2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards
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Adult Fiction Honor Books
- EventideEventideEventide is an expansion set, codenamed "Doughnut", from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. It was released on July 25, 2008. The pre-release events for this set were held on July 12–13, 2008.- Set Details :...
by Kent HarufKent HarufKent Haruf is an award-winning American novelist.-Life:Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of a Methodist minister...
(Knopf) - The Birth of VenusThe Birth of Venus (Dunant)The Birth of Venus: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant, a bestselling British author. The plot is one of passion, politics, and danger. The story is set in the turbulent late 15th century in Florence, Italy. It features a young Florentine girl, Alessandra Cecchi, who is drawn to a young...
by Sarah DunantSarah DunantSarah Dunant is the author of many international bestsellers, most recently Sacred Hearts, the completion of her Italian historical trilogy....
(Random House) - The Plot Against AmericaThe Plot Against AmericaThe Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternate history in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.-Plot introduction:...
by Philip RothPhilip RothPhilip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him a National Book Award...
(Houghton Mifflin) - The Shadow of the WindThe Shadow of the WindThe Shadow of the Wind is a 2001 novel by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and a worldwide bestseller. The book was translated into English in 2004 by Lucia Graves and sold over a million copies in the UK after already achieving success on mainland Europe, topping the Spanish bestseller lists for...
by Carlos Ruiz ZafonCarlos Ruiz ZafónCarlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist who has lived in Los Angeles since 1993, where he spent a few years writing scripts whilst developing his career as a writer....
(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 KursonRobert KursonRobert Kurson is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey....
(Random House)
Adult Nonfiction Honor Books
- CandyfreakCandyfreakCandyfreak : A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America is a non-fiction book written by Steve Almond. It is about a trip that he took in which he searched for candy bars made by small companies. He traveled to factories across the country. It was widely reviewed...
by Steve AlmondSteve AlmondSteve Almond is an American short story writer and essayist. He is the author of eight books.-Life:He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter,...
(Algonquin and Harcourt) - The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, Robert MankoffRobert MankoffRobert Mankoff is the current cartoon editor for The New Yorker magazine. Before he succeeded Lee Lorenz as editor, Mankoff was a cartoonist for The New Yorker for 20 years....
(Ed.) (Black Dog & Leventhal) - Magical ThinkingMagical thinkingMagical thinking is causal reasoning that looks for correlation between acts or utterances and certain events. In religion, folk religion, and superstition, the correlation posited is between religious ritual, such as prayer, sacrifice, or the observance of a taboo, and an expected benefit or...
by Augusten BurroughsAugusten BurroughsAugusten Xon Burroughs is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors .- Life :...
(St. Martin's) - Truth & Beauty by Ann PatchettAnn PatchettAnn Patchett is an American author. She received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include Run, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, and The Magician's Assistant, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize...
(HarperCollins)
Children's Literature Winner
- Chasing VermeerChasing VermeerChasing Vermeer is a 2004 children's art mystery novel written by Blue Balliett and illustrated by Brett Helquist. Set in Hyde Park, Chicago near the University of Chicago, the novel follows two children, Calder Pillay and Petra Andalee...
by Blue BalliettBlue BalliettBlue Balliett is an American author, best known for her award-winning novel for children, Chasing Vermeer.Chasing Vermeer, released by Scholastic Press in 2004, is her best known and most highly praised book. Illustrated by Brett Helquist, it concerns the fictitious theft of a painting by...
, illustrated by Brett HelquistBrett HelquistBrett L. Helquist is an American illustrator best known for his work in the children's books A Series of Unfortunate Events. As such, his illustrations for that series have appeared in multiple media, including the books, the audiobook covers, the calendars, and so on.- Background :According to...
(Scholastic Press)
Children's Literature Honor Books
- Becoming Naomi LeonBecoming Naomi LeónBecoming Naomi Leon is a book by Pam Muñoz Ryan about a quiet girl living with her great-grandmother and brother Owen. Little do they know that they are about to be taken on a whirlwind journey and a desperate search for her father.-Plot summary:...
by Pam Munoz RyanPam Muñoz RyanPam Muñoz Ryan is a Mexican-American author.Muñoz Ryan began writing when she was encouraged by a professor while in graduate school. "It took me a number or years to make that leap of faith," she states when commenting on becoming a full-time writer...
(Scholastic) - Ida B ... and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the WorldIda B.Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and Save the World is a 2004 children's novel written by Katherine Hannigan. The audiobook version is narrated by Lili Taylor.-Plot introduction:...
by Katherine HanniganKatherine Hannigan-Biography:Hannigan was born in Lockport, New York in 1962. She has undergraduate degrees in mathematics, education, and painting, and a Master of Fine Arts in studio art. She has worked as assistant professor of art and design and as an education coordinator for Head Start. She currently lives in...
(Greenwillow/HarperCollins) - Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave BarryDave BarryDavid "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.-Biography:Barry was born in Armonk, New York,...
and Ridley PearsonRidley PearsonRidley Pearson, born on March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York, is an American writer. Pearson has historically written suspense and thriller novels for an adult audience, but has also begun branching out by writing adventure books for children....
(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)