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 — 10,973 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 — 6,957 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 — 19,990 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 — 38,436 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 — 3,484 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 — 43,723 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 — 759,924 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 — 21,497 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 — 28,348 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 — 30,193 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 — 60,918 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 — 12,694 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 — 70,243 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 — 2,807 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 — 139,992 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 — 23,649 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 — 50,240 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 — 5,630 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 — 707,417 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 — 45,631 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 — 34,759 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 — 13,536 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 — 3,441,028 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 — 29,682 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 — 401 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 — 52,008 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