California Book Award Winners

Since 1931, the California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers.

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Winners

	The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed 4.06 avg rating — 9,316 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult Silver (2020)	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
	Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America by Conor Dougherty 4.08 avg rating — 2,122 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction Silver (2020)	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
	Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 49,740 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction Silver (2020)	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
	California Exposures: Envisioning Myth and History by Richard White 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings California Book Award for Californiana (2020)	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
	Quiet Orient Riot by Nathalie Khankan 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings California Book Award for Poetry Gold (2020)	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
	Private Lessons by Cynthia Salaysay 3.45 avg rating — 310 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult Gold (2020)	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
	Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 4,586 ratings California Book Award for Juvenile Gold (2020)	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
	South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L. Baumgartner 4.21 avg rating — 180 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction Gold (2020)	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 Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 20,792 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction Gold (2020)	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 Registry of My Passage upon the Earth: Stories by Daniel Mason (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 990 ratings California Book Award for Fiction Gold (2020)	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 Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California by Mark Arax 4.43 avg rating — 893 ratings California Book Award for Californiana (2019)	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
	Know My Name by Chanel Miller 4.72 avg rating — 155,390 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction Silver (2019)	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
	Last of Her Name by Mimi Lok 4.12 avg rating — 439 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction Silver (2019)	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
	Magical Negro by Morgan Parker 4.31 avg rating — 2,534 ratings California Book Award for Poetry Gold (2019)	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
	Frankly in Love by David Yoon (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 26,877 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult Gold (2019)	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 Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata 4.08 avg rating — 1,320 ratings California Book Award for Juvenile Gold (2019)	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 Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 5,132 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction Gold (2019)	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
	Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 1,306 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction Gold (2019)	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
	Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 8,257 ratings California Book Award for Fiction Gold (2019)	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
	American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 10,870 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction Silver (2018)	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
	Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 16,003 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction Silver (2018)	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 Kept Us Warm by Anne Raeff 3.70 avg rating — 421 ratings California Book Award for Fiction Silver (2018)	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 Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation by Miriam Pawel (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 295 ratings California Book Award for Californiana (2018)	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
	Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 4,512 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult Gold (2018)	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 Language of Spells by Garret Weyr, also Freymann-Weyr (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 820 ratings California Book Award for Juvenile Gold (2018)	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 Library Book by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 106,359 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction Gold (2018)	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 There by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 158,487 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction Gold (2018)	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 Mars Room by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 40,075 ratings California Book Award for Fiction Gold (2018)	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 Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age by Robert Aquinas McNally 4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings California Book Award for Californiana (Gold) (2017)	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 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 31,154 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult (Gold) (2017)	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