?: A Career Ventured; A Life Regained – By Batoul I. Ajlouni

Winner – Pulling Each Other Along: 31 Inspirational Stories of Human Kindness – By Todd Civin, Doug Cornfield

Winner – Your Honor, Your Honor: A Journey Through Grief to Restorative Justice – By Judge Leonia J. Lloyd 

Finalist – A Fraction Stronger: Finding Belief and Possibility in Life’s Impossible Moments – By Mark Berridge

Finalist – Always Always Lead with Love – By John Dougherty

Finalist – The Noble Edge: Reclaiming an Ethical World one Choice at a Time – By Christopher Gilbert PhD

SELF-HELP – MEMOIR 

Winner – Gods in Shackles: What Elephants Can Teach Us About Empathy, Resilience, and Freedom – By Sangita Iyer

Winner – Who We Meet Along the Way – By Brandon Tosti

Finalist – I Had Killer Boobs: How I Slayed My Tumor with Sass & Humor – By Lucy Beato

Finalist – I Love Me More: How To Find Happiness And Success Through Self-Love – By Jenna Banks

Technology


TECHNOLOGY – FUTURE TECH AND INNOVATIONS

Winner – The Future is Autonomous: The U.S. and China Race to Develop the Driverless Car – By Phillip Wilcox

Winner – The Innovation Ultimatum: How six strategic technologies will reshape every business in the 2020s – By Steve Brown

Finalist – Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products – By Eisha Tierney Armstrong


TECHNOLOGY – GENERAL

Winner – Build an Online Business In 24 Hours (Updated and Extended Edition): The Blueprint On How To Start An Online Business, As Side Hustle Or As Your Primary Occupation, In No-Time – By Shahram G. Maralani 

Finalist – The Innovation Ultimatum: How six strategic technologies will reshape every business in the 2020s – By Steve Brown

TECHNOLOGY – PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Winner – Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products – By Eisha Tierney Armstrong

Finalist – Build an Online Business In 24 Hours (Updated and Extended Edition): The Blueprint On How To Start An Online Business, As Side Hustle Or As Your Primary Occupation, In No-Time – By Shahram G. Maralani 

Thank you to the authors, publicists, publishers, agents, book experts, readers and fans who nominated books.

These book awards winners are for mostly non-fiction and some fiction books published within the last 5 years (2018-2022) by traditional publishers (St. Martin’s Press, HarperCollins Leadership, Hay House Inc., Page Two), independent publishers (Kogan Page, Tradecraft Books) and self-published.

The 2023 NOMINATIONS are Now Open. Any book can be nominated that was published in the last 5 years (2019 – 2023) here: 
https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book

Congratulations again to the 111 Award-Winning Authors for the 2022 Goody Business Book Awards Winners, and thank you for helping us Uplift Author Voices – one book at a time!

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists 2022 Full List
Social Impact Authors honored by Goody Business Book Awards

100% Social Impact Authors honored by Goody Business Book Awards

Did you write a book that is positively impacting lives and deserves recognition? Are your words helping people live healthier, build long-term wealth, start a company, learn something new, buy a home, and/or think differently about a topic? If yes, nominate it for the Annual Goody Business Book Awards that honors 100% social impact books and authors making a difference – with words.

Authors, publishers, agents, and fans can nominate any book published in the last 5 years by September 30th.

To illustrate how this book awards program was created to shine a light on authors making a difference, we want to explain the branding, important author questions for the judges, and highlight 5 social impact authors.

Social Impact Book Awards Seal 

FAQ for Authors Goody Business Book Awards

Uplifting Hot Air Balloon Logo – Our Goody Business Book Awards logo is a hot balloon to symbolize our mission to “Uplift Author Voices”. If you look closely, the basket in the logo is the shape of a book that the balloon is lifting above a crowd. Similar to how each patch in a balloon lifts up its’ passengers, each page in a book can tell a powerful story. All social impact authors are like balloon pilots driving a narrative. Our goal is to magnify business books that are positively impacting the world.

Author Impact Questions

WHY and HOW? – When anyone nominates a book, we ask two author questions to highlight their positive impact. In one paragraph each, authors will be asked to share WHY they wrote their book and HOW it is helping others. Each answer is limited to a maximum of 150 words. The judges will look closely at the HOW, and this answer will be featured for Winners and Finalists on the Goody Business Book Awards website and social media promotions.

5 Examples of Social Impact Books

Lastly, we want to highlight five social impact books from our bookshelf with HOW the author’s words positively improved our life, and many others. These examples are meant to give you ideas for books you could nominate for these business book awards.

What social impact books are on your bookshelf?

Little Voice Mastery Business Book Awards Blair Singer

1. Little Voice Mastery: How to Win the War Between Your Ears in 30 Seconds or Less and Have an Extraordinary Life! (2nd Edition)

Author: Blair Singer

HOW this book helps others: “Little Voice” is the chatter in the six inches between your ears that turns you into a hero one minute and a dunce the next. The 21 proven techniques presented here will reprogram the “Little Voice” in your brain in 30 seconds. In “Little Voice” Mastery, Author Blair Singer delivers strategies and techniques that will give readers the ability to: Maintain power in any pressure situation and stop debilitating chatter in their brain so they can attract what they want – now.”

2. The Wealthy Spirit: Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress

Author: Chellie Campbell

HOW this book helps others: “The Wealthy Spirit is the only book that offers an approach to achieving both spiritual and financial wealth. Through a series of daily affirmations that focus on the reader’s internal strength and capacity for change, this book will set them on a path toward personal enlightenment and wealth in body, mind, and spirit.”

3. The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People

Author: Dan Buettner

HOW this book helps others: Bestselling Author Dan Buettner reveals how to transform your health using smart nutrition, lifestyle, and fitness habits gleaned from longevity research on the diets, eating habits, and lifestyle practices of the communities he’s identified as “Blue Zones”—those places with the world’s longest-lived, and thus healthiest, people, including locations such as Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California. This book is filled with moving personal stories, delicious recipes, checklists, and useful tips that will transform any home into a miniature blue zone, and is the ultimate blueprint for a healthy, happy life.

4. TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

Author: Chris Anderson

HOW this book helps others: TED Talks helps readers create unforgettable speeches and changing people’s minds. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience’s worldview; it can be more powerful than anything in written form. This “invaluable guide” (Publishers Weekly) explains how the miracle of powerful public speaking is achieved, and equips you to give it your best shot. There is no set formula, but there are tools that can empower any speaker.

5. Public Relations for Dummies

Authors: Eric Yaverbaum, Ilise Benun, and Robert W Bly

HOW this book helps others: Public Relations for Dummies provides proven techniques that maximize media exposure for your business. When it comes to public relations, nothing beats good word of mouth. Want to get customers talking? This friendly guide combines the best practical tools with insight and flair to provide guidance on every aspect of PR, so you can launch a full-throttle campaign that’ll generate buzz — and build your bottom line.


After nominating many clients for business book awards, we saw a need for a more comprehensive program focused on amplifying the social impact messages of authors. Book awards can also increase awareness of a book, raise an author’s credibility, increase sales, and attract more raving fans and clients. 

All Award-Winning Authors can promote their award on their front cover, website, social media, blogs – and even send out a press release announcing the news! And P.S., the Goody Business Book Awards will be using many of the same platforms to promote the good that the Winners and Finalists are doing to make our world a better place.

So please join our mission and movement to “Uplift Author Voices” by nominating your social impact book, or your friend’s book by September 30. It’s an easy 3-step process that can be done in under 5 minutes here: Nominate Your Book.

Goody Business Book Awards Nominations for Authors