2015 Book Awards Shortlist
PNBA offers our sincere congratulations to the authors of these Shortlist books, and we encourage our member stores to give these books the extra attention they so deserve.
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Association produces educational and promotional events and materials for its members and offers literacy, free speech and author promotional vehicles through its member stores. Since 1965, our annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula LeGuin, David James Duncan, David Guterson, Jonathan Evison, Erik Larson, Chuck Palahniuk, and Sherman Alexie. Many of these authors were honored by PNBA before they received national attention. A history of past winners of the Pacific Northwest Book Award can be viewed on the Book Awards homepage.
PNBA's Award Committee is comprised of nine volunteer booksellers from our member stores, throughout the region. Committee members considered more than 300 nominated titles published during 2014 for a 2015 award. In early November the Committee chose these fifteen titles, from which the winners will be selected. The winners, a maximum of six books, will be determined by the Awards Committee in December. They will then be announced in January 2015 and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2015.
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Association produces educational and promotional events and materials for its members and offers literacy, free speech and author promotional vehicles through its member stores. Since 1965, our annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula LeGuin, David James Duncan, David Guterson, Jonathan Evison, Erik Larson, Chuck Palahniuk, and Sherman Alexie. Many of these authors were honored by PNBA before they received national attention. A history of past winners of the Pacific Northwest Book Award can be viewed on the Book Awards homepage.
PNBA's Award Committee is comprised of nine volunteer booksellers from our member stores, throughout the region. Committee members considered more than 300 nominated titles published during 2014 for a 2015 award. In early November the Committee chose these fifteen titles, from which the winners will be selected. The winners, a maximum of six books, will be determined by the Awards Committee in December. They will then be announced in January 2015 and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2015.
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A Boat, A Whale & A Walrus
Renee Erickson Seattle, WA Sasquatch Books |
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A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain
Adrianne Harun Port Townsend, WA Penguin Books |
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr Boise, ID Scribner |
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Blood Will Out
Walter Kirn Livingston, MT Liveright / Norton |
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Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good
Kathleen Flinn Seattle, WA Viking Press |
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Falling From Horses
Molly Gloss Portland, OR Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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If Not For This
Pete Fromm Great Falls, MT Red Hen Press |
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Jackaby
William Ritter Springfield, OR Algonquin Young Readers |
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Loitering
Charles D'Ambrosio Portland, OR Tin House Books |
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My Fluorescent God
Joe Guppy Seattle, WA Booktrope Editions |
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Sex Criminals Volume One
Matt Fraction Portland, OR Image Comics |
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Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender Leslye Walton Seattle, WA Candlewick Press |
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The Free
Willy Vlautin Scappoose, OR Harper Perennial |
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The Sound of Letting Go
Stasia Ward Kehoe Woodinville, WA Viking Press |
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
David Shafer Portland, OR Mulholland Books / Little, Brown |
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