2022 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, Molly Gloss, Chuck Palahniuk, and Brian Doyle. 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 400 nominated titles published during 2021 for the 2022 award.
These titles, announced in early November, comprise the list from which up to six 2022 winners will be selected.
Winners be announced in early January and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2022.
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, Molly Gloss, Chuck Palahniuk, and Brian Doyle. 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 400 nominated titles published during 2021 for the 2022 award.
These titles, announced in early November, comprise the list from which up to six 2022 winners will be selected.
Winners be announced in early January and promoted by our member stores during the winter and spring of 2022.
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Unfollow Me
Essays On Complicity Jill Louise Busby Trick Mirror meets White Fragility—an intimate and insolent essay collection about race, progress, and hypocrisy from cultural commentator Jill Louise Busby, aka Jillisblack. Bloomsbury Publishing |
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The Sea in Winter
Christine Day In this evocative and heartwarming novel, the author of I Can Make This Promise tells the story of a Makah/Piscataway girl struggling to find her joy again, and the family who will protect her no matter what happens. Heartdrum / HarperCollins |
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See, perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time, comes the highly anticipated Cloud Cuckoo Land. Scribner / Simon & Schuster |
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What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad From the widely acclaimed, best-selling author of American War, a new novel—beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving—that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. Knopf / Penguin Random House |
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Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid
Thor Hanson A beloved natural historian explores how climate change is driving evolution. Basic Books / Hachette Book Group |
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Odessa
Jonathan Hill "It’s dark and gritty, yet there are moments of kindness and strength that will keep you thinking about these characters long after you’ve finished the book." — Dav Pilkey, author of the Dog Man series Oni Press / Simon & Schuster |
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The Book of Difficult Fruit
Kate Lebo Inspired by twenty-six fruits, the essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends natural, culinary, medical, and personal history. Farrar, Straus & Giroux / Macmillan |
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Time Is A Flower
Julie Morstad A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad. Tundra Books / Penguin Random House |
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Funeral For Flaca
Essays Emilly Prado Funeral for Flaca is an exploration of things lost and found-love, identity, family-and the traumas that transcend bodies, borders, cultures, and generations. Future Tense Books |
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Guard the Mysteries
Cedar Sigo The fourth book in Wave’s Bagley Wright Lecture Series presenting the cerebral voice of Native American poet Cedar Sigo. Wave Books / Consortium Book Sales |
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Mel Fell
Corey Tabor From Geisel Award–winning author-illustrator Corey Tabor comes a tale about self-confidence and taking a leap of faith, starring an adorable, brave kingfisher. Balzer+Bray / HarperCollins |
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Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. Penguin Teen / Penguin Random House |
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