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Book Sense Book of the Year Awards

The winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards -- recognizing those titles independent booksellers most enjoyed handsellingduring the past year -- as voted by the owners and staff of American Booksellers Association member bookstores.

2008

Adult Fiction

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Adult Nonfiction

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Children's Literature

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Children's Illustrated

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems

2007

Adult Fiction

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Adult Nonfiction

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

Children's Literature

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Children's Illustrated

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paul Kahumbu; photos by Peter Greste

2006

Adult Fiction

The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova

Adult Nonfiction

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Children's Literature

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Children's Illustrated

Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth

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