Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize Winners

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Winners

	The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell 3.35 avg rating — 7,050 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 21,891 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream by Thomas Dyja (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 1,258 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.32 avg rating — 349,667 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Canada by Richard Ford 3.51 avg rating — 26,441 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (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
	Hemingways Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934 - 1961 by Paul Hendrickson 3.74 avg rating — 1,972 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (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
	Freedom by Jonathan Franzen 3.78 avg rating — 164,648 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (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
	The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 94,131 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (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
	Anthill by Edward O. Wilson 3.67 avg rating — 2,666 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (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
	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 697,732 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (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
	Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips 3.42 avg rating — 3,918 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (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
	Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 6,599 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (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 Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon 3.57 avg rating — 6,410 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Head and Heart: American Christianities by Garry Wills 3.76 avg rating — 209 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead 3.82 avg rating — 1,863 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	The Age of Lincoln by Orville Vernon Burton 3.95 avg rating — 213 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich 3.89 avg rating — 8,673 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 by Taylor Branch 4.42 avg rating — 1,769 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Gilead (Gilead, #1) by Marilynne Robinson 3.85 avg rating — 104,875 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin G. Boyle 4.08 avg rating — 2,813 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	An Unfinished Season by Ward Just 3.49 avg rating — 1,012 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett 3.96 avg rating — 40,822 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Reversible Errors (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #6) by Scott Turow (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 6,324 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy by Paul Hendrickson 3.85 avg rating — 233 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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 3.85 avg rating — 2,272,993 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel 4.12 avg rating — 568 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for 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
	Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson (Goodreads Author) 3.17 avg rating — 441 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (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 Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand 4.07 avg rating — 4,949 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (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
	Rails Under My Back (Harvest Book) by Jeffery Renard Allen 3.82 avg rating — 44 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (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
	The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election by Zachary Karabell 3.87 avg rating — 86 ratings Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (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