“We are pleased to announce that Beyond the Bukubuk Tree is a Finalist in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards!
When judging completed, Beyond the Bukubuk Tree was selected as a finalist in the “Fiction: Military/War” Category.”
William Potter, IAN.
“The Independent Author Network
2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNERS AND FINALISTS
The Category Winners and Finalists
Congratulations to all winners and finalists!
Finalists are listed in random order.”
Fiction: Military/War
Winner:
Songs for the Deaf by Kenneth A Silver
Finalists:
Loretta Goldberg with Jack Knapp at Book Signing, Henry Carter Hull Library, Clinton Connecticut, Januaty 2025.
Sky Thunder: Colt Hawkins Series by Charles Stewart
Rescue Run: Capt. Jake Rogers’ Daring Return to Occupied Europe by John Winn Miller
Between the Clouds and the River by Dave Mason
Our Desperate Hour: Novels of the Great War by John F Andrews
Cherry Blossoms: A Riveting Soldier’s Story of the Korean War, Friendship, and Love in Post-
War Japan in Winter by Michael J. Summers
Beyond the Bukubuk Tree: A World War II Novel of Love and Loss by Loretta Goldberg
The Spear and the Sentinel by J.L. Hancock
