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Nominees in 19
categories for the annual book prize |
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General fiction |
Brothers
Da Chen, Shaye Areheart Books/Crown
Publishing
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American Youth
Phil LaMarche, Random House
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy, Alfred A. Knopf
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl, Viking Press
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Jamestown
Matthew Sharpe, Soft Skull Press
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Romance |
Simply Magic
Mary Balogh, Delacorte Press
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The Kommandant’s Girl
Pam Jenoff, Mira Books
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Natural Born Charmer
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, William
Morrow & Co.
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The Edge of Winter
Luanne Rice, Bantam Books
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Angels Fall
Nora Roberts, G.P. Putnam’s Sons
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Audio |
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven
Fannie Flagg, read by the author,
Random House Audio
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I Like You
Amy Sedaris, read by the author,
Hachette Audio
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Mississippi Sissy
Kevin Sessums, read by the author,
Audio Renaissance
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Thirteen Moons
Charles Frazier, read by Will
Patton, Random House Audio
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, read by Sissy Spacek,
Caedmon Audio
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Religion/Spirituality |
American Islam: The Struggle for the
Soul of a Religion
Paul M. Barrett, Farrar, Straus &
Giroux
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Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for an
Ancient Faith
Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein, St.
Martin’s Press
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The Language of God: A Scientist
Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis S. Collins, The Free Press
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Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
Philip Yancey, Zondervan
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Religious Literacy: What Every
American Needs to Know — And Doesn’t
Stephen Prothero, Harper San
Francisco
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Graphic novel |
Making Comics
Scott McCloud, HarperCollins
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Ode to Kirihito
Osamu Tezuka, Vertical
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Alice in Sunderland
Bryan Talbot, Dark Horse
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Exit Wounds
Rutu Modan, Drawn & Quarterly
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Aya
Marguerite Abouet, illustrated by
Clement Oubrerie, Drawn & Quarterly
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Poetry |
Grave of Light: New and Selected
Poems, 1970 – 2005
Alice Notley, Wesleyan University
Press
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One Big Self: An Investigation
C.D. Wright, Copper Canyon Press
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Blackbird and Wolf
Henri Cole, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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For the Confederate Dead
Kevin Young, Alfred A. Knopf
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A Thief of Strings
Donald Revell, Alice James Books
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Cooking |
Pork & Sons
Stephane Reynaud, Phaidon Press
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Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary
Edition
Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer
Becker, Ethan Becker, Scribner
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Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco,
Turkey and Lebanon
Claudia Roden, Alfred A. Knopf
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The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook:
Stories and Recipes for Southerners
and Would-Be Southerners
Matt & Ted Lee, W. W. Norton
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Baking: From My Home to Yours
Dorie Greenspan, Houghton Mifflin
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Health/Self-Improvement |
Is it Hot in Here? Or Is it Me?: The
Complete Guide to Menopause
Pat Wingert, Barbara Kantrowitz,
Workman Publishing
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You on a Diet: The Owner's Manual
for Waist Management
Michael F. Roizen , Mehmet C. Oz,
The Free Press
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Rethinking Thin: The New Science of
Weight Loss — and the Myths and
Realities of Dieting
Gina Kolata, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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How Doctors Think
Jerome Groopman, Houghton Mifflin
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Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the
Delicate Relationship Between Adult
Children and Parents
Jane Isay, Flying Dolphin Press/
Doubleday
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Biography/Memoir |
The Father of All Things: A Marine,
His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam
Tom Bissell, Pantheon Books
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy
Soldier
Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton
Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Edith Wharton
Hermione Lee, Alfred A. Knopf
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson, Simon and Schuster
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William James: In the Maelstrom of
American Modernism
Robert D. Richardson, Houghton
Mifflin
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Sports |
Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest
Rivals; A Surprising Friendship and
the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship
Tom Stanton, St. Martin’s
Press/Thomas Dunne Books
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Crazy ’08: How a Cast of Cranks,
Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates
Created the Greatest Year in
Baseball History
Cait Murphy,
HarperCollins/Smithsonian
Institution Press
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Streams of Consciousness: Hip-Deep
Dispatches from the River of Life
Jeff Hull, Lyons Press
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The Echoing Green: The Untold Story
of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and
the Shot Heard Round the World
Joshua Prager, Pantheon Books
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The Kings of New York: A Year Among
the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses
Who Make Up America's Top High
School Chess Team
Michael Weinreb, Gotham Books
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Humor |
I Like You: Hospitality Under the
Influence
Amy Sedaris, Warner Books
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25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Judy Gold, Kate Moira Ryan, Hyperion
Voice
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Spy: The Funny Years
Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter,
George Kalogerakis, Miramax Books
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I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And
Other Things That Strike Me as Funny
Bob Newhart, Hyperion Books
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Oy!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish
Jokes
David Minkoff, St. Martin’s
Press/Thomas Dunne Books
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History/Current Events/Politics |
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in
Power
Robert Dallek, HarperCollins
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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six
Million
Daniel Mendelsohn, HarperCollins
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The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the
Nuclear Poor
William Langewiesche, Farrar, Straus
& Giroux
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Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Free Press
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The Assault on Reason
Al Gore, The Penguin Press
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Business |
Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other
Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable
Business Ideas
Seth Godin, Portfolio
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Women & Money: Owning the Power to
Control Your Destiny
Suze Orman, Random House/Spiegel &
Grau
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The No Asshole Rule: Building a
Civilized Workplace and Surviving
One That Isn’t
Robert I. Sutton, Warner Business
Books
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Send: The Essential Guide to Email
for Office and Home
David Shipley and Will Schwalbe,
Alfred A. Knopf
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Chocolates on the Pillow Aren’t
Enough: Reinventing the Customer
Experience
Jonathan M. Tisch, Karl Weber, John
Wiley & Sons
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Mystery/Suspense |
The Collaborator of Bethlehem
Matt Beynon Rees, Soho Press
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What the Dead Know
Laura Lippman, William Morrow
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Body of Lies
David Ignatius, W.W. Norton
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The Overlook
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and
Company
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A Welcome Grave
Michael Koryta, St. Martin’s Press/
Minotaur
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Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror |
Farthing
Jo Walton, Tor Books
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller
Chronicle: Day One)
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW Books
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Getting to Know You
David Marusek, Subterranean Press
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Brasyl
Ian McDonald, Pyr Books
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The Execution Channel
Ken MacLeod, Tor Books
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Children's Picture Books |
The Adventures of the Dish and the
Spoon
Mini Grey, Alfred A. Knopf
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Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin
Preiss Glasser, HarperCollins
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Flotsam
David Wiesner, Clarion Books
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Orange Pear Apple Bear
Emily Gravett, Simon and Schuster
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Owen & Mzee: The Language of
Friendship
Isabella and Craig Hatkoff, Dr.
Paula Kahumbu, photos by Peter
Greste, Scholastic Press
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Children's Chapter/Middle Grade |
Clementine
Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by
Marla Frazee, Hyperion Books
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Abrams/Amulet
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press
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Pick Me Up
Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts, DK
Children’s Books
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The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and
the Olympians, Book 3)
Rick Riordan, Miramax Books
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Young Adult/Teen |
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang, First Second Books
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The Green Glass Sea
Ellen Klages, Viking
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Incantation
Alice Hoffman, Little, Brown and
Company
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Life as We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer, Harcourt Books
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Sold
Patricia McCormick, Hyperion Books
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Debut Author |
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy
Soldier
Ishmael Beah, Farraf, Straus &
Giroux |
No One Belongs Here More Than You:
Stories
Miranda July, Simon & Schuster |
This Is Your Brain on Music: The
Science of a Human Obsession
Daniel J. Levitin, Penguin |
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Diane Setterfield, Simon & Schuster |
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss,
One Song at a Time
Rob Sheffield, Crown |
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Source: Quills
Literacy Project |
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