Sunday, April 19, 2009

Indies Choice Book Award Winners


The winners of the inaugural Indies Choice Book Award were announced this week. Formerly the Booksense Book of the Year Award, these new awards offer a wider range of awards.  The awards were chosen by bookstore staff at independent bookstores across the nation.

And the winners are:

Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction): The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 

Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction): The Wordy Shipmates,by Sarah Vowell

Best Author Discovery: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski

Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (Fiction): The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman 

Best New Picture Book: Bats at the Library, by Brian Lies 

Most Engaging Author: Sherman Alexie

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