1 st Annual KAXE/KBXE Book Awards · Nearly 60 entries · In the 1 st few categories we did not have a definitive winner, so we’ll list a couple of titles where the reader who nominated the book did a really good job in convincing us that these books were good. Best Setting: Notable entries: The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman (2011) – a tale of 4 women whose lives intersect in ancient Israel, in Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Elaine from Chisolm submitted this book as her choice, saying