Adult Fiction: The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)   Adult Nonfiction: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)   Children's Literature: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)   Children's Illustrated: Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth (Scholastic Press) The winners will be feted at ABA's annual Celebration of Bookselling at BookExpo America on Friday, May 19, in Washington, D.C. The gala event, open to all trade show attendees, is a highlight of the annual trade show. "Independent booksellers have chosen to honor these handselling favorites from among a wide array of interesting, unique, and thought-provoking titles sold in their stores during the past year," said ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz. "We look forward to recognizing their authors and illustrators at this year's Celebration of Bookselling, and we invite all of the book industry in attendance at BEA to celebrate with us." Four 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Books in each category were also chosen by ABA member booksellers. They are: Adult Fiction: Kafka on the Shore: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (Knopf); The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow (Random House); Saturday: A Novel by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday); and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See (Random House) Adult Nonfiction: The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (Scribner/S&S); The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr (Random House); Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan (William Morrow/HarperCollins); and The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion) Children's Literature: A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic); Eldest: Inheritance, Book 2 by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers); Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf Books for Young Readers); and The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Children's Illustrated: Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins); Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt Children's Books); Leonardo, The Terrible Monster by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children); and Seen Art? By Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (Viking Juvenile/Penguin USA) The Book Sense Book of the Year winners and honor books were selected by booksellers from titles most often nominated for the Book Sense Picks lists in 2005. Booksellers were also able to write in titles on the ballot. Only books published in 2005 were eligible. Winners will receive a plaque, as well as a gift from Book Sense partner Levenger, Inc., a catalog and Internet seller of high-quality tools for reading and writing. The Celebration of Bookselling brings together independent booksellers, publishers, and the media to toast the spirit of independent bookselling in America.

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2005   order a book

Adult Fiction Winner

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)

Adult Fiction Honor Books
 

Eventide by Kent Haruf (Knopf)
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (Random House)
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin Press)

Adult Nonfiction Winner

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books
 

Candyfreak by Steve Almond (Algonquin and Harcourt)
The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker, Robert Mankoff (Ed.) (Black Dog & Leventhal)
Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's)
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins).

Children's Literature Winner

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, illustrated by Brett Helquist (Scholastic Press)

Children's Literature Honor Books
 

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic)
Ida B … and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions)
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (Richard Jackson/Antheneum/Simon & Schuster).

Children's Illustrated Winner

Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books
 

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henke (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle (Philomel/Penguin USA)
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown (Knopf Books for Young Readers).

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2004

Adult Fiction Winner

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

Adult Fiction Finalists
 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Doubleday)
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh (Morrow)
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (MacAdam/Cage)

Adult Nonfiction Winner

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Finalists
 

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Crown)
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley (Little, Brown)
Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling by Ross King (Walker)
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House)

Children's Literature Winner

Eragon: The Inheritance, Book I by Christopher Paolini (Knopf)

Children's Literature Finalists
 

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Book 3) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte)
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Timothy Basil Ering (Candlewick)

Children's Illustrated Winner

How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long; illus. by David Shannon (Harcourt)

Children's Illustrated Finalists
 

Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French; illus. by Bruce Whatley (Clarion Books)
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin; illus. by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins)
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood; illus. by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic)
Olivia ... and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

Paperback Winner

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)

Paperback Finalists

Atonement by Ian McEwan (Anchor)
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer (Vintage)
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (Perennial)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Harvest)

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2003

Adult Fiction Winner

The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, Little, Brown

Adult Fiction Finalists
 

Atonement, by Ian McEwan, Nan Talese/Doubleday
The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber, Harcourt
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, Harcourt
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, Viking

Adult Nonfiction Winner

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller, Random House

Adult Nonfiction Finalists
 

Blue Latitudes, by Tony Horwitz, Holt
My Losing Season, by Pat Conroy, Doubleday
Population: 485, by Michael Perry, HarperCollins
Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's

Children's Literature Winner

The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke, Chicken House/Scholastic

Children's Literature Finalists
 

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, by Eoin Colfer, Hyperion
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf
Summerland, by Michael Chabon, Miramax

