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2021 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 350 nominated titles published during 2020 for a 2021 award.

​These titles, announced in early November, comprise the list from which up to six 2021 winners will be selected.
Winners be announced in early January and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2021.

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​​Cedar + Salt
Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field and Sea

DL Acken and Emily Lycopolus
(Victoria & Salt Spring Island, BC)




Touchwood Editions
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​The Galleons
Poems

Rick Barot
(Tacoma, WA)



Milkweed Editions
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​Godshot

Chelsea Bieker
(Portland, OR)



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Catapult / Counterpoint
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​Nature Obscura
A City's Hidden Natural World

Kelly Brenner
(Seattle, WA)


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Mountaineers Books
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​Birdsong

Julie Flett
(Vancouver, BC)



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Greystone Books
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Lupe Wong Won't Dance

Donna Barba Higuera
(Issaquah, WA)



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Levine Querido
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This Is My America

Kim Johnson​
(Eugene, OR)



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Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Magical Language of Others
A Memoir

E.J. Koh
(Seattle, WA)


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Tin House Books
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Mexican Gothic
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
(Vancouver, BC)



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Del Rey / Penguin Random House
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rough house

Tina Ontiveros
(Hood River, OR)



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Oregon State University Press
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Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas
(Portland, OR)



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Swoon Reads / Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan
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​The Blue House

Phoebe Wahl
(Bellingham, WA)



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Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
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