2012 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners Announced

Posted on April 7, 2012

The winners of the 2012 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards have been announced by the American Booksellers Association. Owners and staff at independent booksellers nationwide vote for the annual awards.

2012 Indies Choice Book Award Winners

Adult Fiction Book of the Year: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (Random House)
Adult Debut Book of the Year: The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (Random House)
Young Adult Book of the Year: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Philomel)

E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners

Middle Reader (tie): The Apothecary by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.) (Putnam Juvenile) and Wildwood by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (Balzer + Bray)
Picture Book: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)

You can find a list of the honor award recipients here.