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Indies Choice Award 2011

Awards

Indies Choice Award 2011

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) Indies Choice Book Awards recognize the array of unique and thought-provoking titles championed by independent bookstores nationwide. In addition to the winners, 5 honor books and authors are selected for each of the six categories.

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2011 Winners

 

Adult Fiction
ROOM by Emma Donoghue (Little Brown)

Adult Nonfiction
UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

Adult Debut
MATTERHORN by Karl Marlantes (Atlantic Monthly Press and El León Literary Arts)

Young Adult
REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

Middle Reader
THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA by Tom Angleberger (Amulet Books)

New Picture Book
CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS by Peter Brown (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)

Most Engaging Author, for the author who is an in-store star with a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to the community
Laurie Halse Anderson

Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame
CORDUROY by Don Freeman (Viking)
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle (Philomel)

Adult Fiction Honor Award
GREAT HOUSE by Nicole Krauss (W.W. Norton)
HOW TO READ THE AIR by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead)
THE SURRENDERED by Chang-rae Lee (Riverhead)
THE THOUSAND AUTRUMNS OF JACOB de ZOET by David Mitchell (Random House)
A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan (Knopf)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Award
AT HOME by Bill Bryson (Doubleday)
CLEOPATRA: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Little Brown)
LET'S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME by Gail Caldwell (Random House)
THE TIGER by John Vaillant (Knopf)
THE WAVE by Susan Casey (Doubleday)

Adult Debut Honor Award
BENEATH THE LION'S GAZE by Maaza Mengiste (W.W. Norton)
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson (Random House)
THE QUICKENING by Michelle Hoover (Other Press)
THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS by Bruce Machart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Young Adult Honor Award
BAMBOO PEOPLE by Mitali Perkins (Charlesbridge)
BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins)
DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum)
WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan (Dutton Juvenile)

Middle Reader Honor Award
BECAUSE OF MR. TERUPT by Rob Buyea (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
THE FAMILIARS by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson (HarperCollins)
PENNY DREADFUL by Laurel Snyder Abigail Halpin (Illus.) (Random House Books for Young Readers)
THE SIXTY-EIGHT ROOMS by Marianne Malone Greg Call (Illus.) (Random House Books for Young Readers)
A TALE DARK AND GRIMM by Adam Gidwitz (Dutton Juvenile)

New Picture Book Honor Award
BEDTIME FOR BEAR by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins)
CHICKEN BIG by Keith Graves (Chronicle Books)
PETE THE CAT: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin James Dean (Illus.) (HarperCollins)
A PIG PARADE IS A TERRIBLE IDEA by Michael Ian Black Kevin Hawkes (Illus.) (Simon & Shuster)
THE QUIET BOOK by Deborah Underwood Renata Liwska (Illus.) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Most Engaging Author Honor Award
Jonathan Evison
Kevin Henkes
Mitali Perkins
Richard Russo
Terry Tempest Williams


2011 Finalists

 

Book of the Year – Adult Fiction
GREAT HOUSE by Nicole Krauss (W.W. Norton & Company) 
HOW TO READ THE AIR by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead)
ROOM by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown and Company)
THE SURRENDERED by Chang-rae Lee (Riverhead)
THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET by David Mitchell (Random House)
A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan (Knopf)

Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction
AT HOME: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson (Doubleday)
CLEOPATRA: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Company)
LET'S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell (Random House)
THE TIGER: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant (Knopf)
UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House) 
THE WAVE: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey (Doubleday)

Book of the Year – Adult Debut
BENEATH THE LION'S GAZE by Maaza Mengiste (W.W. Norton & Company)
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson (Random House)
MATTERHORN: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes (Atlantic Monthly Press and El León Literary Arts)
THE QUICKENING by Michelle Hoover (Other Press) 
THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS by Bruce Machart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Book of the Year – Young Adult
BAMBOO PEOPLE by Mitali Perkins (Charlesbridge)
BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins)
DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum)
REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan (Dutton Juvenile)

E.B. White Read-Aloud Award – Middle Reader
BECAUSE OF MR. TERUPT by Rob Buyea (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
THE FAMILIARS by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson (HarperCollins)
PENNY DREADFUL, written by Laurel Snyder and illustrated by Abigail Halpin (Random House Books for Young Readers)
THE SIXTY-EIGHT ROOMS, written by Marianne Malone and illustrated by Greg Call (Random House Books for Young Readers)
THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA by Tom Angleberger (Amulet Books)
A TALE OF DARK AND GRIMM by Adam Gidwitz (Dutton Juvenile)

E.B. White Read-Aloud Award – Picture Book
BEDTIME FOR BEAR by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins)
CHICKEN BIG by Keith Graves (Chronicle Books) 
CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS by Peter Brown (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
PET THE CAT: I Love My White Shoes, written by Eric Litwin and illustrated by James Dean (HarperCollins)
A PIG PARADE IS A TERRIBLE IDEA, written by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Simon & Shuster)
THE QUIET BOOK, written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Renata Liwska (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Most Engaging Author, for the author who is an in-store star with a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to the community
Laurie Halse Anderson 
Jonathan Evison
Kevin Henkes
Mitali Perkins
Richard Russo
Terry Tempest Williams

Picture Book Hall of Fame
BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES, written by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Lillian Hoban (HarperCollins)
BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle (Henry Holt & Co.)
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM, written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault and illustrated by Lois Ehlert (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) 
CORDUROY by Don Freeman (Viking) 
CURIOUS GEORGE by H.A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 
GOODNIGHT GORILLA by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam) 
LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow) 
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD by Watty Piper (Grosset & Dunlap / Philomel) 
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE NAPPING HOUSE, written by Audrey Wood and illustrated by Don Wood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking) 
STELLALUNA by Janelle Cannon (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle (Philomel)