Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award Winners

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The committee also awards 10 "Outstanding Achievement" awards every year, in addition to the Literary Award.

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Winners

	Tragic City by Clemonce Heard 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matrix by Lauren Groff (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 47,985 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birdman of Koshkonong: The Life of Naturalist Thure Kumlien by Martha Bergland 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 22,089 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay 3.88 avg rating — 9,786 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 195,633 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario 4.33 avg rating — 11,890 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 17,462 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Him Go by Larry Watson (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,993 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Close Is Fine by Eliot Treichel (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 75 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 111,494 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burned: A Memoir by Louise Nayer (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 101 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species by Sean B. Carroll 4.10 avg rating — 1,384 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What It Is by Lynda Barry 4.14 avg rating — 20,991 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the South Pacific by James Campbell (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,217 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 3,216 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo by Sean B. Carroll 4.07 avg rating — 5,508 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Turtle Warrior by Mary Relindes Ellis (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 864 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orchard by Larry Watson (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 614 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection by Deborah Blum 4.24 avg rating — 857 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marcy Stories by Fran Zell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Loved You All by Paula Sharp 3.44 avg rating — 103 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon 3.77 avg rating — 503 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunger: A Novella and Stories by Lan Samantha Chang (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,419 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self Storage and Other Stories by Mary Helen Stefaniak 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars