The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, as voted by independent booksellers nationwide.

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2017 Winners

Adult Fiction Book of the Year
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries From a Secret World, by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)

Adult Debut Book of the Year
HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi (Knopf)

Young Adult Book of the Year
SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys (Philomel Books)

E. B. White Read-Aloud Award - Middle Reader
THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)

E. B. White Read-Aloud Award - Picture Book
DU IZ TAK? by Carson Ellis (Candlewick)

Picture Book Hall of Fame
JUMANJI by Chris Van Allsburg (HMH Books for Young Readers)
KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
MILLIONS OF CAT by Wanda Gag (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

The Indie Champion Award is presented to the author, illustrator or group that, in the opinion of booksellers, has the best sense of the importance of independent bookstores to their communities at large and the strongest personal commitment to foster and support the mission and passion of independent booksellers.

Indie Champion Award
Louise Erdrich

2017 Finalists

Adult Fiction Book of the Year

• A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles (Viking)
• BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books)
• COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett (Harper)
• DARKTOWN by Thomas Mullen (Atria/37 INK)
• LaROSE by Louise Erdrich (Harper)
• THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year

• BORN A CRIME: Stories From a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau)
• HERO OF THE EMPIRE: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, by Candice Millard (Doubleday)
• THE GLASS UNIVERSE: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, by Dava Sobel (Viking)
• THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries From a Secret World, by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
• THE HOUR OF LAND: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams (Sarah Crichton Books)
• TRUEVINE: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South, by Beth Macy (Little, Brown & Company)

Adult Debut Book of the Year

• BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson (William Morrow)
• HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi (Knopf)
• LAB GIRL by Hope Jahren (Knopf)
• THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF LOVE by Elizabeth J. Church (Algonquin Books)
• THE GIRLS by Emma Cline (Random House)
• WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi (Random House)

Young Adult Book of the Year

• THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by Nicola Yoon (Delacorte Press)
• SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys (Philomel Books)
• THE SERPENT KING by Jeff Zentner (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• GIRL IN THE BLUE COAT by Monica Hesse (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• KIDS OF APPETITE by David Arnold (Viking Books for Young Readers)
• THE READER by Traci Chee (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

E. B. White Read-Aloud Award - Middle Reader

• AS BRAVE AS YOU by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books)
• THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)
• THE INQUISITOR'S TALE: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, written by Adam Gidwitz, illustrated by Hatem Aly (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
• ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE PERRY T. COOK by Leslie Connor (Katherine Tegen Books)
• THE BEST MAN by Richard Peck (Dial Books)
• WHEN THE SEA TURNED TO SILVER by Grace Lin (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

E. B. White Read-Aloud Award - Picture Book

• SCHOOL'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL written by Adam Rex, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Roaring Brook Press)
• PREACHING TO THE CHICKENS: The Story of Young John Lewis, written by Jabari Asim, illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Nancy Paulsen Books)
• THERE'S A BEAR ON MY CHAIR by Ross Collins (Nosy Crow)
• ADA'S VIOLIN: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, written by Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• DU IZ TAK? by Carson Ellis (Candlewick)
• WHEN GREEN BECOMES TOMATOES: Poems for All Seasons, written by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Julie Morstad (Roaring Brook Press)

Picture Book Hall of Fame

• FREIGHT TRAIN by Donald Crews (Greenwillow Books)
• I HAVE A DREAM written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Schwartz & Wade)
• JUMANJI by Chris Van Allsburg (HMH Books for Young Readers)
• KITTEN'S FIRST FULL MOON by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
• MILLIONS OF CAT by Wanda Gag (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
• SWIMMY by Leo Lionni (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO written by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent (Henry Holt and Co. Books for Young Readers)
• TUESDAY by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
• WHY MOSQUITOS BUZZ IN PEOPLE'S EARS: A West African Tale, written by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (Dial Books)
• WILFRID GORDON McDONALD PARTRIDGE written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vevas (Kane Miller)

The Indie Champion Award is presented to the author, illustrator or group that, in the opinion of booksellers, has the best sense of the importance of independent bookstores to their communities at large and the strongest personal commitment to foster and support the mission and passion of independent booksellers.

Indie Champion Award

• Isabel Allende
• Louise Erdrich
• Marla Frazee
• Gene Luen Yang
• Jason Reynolds
• Salman Rushdie