Children's Illustrated Winner

Dear Mrs. LaRue, by Mark Teague, Scholastic

Children's Illustrated Finalists
 

Giggle, Giggle, Quack, by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Betsy Lewin, Simon & Schuster
The Three Questions, by Jon J. Muth, Scholastic
The Spider & The Fly, by Mary Howitt; illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, Simon & Schuster
Toot & Puddle: Top of the World, by Holly Hobbie, Little, Brown

Rediscovery Winner

The Children of Green Knowe, by L. M. Boston, Odyssey/Harcourt

Rediscovery Finalists
 

Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis, Broadway
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, by Chris Fuhrman, University of Georgia Press
Paper Moon, by Joe David Brown, Four Walls Eight Windows
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake, by Breece D'J Pancake, Back Bay

Paperback Winner

Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett, Perennial

Paperback Finalists
 

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Sijie Dai, Anchor
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, by Brady Udall, Vintage
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor
Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks, Penguin

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2002

Adult Fiction Winner

Peace Like a River, Leif Enger (Atlantic Monthly)

Adult Fiction Finalists

The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn (MacAdam/Cage)
Empire Falls, Richard Russo (Knopf)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)

Adult Nonfiction Winner

Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Finalists

Ava's Man, Rick Bragg (Knopf)
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan (Random House)
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schossler (Houghton Mifflin)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan/Holt)

Children's Literature Winner

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (Delacorte)

Children's Literature Finalists

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison (HarperCollins)
Love That Dog, Sharon Creech (HarperCollins)
Witness, Karen Hesse (Scholastic)
You Read to Me & I'll Read to You, Janet Schulman, ed. (Random House)

Children's Illustrated Winner

Olivia Saves the Circus, Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

Children's Illustrated Finalists

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, Patty Lovell, illustrated by David Catrow (Putnam)
Take Me Out of the Bathtub: And Other Silly Dilly Songs, Alan Katz, illustrated by David Catrow (Margaret McElderry Books/S&S)
The Water Hole, Graeme Base (Abrams)

Rediscovery Winner

My Father's Dragon, Ruth Stiles Gannett, illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett (Random House)

Rediscovery Finalists

Enchantress From the Stars, Sylvia Louise Engdahl (Walker)
Freddy the Detective, Walter R. Brooks, illustrated by Kurt Wiese (Overlook/Penguin)
Handling Sin, Michael Malone (Sourcebooks)
Time Stops for No Mouse, Michael Hoeye (Putnam)

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2001
 

Adult Fiction Winner:

The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (Picador USA)
 

Adult Fiction Finalists:

Bee Season, Myla Goldberg (Doubleday)
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/Nan Talese)
The Hours, Michael Cunningham (Picador USA)
House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III (Vintage)
 

Adult Nonfiction Winner

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture, Ross King (Walker)

Adult Nonfiction Finalists:

The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams: A Memoir, Nasdijj (Houghton Mifflin)
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain, Michael Paterniti (Dial)
The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean (Ballantine)
Woman: An Intimate Geography, Natalie Angier (Anchor)

Children's Illustrated Winner:

Olivia, Ian Falconer (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)

Children's Illustrated Finalists:

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, Jane Yolen; illustrated by Mark Teague (Scholastic)
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, Rose Lewis; illustrated by Jane Dyer (Little, Brown)
Stranger in the Woods, Jean Stoik and Carl R. Sams II (Carl R. Sams II)

Children's Literature Winner:

Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick)
 

Children's Literature Finalists:

The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket (HarperTrophy)
The Giggler Treatment, Roddy Doyle (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine)
Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli (Knopf)
The Wanderer, Sharon Creech (HarperCollins)

 

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2000
 

Adult Winner

The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (HarperPerennial)

Adult Finalists

Ahab's Wife, Sena Jeter Naslund (Morrow)
Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland (MacMurray & Beck)
Isaac's Storm, Erik Larson (Crown)
Plainsong, Kent Haruf (Knopf)

Children's Winner

The Quiltmaker's Gift, Jeff Brumbeau, illus. by Gail de Marcken (Pfeiffer-Hamilton)

Children's Finalists

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, Pam Muñoz Ryan, illus. by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)
Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte)
Sector 7, David Wiesner (Houghton)
The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury, edited by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Meilo