Nerdy Book AwardLong Form Nonfiction2016

Given by Nerdy Book Club

Other Names: Nerdies
20 Works 4,868 Books 195 Reviews 4.3
Way back on December 1, 2011, this site began with a post explaining about how we would choose the Best Books of 2011.


That was not only the beginning of this site, but also the beginning of what show more would be called the Nerdy Book Awards.

Nominations and voting takes place in December with winners announced during the last days of December. show less
Categories:
All, Early Readers and Chapter Books (133), Fiction Picture Books (215), Graphic Novels (186), Long Form Nonfiction (178), Middle Grade Fiction (250), Nonfiction Picture Books (186), Poetry and Novels in Verse (175), Young Adult Literature (222)
Years:
All, 2023 (15), 2022 (19), 2021 (18), 2020 (13), 2019 (19), 2018 (14), 2017 (21), 2016 (20), 2015 (10), 2014 (14), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5)
Announced:
January 3: Young Adult Literature2023 Recent
January 1: Middle Grade Fiction2023 Recent
December 2023: Long Form Nonfiction2023 Recent
December 2023: Poetry and Novels in Verse2023 Recent
December 2023: Early Readers and Chapter Books2023 Recent
December 2023: Graphic Novels2023 Recent
December 2023: Nonfiction Picture Books2023 Recent
December 2023: Fiction Picture Books2023 Recent
WorkYear
Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb [YA] by Neal Bascomb
2016
The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World by Nancy Castaldo
2016
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis
2016
Vietnam: A History of the War by Russell Freedman
2016
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman
2016
Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word by Nadia Abushanab Higgins
2016
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
2016
Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow
2016
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin
2016
The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero by Patricia McCormick
2016
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
2016
Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original "Girl" Reporter, Nellie Bly by Deborah Noyes
2016
This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne
2016
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz
2016
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson
2016
Everything Robotics: All the Photos, Facts, and Fun to Make You Race for Robots by Jennifer Swanson
2016
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
2016
Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird by Pamela S. Turner
2016
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner
2016
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace
2016

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