Reading the West Book Award Winners
A listing of Reading the West Book Award winners, past and present. Click on any book to buy from your local independent bookseller.
31ST ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
FICTION
Rebecca Roanhorse
BLACK SUN
Gallery/Saga Press
DEBUT FICTION
James Wade
ALL THINGS LEFT WILD
Blackstone Publishing
POETRY
Joy Harjo, editor
WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WAS. SUBDUED, OUR SONGS CAME THROUGH
W. W. Norton & Company
ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION
Cynthia Bennett
OUR WILD TAILS: THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY & BALOO
Gibbs Smith
NARRATIVE NONFICTION
Rick McIntyre
THE REIGN OF WOLF 21
Greystone Books
EATING THE WEST
Mely Martínez
THE MEXICAN HOME KITCHEN
Rock Point
PICTURE BOOK
Christina Soontornvat
illustrated by Christine Davenier
SIMON AT THE ART MUSEUM
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
YOUNG READERS
Celesta Rimington
THE ELEPHANT’S GIRL
Crown Books for Young Readers
YOUNG ADULT
Samantha Mabry
TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS
Algonquin Young Readers
ADVOCACY HONOR
Granted by MPIBA bookseller members to an outstanding book that promotes equity and inclusivity, and addresses themes of social, economic and/or environmental justice.
Jenn Shapland
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARSON MCCULLERS
Tin House