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 — 188,759 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 — 112,738 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 — 1,705,755 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 — 1,689,209 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 — 86,509 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 — 2,833,081 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 — 134,347 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 — 274,893 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 — 890,819 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 — 252,271 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 — 35,441 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 — 31,186 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 — 1,344,277 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 — 1,917,994 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 — 2,495,886 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 — 139,433 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 — 316,818 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 — 57,256 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 — 2,449,305 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 — 101,937 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 — 100,236 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 — 167,730 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 — 730,563 ratings
Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (2002)
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