The following 2007 Book Sense Picks titles are the nominees for the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards for 2008. The American Booksellers Association encourages all booksellers from every regular member bookstore to vote for the books they most enjoyed handselling this past year. In each category, the title receiving the most votes will be designated the Book Sense Book of the Year. The next four titles with the highest number of votes in each category will be designated Book Sense Honor Books. Multiple ballots from each store will be accepted; however, ABA will only accept one ballot per person.

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ADULT FICTION
VOTE FOR ANY FIVE (5) BOOKS

	The Abstinence Teacher: A Novel by Tom Perrotta (St. Martin's)
	The Almost Moon: A Novel by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown)
	An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England: A Novel by Brock Clarke (Algonquin)
	Astrid & Veronika: A Novel by Linda Olsson (Penguin Books)
	Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom (Random House)
	The Blood of Flowers: A Novel by Anita Amirrezvani (Little, Brown)
	Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (Knopf)
	Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead (Algonquin)
	Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje (Knopf)
	The Echo Maker: A Novel by Richard Powers (FSG)
	Exit Ghost by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin)
	Free Food for Millionaires: A Novel by Min Jin Lee (Grand Central)
	The God of Animals: A Novel by Aryn Kyle (Scribner)
	The Hearts of Horses: A Novel by Molly Gloss (Houghton Mifflin)
	Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel by Joe Hill (Morrow)
	The Maytrees: A Novel by Annie Dillard (HarperCollins)
	Mistress of the Art of Death: A Novel by Ariana Franklin (Putnam)
	Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician: A Novel by Daniel Wallace (Doubleday)
	No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories by Miranda July (Scribner)
	Peony in Love: A Novel by Lisa See (Random House)
	The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson (Unbridled)
	The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Canongate)
	The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Harcourt)
	The Rest of Her Life: A Novel by Laura Moriarty (Hyperion)
	Returning to Earth: A Novel by Jim Harrison (Grove)
	Run: A Novel by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins)
	Sacred Games: A Novel by Vikram Chandra (HarperCollins)
	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
	The Visible World: A Novel by Mark Slouka (Houghton Mifflin)
	The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)

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ADULT NONFICTION

VOTE FOR ANY FIVE (5) BOOKS

	Alone in the Kitchen With an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone by Jenni Ferrari-Adler (Riverhead)
	American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of the Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China by Matthew Polly (Gotham)
	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins)
	Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Scribner)
	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam (Hyperion)
	Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben (Times Books/Holt)
	Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark Doty (HarperCollins)
	The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf (Chelsea Green)
	Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality by Pauline W. Chen (Knopf)
	Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers by Amy Stewart (Algonquin)
	From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America by Christopher M. Finan (Beacon Press)
	Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin (Atlantic Monthly)
	Here If You Need Me: A True Story by Kate Braestrup (Little, Brown)
	How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard (Bloomsbury)
	The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria by Marlena de Blasi (Algonquin)
	Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker (Atlantic Monthly)
	Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums (St. Martin's)
	Without a Map: A Memoir by Meredith Hall (Beacon)
	The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's)
	The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster)

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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

VOTE FOR ANY FIVE (5) BOOKS

	The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown)
	Before I Die: A Novel by Jenny Downham (David Fickling)
	The Book of Black Secrets by F.E. Higgins (Feiwel & Friends)
	The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech, illus. by David Diaz (Joanna Cotler)
	Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata (Atheneum)
	Deadline by Chris Crutcher (HarperTeen)
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Amulet)
	Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah (Orchard)
	Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey (Harcourt)
	Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
	Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)
	I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos (FSG)
	Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke (Chicken House/Scholastic)
	The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)
	The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer, illus. by Rick Sardinha (Atheneum)
	Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
	The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Little, Brown)
	The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch (Little, Brown)
	The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization by Daniel Pinkwater (Houghton Mifflin)
	Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney)
	Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (HarperCollins)
	Slam by Nick Hornby (Putnam)
	Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan (HarperCollins)
	Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal by Mal Peet (Candlewick)
	The Titan's Curse: Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 3 by Rick Riordan (Miramax)
	Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (Del Rey)
	Welcome to Camden Falls: Main Street #1 by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)
	What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire (Candlewick)
	The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John (Dial)

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CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

VOTE FOR ANY FIVE (5) BOOKS

	Agate: What Good Is a Moose? by Joy M. Dey, illus. by Nikki Johnson (Lake Superior Port Cities)
	Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., illus. by Eric Carle (Holt Books for Young Readers)
	The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris, illus. by Brad Sneed (Peachtree)
	Dance by the Light of the Moon by Joanne Ryder, illus. by Guy Francis (Hyperion Books for Children)
	Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook)
	Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic (HarperCollins)
	Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins)
	The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper, illus. by Gabi Swiatowska (Abrams)
	Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
	Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney (Viking)
	Mars Needs Moms! by Berkeley Breathed (Philomel)
	Nicolas, Where Have You Been? by Leo Lionni (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
	Olivia Helps With Christmas by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)
	One Winter's Day by M. Christina Butler, illus. by Tina Macnaughton (Good Books)
	Out of the Egg by Tina Matthews (Houghton Mifflin)
	Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long, illus. by David Shannon (Harcourt)
	Pssst! by Adam Rex (Harcourt)
	Toot & Puddle: Let It Snow by Holly Hobbie (Little, Brown)
	The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis (FSG)
	Who's Hiding? by Saturo Onishi (Kane/Miller)

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Electronic ballots must be completed by 12:00 midnight (ET) on March 3, 2008.

Balloting is now closed.