Book Awards for NWSLibrary
Awards given to books in NWSLibrary's library
Summary: 183 Awards and Honors
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar
- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (2021)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (2021)
The 100 best books of the 21st century by The Guardian
100 Must-Read Books about the Law and Social Justice
- White by Law 10th Anniversary Edition: The Legal Construction of Race (Critical America) by Ian Haney López
100 Must-Read Titles About Women’s History
1000 Books to Read Before You Die
ALA Over the Rainbow Book List
- The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker (Selection – Non-Fiction – 2016)
- It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage (Selection – Essays, Memoir Biography – 2012)
- This Book Is Gay by James Dawson (Selection – Non-Fiction – 2016)
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
- It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage (GLBTQ: Books with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer-questioning, Intersex, Asexual individuals, and Their Allies – 2014)
- Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge (GLBTQ: Books with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer-questioning, Intersex, Asexual individuals, and Their Allies – 2014)
ALA Rainbow Book List
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Selection – YA Non-Fiction – 2015)
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (Selection – Young Adult Fiction – 2017)
- It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage (Selection – Young Adult Nonfiction – 2012)
- The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves by Sarah Moon (Selection – Middle/Early Young Adult Nonfiction – 2013)
- Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge (Selection – Young Adult Nonfiction – 2012)
Amazon's Best Books of the Month
- Girls on Fire: A Novel by Robin Wasserman (May – 2016)
Amazon.com Best Books
- Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (Biographies & Memoirs – 2015)
- I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir by Nadja Spiegelman (Biographies & Memoirs – 2016)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Literature & Fiction – 2016)
American Book Award
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2015)
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston (Winner – 2017)
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Winner – Fiction – 2017)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year
- All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn (Graphic Novels – 2023)
- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (Teen – 2016)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Fiction – 2016)
Arkansas Teen Book Award
- The Memory Book by Lara Avery (Nominee – Level 2, Grades 10-12 – 2018)
- Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke (Nominee – Level 1, Grades 7-9 – 2018)
Arthur C. Clarke Award
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Winner – 2017)
Association for Mormon Letters Award
- Forbidden by Kimberley Griffiths Little (Finalist – Young Adult General Novel – 2014)
Audie Award
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Finalist – Audiobook of the Year – 2017)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Finalist – Best Female Narrator – 2017)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Finalist – Literary Fiction & Classics – 2017)
Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award
- Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (Finalist – Non-Fiction – 2015)
BCALA Literary Awards
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Honor – Honor Fiction – 2017)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Nonfiction – 2014)
- Secrets Of A Civil War Submarine: Solving The Mysteries Of The H. L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker (2005)
The Best Children's Books of the Year
- American Ace by Marilyn Nelson (Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Today – 2017)
- Beauty's Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy by Carolyn Meyer (Twelve to Fourteen – 2014)
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Fourteen and Older – 2015)
- Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter (Twelve to Fourteen – 2012)
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston (Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Coming of Age – 2017)
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today – 2017)
- Hidden by Miriam Halahmy (Outstanding Merit – Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today – 2017)
- Hidden by Miriam Halahmy (*Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today – 2017)
- The Human Microbiome: The Germs That Keep You Healthy by Rebecca E. Hirsch (Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) – 2017)
- The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves by Sarah Moon (Twelve to Fourteen – 2013)
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (Outstanding Merit – Fourteen and Older, Information Books, History – 2017)
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (*Fourteen and Older, Information Books, History – 2017)
- Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier by Ying Chang Compestine (Nine to Twelve – 2015)
- What If?: Answers to Questions About What It Means to Be Gay and Lesbian by Eric Marcus (Twelve to Fourteen – 2014)
Best Fiction for Young Adults
- Dust Girl: The American Fairy Trilogy Book 1 by Sarah Zettel (Selection – 2013)
- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (Top Ten – 2017)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- Geis: A Matter of Life and Death by Alexis Deacon (Nominee – Graphic Novel Grades 6-9 – 2018)
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (Nominee – High School – 2018)
- Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke (Nominee – Graphic Novel Grades 4-6 – 2018)
- Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Nominee – Grades 4-6 – 2018)
Book Links Lasting Connections
- Secrets Of A Civil War Submarine: Solving The Mysteries Of The H. L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker (2005)
Booker Prize
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Longlist – 2017)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Audio
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books
- I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir by Nadja Spiegelman (Arts and Literature – 2016)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Fiction – 2016)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (2014)
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston (2016)
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (2016)
- This Book Is Gay by James Dawson (2015)
Books Are My Bag Readers Award
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Winner – Novel – 2017)
Books for a Better Life Award
- Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (Winner – 2015)
Boston Globe Best Book
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award
- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (Nominee – Teen – 2017)
BuzzFeed Best Books
- Girls on Fire: A Novel by Robin Wasserman (Fiction – 2016)
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (Nonfiction – 2016)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (2016)
California Young Reader Medal
- Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone (Nominee – Middle School/Junior High, Grades 6-8 – 2010)
- The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (Winner – Intermediate, Grades 3-5 – 2014)
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens
- Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone (2007)
- Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter (2012)
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston (Fourteen and Up – 2017)
- Secrets Of A Civil War Submarine: Solving The Mysteries Of The H. L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker (2006)
- Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Ten to Fourteen – 2017)
Cardinal Cup
- Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone (Winner – 2007)
CBCA Book of the Year
- A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee (Shortlist – Younger Readers – 2017)
CCBC Choices
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (2015)
- Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee (Biography and Autobiography – 2017)
- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (Fiction for Young Adults – 2017)
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (Historical People, Places, and Events – 2017)
- Things I'll Never Say: Stories About Our Secret Selves by Ann Angel (Fiction for Young Adults – 2016)
- York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition by Rhoda Blumberg (2005)
A Century of Reading by LitHub
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults
- Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (Selection – Best Adult Books for Teens – 2015)
- Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson (Selection – 2017)
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Top Ten – 2016)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Nonfiction – 2014)
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston (Fiction – 2016)
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (Fiction – 2016)
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
- The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Fiction – 2017)
Children's Favorites Awards
- The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (Selection – Advanced Readers (Grades 5–6, Ages 10–12) – 2012)
Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award
- Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier by Ying Chang Compestine (Winner – Juvenile Books (Ages 12-18) – 2014)
Clark Fiction Prize
Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (For Older Readers – 2017)
Colorado Children's Book Award
- Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn (Nominee – 2010)
- Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn (Winner – Junior Novel – 2010)
Coretta Scott King Award
- March: Book Three by John Lewis (Winner – Author – 2017)