2018 Book Awards Shortlist
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 K. Le Guin, David James Duncan, Cheryl Strayed, 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 Awards Committee is comprised of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our member region. This year's Committee considered more than 420 nominated titles published during 2017 for a 2018 award. These titles, announced in early November, comprise the list from which up to six 2018 winners will be selected. Winners be announced in early January and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2018.
Since 1965, our annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula K. Le Guin, David James Duncan, Cheryl Strayed, 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 Awards Committee is comprised of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our member region. This year's Committee considered more than 420 nominated titles published during 2017 for a 2018 award. These titles, announced in early November, comprise the list from which up to six 2018 winners will be selected. Winners be announced in early January and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2018.
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
A Memoir Sherman Alexie Seattle, WA Hachette Book Group / Little, Brown and Company |
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All's Faire in Middle School
Victoria Jamieson Portland, OR Penguin Random House / Dial Books for Young Readers |
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The Hope of Another Spring
Takuichi Fujii, Artist and Wartime Witness Barbara Johns Seattle, WA University of Washington Press |
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Little Blue Chair
Madeline Kloepper, Illustrator (words by Cary Fagan) Prince George, BC Penguin Random House Canada / Tundra Books |
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The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin
Boxed Set: The Found and the Lost; The Unreal and the Real Ursula K. Le Guin Portland, OR Simon & Schuster / Saga Press |
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Dead Feminists
Historic Heroines in Living Color Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring Tacoma, WA Penguin Random House / Sasquatch Books |
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