Book awards: Book Sense Book of the YearWorks (37)| Titles | Order | | The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau | Children's Winner, 2000 | | The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver | Adult Winner, 2000 | | Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo | Children's Literature Winner, 2001 | | Olivia by Ian Falconer | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2001 | | Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2001 | | The Red Tent by Anita Diamant | Adult Fiction Winner, 2001 | | My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett | Rediscovery Winner, 2002 | | Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2002 | | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares | Children's Literature Winner, 2002 | | Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2002 | | Peace Like a River by Leif Enger | Adult Fiction Winner, 2002 | | The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold | Adult Fiction Winner, 2003 | | Bel Canto by Ann Patchett | Paperback Winner, 2003 | | The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston | Rediscovery Winner, 2003 | | Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2003 | | The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke | Children's Literature Winner, 2003 | | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2003 | | How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2004 | | Eragon by Christopher Paolini | Children's Literature Winner, 2004 | | Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2004 | | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown | Adult Fiction Winner, 2004 | | Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett | Children's Lit Winner, 2005 | | Duck for President by Doreen Cronin | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2005 | | Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2005 | | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke | Adult Fiction Winner, 2005 | | Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2006 | | Inkspell by Cornelia Funke | Children's Literature Winner, 2006 | | Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006 | | The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova | Adult Fiction Winner, 2006 | | Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2007 | | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | Children's Literature Winner, 2007 | | I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2007 | | Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen | Adult Fiction Winner, 2007 | | Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems | Children's Illustrated Winner, 2008 | | The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick | Children's Literature Winner, 2008 | | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver | Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2008 | | A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini | Adult Fiction Winner, 2008 |
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Award descriptionThe 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  | |
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