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Current and historical winners of the BookBrowse Awards, with links to further information at BookBrowse.

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Since 2000, BookBrowse has asked its members and subscribers to select the best books published each year. Through a rigorous voting process, this shortlist is then honed down to the find the BookBrowse Awards Winners.
Current and Previous Award Winners:
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2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005

2012

The Light Between Oceans

Best Fiction Book:
The Light Between Oceans  by  Margot Stedman

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Best Nonfiction Book:
Behind the Beautiful Forevers  by  Katherine Boo

Wonder

Best Children's Book:
Wonder  by  R.J. Palacio

2011

Unbroken

Best Book:
Unbroken  by  Laura Hillenbrand

The Night Circus

Best Debut:
The Night Circus  by  Erin Morgenstern

Wonderstruck

Best Children's Book:
Wonderstruck  by  Brian Selznick

The Greater Journey

Runner Up:
The Greater Journey  by  David McCullough

2010

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Best Book:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks  by  Rebecca Skloot

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Best Debut:
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand  by  Helen Simonson

2009

The Help

Best Book:
The Help  by  Kathryn Stockett

Cutting For Stone

Best Debut:
Cutting For Stone  by  Abraham Verghese

Abigail Adams

Best Nonfiction Book:
Abigail Adams  by  Woody Holton

The Magician's Elephant

Best Children's Book:
The Magician's Elephant  by  Kate DiCamillo

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Runner Up:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet  by  Jamie Ford

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Runner Up:
The Housekeeper and the Professor  by  Yoko Ogawa

2008

Someone Knows My Name

Best Book:
Someone Knows My Name  by  Lawrence Hill

A Long Way Gone

Best Debut:
A Long Way Gone  by  Ishmael Beah

By the Time You Read This

Runner Up:
By the Time You Read This  by  Giles Blunt

The Uncommon Reader

Runner Up:
The Uncommon Reader  by  Alan Bennett

2007

Water for Elephants

Best Book:
Water for Elephants  by  Sara Gruen

The Book Thief

Best Debut:
The Book Thief  by  Markus Zusak

2006

The Closers

Best Book:
The Closers  by  Michael Connelly

The Penderwicks

Best Debut:
The Penderwicks  by  Jeanne Birdsall

The Year of Magical Thinking

Ruby Award:
The Year of Magical Thinking  by  Joan Didion

2005

My Sister's Keeper

Best Book:
My Sister's Keeper  by  Jodi Picoult

Love in the Driest Season

Best Debut:
Love in the Driest Season  by  Neely Tucker

The Enemy

Ruby Award:
The Enemy  by  Lee Child
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