Indies Choice Book AwardHonor Book

Given by American Booksellers Association (ABA)

Other Names: Book Sense Book of the Year, Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book, Indies Choice Book Award Honor Book, Indies Picture Book Hall of Fame
228 Works 903 Books 81 Reviews ½ 3.7
Formerly known as Book Sense Book of the Year (2000-2008)
Stages:
All, Winner (87), Honor Book (228), Picture Book Hall of Fame (30)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2019 (20), 2018 (19), 2017 (20), 2016 (6), 2010 (1), 2009 (14), 2008 (15), 2007 (15), 2006 (16), 2005 (16), 2004 (19), 2003 (24), 2002 (19), 2001 (15), 2000 (8)

Honor Book 228

WorkCategoryYear
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahAdult Debut2019
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteAdult Debut2019
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco CantĂşAdult Debut2019
Only Killers and Thieves by Paul HowarthAdult Debut2019
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisAdult Debut2019
Waiting for Eden by Elliot AckermanAdult Fiction2019
An American Marriage by Tayari JonesAdult Fiction2019
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataAdult Fiction2019
The Overstory by Richard PowersAdult Fiction2019
Tin Man by Sarah WinmanAdult Fiction2019
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole ChungAdult Nonfiction2019
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie JamisonAdult Nonfiction2019
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese LaymonAdult Nonfiction2019
The Library Book by Susan OrleanAdult Nonfiction2019
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah SmarshAdult Nonfiction2019
The Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertYoung Adult2019
Undead Girl Gang by Lily AndersonYoung Adult2019
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramYoung Adult2019
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. KrosoczkaYoung Adult2019
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangYoung Adult2019
History of Wolves by Emily FridlundAdult Debut2018
Stephen Florida by Gabe HabashAdult Debut2018
Fen by Daisy JohnsonAdult Debut2018
The Leavers by Lisa KoAdult Debut2018
The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road by Finn MurphyAdult Debut2018
Exit West by Mohsin HamidAdult Fiction2018
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel IngallsAdult Fiction2018
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeAdult Fiction2018
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgAdult Fiction2018
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli BerwaldAdult Nonfiction2018
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael FinkelAdult Nonfiction2018
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane GayAdult Nonfiction2018
Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling KaggeAdult Nonfiction2018
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne LamottAdult Nonfiction2018
Turtles All the Way Down by John GreenYoung Adult2018
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonYoung Adult2018
Long Way Down by Jason ReynoldsYoung Adult2018
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie StiefvaterYoung Adult2018
Dear Martin by Nic StoneYoung Adult2018
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. ChurchAdult Debut2017
The Girls by Emma ClineAdult Debut2017
Lab Girl by Hope JahrenAdult Debut2017
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne JohnsonAdult Debut2017
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiAdult Debut2017
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik BackmanAdult Fiction2017
Darktown by Thomas MullenAdult Fiction2017
Commonwealth by Ann PatchettAdult Fiction2017
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesAdult Fiction2017
LaRose by Louise ErdrichAdult Fiction, Debut2017
Truevine by Beth MacyAdult Nonfiction2017
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice MillardAdult Nonfiction2017
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor NoahAdult Nonfiction2017
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava SobelAdult Nonfiction2017
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks by Terry Tempest WilliamsAdult Nonfiction2017
Kids of Appetite by David ArnoldYoung Adult2017
The Reader by Traci CheeYoung Adult2017
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica HesseYoung Adult2017
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola YoonYoung Adult2017
The Serpent King by Jeff ZentnerYoung Adult2017
City on Fire by Garth Risk HallbergAdult Fiction2016
Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo JohnsonAdult Fiction2016
Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly LinkAdult Fiction2016
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenAdult Fiction2016
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaAdult Fiction2016
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik LarsonAdult Nonfiction2016
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis2013
The Quickening by Michelle Hoover2010
City of Thieves by David BenioffAdult Fiction Honor Book2009
People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksAdult Fiction Honor Book2009
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriAdult Fiction Honor Book2009
The Given Day by Dennis LehaneAdult Fiction Honor Book2009
The Forever War by Dexter FilkinsAdult Non Fiction Honor Book2009
Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael GreenbergAdult Non Fiction Honor Book2009
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony HorwitzAdult Non Fiction Honor Book2009
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki MurakamiAdult Non Fiction Honor Book2009
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven RinellaAdult Non Fiction Honor Book2009
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaBest Author Discovery Debut2009
