Great Lakes Book Award

Given by Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association

116 Works / 118 Items 166,228 Books 5,630 Reviews 4.0
"Founded in 1995, The Great Lakes Book Awards annually honor the year’s brightest and most deserving books about America’s heartland. Established by the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, vis mere the purpose of the awards is to recognize and reward excellence in the writing and publishing of books that capture the spirit and enhance awareness of the Great Lakes region."
Great Lakes Book Awards website vis mindre
Stages:
Alle, Winner (46), Honor Book (1), Finalist (71)
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Years:
Alle, 2009 (4), 2008 (21), 2007 (4), 2006 (3), 2005 (23), 2004 (19), 2003 (21), 2002 (4), 2001 (4), 2000 (3), 1999 (4), 1998 (2), 1997 (3), 1996 (3)

Winner 46

VærkKategoriÅr
The Blind Faith Hotel af Pamela ToddChildren's Chapter Book2009
That Book Woman af Heather HensonChildren's Picture Book2009
The Great Perhaps af Joe MenoFiction2009
The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight af Mark CaroGeneral2009
Elijah of Buxton af Christopher Paul CurtisChildren's Chapter Books2008
Toy Boat af Randall De SèveChildren's Picture Books2008
Keeping the House af Ellen BakerFiction2008
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes af Ted McClellandGeneral Nonfiction2008
Dairy Queen af Catherine Gilbert MurdockChildren's2007
Vand til elefanterne af Sara GruenFiction2007
The Great Lakes Water Wars af Peter AnninGeneral Nonfiction2007
A Good Night Walk af Elisha CooperChildren's2006
The Kindness of Strangers af Katrina KittleFiction2006
Made in Detroit af Paul ClemensGeneral Nonfiction2006
Bucking the Sarge af Christopher Paul CurtisChildren's2005
An Unfinished Season af Ward JustFiction2005
Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America af Fergus M. BordewichGeneral Nonfiction2005
Tonight I Said Goodbye af Michael KorytaMystery/Intrigue2005
Chasing Vermeer af Blue BalliettChildren's Chapter Book2004
Boxes for Katje af Candace FlemingChildren's Picture Book2004
Ursula, Under af Ingrid HillFiction2004
One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream af Phyllis VineGeneral Nonfiction2004
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings af Deborah HopkinsonChildren's2003
Middlesex af Jeffrey EugenidesFiction2003
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight af James TobinGeneral Nonfiction2003
Fair Weather af Richard PeckChildren's Medal Winner2002
The Dive from Clausen's Pier af Ann PackerFiction2002
Lake Effect af Rich CohenGeneral Nonfiction2002
The Journey af Sarah StewartChildren's2001
The Hatbox Baby af Carrie BrownFiction2001
Taken for a Ride : How Daimler-Benz Drove off with Chrysler af Bill VlasicGeneral Nonfiction2001
The Barn Burner af Patricia WillisChildren's2000
Midnight Champagne af A. Manette AnsayFiction2000
Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality af Thomas LynchGeneral Nonfiction2000
The Legend of Mackinac Island af Kathy-jo WarginChildren's1999
Four Corners of Night af Craig HoldenFiction1999
Places of Grace: The Natural Landscapes of the American Midwest af Gary IrvingGeneral1999
The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma af Alex KotlowitzNonfiction1999
The Broken Blade af William DurbinChildren's1998
Dewey Defeats Truman af Thomas MallonFiction1998
Big Annie of Calumet: A True Story of the Industrial Revolution af Jerry StanleyChildren's1997
Read This and Tell Me What It Says af A. Manette AnsayFiction1997
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America af Donald L. MillerGeneral Nonfiction1997
Once on This Island af Gloria WhelanChildren's1996
Writing from the Center af Scott Russell SandersGeneral1996
Superior: Journeys on an Inland Sea af Gary McGuffinHistory & Culture1996

Honor Book 1

VærkKategoriÅr
The Shoe Tree of Chagrin af J. Patrick LewisChildren's Honor Book2002

