1. Indies Choice Book Award Winners

2. Book Sense Book of the Year Winners
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3. See also

4. References

The Indies Choice Book Award (formerly known as Book Sense Book of the Year 2000-2008) is an American literary award that was inaugurated at BookExpo America 2000. The American Booksellers Association (ABA) rededicated the award (previously known as the ABBY) in recognition of a new era in bookselling, as well as the important role the Book Sense Picks List has played for independent booksellers in discovering and spreading the word about books of quality to all stores, and readers, nationwide. Throughout the year, Book Sense independent booksellers from across the country nominate for inclusion in the monthly Book Sense Picks the books that they most enjoyed hand-selling to their customers. The books on each list represent a combined national and local staff pick selection of booksellers' favorites from more than 1,200 independent bookstores with Book Sense.

The award was renamed the Indies Choice Book Award in 2009. The winners are announced in conjunction with The E.B. White Read Aloud Award

Indies Choice Book Award Winners

• Fates and Furies: A Novel, by Lauren Groff (Riverhead)

• Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)

• Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel, by J. Ryan Stradal (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking)

• Anna and the Swallow Man, by Gavriel Savit (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)

• Richard Russo

• Eloise, by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight (Illus.) (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Olivia, by Ian Falconer (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
• Strega Nona, by Tomi dePaola (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Stieg (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

• City on Fire: A Novel, by Garth Risk Hallberg (Knopf)
• Get in Trouble: Stories, by Kelly Link (Random House)
• A Little Life: A Novel, by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday)
• The Sympathizer: A Novel, by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press)
• Welcome to Braggsville: A Novel, by T. Geronimo Johnson (William Morrow)

• Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson (Crown)
• Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt, by Kristin Hersh (University of Texas Press)
• H Is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald (Grove Press)
• Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs, by Sally Mann (Little, Brown & Company)
• Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey, by Marie Mutsuki Mockett (W.W. Norton & Company)

• Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris (W.W. Norton & Company)
• Dragonfish: A Novel, by Vu Tran (W.W. Norton & Company)
• The Meursault Investigation: A Novel, by Kamel Daoud (Other Press)
• Our Endless Numbered Days: A Novel, by Claire Fuller (Tin House Books)
• The Turner House: A Novel, by Angela Flournoy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

• Dumplin’, by Julie Murphy (Balzer + Bray)
• More Happy Than Not, by Adam Silvera (Soho Teen)
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli (Balzer + Bray)
• Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick)

• Dave Eggers
• Louise Erdrich
• Loren Long
• Celeste Ng
• Maggie Stiefvater

• Adult Fiction: The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Adult Nonfiction: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton (Random House)
• Adult Debut: The Tiger’s Wife, by Téa Obreht (Random House)
• Young Adult: Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys (Philomel)
• Most Engaging Author: Ann Patchett
• Middle Reader: The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.) (Putnam Juvenile) and Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (Balzer + Bray)
• Picture Book: I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)
• Picture Book Hall of Fame Inductees:
  • Curious George, by H.A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
  • The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper (Grosset & Dunlap / Philomel)
  • Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney (Viking Juvenile/Puffin)

• Adult Fiction: Room, Emma Donoghue
• Adult Nonfiction: Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
• Adult Debut: Matterhorn, Karl Marlantes
• Young Adult: Revolution, Jennifer Donnelly

• Adult Fiction: Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
• Adult Nonfiction: The Lost City of Z, David Grann
• Adult Debut: The Help, Kathryn Stockett
• Young Adult: Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
• Middle Reader: When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
• New Picture Book: The Lion & the Mouse, Jerry Pinkney
• Most Engaging Author: Kate DiCamillo

• Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction): The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction): The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell
• Best Author Discovery: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
• Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (Fiction): The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
• Best New Picture Book: Bats at the Library, Brian Lies
• Most Engaging Author: Sherman Alexie

Book Sense Book of the Year Winners

2008

Adult Fiction Winner: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
• Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
• Away by Amy Bloom
• Run by Ann Patchett

Adult Nonfiction Winner: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books:

• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
• America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
• One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs

Children's Literature Winner: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press)c

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 Winner: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss-Glasser (Illus.) (HarperCollins)
• Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.) (Harcourt Children's Books)
• Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis (Frances Foster Books/FSG)
• Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney (Viking Juvenile/Penguin Young Readers Group)

2007

Adult Fiction Winner: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

Adult Nonfiction Winner: I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books

• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Children's Literature Winner: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Children's Literature Honor Books

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss and illustrated by Bonnie Timmons
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Children's Illustrated Winner: Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Paul Kahumbu, Isabella Hatkoff and Dr. Paul Kahumbu and photos by Peter Greste

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
• Flotsam by David Wiesner
• Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
• A Pirate Hunter's Companion by Captain William Lubber and edited by Dugald A. Steer

2006

Adult Fiction Winner: The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• Kafka on the Shore: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (Knopf)
• The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow (Random House)
• Saturday: A Novel by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books:

• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (Scribner/S&S)
• The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr (Random House)
• Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan (William Morrow/HarperCollins)
• The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion)

Children's Literature Winner: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)

Children's Literature Honor Books:

• The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)
• Eldest: Inheritance, Book 2 by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

Children's Illustrated Winner: Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth (Scholastic Press)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins)
• Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt Children's Books)
• Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
• Seen Art? By Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (Viking Juvenile/Penguin USA)

2005

Adult Fiction Winner: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• Eventide by Kent Haruf (Knopf)
• The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (Random House)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin Press)

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books:

• Candyfreak by Steve Almond (Algonquin and Harcourt)
• The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, Robert Mankoff (Ed.) (Black Dog & Leventhal)
• Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's)
• Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins)

Children's Literature Winner: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, illustrated by Brett Helquist (Scholastic Press)

Children's Literature Honor Books:

• Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic)
• Ida B ... and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
• Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions)
• The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (Richard Jackson/Antheneum/Simon & Schuster)

Children's Illustrated Winner: Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
• Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
• Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle (Philomel/Penguin USA)
• Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

2004

Adult Fiction Winner: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

Shortlist:

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Doubleday)
• The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)
• Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh (Morrow)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (MacAdam/Cage)

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Random House)

Shortlist:

• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Crown)
• A True Story of Courage by James Bradley (Little, Brown)
• Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling by Ross King (Walker)
• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House)

Children's Literature Winner: The Inheritance, Book I by Christopher Paolini (Knopf)

Shortlist:

• Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Book 3) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax)
• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)
• The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte)
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Timothy Basil Ering (Candlewick)

Children's Illustrated Winner: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long; illus. by David Shannon (Harcourt)

Shortlist:

• Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French; illus. by Bruce Whatley (Clarion Books)
• Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin; illus. by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins)
• Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood; illus. by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic)
• Olivia ... and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

Paperback Winner: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)

Shortlist:

• Atonement by Ian McEwan (Anchor)
• The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer (Vintage)
• The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (Perennial)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Harvest)

See also

• Book Sense
• American Booksellers Association
• Independent bookstore

References

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926131908/http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/ICBA.html Indies Choice Book Awards], official website.
• [https://www.webcitation.org/5hhhcAEMi?url=http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/BSBY.html Book Sense Book of the Year], official website.

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