Northern California Book Awards

 

 

 The Northern California Book Awards celebrate books by northern California authors.

The Northern California Book Awards are presented and sponsored by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, Center for the Art of Translation, Red Room (redroom.com), PEN West, Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco Public Library, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, and Readers Bookstore at the Main.

Fortune Smiles: Stories Cover Image

Fortune Smiles: Stories (Hardcover)

By Adam Johnson
$27.00
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780812997477
Published: Random House - August 18th, 2015

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Fiction

Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir Cover Image

Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Melissa Cistaro
$14.99
ISBN: 9781492623113
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Published: Sourcebooks - February 2nd, 2016

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Non-Fiction

Disorder (Phoenix Poets) Cover Image

Disorder (Phoenix Poets) (Paperback)

By Vanesha Pravin
This Book Is Not Sold Online - Inquire In Store
ISBN: 9780226235363
Published: University of Chicago Press - October 9th, 2015

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Poetry

The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook Cover Image

The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Danny Bowien, Chris Ying
$39.99
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780062243416
Published: Anthony Bourdain/Ecco - November 10th, 2015

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Food

California's Wild Edge: The Coast in Prints, Poetry, and History Cover Image

California's Wild Edge: The Coast in Prints, Poetry, and History (Hardcover)

By Tom Killion
$50.00
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9781597142991
Published: Heyday Books - September 1st, 2015

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Regional Interest

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An Ember in the Ashes Cover Image

An Ember in the Ashes (Paperback)

By Sabaa Tahir
$12.99
ISBN: 9781595148049
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Published: Razorbill - February 9th, 2016

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Young Adult

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Crenshaw (Hardcover)

By Katherine Applegate
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250043238
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Published: Feiwel & Friends - September 22nd, 2015

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Middle Grade 

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! (City Lights/Sister Spit) Cover Image

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! (City Lights/Sister Spit) (Hardcover)

By Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780872866836
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Published: City Lights Books - April 7th, 2015

2015 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Picture Book

Orfeo: A Novel Cover Image

Orfeo: A Novel (Paperback)

By Richard Powers
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393349849
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 2nd, 2014

2014 NCBA Awards Winner for Fiction

Nothing More to Lose (NYRB Poets) Cover Image

Nothing More to Lose (NYRB Poets) (Paperback)

By Najwan Darwish, Kareem James Abu-Zeid (Translated by)
$12.95
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9781590177303
Published: NYRB Poets - April 29th, 2014

2014 NCBA Awards Winner for Poetry

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Cover Image

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (Paperback)

By Michael Lewis
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393351590
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 23rd, 2015

2014 NCBA Awards Winner for General Nonfiction

The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness Cover Image

The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness (Paperback)

By Rebecca Solnit
$17.95
ISBN: 9781595347534
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Published: Trinity University Press - November 3rd, 2015

2014 NCBA Awards Winner for Creative Nonfiction

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I'll Give You the Sun (Paperback)

By Jandy Nelson
$11.99
ISBN: 9780142425763
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Published: Dial Books - October 27th, 2015

2014 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Middle Grade / Young Adult

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla Cover Image

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (Hardcover)

By Katherine Applegate, Mr. G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780544252301
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Published: Clarion Books - October 7th, 2014

2014 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Younger Readers

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At Night We Walk in Circles: A Novel Cover Image

At Night We Walk in Circles: A Novel (Paperback)

By Daniel Alarcón
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594632839
Availability: Backordered-Could Take 2-4Weeks
Published: Riverhead Books - September 2nd, 2014

2013 NCBA Awards Winner for Fiction

Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry) Cover Image

Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry) (Paperback)

By Brenda Hillman
$15.95
ISBN: 9780819575227
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Published: Wesleyan University Press - September 9th, 2014

2013 NCBA Awards Winner for Poetry

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety Cover Image

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (Paperback)

By Eric Schlosser
$20.00
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780143125785
Published: Penguin Books - August 26th, 2014

2013 NCBA Awards Winner for General Nonfiction

Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco Cover Image

Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco (Paperback)

By Gary Kamiya
$18.00
ISBN: 9781620401262
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - October 14th, 2014

