The winning titles and honor titles of the 2019 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, can be seen here. Authors and illustrators will be honored at the ABA Indies Choice Awards ceremony on Thursday, May 30, during BookExpo in New York City.
Formerly the Celebration of Bookselling Lunch, this year's awards are being presented in a new format on the trade show floor. Featured authors will be signing books in the ABA Member Lounge (Booth 2962) exclusively for ABA members following the event. Among the awards:
Adult Fiction Book of the Year: Circe: A Novel by Madeline Miller (Lee Boudreaux Books)
Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (Random House)
Adult Debut Book of the Year: There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange (Knopf)
Audiobook of the Year: Circe: A Novel by Madeline Miller, read by Perdita Weeks (Hachette Audio)
Young Adult Book of the Year: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen)
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award--Middle Reader: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award--Picture Book: We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion)
Indie Champion Award: Jacqueline Woodson
Indie Champion Honorees:
Hanif Abdurraqib
Walter Isaacson
Tayari Jones
A.S. King
Dav Pilkey
Picture Book Hall of Fame Inductees:
The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen (Candlewick)
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, Leo, illustrated by Diane Dillon (Dial Books)