All 2015 Book Awards

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Andre Norton – Novel

Love Is the Drug

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Arthur C. Clarke – Novel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

Bram Stoker – Novel

Blood Kin

Steve Rasnic Tem

British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel

No One Gets Out Alive

Adam Nevill

British Fantasy Awards – Robert Holdstock Award – Fantasy Novel

Cuckoo Song

Frances Hardinge

British SF Association – Novel

Ancillary Sword

Ann Leckie

Costa Book Award – Novel

A God in Ruins

Kate Atkinson

Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama

carried away on the crest of a wave

David Yee

Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

Daddy Lenin and Other Stories

Guy Vanderhaeghe

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive

Mark L. Winston

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

My Shoes Are Killing Me

Robyn Sarah

Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English)

Twenty-One Cardinals

Rhonda Mullins

Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

Sidewalk Flowers

JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith

Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text

The Gospel Truth

Caroline Pignat

Hugo Awards – Novel

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu translated by Ken Liu

International Dublin Literary Award – Novel

Harvest

Jim Crace

John W. Campbell – Novel

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Claire North

Locus – Fantasy Novel

The Goblin Emperor

Katherine Addison

Locus – SF Novel

Ancillary Sword

Ann Leckie

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography

Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi

Hayden Herrera

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest

Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security

Sarah Chayes

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction

The Story of My Teeth

Valeria Luiselli, Translated by Christina MacSweeney

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction

The Fishermen

Chigozie Obioma

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel/Comics

Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir

Riad Sattouf

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History

Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

Dan Ephron

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller

The Cartel

Don Winslow

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry

From the New World: Poems 1976-2014

Jorie Graham

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World

Andrea Wulf

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Young Adult Fiction

My Seneca Village

Marilyn Nelson

National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon

National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction

The Sellout

Paul Beatty

National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction

Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate Epidemic

Sam Quinones

National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry

Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude

Ross Gay

Nebula – Novel

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

Philip K. Dick – Novel

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

Meg Elison

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

David I. Kertzer

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

Pulitzer Prize – History

Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People

Elizabeth A. Fenn

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Digest

Gregory Pardlo

Shirley Jackson – Novel

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel

The Man Who Sold the Moon

Cory Doctorow

World Fantasy Awards – Novel

The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell

AAFCAYAL – Children/Young Adult

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Duncan Tonatiuh

Agatha – Children/Young Adult

Andi Unstoppable

Amanda Flower

Agatha – Contemporary Novel

Long Upon the Land

Margaret Maron

Agatha – First Novel

On the Road with del & Louise

Art Taylor

Agatha – Historical

Dreaming Spies

Laurie R. King

Agatha – Nonfiction

The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story

Martin Edwards

Alex – Adult/For Young Adults

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Anthony – Novel

After I’m Gone

Laura Lippman

Anthony – Paperback Original

The Day She Died

Catriona McPherson

Anthony – Short Stories/Collection

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes

Laurie R. King

AR Diamond – Grades K-3

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Audies – Achievement In Production

The Graveyard Book: Full-Cast Production

Neil Gaiman

Audies – Audio Drama

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright

Audies – Audiobook of the Year

Mandela: An Audio History

Nelson Mandela

Audies – Biography/Memoir

Not My Father’s Son: A Memoir

Alan Cumming

Audies – Business Information/Educational

A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas

Warren Berger

Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12

The Graveyard Book: Full-Cast Production

Neil Gaiman

Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages Up To 8

H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination

Christopher Myers

Audies – Classics

THE NEW YORK STORIES

John O’Hara, edited and introduced by Steven Goldleaf with foreward by E. L. Doctorow

Audies – Erotica

ALPHA

Jasinda Wilder

Audies – Fantasy

Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive, Book 2

Brandon Sanderson

Audies – Fiction

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE: A NOVEL

Anthony Doerr

Audies – History

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Audies – Humor

YES PLEASE

Amy Poehler

Audies – Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction

THE AUSCHWITZ ESCAPE

Joel C. Rosenberg

Audies – Inspirational/Spiritual

BEFORE AMEN: The Power of a Simple Prayer

Max Lucado

Audies – Literary Fiction

EUPHORIA: A Novel

Lily King

Audies – Multi-Voiced Performance

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (FULL CAST)

Neil Gaiman

Audies – Mystery

THE SILKWORM

Robert Galbraith

Audies – Narration by the Author or Authors

NOT MY FATHER’S SON

Alan Cumming

Audies – Non-Fiction

FURIOUS COOL: Richard Pryor and The World That Made Him

David Henry and Joe Henry

Audies – Original Work

MANDELA: AN AUDIO HISTORY

Nelson Mandela

Audies – Package Design

Doctor Who: The Light at the End

Nicholas Briggs

Audies – Paranormal

THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

M.R. Carey

Audies – Personal Development/Motivational

WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE

Oprah Winfrey

Audies – Romance

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

Robert James Waller

Audies – Science Fiction

THE MARTIAN (REVISED)

Andy Weir

Audies – Short Stories/Collections

THE ASSASSINATION OF MARGARET THATCHER: Stories

Hilary Mantel

Audies – Solo Narration—Female

YELLOW CROCUS

Laila Ibrahim

Audies – Solo Narration—Male

THE HERO’S GUIDE TO BEING AN OUTLAW

Christopher Healy

Audies – Teen

EGG & SPOON

Gregory Maguire

Audies – Thriller/Suspense

THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD

Michael Koryta

Baileys – Fiction

How to Be Both

Ali Smith

Bard – Emerging Writer

The Isle of Youth: Stories

Laura Van Den Berg

Beehive – Fiction

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Lauren Tarshis

Beehive – Informational

Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

Tanya Lee Stone

Beehive – Picture Book

Mustache Baby

Bridget Heos

Beehive – Young Adult

Guitar Notes

Mary Amato

Black Caucus – Fiction

Citizens Creek

Lalita Tademy

Black Caucus – First Novel

Forty Acres

Dwayne Alexander Smith

Black-Eyed – Grades 4-6

The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer Holm

Black-Eyed – Grades 6-9

The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer Holm

Black-Eyed – High School

The Naturals

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Black-Eyed – Picture Book

Dog vs. Cat

Chris Gall

Bluebonnet – Children’s

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Boston Globe – Fiction & Poetry

