The American Booksellers Association has announced the winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. The winners are:



  • Adult Fiction: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)



  • Adult Nonfiction: I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron (Knopf)



  • Children’s Literature: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Knopf)



  • Children’s Illustrated: Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a
    Remarkable Friendship
    by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paul Kahumbu; photos by Peter Greste (Scholastic)



    The association also chose four 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Books in each category. You can see those books here.
    Congratulations to all the winners!



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