Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winners

The Book Sense Book of the Year Award, also known as the BSBY Award, was inaugurated at BookExpo America 2000. The books on each list represent a comb ...more

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Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case o...

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4.28 avg rating — 28,659 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (2008)
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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4.22 avg rating — 188,763 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2008)
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle:...

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4.05 avg rating — 112,742 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2008)
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A Thousand Splendid Suns

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4.45 avg rating — 1,705,890 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (2008)
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Water for Elephants

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4.11 avg rating — 1,689,253 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (2007)
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I Feel Bad About My Neck an...

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3.74 avg rating — 86,517 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2007)
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Owen and Mzee: The True Sto...

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4.28 avg rating — 2,495 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (2007)
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The Book Thief

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4.39 avg rating — 2,833,266 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2007)
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Inkspell (Inkworld, #2)

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3.95 avg rating — 134,353 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2006)
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Zen Shorts

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4.26 avg rating — 13,330 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (2006)
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The Historian

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3.80 avg rating — 274,898 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Best Adult Fiction (2006)
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Econo...

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4.01 avg rating — 890,849 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2006)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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3.87 avg rating — 252,285 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (2005)
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Shadow Divers

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4.37 avg rating — 35,443 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2005)
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Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Ve...

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3.72 avg rating — 31,185 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2005)
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Duck for President

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4.03 avg rating — 8,013 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (2005)
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The Secret Life of Bees

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4.10 avg rating — 1,344,314 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Paperback (2004)
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How I Became a Pirate

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4.09 avg rating — 25,515 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (2004)
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cyc...

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3.96 avg rating — 1,918,097 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2004)
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert L...

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3.93 avg rating — 2,496,011 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (2004)
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A...

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3.66 avg rating — 139,439 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2004)
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Bel Canto

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3.94 avg rating — 316,849 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Paperback (2003)
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The Children of Green Knowe...

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4.01 avg rating — 9,738 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Rediscovery (2003)
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Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters fr...

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4.22 avg rating — 8,731 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (2003)
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs ...

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3.97 avg rating — 57,261 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2003)
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The Lovely Bones

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3.86 avg rating — 2,449,363 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (2003)
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The Thief Lord

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3.99 avg rating — 101,944 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2003)
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Peace Like a River

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4.03 avg rating — 100,246 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (2002)
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend

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4.23 avg rating — 167,731 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (2002)
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The Sisterhood of the Trave...

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3.85 avg rating — 730,586 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2002)
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