OUTSTANDING BOOKS OF THE YEAR


MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT

The Western Front: 100 Years Later, Edited by Travis Lovell and Howard Fullmer (Utah Valley University)

“This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.”

– Eric Maria Remarque, introduction to All Quiet on the Western Front


Best Book Arts Craftsmanship

20 Poemas de Amor, by Pablo Neruda; illustrated by Mario Toral (Origo Ediciones)

 


Most Likely to Save the Planet (tie)

        

Over Development/Over Population/Overshoot, edited by Tom Butler (Goff Books)

 

          

Industrial Scars: The Hidden Costs of Consumption, by J Henry Fair (Papadakis)

 


Independent Spirit Award

              

Chickasaw Women Artisans, by Alison Fields (Chickasaw Press)

 


Independent Voice Award

God Woke, by Stan Lee; adapted by Fabian Nicieza; Art by Mariano Nicieza (Shatner Singularity)

 


Peacemaker of the Year

I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Peace Now, by Boris Bally & Erin McManus (Bally Humanufactured, LLC)

 


Most Outstanding Design

Instrumenthead, by Michael Weintrob (Magnet Bound Press)

 


Freedom Fighter of the Year (tie)

Invisible, by Jerome Baco; translated from the French by Camille Sutton and Alejandra Bronfman (The Publishing Eye)

 

Slavery to Liberation: Bound to Freedom, photography by Lisa Kristine; declaration by Pope Francis (Goff Books)