Indies Choice Book Awards

2008

Adult Fiction Winner: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
• Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
• Away by Amy Bloom
• Run by Ann Patchett

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books:

• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
• The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
• The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs

Children's Literature Winner: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press)c

Children's Literature Honor Books:

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown Young Readers)
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Young Readers)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic)

Children's Illustrated Winner: Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss-Glasser (Illus.) (HarperCollins)
• Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illus.) (Harcourt Children's Books)
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis (Frances Foster Books/FSG)
• Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney (Viking Juvenile/Penguin Young Readers Group)

2007

Adult Fiction Winner: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

Adult Nonfiction Winner: I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books

• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Children's Literature Winner: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Children's Literature Honor Books

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss and illustrated by Bonnie Timmons
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Children's Illustrated Winner: Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Paul Kahumbu, Isabella Hatkoff and Dr. Paul Kahumbu and photos by Peter Greste

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
• Flotsam by David Wiesner
• Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
• Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion by Captain William Lubber and edited by Dugald A. Steer

2006

Adult Fiction Winner: The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown)

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• Kafka on the Shore: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (Knopf)
• The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow (Random House)
• Saturday: A Novel by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books:

• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (Scribner/S&S)
• The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr (Random House)
• Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan (William Morrow/HarperCollins)
• The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer (Hyperion)

Children's Literature Winner: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)

Children's Literature Honor Books:

• A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)
• Eldest: Inheritance, Book 2 by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• Flush by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

Children's Illustrated Winner: Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth (Scholastic Press)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins)
• Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt Children's Books)
• Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
• Seen Art? By Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (Viking Juvenile/Penguin USA)=2006===

2005

Adult Fiction Winner: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)

Adult Fiction Honor Books:

• Eventide by Kent Haruf (Knopf)
• The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (Random House)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin Press)

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson (Random House)

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books:

• Candyfreak by Steve Almond (Algonquin and Harcourt)
• The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, Robert Mankoff (Ed.) (Black Dog & Leventhal)
• Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's)
• Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins)

Children's Literature Winner: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, illustrated by Brett Helquist (Scholastic Press)

Children's Literature Honor Books:

• Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic)
• Ida B ... and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
• Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions)
• The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (Richard Jackson/Antheneum/Simon & Schuster)

Children's Illustrated Winner: Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Children's Illustrated Honor Books:

• Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henke (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
• Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
• Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle (Philomel/Penguin USA)
• Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

2004

Adult Fiction Winner: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

Shortlist:

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Doubleday)
• The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)
• Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh (Morrow)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (MacAdam/Cage)

Adult Nonfiction Winner: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Random House)

Shortlist:

• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Crown)
• Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley (Little, Brown)
• Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling by Ross King (Walker)
• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Random House)

Children's Literature Winner: Eragon: The Inheritance, Book I by Christopher Paolini (Knopf)

Shortlist:

• Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Book 3) by Eoin Colfer (Miramax)
• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)
• The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte)
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Timothy Basil Ering (Candlewick)

Children's Illustrated Winner: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long; illus. by David Shannon (Harcourt)

Shortlist:

• Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French; illus. by Bruce Whatley (Clarion Books)
• Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin; illus. by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins)
• Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood; illus. by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic)
• Olivia ... and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

Paperback Winner: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)

Shortlist:

• Atonement by Ian McEwan (Anchor)
• The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer (Vintage)
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (Perennial)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Harvest)