Indies Choice Book Award Finalists Announced

The ABA (American Booksellers Association) announced the finalists for the Indies Choice Book Awards on Monday, which are chosen by any and all independent booksellers who belong to the ABA.

The list of categories is exhaustive, ranging from "Adult Fiction of the Year" to "Most Engaging Author" -- given to the author "who is an in-store star as well as having a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to the community." Voting will proceed throughout March, and the winners will be announced in April and honored at BookExpo America 2010. Check out some of the finalists below, and see the announcement for the full list.

FINALISTS

Book of the Year -- Adult Fiction

• "Border Songs," by Jim Lynch (Knopf)
• "Brooklyn," by Colm Toibin (Scribner)
• "The Children's Book," by A.S. Byatt (Knopf)
• "Cutting for Stone," by Abraham Verghese (Knopf)
• "Generosity: An Enhancement," by Richard Powers (FSG)
• "Wolf Hall," by Hilary Mantel (Holt)

Book of the Year -- Adult Nonfiction

• "Animals Make Us Human," by Temple Grandin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• "Lit: A Memoir," by Mary Karr (HarperCollins)
• "The Lost City of Z," by David Grann (Doubleday)
• "Stitches: A Memoir," by David Small (W.W. Norton)
• "Strength in What Remains," by Tracy Kidder (Random House)
• "When Everything Changed," by Gail Collins (Little, Brown)

Most Engaging Author

• Isabel Allende
• Laurie Halse Anderson
• Libba Bray
• Michael Chabon
• Kate DiCamillo
• Abraham Verghese

Comments

[Steamboater]

04:29 AM on 03/04/2010

I juust orderd the"the Lost City of Z" from deepdiscountdvds.com Cheapest place to get it and cheaper than Amazon with free shipping. I just eat up all these books about the adventures of explorers.

[PhilipB]

05:31 AM on 03/04/2010

Yes, you will enjoy this. I loved it.
Warm regards to you, Steamboater!
:)

[Steamboater]

01:50 PM on 03/04/2010

Hi: If you like these kind of books, also try "Worlds To Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure From National Geograhic" edited by Mark Jenkins and with a forward by Simon Winchester. Never heard of some these people and the stories are wonderful.

[LaurieAnn]

10:47 AM on 03/05/2010

Thank you Steamboater for the book recommendation. I'm going to buy it as a surprise for my husband. He loves adventure and exploration books as well. It's not often that I can find something on my own that he likes so he'll be surprised. We already have the Natl' G book that you mentioned.

[Hina]

07:31 AM on 03/03/2010

hilaritee, I had exacttly the same experince with "The children's book" I tried my utmost to get into it , I love thick books that I can sink my teeth into it but there was nothing in this book to hook me in.
"The little stranger' by Sarch waters was one of my favourite books from last year. I always enjoy her work,'Fingersmith' and 'Tipping the Velvet' are two of hwe best books.
I was hoping that 'The children's book will be a similar experince as reading "The stolen child" byKeith Donohue.

[LaurieAnn]

10:56 AM on 03/05/2010

My reply to you landed up above. Sorry about that.

Enjoy!

[hilaritee]

12:14 AM on 03/03/2010

i really, really tried to read byatt's the children's book but i just could not do it. i enjoy historical fiction and english history particularly and i am also tremendously interested in children's literature. i don't even mind a lot of detail in a novel (i made it through sarah waters' the litte stranger) but despite all of those potential draws for me as a reader, i found it to be excruciating reading. i would love to know what other readers thought of it.

[LaurieAnn]

10:57 AM on 03/05/2010

My reply to you landed up above. Sorry about that.

Enjoy!