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2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winners
Members of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) recently announced the winners of the 2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, which recognize titles that independent booksellers most enjoyed hand-selling during the past year. The winners, as well as four honor books, in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature, and Children's Illustrated Literature were voted upon by the owners and staff of ABA member bookstores. The awards will be presented at the ABA's annual Celebration of Bookselling, to be held on May 29th in Hollywood.
The winners and honor titles of this year's Book Sense Book of the Year Awards are:
Fiction
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead/Penguin)
Nonfiction
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins)
Children's Literature
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press)
Children's Illustrated
KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
Fiction Honor Books
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION: A Novel by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
BRIDGE OF SIGHS by Richard Russo (Knopf/Random House)
AWAY: A Novel by Amy Bloom (Random House)
RUN: A Novel by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins)
Nonfiction Honor Books
THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's)
BORN STANDING UP: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Scribner/S&S)
THE COLDEST WINTER: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam (Hyperion)
THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster)
Children's Literature Honor Books
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown Young Readers)
ECLIPSE: by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
THE ARRIVAL by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic)
Children's Illustrated Honor Books
FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss-Glasser (HarperCollins)
PIRATES DON'T CHANGE DIAPERS by Melinda Long, illustrated byDavid Shannon (Harcourt Children's Books)
THE WALL: GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN by Peter Sis (Frances Foster Books/FSG)
LLAMA LAMA MAD AT MAMA by Anna Dewdney (Viking Juvenile/Penguin Young Readers Group)
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2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winners
On March 29, 2007, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) announced the winners of this year's Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, which recognizes the titles that independent booksellers most enjoyed hand-selling this past year. The winners, as well as four honor books in each category, were voted upon by the owners and staff of ABA member stores, and will be lauded on May 31 in New York at BookExpo America.
The winners of the 2007 Book Sense Best Book of the Year Awards are:
Adult Fiction
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
Adult Nonfiction
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: And Other Thoughts on Being A Woman by Nora Ephron (Knopf)
Children's Literature
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak (Knopf)
Children's Illustrated
OWEN & MZEE: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paul Kahumbu, illustrated by Peter Greste (Scholastic)
Adult Fiction Honor Books
THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD: A Novel by Kevin Brockmeier (Pantheon)
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS by Kiran Desai (Atlantic Monthly)
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf)
SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky (Knopf)
Adult Nonfiction Honor Books
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID: A Memoir by Bill Bryson (Broadway)
MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking)
THUNDERSTRUCK by Erik Larson (Crown)
THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan (Houghton Mifflin)
Children's Literature Honor Books
THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING: TRAITOR TO THE NATION, VOLUME ONE: THE POX PARTY by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick)
EATS, SHOOTS, & LEAVES: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference!, Illustrated by Bonnie Timmons (Putnam)
NEW MOON by Stephenie Meyer (Megan Tingley Books / Little, Brown)
PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES by Dave barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions)
Children's Illustrated Honor Books
FANCY NANCY by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins)
FLOTSAM by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
LIBRARY LION by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)
PIRATEOLOGY: The Pirate Hunter's Companion by Captain William Lubber, edited by Dugald A. Steer (Candlewick)
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