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2007 Quills Awards
Nominees in 19 categories for the annual book prize.
General fiction
Brothers Da Chen
American Youth Phil LaMarche
The Road Cormac McCarthy
Special Topics in Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl
Jamestown Matthew Sharpe
Romance
Simply Magic Mary Balogh
The Kommandant’s Girl Pam Jenoff
Natural Born Charmer Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Edge of Winter Luanne Rice
Angels Fall Nora Roberts
Audio
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven Fannie Flagg
I Like You Amy Sedaris
Mississippi Sissy Kevin Sessums
Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Religion/Spirituality
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion Paul M. Barrett
Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for an Ancient Faith Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief Francis S. Collins
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Philip Yancey
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — And Doesn’t Stephen Prothero
Graphic novel
Making Comics Scott McCloud
Ode to Kirihito Osamu Tezuka
Alice in Sunderland Bryan Talbot
Exit Wounds Rutu Modan
Aya Marguerite Abouet
Poetry
Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970 – 2005 Alice Notley
One Big Self: An Investigation C.D. Wright
Blackbird and Wolf Henri Cole
For the Confederate Dead Kevin Young
A Thief of Strings Donald Revell
Cooking
Pork & Sons Stephane Reynaud
Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker
Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon Claudia Roden
The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-Be Southerners Matt & Ted Lee
Baking: From My Home to Yours Dorie Greenspan
Health/Self-Improvement
Is it Hot in Here? Or Is it Me?: The Complete Guide to Menopause Pat Wingert, Barbara Kantrowitz
You on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Michael F. Roizen , Mehmet C. Oz
Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss — and the Myths and Realities of Dieting Gina Kolata
How Doctors Think Jerome Groopman
Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents Jane Isay
Biography/Memoir
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam Tom Bissell
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah
Edith Wharton Hermione Lee
Einstein: His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson
William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism Robert D. Richardson
Sports
Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals; A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship Tom Stanton
Crazy ’08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History Cait Murphy
Streams of Consciousness: Hip-Deep Dispatches from the River of Life Jeff Hull
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World Joshua Prager
The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team Michael Weinreb
Humor
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence Amy Sedaris
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother Judy Gold, Kate Moira Ryan
Spy: The Funny Years Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter, George Kalogerakis
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny Bob Newhart
Oy!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes David Minkoff
History/Current Events/Politics
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power Robert Dallek
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million Daniel Mendelsohn
The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor William Langewiesche
Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Assault on Reason Al Gore
Business
Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas Seth Godin
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny Suze Orman
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t Robert I. Sutton
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home David Shipley and Will Schwalbe
Chocolates on the Pillow Aren’t Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience Jonathan M. Tisch, Karl Weber
Mystery/Suspense
The Collaborator of Bethlehem Matt Beynon Rees
What the Dead Know Laura Lippman
Body of Lies David Ignatius
The Overlook Michael Connelly
A Welcome Grave Michael Koryta
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
Farthing Jo Walton
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) Patrick Rothfuss
Getting to Know You David Marusek
Brasyl Ian McDonald
The Execution Channel Ken MacLeod
Children's Picture Books
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon Mini Grey
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy Jane O’Connor
Flotsam David Wiesner
Orange Pear Apple Bear Emily Gravett
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship Isabella and Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumbu
Children's Chapter/Middle Grade
Clementine Sara Pennypacker
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
Pick Me Up Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) Rick Riordan
Young Adult/Teen
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang
The Green Glass Sea Ellen Klages
Incantation Alice Hoffman
Life as We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer
Sold Patricia McCormick
Debut Author
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories Miranda July
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession Daniel J. Levitin
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel Diane Setterfield
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time Rob Sheffield
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