2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards

Contents 1 Adult Fiction Winner 2 Adult Fiction Honor Books 3 Adult Nonfiction Winner 4 Adult Nonfiction Honor Books 5 Children's Literature Winner 6 Children's Literature Honor Books 7 Children's Illustrated Winner 8 Children's Illustrated Honor Books 9 References

Adult Fiction Winner

• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Adult Fiction Honor Books

• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

Adult Nonfiction Winner

• I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

Adult Nonfiction Honor Books

• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
• Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
• The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Children's Literature Winner

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Children's Literature Honor Books

• The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss and illustrated by Bonnie Timmons
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Children's Illustrated Winner

• Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Paul Kahumbu, Isabella Hatkoff and Dr. Paul Kahumbu and photos by Peter Greste

Children's Illustrated Honor Books

• Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
• Flotsam by David Wiesner
• Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
• Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion by Captain William Lubber and edited by Dugald A. Steer

References

• http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/BSBY.html (Archived 2009-07-26)