Minnesota Book Award Winners

Each April, authors, publishers and book-lovers celebrate the best of local literature at the Minnesota Book Awards Gala. The Gala returned this year ...more

Winners

	See No Color by Shannon Gibney 3.43 avg rating — 712 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Young People’s Literature (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
	Beautiful Wall by Ray Gonzalez 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Poetry (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
	There's Something I Want You to Do by Charles Baxter 3.84 avg rating — 1,202 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story (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
	Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury by Larry Millett 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota (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
	Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life by Karen Babine (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 62 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction (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
	The Grave Soul (Jane Lawless, #23) by Ellen Hart 3.73 avg rating — 279 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction (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
	No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions by Ryan Berg (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 353 ratings Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction (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
	Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall 4.42 avg rating — 8,125 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Children's Literature (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
	Albedo by Kathleen Jesme (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Poetry (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
	West of the Moon by Margi Preus 3.73 avg rating — 3,812 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Young People’s Literature (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
	Dangerous Goods: Poems by Sean Hill 4.15 avg rating — 60 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Poetry (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
	A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James 3.89 avg rating — 32,941 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story (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
	Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota Women's Movement by Lori Sturdevant 3.88 avg rating — 66 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota (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
	The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 11,264 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction (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
	Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life by Nancy Koester 4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction (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
	Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Rick Allen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 1,374 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Children’s Literature (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
	Tailings by Kaethe Schwehn (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 92 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction (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
	Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 2,344 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Young People’s Literature (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
	Black Aperture by Matt Rasmussen 4.31 avg rating — 968 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Poetry (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
	The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories by Ethan Rutherford (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 489 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story (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
	Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison by W. Jackson Rushing III it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota (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
	Prairie Silence: A Memoir by Melanie Hoffert 3.86 avg rating — 473 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction (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
	Tamarack County (Cork O'Connor, #13) by William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 8,703 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction (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
	The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII by Jack El-Hai 3.62 avg rating — 2,312 ratings Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction (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
	Moo! by David LaRochelle (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 1,998 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Children’s Literature (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
	Odessa: Poems by Patricia Kirkpatrick 4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Poetry (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
	Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota by Gwen Westerman 4.14 avg rating — 111 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota (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
	Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works by Atina Diffley (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 451 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction (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
	Curse of the Jade Lily (Mac McKenzie, #9) by David Housewright (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 622 ratings Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction (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
	Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life by David Treuer (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,188 ratings Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction (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