Indies Choice Award - 2010
The Indies Choice Award (Prior to 2009 the Book Sense Award, Prior to 2000 the ABBY Award) honors the role independent booksellers play in discovering and promoting quality, noteworthy books. The owners and employees of Book Sense independent booksellers nominate and vote for the book they most enjoyed handselling to their customers. There are more than 1,200 Book Sense independent bookstores casting votes. Four categories of books are recognized; Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children's Literature and Children's Illustrated. Listed below is the winner and the Honor Books. For more information go to .... The Indie Choice Award Home Page
Fiction Category
Winner
Cuttng for Stone By Abraham Verghese Border Songs By Jim Lynch Brooklyn By Colm Toibin
The Childrens Book By A S Byatt Generosity An Enhancement By Richard Powers Wolf Hall By Hilary Mantel
Non-Fiction Category
Winner
Animals Make Us Human By Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson Lit A memoir By Mary Karr Stitches A memoir By David Small
Dtrength in What Remains By Tracy Kidder When Everything Changed By Gail Collins