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Indies Choice Award 2010

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Indies Choice Award 2010

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.

On April 8th, the American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards, which were chosen by owners and staff at ABA bookstores.  This year’s winners, along with five Honor Award recipients in each of the six categories, will honored at the Celebration of Bookselling Lunch on May 26th during this year’s BookExpo America in New York City.

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2010 Winners

 

Adult Fiction
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese (Knopf)

Adult Nonfiction
THE LOST CITY OF Z by David Grann (Doubleday)

Adult Debut
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)

Young Adult
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)

Middle Reader
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books)

New Picture Book
THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)

The 2010 Indies Choice Honor Award recipients include:

Adult Fiction Honor Award
BORDER SONGS by Jim Lynch (Knopf)
BROOKLYN by Colm Toibin (Scribner)
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK by A.S. Byatt (Knopf)
GENEROSITY: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers (FSG)
WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel (Holt)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Award
ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
LIT: A Memoir by Mary Karr (HarperCollins)
STITCHS: A Memoir by David Small (W.W. Norton)
STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS by Tracy Kidder (Random House)
WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED by Gail Collins (Little, Brown)

Adult Debut Honor Award
THE EARTH HUMS IN B FLAT by Mari Strachan (Canongate)
THE PIANO TEACHER by Y.K. Lee (Viking)
THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. Spivet, by Reif Larson (Penguin Press)
STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova (Pocket)
TINKERS by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)

Young Adult Honor Award
GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman (Dutton Juvenile)
LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Keith Thompson (illus.) (Simon Pulse)
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
WINTERGIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson (Viking Juvenile)

Middle Reader Honor Award
AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES by Gennifer Choldenko (Dial)
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly (Holt)
ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
A SEASON OF GIFTS by Richard Peck (Dial)
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)

New Picture Book Honor Award
ALL THE WORLD by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Maria Frazee (Beach Lane Books)
THE CURIOUS GARDEN by Peter Brown (Little, Brown)
LISTEN TO THE WIND by Greg Mortenson, illustrated by Susan Roth (Dial)
MOONSHOT: The Flight of Apollo 11, by Brian Floca (Richard Jackson Books)
OTIS by Loren Long (Philomel)

Most Engaging Author Honor Award
Isabel Allende
Laurie Halse Anderson
Libba Bray
Michael Chabon
Abraham Verghese


2010 Finalists

 

Book of the Year – Adult Fiction
BORDER SONGS by Jim Lynch (Knopf)
BROOKLYN by Colm Toibin (Scribner)
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK by A.S. Byatt (Knopf)
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese (Knopf)
GENEROSITY: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers (FSG)
WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel (Holt)

Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction
ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN by Temple Grandin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
LIT: A Memoir, by Mary Carr (HarperCollins)
THE LOST CITY OF Z by David Grann (Doubleday)
STITCHES: A Memoir, by David Small (W.W. Norton)
STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS by Tracy Kidder (Random House)
WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED by Gail Collins (Little, Brown)

Book of the Year – Adult Debut
THE EARTH HUMS IN B FLAT by Mari Strachan (Canongate)
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
THE PIANO TEACHER by Y.K. Lee (Viking)
THE SELECTED WORKS OF T.S. Spivet, by Reif Larson (Penguin Press)
STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova (Pocket)
TINKERS by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)

Book of the Year – Young Adult
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman (Dutton Juvenile)
LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Keith Thompson (Simon Pulse)
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
WINTERGIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson (Viking Juvenile)

Book of the Year – Middle Reader
AL CAPONE SHINES MY SHOES by Gennifer Choldenko (Dial)
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly (Holt)
ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
A SEASON OF GIFTS by Richard Peck (Dial)
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books)
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)

Book of the Year – New Picture Book
ALL THE WORLD by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Maria Frazee (Beach Lane Books)
THE CURIOUS GARDEN by Peter Brown (Little, Brown)
THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)
LISTEN TO THE WIND by Greg Mortenson, illustrated by Susan Roth (Dial)
MOONSHOT: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca (Richard Jackson Books)
OTIS by Loren Long (Philomel)

Most Engaging Author (The author who is an in-store star as well as having a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to the community.)
Isabel Allende
Laurie Halse Anderson
Libba Bray
Michael Chabon
Kate DiCamillo
Abraham Verghese

Picture Book Hall of Fame
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz (Atheneum)
BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban (HarperCollins)
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM by Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert (Simon & Schuster)
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)
MADELINE by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
NAPPING HOUSE by Audrey Wood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
STELLALUNA by Janelle Cannon (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE STORY OF FERDINAND by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson (Viking)