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 Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age by Robert Aquinas McNally 4.06 avg rating — 31 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) 4.19 avg rating — 20,849 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
	Maya Lin: Thinking with Her Hands by Susan Goldman Rubin 4.18 avg rating — 188 ratings California Book Award for Juvenile (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 Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham 4.16 avg rating — 1,487 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction (Silver) (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 Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein 4.47 avg rating — 19,974 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction (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
	Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 20,025 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction (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
	So Much Blue by Percival Everett 3.92 avg rating — 1,512 ratings California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (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 Age of Perpetual Light by Josh Weil (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 138 ratings California Book Award for Fiction (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
	Heaven Is All Goodbyes by Tongo Eisen-Martin 4.55 avg rating — 141 ratings California Book Award for Poetry (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
	Buck Studies by Douglas Kearney 4.09 avg rating — 69 ratings California Book Award for Poetry (Silver) (2016)	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
	Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature by Jordan Fisher Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 439 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction (Silver) (2016)	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 Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mckenzie (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 7,049 ratings California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (2016)	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 Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés Reséndez 4.02 avg rating — 1,173 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (2016)	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
	Ecosystems of California by Harold Mooney (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings California Book Award for Contribution to Publishing (Gold) (2016)	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 American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 by Benjamin Madley 4.32 avg rating — 257 ratings California Book Award for Californiana (Gold) (2016)	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
	Restless Continent by Aja Couchois Duncan 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings California Book Award for Poetry (Gold) (2016)	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 Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 203,244 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult (Gold) (2016)	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
	Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,429 ratings California Book Award for Juvenile (Gold) (2016)	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
	Dog Years by Melissa Yancy 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction (Gold) (2016)	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
	Moonglow by Michael Chabon 3.81 avg rating — 30,089 ratings California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (2016)	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's Wild Edge: The Coast in Prints, Poetry, and History by Tom Killion 4.63 avg rating — 43 ratings California Book Award for Californiana (Gold) (2015)	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
	Cancer Angel by Beth Murray 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings California Book Award for Poetry (Gold) (2015)	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
	George by Alex Gino 4.04 avg rating — 32,627 ratings California Book Award for Juvenile (Gold) (2015)	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 Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 82,556 ratings California Book Award for First Fiction (Gold) (2015)	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 Alex Crow by Andrew Smith 3.80 avg rating — 2,007 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult (Silver) (2015)	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
	Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 21,637 ratings California Book Award for Young Adult (Gold) (2015)	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
	NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman 4.30 avg rating — 9,682 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction (Silver) (2015)	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
	Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy 4.07 avg rating — 17,466 ratings California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (2015)	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
	Elevation: 6,040: A Novella by Ernest J. Finney (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (2015)	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 Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin 4.20 avg rating — 21,525 ratings California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (2015)	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