We know choosing your next book is always a hard decision. It’s like choosing your favorite Ryan Gosling movie – pretty much impossible. But when the decision has to be made, we usually go for the best of the best. The books that are undeniable, captivating and well…award-winning.
Here are our top ten favorite award-winning books!
The Season of Open Water by Dawn Tripp
The Season of Open Water is a book that will leave you wanting more (and one of our Sparkboss’ favorite books ever). A passionate, searing story of a young woman coming of age in a New England seacoast town that is swept up in the dangerous trade of rum-running. Huge congrats to Dawn’s most recent novel Georgia for making the recent Boston Globe Bestsellers List!
Book Awards: Massachusetts Book Award Winner
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Set in the devastation of World War II, Marie-Laure must flee her home in France with her father after the Nazis invade. The only problem? Marie-Laure is blind has no way to navigate her new world. After crossing paths with a young German boy, Marie-Laure’s world is changed forever.
Book Awards: 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner
2015 National Book Award Finalist
Unlike most women, Grace is actually excited about turning 40. That is until her marriage, job and life crumble before her very own eyes. As Grace enters the hardest time of her life, she must figure out how to navigate this new chapter with…well, grace.
Book Awards: Kirkus Reviews, Best Indie Books of 2014
2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Winner in Popular Fiction
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A vivid depiction of life before and after a devastating pandemic, Station Eleven follows the lives of The Traveling Symphony through an altered world. Fighting for the survival of art and humanity, the small troupe must fight for the preservation of existence.
Book Awards: National Book Award Finalist and Pen/Faulkner Award Finalist
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
For many people, choosing to follow their heart is only a plane ticket away. For Hattie, discovering a home of her own has proven to be harder than she could imagine. Through frost, droughts and blizzards, Hattie is determined to make it to Montana, even in the face of sudden tragedy. This Newbery Honor Award winning book, uncovers the true meaning of home and the lengths one will go to fulfill to achieve it.
Book Awards: Newbery Honor Award
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Told through the intimacy and closeness of a letter to his adolescent son, Ta-Nehisi Coates breaks down the bleak topic of racism in America. With a mix of fact and personal memoir, Between the World and Me is a piece of American literature that will hold true for years.
Book Awards: National Book Award Winner 2015
A Different Kind of Same by Kelley Clink
Right before the happiest moment in his life thus far, Kelley Clink’s brother went down the saddest road – suicide. Although the signs had been there, Kelley nor her family were prepared for the shock of their lives. Spiraling into a turmoil of guilt and grief, all Kelley could do was shockingly relate to her brother. This memoir touches on the relationship betweens siblings, acceptance, forgiveness and resilience.
Book Awards: Chicago Literary Award 2015
Out There: A Novel by Sarah Stark
Surviving for two tours in Iraq can only be attributed to one thing for Jefferson Long Soldier – Gabriel García Márquez’s book, One Hundred Years of Solitude. After returning home, the young soldier can’t seem to find solitude anymore. Returning to his one comfort, Gabriel’s book, Jefferson Long decides to take the journey of a lifetime to meet the life-saving author himself.
Book Awards: Publisher’s Weekly Top Book of the Year
INDIEFAB Editor’s Choice Award for Fiction of the Year
USA Best Book Award
Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Apron Bramhall has come undone after the passing of her mother and losing her best friend. She’s desperately searching for solitude when Jesus comes and saves her – not the real Jesus though – just an actor in Jesus Christ Superstar. When Apron finally begins feels calm, her world shifts yet again. Will she be able to recover from the adult world of love, hardships and heartbreak?
Book Awards: Indie Excellence Awards 2012
Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2012
Paris Book Festival Awards 2012..and many more!
Ways of Leaving: A Novel by Grant Jarrett
Chase Stroller feels as though he has hit rock bottom. Losing his father, job and marriage has forced him to move back home and begin his road to recovery. Although a serious subject, this award-winning book is blatantly honest and witty, leaving for some serious laugh out loud moments.
Book Awards: 2014 International Book Awards in Fiction: Best New Fiction
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