2013 NCBA Awards Winner for Creative Nonfiction

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Freakboy (Hardcover)

By Kristin Elizabeth Clark
$18.99
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780374324728
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - October 22nd, 2013

2013 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Middle Grade / Young Adult

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Battle Bunny (Hardcover)

By Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett, Matt Myers (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781442446731
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 22nd, 2013

2013 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Younger Readers

A Partial History of Lost Causes: A Novel Cover Image

A Partial History of Lost Causes: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer duBois
$16.00
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780812982176
Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - August 21st, 2012

2012 NCBA Awards Winner for Fiction

Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys: Poems Cover Image

Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys: Poems (Hardcover)

By D. A. Powell
$22.00
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ISBN: 9781555976057
Published: Graywolf Press - February 14th, 2012

2012 NCBA Awards Winner for Poetry

Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism (Our Sustainable Future) Cover Image

Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism (Our Sustainable Future) (Paperback)

By Ozzie Zehner
$32.95
ISBN: 9780803237759
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Published: University of Nebraska Press - June 1st, 2012

2012 NCBA Awards Winner for General Nonfiction

God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine Cover Image

God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine (Paperback)

By Victoria Sweet
$18.00
ISBN: 9781594486548
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 2nd, 2013

2012 NCBA Awards Winner for Creative Nonfiction

"Who Could That Be at This Hour?": Also Published as "All the Wrong Questions: Question 1" (Hardcover)

By Lemony Snicket, Seth (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780316123082
Availability: Backordered-Could Take 2-4Weeks
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 23rd, 2012

 

2012 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Middle Grade / Young Adult

 

Baby Bear Sees Blue Cover Image

Baby Bear Sees Blue (Hardcover)

By Ashley Wolff, Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781442413061
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Published: Beach Lane Books - February 7th, 2012

 

2012 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature - Younger Readers

 

Ivan and Misha: Stories Cover Image

Ivan and Misha: Stories (Paperback)

By Michael Alenyikov
$18.95
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780810127180
Published: TriQuarterly - October 30th, 2010

2011 NCBA Awards Winner for Fiction

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Suck on the Marrow (Paperback)

By CAMILLE DUNGY
$18.95
ISBN: 9781597094689
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Published: Red Hen Press - January 15th, 2010

2011 NCBA Awards Winner for Poetry

Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class Cover Image

Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class (Paperback)

By Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson
$18.00
ISBN: 9781416588702
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Published: Simon & Schuster - March 15th, 2011

2011 NCBA Awards Winner for General Non-Fiction

Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas Cover Image

Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas (Paperback)

By Rebecca Solnit
$29.95
ISBN: 9780520262508
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Published: University of California Press - November 29th, 2010

2011 NCBA Awards Winner for Creative Non-fiction

The Haunting of Charles Dickens Cover Image

The Haunting of Charles Dickens (Hardcover)

By Lewis Buzbee, Greg Ruth (Illustrator)
$17.99
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780312382568
Published: Feiwel & Friends - October 26th, 2010

2011 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature

The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories (West Word Fiction) Cover Image

The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories (West Word Fiction) (Hardcover)

By Catherine Brady
$25.00
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780874177633
Published: University of Nevada Press - February 28th, 2009
Chronic: Poems Cover Image

Chronic: Poems (Hardcover)

By D. A. Powell
$20.00
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9781555975166
Published: Graywolf Press - February 17th, 2009

2010 NCBA Awards Winner for Poetry

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes Cover Image

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes (Paperback)

By Tamim Ansary
$18.99
ISBN: 9781586488130
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Published: PublicAffairs - April 27th, 2010

2010 NCBA Awards Winner for General Nonfiction

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Zeitoun (Paperback)

By Dave Eggers
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307387943
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Published: Vintage - June 15th, 2010

2010 NCBA Awards Winner for Creative Nonfiction

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Hold Still (Paperback)

By Nina LaCour
$10.99
Unavailable, Out of Stock, or Out of Print
ISBN: 9780142416945
Published: Speak - October 5th, 2010

2010 NCBA Awards Winner for Children's Literature