Finalist 71

VærkKategoriÅr
Barnstormers: Game 3 af Phil BildnerChildren's Chapter Books2008
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller af Sarah MillerChildren's Chapter Books2008
The Comeback Season af Jennifer E. SmithChildren's Chapter Books2008
A Crooked Kind of Perfect af Linda UrbanChildren's Chapter Books2008
Iggy Peck, Architect af Andrea BeatyChildren's Picture Books2008
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything af Elise BroachChildren's Picture Books2008
Woolbur af Leslie HelakoskiChildren's Picture Books2008
Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners af Laurie KellerChildren's Picture Books2008
Keeping the House af Ellen BakerFiction2008
A Ticket to Ride af Paula McLainFiction2008
Dear American Airlines af Jonathan MilesFiction2008
Djævlen uafbrudt af Donald Ray PollockFiction2008
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul af Karen AbbottGeneral Nonfiction2008
Little Heathens af Mildred Armstrong KalishGeneral Nonfiction2008
American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland af Kristen LaineGeneral Nonfiction2008
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes af Ted McClellandGeneral Nonfiction2008
Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship af Tom StantonGeneral Nonfiction2008
Triple Cross af Kit EhrmanFiction2007
Getting in the Game af Dawn FitzGeraldChildren's2005
The Bird In Santa's Beard: How A Christmas Legend Was Forever Changed (Big Belly Series) af Jeffery L. SchatzerChildren's2005
Win One for the Gipper: America's Football Hero Edition 1. (True Story) af Kathy-jo WarginChildren's2005
Friend on Freedom River af Gloria WhelanChildren's2005
Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony af Margaret WilleyChildren's2005
Inderkredsen : roman af T.C. BoyleFiction2005
The Circus in Winter af Cathy DayFiction2005
How Like an Angel: A Novel (Sweetwater Fiction: Originals) af Jack DriscollFiction2005
The Bright Forever af Lee MartinFiction2005
At the Shores: A Novel af Thomas RogersFiction2005
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age af Kevin BoyleGeneral2005
Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll af David A. CarsonGeneral2005
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare af Jason DeParleGeneral2005
Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists af Judith Vale NewtonGeneral2005
Lost Souls af Michael CollinsMystery/Intrigue2005
Skyggespil af Kevin GuilfoileMystery/Intrigue2005
The Narcissist's Daughter af Craig HoldenMystery/Intrigue2005
Hidden af Paul JaskunasMystery/Intrigue2005
Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense af John SmolensMystery/Intrigue2005
The River Between Us af Richard PeckChildren's Chapter Book2004
Going for the Record af Julie A. SwansonChildren's Chapter Book2004
Saving Samantha: A True Story af Robbyn Smith van FrankenhuyzenChildren's Picture Book2004
Snow Music af Lynne Rae PerkinsChildren's Picture Book2004
If You Want to See a Caribou af Phyllis RootChildren's Picture Book2004
Lost in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy af Carl R. SamsChildren's Picture Book2004
You Remind Me of Me af Dan ChaonFiction2004
The Turtle Warrior: A Novel af Mary Relindes EllisFiction2004
True North af Jim HarrisonFiction2004
Something Rising (Light and Swift) af Haven KimmelFiction2004
Den tidsrejsendes kvinde af Audrey NiffeneggerFiction2004
In the Middle of the Middle West: Literary Nonfiction from the Heartland af Becky BradwayGeneral Nonfiction2004
Enslaved by Ducks af Bob TarteGeneral Nonfiction2004
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More af Ari WeinzweigGeneral Nonfiction2004
Your Negro Tour Guide: Truths in Black and White af Kathy Y. WilsonGeneral Nonfiction2004
Look About You: A Magical Childhood in Michigan's Wild Places af Erin AndersonChildren's2003
Gina.Jamie.Father.Bear. af George Ella LyonChildren's2003
A Pitch in Time af Robert A. LytleChildren's2003
The Legend of Leelanau af Kathy-jo WarginChildren's2003
Jam & Jelly By Holly & Nellie af Gloria WhelanChildren's2003
Rainbow's End af Bob AdamovFiction2003
Dying Embers af Robert E. BaileyFiction2003
Q Road af Bonnie Jo CampbellFiction2003
Signs and Wonders af Philip GulleyFiction2003
Blue Wolf in Green Fire af Joseph HeywoodFiction2003
Roofwalker af Susan PowerFiction2003
Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress af Douglas BrinkleyGeneral Nonfiction2003
The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas af Jerry DennisGeneral Nonfiction2003
Djævelen i den hvide by af Erik LarsonGeneral Nonfiction2003
Indian Summer: The Tragic Story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the First Native American in Major League Baseball af Brian McDonaldGeneral Nonfiction2003
Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time af Michael PerryGeneral Nonfiction2003
Walk on Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unit af Michael RuhlmanGeneral Nonfiction2003
Voelker's Pond: A Robert Traver Legacy af Ed WarginGeneral Nonfiction2003
The Huron River: Voices from the Watershed af John R. KnottGeneral Nonfiction2001

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