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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