The winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards -- recognizing those titles independent booksellers most enjoyed handsellingduring the past year -- as voted by the owners and staff of American Booksellers Association member bookstores.

2006 Finalists

Adult Fiction

The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova

Adult Nonfiction

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Children's Literature

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Children's Illustrated

Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth