Commonwealth Club of California Book AwardsFirst Fiction
Given by Commonwealth Club of California
Other Names: California Book Award, California Book Award for Nonfiction, Commonwealth Club of California, California Commonwealth Club Gold Medal
68 Works / 69 Items 0 Books
Since 1931, the Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards
have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books show more in search of the very best in literary achievement. Eligible books must be written while the author is a resident of California, and they must be published during the year under consideration. Awards are presented in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, First Work of Fiction, Poetry, Californiana, Notable Contribution to Publishing, Juvenile Literature and Young Adult Literature. show less
Gold Medal 16
Silver Medal 26
Winner 26
Finalist 35
Tags
Top Members
emaestra (36 works), georgebexley (31), alo1224 (29), Bookish59 (26), e-zReader (26), davidabrams (23), adriennealair (22), cerievans1 (20), RLNunezKPL (20), buriedinprint (19), KelMunger (19), RealLifeReading (19), apodispub (18), wesmrlnd (18), tstan (17), edparks (16), jeaniemonstra (16), jgmencarini (16), parasolofdoom (16), ShanLand (16), whitreidtan (16), Alsek (15), Luetzen (15), rpeckham (15), alaskabookworm (14), BLBera (14), JVermillion (14), ltcl (14), nytbestsellers (14), pdebolt (14), PeskyLibrary (14), RidgewayGirl (14), angstrat (13), dablackwood (13), Devlindusty (13), framji (13), kamintra (13), mffowler (13), Pages_Aplenty (13), PaulCranswick (13), rlhazelwood (13), sophia.ali (13), Steve_Walker (13), benitastrnad (12), Citizenjoyce (12), eandino2012 (12), fledglingphoenix (12), HeatherMoss (12), jghewson (12), KBea (12), LindaEdwards (12), MAR67 (12), SWade0126 (12), carizinn (11), charl08 (11), doryfish (11), elkiedee (11), GaylaBassham (11), kitcaswe (11), laurenbufferd (11), MansSecondBestFriend (11), srferrar (11), theodarling (11), wandering_star (11), Well-ReadNeck (11), Whisper1 (11), willowtree1990 (11), aabdelrahmanm (10), catericc (10), chabotcollegelibrary (10), Chatterbox (10), claytonhowl (10), Conway_Library (10), daurizion (10), dawnlovesbooks (10), FleetSparrow (10), gayla.bassham (10), GrettelTBR (10), hairball (10), IamAleem (10), ICALIB (10), jfurshong (10), MelissiaLenox (10), RebaRelishesReading (10), reluctantm (10), richardderus (10), robwithers (10), RuthanneDVogel (10), sangreal (10), sethstern (10), shearrob (10), superspytaiko (10), yourotherleft (10), Allison.Dave (9), alphaorder (9), Amberjune (9), badube (9), briannad84 (9), bsuff (9), claire.rivers (9), DKnight0918 (9), emmashannon (9), Gadi_Cohen (9), GreteM (9), hemlokgang (9), Himalmitra (9), ImperfectCJ (9), jacquilinda (9), julko (9), kidzdoc (9), kirjen (9), Lemeritus (9), lscan2 (9), lsh63 (9), mabroms (9), MSG990 (9), MWise (9), narbgr01 (9), onceinabluemoon (9), phlegmmy (9), phoebekw (9), pjpfodl (9), reader1009 (9), resoundingjoy (9), respinola (9), revliz (9), rmarcin (9), sallypursell (9), sarahhepworth (9), selfcallednowhere (9), SoschaF (9), sshartelg (9), suicidebybooks (9), teenybeanie25 (9), yulischeidt (9), zhejw (9), amandanan (8), Artur-Bobinski (8), ayla.stein (8), banjo123 (8), beninck (8), Bertha_ (8), betscw (8), bhowell (8), bookjones (8), bookmagic (8), booksforbrunch (8), Canaanlibrary (8), Cariola (8), Castlelass (8), cctesttc1 (8), chrisar (8), CNeedham (8), Connie-D (8), covertprestige (8), DarrinLett (8), DebbyeC (8), gaeta1 (8), goatnap (8), HelenBaker (8), irrelephant (8), jasbro (8), karen_o (8), Kiramke (8), KrisR (8), kwjr (8), Linyarai (8), lyndamont6 (8), macphear (8), mlake (8), Pugliese-Huggins (8), RandyRasa (8), reelbigschmidt (8), sargesita (8), sawtooth (8), TSBresser (8), vegetrendian (8)
Images
Similar Awards and Honors
Helpers
New Awards and Honors
Common Knowledge
stephmo (206), supersidvicious (76), davidgn (51), bergs47 (39), zmeischa (39), Shortride (31), karenb (28), Lemeritus (22), gilroy (8), GwynethM (7), jburlinson (5), Stbalbach (4), KingRat (3), Conkie (3), Carmen.et.Error (3), ablachly (3), sturlington (2), innermurk (2), SJaneDoe (2), Bretzky1 (2), zhejw (2), rsterling (2), auntmarge64 (2), sjmccreary (2), jefbra (2), legallypuzzled (2), homeless (2), surly (2), omarotto (1), 6dts (1), Springblum (1), ari.joki (1), casvelyn (1), joannasephine (1), susanbooks (1), Christa_Josh (1), indeedox (1), Hughie2 (1), JonHutchings (1), norabelle414 (1), stretch (1), briandrewz (1), cbl_tn (1), JMK2020 (1), timspalding (1), justablondemoment (1), frithuswith (1), Crypto-Willobie (1), bonne1978 (1), wmorton38 (1), Shrike58 (1), rce1nyu (1), suzecate (1), kmcquage (1), sorchah (1), aron124 (1), SimoneA (1), RoseCityReader (1), ryner (1), jbergerot (1), jeffgillenkirk (1), leselotte (1), aleteo (1), mitchellmom (1), DorsVenabili (1), andyl (1), JuliaMaria (1), hipdeep (1), kathrynnd (1), kimby365 (1)
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.