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

Katherine Rundell

Boston Globe – Nonfiction

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia

Candace Fleming

Boston Globe – Picture Book

The Farmer and the Clown

Marla Frazee

Bram Stoker – Anthology

Fearful Symmetries

Ellen Datlow

Bram Stoker – Fiction Collection

Soft Apocalypses

Lucy A. Snyder

Bram Stoker – First Novel

Mr. Wicker

Maria Alexander

Bram Stoker – Graphic Novel

Bad Blood

Jonathan Maberry

Bram Stoker – Long Fiction

Fishing for Dinosaurs

Joe R. Lansdale

Bram Stoker – Nonfiction

Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival Guide

Lucy A. Snyder

Bram Stoker – Poetry Collection

Forgiving Judas

Tom Piccirilli

Bram Stoker – Young Adult

Phoenix Island

John Dixon

Buckaroo – Children’s

The Book with No Pictures

B.J. Novak

Buckeye – Grades 3-5

Secrets According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney

Buckeye – Grades 6-8

Sisters

Raina Telgemeier

Buckeye – Grades K-2

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Buckeye – Teen

Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell

Caldecott – Picture Book

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

Dan Santat

Carnegie – Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

Buffalo Soldier

Tanya Landman

Charlotte Huck – Children’s Fiction

Rain Reign

Ann M. Martin

Charlotte Zolotow – Picture Book Text

Sparky!

Jenny Offill

Colorado Blue Spruce – Young Adult

Cinder

Marissa Meyer

Coretta Scott King – Author

brown girl dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Coretta Scott King – Illustrator

Firebird

Misty Copeland

Costa – Book of the Year

The Lie Tree

Frances Hardinge

Costa – Children’s

The Lie Tree

Frances Hardinge

Costa – First Novel

The Loney

Andrew Michael Hurley

Dayton – Fiction

The Great Glass Sea

Josh Weil

Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

Dry Bones in the Valley

Tom Bouman

Edgar Allan Poe – Juvenile

Greenglass House

Kate Milford

Edgar Allan Poe – Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Stranger You Know

Jane Casey

Edgar Allan Poe – Novel

Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King

Edgar Allan Poe – Paperback Original

The Secret History of Las Vegas

Chris Abani

Geisel Medal – Children’s Literature

You Are (Not) Small

Anna Kang

Golden Archer – Intermediate

Wonder

R.J. Palacio

Golden Archer – Middle/Junior High

The Fault in Our Stars

John Green

Golden Archer – Primary

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Grand Canyon – Intermediate

Wonder

R.J. Palacio

Grand Canyon – Picture Book

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Great Stone Face – Grades 4-6

El Deafo

Cece Bell

Greenaway Medal – Illustrator

Shackleton’s Journey

William Grill

Hemingway – PEN

Elegy on Kinderklavier

Arna Bontemps Hemenway

Hurston/Wright – Fiction

The Moor’s Account

Laila Lalami

L.A. Times – Fiction

The Story of My Teeth

Valeria Luiselli

L.A. Times – Graphic Novel

Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984: A Graphic Memoir

Riad Sattouf

L.A. Times – Mystery/Thriller

The Cartel

Don Winslow

L.A. Times – Young Adult Literature

My Seneca Village

Marilyn Nelson

Ladybug – Children’s Picture

The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt

Macavity – First Mystery

Invisible City

Julia Dahl

Macavity – Mystery Novel

The Killer Next Door

Alex Marwood

Macavity – Nonfiction

Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey edited

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Macavity – Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

A Deadly Measure of Brimstone

Catriona McPherson

Newbery Medal – Children’s

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

PEN/Faulkner – Fiction

Preparation for the Next Life

Atticus Lish

RWA PRISM – Best First Book

Mind Sweeper

A.E. Jones

RWA PRISM – Best of the Best

The Guild of Assassins

Anna Kashina

RWA PRISM – Dark Paranormal

Andromeda’s Fall

Abigail Owen

RWA PRISM – Erotica/Romantica

Sea Change

Cindy Spencer Pape

RWA PRISM – Fantasy

The Guild of Assassins

Anna Kashina

RWA PRISM – Futuristic

On a Rogue Planet

Anna Hackett

RWA PRISM – Light Paranormal

Mind Sweeper

A.E. Jones

RWA PRISM – Novella

Archangel

Misa Buckley

RWA PRISM – Young Adult

Win the Rings

K.D. Van Brunt

Scott O Dell – Historical Fiction

Dash

Kirby Larson

Shamus – First P.I. Novel

Invisible City

Julia Dahl

Shamus – P.I. Novel

Hounded

David Rosenfelt

Thriller Award – E-Book Original

Hard Fall

C.J. Lyons

Thriller Award – First Novel

The Weight of Blood

Laura McHugh

Thriller Award – Novel

The Fever

Megan Abbott

Thriller Award – Paperback Original

Moonlight Weeps

Vincent Zandri

Thriller Award – Short Story

The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky

Tim L. Williams

Thriller Award – Young Adult

Nearly Gone

Elle Cosimano

Translation – Fiction

The Last Lover

Canxue

William C. Morris – Young Adult Literature

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

Isabel Quintero