Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winners Adult

Awards List

2000

Plainsong

Plainsong (Nominee)
Kent Haruf

Oct-1999
/ General Fiction

1999

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha (Nominee)
Arthur Golden

Oct-1997
/ General Fiction

1998

Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain (Winner)
Charles Frazier

Sep-1997
/ Historical

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha (Nominee)
Arthur Golden

Oct-1997
/ General Fiction

1995

The Shipping News

The Shipping News (Honor Book)
Annie Proulx

Mar-1993
/ Literary

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow (Nominee)
Peter Hoeg

Sep-1993
/ Suspense

The Bird Artist

The Bird Artist (Nominee)
Howard Norman

Jul-1994
/ General Fiction

1994

Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate (Winner)
Laura Esquivel

Jun-1992
/ Romance

The English Patient

The English Patient (Nominee)
Michael Ondaatje

Oct-1992
/ General Fiction

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow (Honor Book)
Peter Hoeg

Sep-1993
/ Suspense

1993

Animal Dreams

Animal Dreams (Honor Book)
Barbara Kingsolver

Jun-1991
/ General Fiction

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres (Honor Book)
Jane Smiley

Nov-1991
/ Historical Romance

Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate (Nominee)
Laura Esquivel

Jun-1992
/ Romance

The English Patient

The English Patient (Nominee)
Michael Ondaatje

Oct-1992
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

ABBY Adult Trade Winner

ABBY Children's Winner

Book of the Year

Children's Illustrated

Children's Literature

Award Years