The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill BlockBest Author Discovery Debut Honor Book2009
Mudbound by Hillary JordanBest Author Discovery Debut Honor Book2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBest Author Discovery Debut Honor Book2009
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithBest Author Discovery Debut Honor Book2009
Away by Amy BloomAdult Fiction2008
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonAdult Fiction2008
Run by Ann PatchettAdult Fiction2008
Bridge of Sighs by Richard RussoAdult Fiction2008
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David HalberstamAdult Nonfiction2008
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. JacobsAdult Nonfiction2008
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve MartinAdult Nonfiction2008
The World Without Us by Alan WeismanAdult Nonfiction2008
Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna DewdneyChildren's Illustrated2008
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'ConnorChildren's Illustrated2008
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter SĂ­sChildren's Illustrated2008
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieChildren's Literature2008
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyChildren's Literature2008
Eclipse by Stephenie MeyerChildren's Literature2008
The Arrival by Shaun TanChildren's Literature2008
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin BrockmeierAdult Fiction2007
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiAdult Fiction2007
Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyAdult Fiction2007
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill BrysonAdult Nonfiction2007
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy EganAdult Nonfiction2007
Thunderstruck by Erik LarsonAdult Nonfiction2007
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel PhilbrickAdult Nonfiction2007
Library Lion by Michelle KnudsenChildren's Illustrated2007
Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion (Ologies) by Captain William LubberChildren's Illustrated2007
Fancy Nancy by Jane O'ConnorChildren's Illustrated2007
Flotsam by David WiesnerChildren's Illustrated2007
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M. T. AndersonChildren's Literature2007
Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave BarryChildren's Literature2007
New Moon by Stephenie MeyerChildren's Literature2007
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne TrussChildren's Literature2007
The March by E. L. DoctorowAdult Fiction2006
Saturday by Ian McEwanAdult Fiction2006
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiAdult Fiction2006
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeAdult Fiction2006
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John GroganAdult Nonfiction2006
The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan HarrAdult Nonfiction2006
The Tender Bar by J. R. MoehringerAdult Nonfiction2006
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette WallsAdult Nonfiction2006
Diary of a Spider by Doreen CroninChildren's Illustrated2006
Leaf Man by Lois EhlertChildren's Illustrated2006
Seen Art? by Jon ScieszkaChildren's Illustrated2006
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo WillemsChildren's Illustrated2006
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne BirdsallChildren's Literature2006
Flush by Carl HiaasenChildren's Literature2006
A DogĘĽs Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. MartinChildren's Literature2006
Eldest by Christopher PaoliniChildren's Literature2006
The Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantAdult Fiction2005
Eventide by Kent HarufAdult Fiction2005
The Plot Against America by Philip RothAdult Fiction2005
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłnAdult Fiction2005
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve AlmondAdult Nonfiction2005
Magical Thinking by Augusten BurroughsAdult Nonfiction2005
The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker by Robert MankoffAdult Nonfiction2005
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann PatchettAdult Nonfiction2005
Mister Seahorse by Eric CarleChildren's Illustrated2005
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin HenkesChildren's Illustrated2005
Wild About Books by Judy SierraChildren's Illustrated2005
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo WillemsChildren's Illustrated2005
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave BarryChildren's Literature2005
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy FarmerChildren's Literature2005
Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine HanniganChildren's Literature2005
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz RyanChildren's Literature2005
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise ErdrichAdult Fiction2004
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAdult Fiction2004
Mrs Kimble by Jennifer HaighAdult Fiction2004
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerAdult Fiction2004
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James BradleyAdult Nonfiction2004
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy KidderAdult Nonfiction2004
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross KingAdult Nonfiction2004
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonAdult Nonfiction2004
Diary of a Worm by Doreen CroninChildren's Illustrated2004
Olivia... and the Missing Toy by Ian FalconerChildren's Illustrated2004
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie FrenchChildren's Illustrated2004
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas WoodChildren's Illustrated2004
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann BrasharesChildren's Literature2004
Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferChildren's Literature2004
