The American Booksellers Association (ABA) announced the winners of the inaugural Indies Choice Book Awards. Formerly the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, the new Indies Choice Book Awards reflect the spirit of independent bookstores nationwide through new categories and a broader range of winners and honor books.
The 2009 Indies Choice Book Award Winners, available here at Audio Editions are:
Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction):
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Fiery Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Multi-Voice Production.
Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction):
The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell. Read by Sarah Vowell, with celebrity guests.
Best Author Discovery:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. Read by Richard Poe.
Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (Fiction):
The Graveyard Book, written and read by Neil Gaiman.
Most Engaging Author:
Sherman Alexie
The Honor Book recipients in each category are:
Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction) Honor Books:
City of Thieves, by David Benioff. Read by Ron Perlman.
The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane. Read by Michael Boatman.
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks. Read by Edwina Wren.
Unaccustomed Earth, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Read by Sarita Choudhury and Ajay Naidu.
Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction) Honor Books:
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon, by Steven Rinella. Read by Patrick G. Lawlor.
The Forever War, written and read by Dexter Filkins.
Hurry Down Sunshine: A Memoir, written and read by Michael Greenberg
A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America, written and read by Tony Horwitz
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel. Read by Ray Porter.
Best Author Discovery (Debut) Honor Books:
Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith. Read by Dennis Boutsikaris.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland. Read by Martin Wenner.
The Story of Forgetting, by Stefan Merrill Block. Read by Patrick G. Lawlor.
The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga. Read by John Lee.
Best Indie Young Adult Buzz (Fiction) Honor Books:
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore. Read by David Baker and the Full Cast Family.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Read by Carolyn McCormick.
Savvy, by Ingrid Law. Read by Lily Blau.
Most Engaging Author Honor Recipients
Michael Chabon
Ann Patchett
David Sedaris
For more information and a list of all the winners, chosen by the owners and staff at ABA member stores during more than four weeks of voting, visit the ABA website.
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