2007 QUILL AWARDS

The winners of the 2007 Quill Book Awards were recently announced. These awards are given to books that meet at least one of 3 criteria:

Starred review in Publishers Weekly
Position on the Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
Special Selection of the Committee

Once chosen by the Quills Award committee (consisting of editors from Publishers Weekly), the nominees are voted on by librarians and booksellers nationwide. Once the winners are chosen, though, the Public can vote for Book of the Year. Consumers have until October 10 to vote. Vote now!

FICTION:

Debut Author Of The Year
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield (SETTERFIELD, D.)


General Fiction
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (MCCARTHY, C.)

Romance
Angels Fall by Nora Roberts (ROBERTS, N.)

Mystery/Suspense
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (NEW MYS LIPPMAN, L.)

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) by Patrick Rothfuss (NEW ROTHFUSS, P)

Audio
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee [Read by Sissy Spacek] (CD LEE)

NONFICTION:

Religion/Spirituality
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't by Stephen Prothero (NEW 200.71 PRO)

Graphic Novel
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud (741.5 MCC)

Poetry
For the Confederate Dead by Kevin Young


Cooking
Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker (641.5973 ROM)

Health/Self-Improvement
How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, M.D. (NEW 610 GRO)

Biography/Memoir
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (NEW BIO EINSTEIN, A.)

Sports
The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team by Michael Weinreb (794.109 WEI)

Humor
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris (793.2 SED)

History/Current Events/Politics
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (NEW 973.931 GOR)

Business
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton, PhD (NEW 650.13 SUT)

CHILDREN"S BOOKS:

Children's Picture Books
Flotsam by David Wiesner (E WIE)


Children's Chapter/Middle Grade
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (BOB SEL)

Young Adult/Teen
Sold by Patricia McCormick (YA MCCOR)