Borders Original Voices Award Winners

The annual Original Voices Awards, presented by Borders Group, Inc., recognizes "fresh, compelling, and ambitious works from new and emerging talents. ...more

Winners

	Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford 3.74 avg rating — 10,970 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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 Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 6,955 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	After by Amy Efaw (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 19,991 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Kids & Teens (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 Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 38,424 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 3,485 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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
	I Am Apache by Tanya Landman 4.03 avg rating — 920 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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 Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,712 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1) by Jeff Kinney (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 759,729 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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
	Wolf! Wolf! by John Rocco 4.08 avg rating — 331 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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
	When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 9,466 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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 Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 21,489 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock 3.75 avg rating — 28,347 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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
	Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor 4.17 avg rating — 30,192 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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 Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 60,903 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	The Brief History of the Dead: A Novel by Kevin Brockmeier 3.67 avg rating — 12,692 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 70,218 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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
	Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton 4.09 avg rating — 2,806 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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
	Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin 3.96 avg rating — 3,685 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	The History of Love by Nicole Krauss 3.92 avg rating — 139,980 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan 3.89 avg rating — 23,648 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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
	Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Knuffle Bunny, #1) by Mo Willems 4.27 avg rating — 50,239 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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
	Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 5,629 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 707,191 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 45,626 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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 Dot by Peter H. Reynolds 4.26 avg rating — 34,754 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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
	Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 4.26 avg rating — 13,534 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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 Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 3,440,192 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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
	Abarat by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 29,679 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (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
	Mrs. Biddlebox by Linda Smith 4.21 avg rating — 402 ratings Borders Original Voices Award for Picture Books (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
	Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande 4.28 avg rating — 51,996 ratings Borders Original Voices Award 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