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The Quill Awards
 

Launched in 2005 by Reed Business Information and the NBC Universal Television Stations, The Quill Awards were created to honor excellence in book publishing. A short list of titles was selected by booksellers and librarians from across the country, who chose from among titles appearing on the Book Sense Picks lists or on Barnes & Noble bestseller lists, or those earning a starred review in Publishers Weekly, among other criteria. Voting on the short list was open to consumers online.

2007
Book of the Year - Angels Fall by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

Audio - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; read by Sissy Spacek (Caedmon Audio/HarperCollins)

Biography/Memoir - Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (S&S)

Business - The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton, Ph.D. (Business Plus/Grand Central)

Children's Chapter/Middle Grade - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)

Children's Picture Books - Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin)

Cooking - Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker (Scribner)

Debut Author - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Atria)

General Fiction - The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf)

Graphic Novel - Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud (Harper Paperbacks)

Health/Self-Improvement - How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, M.D. (Houghton Mifflin)

History/Current Events/Politics - The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Penguin Press)

Humor - I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris (Warner Books)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller - What the Dead Know Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

Poetry - For the Confederate Dead by Kevin Young (Knopf)

Religion/Spirituality - Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know -- And Doesn't by Stephen Prothero (Harper One)

Romance - Angels Fall by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror - The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW)

Sports - The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team by Michael Weinreb (Gotham Books)

Young Adult/Teen - Sold by Patricia McCormick (Hyperion Books for Children)

Variety Blockbuster Book to Film Award - The Bourne Film Trilogy (Universal Pictures)

2007 Platinum Quill - David Halberstam

Corporate Literacy Quill - Time Warner Inc. /Time Warner Cable

2006
Book of the Year: Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life
Tyler Perry/Riverhead

The Variety Blockbuster Book To Film Award: The Devil Wears Prada

Lauren Weisberger, Anchor Books & Broadway Books
David Frankel Director, 20th Century Fox

Debut Author of the Year: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

Julie Powell/Little, Brown & Company

Audio Book: Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

John Grogan/Harper Audio
Children's Illustrated Book: If You Give a Pig a Party

Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond /HarperCollins Children's Book Group/Geringer

Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade: The Penultimate Peril
Lemony Snicket/HarperCollins Publishers
Young Adult/Teen: Eldest
Christopher Paolini/Random House Children's Books
General Fiction: A Dirty Job: A Novel
Christopher Moore/William Morrow
Graphic Novel: Naruto, Volume 7

Masashi Kishimoto/A Shonen Jump imprint (VIZ Media) Mystery/Suspense/Thriller: Twelve Sharp

Janet Evanovich/St. Martin's Press
Poetry: Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
Maya Angelou/Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
Romance: Blue Smoke
Nora Roberts/Putnam
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror: A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon/Dell Publishing
Religion/Spirituality: Mama Made the Difference
T. D. Jakes/Putnam

Biography/Memoir: Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

John Grogan/William Morrow

Business: The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch): Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick-in-Charge

Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio/Broadway Books

Cooking: Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners

Rachael Ray/Crown Publishing Group

Health/Self Improvement: It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

Jim Henson/Hyperion
History/Current Events/Politics: An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore/Rodale Press, Incorporated

Humor: Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

Tyler Perry/Riverhead
Sports: Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!:
A Woman's Guide to Loving Pro Football
Holly Robinson Peete/Rodale Press, Incorporated

2005
Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPre (Arthur Levine/Scholastic)

Debut Author of the Year: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Little Brown) -- A June 2005 Book Sense Pick

Audiobook: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Biography/Memoir: Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan (S&S)

General Fiction: The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking) -- A May 2005 Book Sense Pick

Children's Illustrated Book: Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins Children's)

Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPre (Arthur Levine/Scholastic)

Young Adult/Teen: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte)

Graphic Novel: Marvel 1602, Volume I by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove (Marvel Comics)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller: Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

Poetry: Let America Be America Again: And Other Poems by Langston Hughes (Vintage)

Romance: 44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore (William Morrow) -- A November 2004 Book Sense Pick

Religion/Spirituality: Peace Is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End by Deepak Chopra (Harmony)

Business: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow) -- A June 2005 Book Sense Pick

Cooking: Rachel Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)

Health/Self Improvement: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)

History/Current Events/Politics: 1776 by David McCullough (S&S)

Humor: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show (Warner)

Sports: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King (Scribner)