Ready for some good news we can all enjoy? The 2017 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist has been announced! A panel of nine booksellers from the region selected these fifteen titles from 325 nominated books.
Up to six winners will be announced in early January.
Which of these have you read? Which are your top picks?
Thunder Boy, Jr. by Sherman Alexie
(Seattle, WA)
Owl: A Year in the Life of North American Owls by Paul Bannick
(Seattle, WA)
Bitch Planet: Book One: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick
(Portland, OR)
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan
(Seattle, WA)
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
(Bozeman, MT)
To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
(Palmer, AK)
The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood
(Bonney Lake, WA)
On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor
(Halfmoon Bay, BC)
A None’s Story: Searching for Meaning Inside Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism & Islam by Corinna Nicolaou
(Pullman, WA)
(Carnation, WA)
Temperance Creek: A Memoir by Pamela Royes
(Joseph, OR)
Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith
(Portland, OR)
Violation: Collected Essays by Sallie Tisdale
(Portland, OR)
(Spokane, WA)
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
(Seattle, WA)