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 4.20 avg rating — 3,922 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 — 5,560 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) 4.35 avg rating — 2,907 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 3.49 avg rating — 202 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
	Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 1,991 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 3.51 avg rating — 643 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 — 786 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) 4.14 avg rating — 550 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) 4.28 avg rating — 1,046 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
	Reconnaissance by Carl Phillips 3.97 avg rating — 154 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) 4.08 avg rating — 95,692 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) 3.77 avg rating — 4,896 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) 3.60 avg rating — 1,439 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 3.89 avg rating — 44 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 — 1,300 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 4.59 avg rating — 92 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 4.13 avg rating — 45 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) 3.54 avg rating — 162 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 — 9,147 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 — 188,515 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) 4.18 avg rating — 972 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 4.07 avg rating — 55 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) 3.78 avg rating — 7,926 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 — 409 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) 4.18 avg rating — 5,876 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 4.45 avg rating — 111 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 3.77 avg rating — 40,481 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) 3.83 avg rating — 145,030 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
	In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau by Paul Lindholdt (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir (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
	Woodnote by Christine Deavel 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings Washington State Book Award for Poetry (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