Washington State Book Award Winners

The Washington State Book Award (formerly the Governor's Writers Award) is given annually for outstanding books published by Washington authors the pr ...more

Winners

	Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie 4.19 avg rating — 4,183 ratings Washington State Book Award for Picture Books (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
	Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (A Narwhal and Jelly, #1) by Ben Clanton (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 8,746 ratings Washington State Book Award for Young Readers (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
	Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,308 ratings Washington State Book Award for Middle Grade Literature (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
	Useless Bay by M.J. Beaufrand 3.56 avg rating — 229 ratings Washington State Book Award for Young Adult LIterature (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
	An Earlier Life by Brenda Miller 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir (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
	Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,371 ratings Washington State Book Award for Nonfiction (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
	Daredevils by Shawn Vestal 3.50 avg rating — 678 ratings Washington State Book Award for Fiction (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
	Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 857 ratings Washington State Book Award for Middle Grade Literature (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
	Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat by Deborah Underwood (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 581 ratings Washington State Book Award for Young Readers (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
	Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 1,101 ratings Washington State Book Award for Picture Books (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
	Road Trip by Mark Rozema 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir (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
	Reconnaissance by Carl Phillips 3.99 avg rating — 185 ratings Washington State Book Award for Poetry (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
	Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 109,558 ratings Washington State Book Award for Nonfiction (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 Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 5,144 ratings Washington State Book Award for Young Adult Literature (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 Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac by Sharma Shields (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 1,523 ratings Washington State Book Award for Fiction (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
	Trying Home: The Rise and Fall of an Anarchist Utopia on Puget Sound by Justin Wadland 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings Washington State Book Award for History/General Nonfiction (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
	Loitering: New & Collected Essays by Charles D'Ambrosio 4.04 avg rating — 1,352 ratings Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir (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 Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Shih-Wu 4.56 avg rating — 102 ratings Washington State Book Award for Poetry (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
	Bugle by Tod Marshall 4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings Washington State Book Award for Poetry (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 Hour of Lead by Bruce Holbert (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 166 ratings Washington State Book Award for Fiction (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
	Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn, #1) by Dana Simpson 4.10 avg rating — 11,275 ratings Washington State Book Award for Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award (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 Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 222,340 ratings Washington State Book Award for History/General 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 Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century by David Laskin (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 1,029 ratings Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir (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
	Rough Day by Ed Skoog 4.03 avg rating — 58 ratings Washington State Book Award for Poetry (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
	Hild by Nicola Griffith (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 8,956 ratings Washington State Book Award 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
	The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood by David R. Montgomery (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 435 ratings Washington State Book Award for History/General 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
	Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 7,302 ratings Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir (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
	Plume: Poems by Kathleen Flenniken 4.46 avg rating — 112 ratings Washington State Book Award for Poetry (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
	The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin 3.78 avg rating — 42,289 ratings Washington State Book Award 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
	In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 160,913 ratings Washington State Book Award for History/General 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