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

Winners

	Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity (Knuffle Bunny, #2) by Mo Willems 4.28 avg rating — 28,659 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (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
	The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 4.22 avg rating — 188,763 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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
	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 4.05 avg rating — 112,742 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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
	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,705,890 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (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
	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,689,253 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (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
	I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron 3.74 avg rating — 86,517 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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
	Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff 4.28 avg rating — 2,495 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (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
	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,833,266 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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
	Inkspell (Inkworld, #2) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 134,353 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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
	Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth 4.26 avg rating — 13,330 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (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 Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 3.80 avg rating — 274,898 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Best Adult Fiction (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
	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 4.01 avg rating — 890,849 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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
	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3.87 avg rating — 252,285 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (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
	Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 35,443 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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
	Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1) by Blue Balliett 3.72 avg rating — 31,185 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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
	Duck for President by Doreen Cronin 4.03 avg rating — 8,013 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (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
	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,344,314 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Paperback (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
	How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 25,515 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (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
	Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1) by Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 1,918,097 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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
	The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 2,496,011 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (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
	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 3.66 avg rating — 139,439 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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
	Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 3.94 avg rating — 316,849 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Paperback (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 Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #1) by Lucy M. Boston 4.01 avg rating — 9,738 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Rediscovery (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
	Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague 4.22 avg rating — 8,731 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Illustrated (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
	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller 3.97 avg rating — 57,261 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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 Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,449,363 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (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 Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 101,944 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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
	Peace Like a River by Leif Enger 4.03 avg rating — 100,246 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction (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
	Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand 4.23 avg rating — 167,731 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Nonfiction (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
	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) by Ann Brashares 3.85 avg rating — 730,586 ratings Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature (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