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin ColferChildren's Literature2004
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamilloChildren's Literature2004
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeChildren's Literature2004
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher MoorePaperback2004
The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann PackerPaperback2004
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberAdult Fiction2003
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddAdult Fiction2003
Life of Pi by Yann MartelAdult Fiction2003
Atonement by Ian McEwanAdult Fiction2003
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsAdult Nonfiction2003
My Losing Season by Pat ConroyAdult Nonfiction2003
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony HorwitzAdult Nonfiction2003
Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time by Michael PerryAdult Nonfiction2003
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen CroninChildren's Illustrated2003
Toot & Puddle by Holly HobbieChildren's Illustrated2003
The Spider and the Fly by Mary HowittChildren's Illustrated2003
The Three Questions by Jon J. MuthChildren's Illustrated2003
Summerland by Michael ChabonChildren's Literature2003
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin ColferChildren's Literature2003
Coraline by Neil GaimanChildren's Literature2003
Hoot by Carl HiaasenChildren's Literature2003
Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksPaperback2003
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai SijiePaperback2003
The No. 1 LadiesĘĽ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithPaperback2003
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel by Brady UdallPaperback2003
Paper Moon by Joe David BrownRediscovery2003
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick DennisRediscovery2003
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris FuhrmanRediscovery2003
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J PancakeRediscovery2003
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark DunnAdult Fiction2002
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise ErdrichAdult Fiction2002
The Corrections by Jonathan FranzenAdult Fiction2002
Empire Falls by Richard RussoAdult Fiction2002
Ava's Man by Rick BraggAdult Nonfiction2002
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara EhrenreichAdult Nonfiction2002
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael PollanAdult Nonfiction2002
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric SchlosserAdult Nonfiction2002
The Water Hole by Graeme BaseChildren's Illustrated2002
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan KatzChildren's Illustrated2002
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara KerleyChildren's Illustrated2002
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty LovellChildren's Illustrated2002
Love That Dog by Sharon CreechChildren's Literature2002
Witness by Karen HesseChildren's Literature2002
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise RennisonChildren's Literature2002
You Read to Me & I'll Read to You: Stories to Share from the 20th Century by Janet SchulmanChildren's Literature2002
Freddy the Detective by Walter R. BrooksRediscovery2002
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael HoeyeRediscovery2002
Handling Sin by Michael MaloneRediscovery2002
The Hours by Michael CunninghamAdult Fiction2001
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIIAdult Fiction2001
Bee Season by Myla GoldbergAdult Fiction2001
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie AngierAdult Nonfiction2001
The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams by NasdijjAdult Nonfiction2001
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan OrleanAdult Nonfiction2001
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael PaternitiAdult Nonfiction2001
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen CroninChildren's Illustrated2001
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. LewisChildren's Illustrated2001
Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy by Carl R. SamsChildren's Illustrated2001
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane YolenChildren's Illustrated2001
The Wanderer by Sharon CreechChildren's Literature2001
The Giggler Treatment by Roddy DoyleChildren's Literature2001
The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketChildren's Literature2001
Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliChildren's Literature2001
Plainsong by Kent HarufAdult2000
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik LarsonAdult2000
Ahab's Wife or, The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter NaslundAdult2000
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandAdult2000
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul CurtisChildren's2000
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury by Jack PrelutskyChildren's2000
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz RyanChildren's2000
Sector 7 by David WiesnerChildren's2000

Descriptions

Formerly known as Book Sense Book of the Year (2000-2008) (English, Member-written)
The Book Sense Book of the Year Award was inaugurated at BookExpo America 2000. ABA rededicated the award (previously known as the ABBY) in recognition of a new era in bookselling, as well as the important role the Book Sense Picks List has played for independent booksellers in discovering and spreading the word about books of quality to all stores, and readers, nationwide.

Became the Indies Choice Book Award in 2009 (English, Member-written)
Book Sense Book of the Year ran from 2000-2008 and was replaced by Indies Choice Book Awards in 2009 (English, Member-written)
Now known as Indies Choice Book Awards (Russian, Member-written)

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