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Minnesota Book Awards

Event date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 7:00pm

Minnesota Book Awards Livestream Ceremony
The Minnesota Book Awards is a year-long program that connects readers and writers throughout Minnesota with the stories of our neighbors!

This year the book awards were announced via livestream. You can still watch the ceremony here.

As the offical bookseller partner of the Minnesota Book Awards, Red Balloon Bookshop is the perfect place to pick up Minnesota Book Award finalists and winners!

Browse below by category or see all titles at the bottom of the page.

2020 Minnesota Book Award Winners

Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Children's Literature Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: General Nonfiction Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Genre Fiction 

Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Middle Grade Literature Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Minnesota Nonfiction 

Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Novel & Short Story Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Poetry Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalists: Young Adult Literature 

 

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A Map Into the World Cover Image

A Map Into the World (Library Binding)

By Kao Kalia Yang, Seo Kim (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781541538368
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Published: Carolrhoda Books (R) - October 1st, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Children's Literature

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A to Zåäö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute Cover Image

A to Zåäö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute (Hardcover)

By Nate Christopherson, Tara Sweeney
$24.95
ISBN: 9781517907884
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - December 3rd, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Children's Literature

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Home in the Woods Cover Image

Home in the Woods (Hardcover)

By Eliza Wheeler (Illustrator), Eliza Wheeler
$17.99
ISBN: 9780399162909
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - October 1st, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Children's Literature

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My Footprints Cover Image

My Footprints (Hardcover)

By Bao Phi, Basia Tran (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781684460007
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Published: Capstone Editions - September 1st, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Children's Literature

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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present Cover Image

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present (Paperback)

By David Treuer
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399573194
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Published: Riverhead Books - November 5th, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in General Nonfiction

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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States Cover Image

America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States (Hardcover)

By Erika Lee
$32.00
ISBN: 9781541672604
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Published: Basic Books - November 26th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in General Nonfiction

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Consider the Platypus: Evolution through Biology's Most Baffling Beasts Cover Image

Consider the Platypus: Evolution through Biology's Most Baffling Beasts (Hardcover)

By Maggie Ryan Sandford, Rodica Prato (Illustrator)
$29.99
ISBN: 9780316418393
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Published: Black Dog & Leventhal - August 27th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in General Nonfiction

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Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions Cover Image

Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions (Hardcover)

By Nancy Atkinson
$35.00
ISBN: 9781624144905
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Published: Page Street Publishing - July 2nd, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in General Nonfiction

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) Cover Image

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Marlon James
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735220188
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 4th, 2020
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Genre Fiction

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The Body Keeper (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries #3) Cover Image

The Body Keeper (Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries #3) (Paperback)

By Anne Frasier
$15.95
ISBN: 9781542040242
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Published: Thomas & Mercer - June 4th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Genre Fiction

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Ice Cold Heart: A Monkeewrench Novel Cover Image

Ice Cold Heart: A Monkeewrench Novel (Hardcover)

By P. J. Tracy
$26.99
ISBN: 9781643851327
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Published: Crooked Lane Books - September 10th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Genre Fiction

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Nothing More Dangerous Cover Image

Nothing More Dangerous (Hardcover)

By Allen Eskens
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316509725
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Published: Mulholland Books - November 12th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Genre Fiction

All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer Cover Image

All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer (Paperback)

By Karen Babine
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571313720
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Published: Milkweed Editions - January 8th, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family Cover Image

Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family (Hardcover)

By Anika Fajardo
$22.95
ISBN: 9781517906863
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - April 16th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

The Memory House

$14.00
SKU: SP9780578490618
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra Cover Image

The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra (Hardcover)

By Alex Messenger
$25.99
ISBN: 9781982583330
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Published: Blackstone Publishing - November 12th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

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The Line Tender Cover Image

The Line Tender (Hardcover)

By Kate Allen
$17.99
ISBN: 9780735231603
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - April 16th, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Middle Grade Literature

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The Lost Girl Cover Image

The Lost Girl (Hardcover)

By Anne Ursu
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062275097
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Published: Walden Pond Press - February 12th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Middle Grade Literature

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The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly Cover Image

The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly (Hardcover)

By Rebecca K.S. Ansari
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062679666
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Published: Walden Pond Press - March 5th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Middle Grade Literature

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A Tear in the Ocean Cover Image

A Tear in the Ocean (Paperback)

By H. M. Bouwman, Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780399545245
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Published: Puffin Books - February 4th, 2020
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Middle Grade Literature

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Slavery's Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State Cover Image

Slavery's Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State (Paperback)

By Christopher P. Lehman
$18.95
ISBN: 9781681341354
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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press - October 1st, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Minnesota Nonfiction

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Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities Cover Image

Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities (Hardcover)

By Bill Lindeke, Andy Sturdevant
$27.95
ISBN: 9781681341378
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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press - October 15th, 2019
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Tulips, Chocolate & Silk

$75.00
SKU: SP9780960179879
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Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe Cover Image

Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe (Paperback)

By Staci Lola Drouillard
$21.95
ISBN: 9781517903404
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - December 10th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Minnesota Nonfiction

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Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions Cover Image

Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions (Paperback)

By Sheila O'Connor
$16.95
ISBN: 9781941628195
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Published: Rose Metal Press - October 15th, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Novel & Short Story

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Stray Cover Image

Stray (Paperback)

By Nancy J. Hedin
$15.99
ISBN: 9781951057213
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Published: Ninestar Press, LLC - August 12th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Novel & Short Story

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Suicide Woods: Stories Cover Image

Suicide Woods: Stories (Paperback)

By Benjamin Percy
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450062
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 15th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Novel & Short Story

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This Tender Land: A Novel Cover Image

This Tender Land: A Novel (Hardcover)

By William Kent Krueger
$27.00
ISBN: 9781476749297
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Published: Atria Books - September 3rd, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Novel & Short Story

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Bodega: Poems Cover Image

Bodega: Poems (Paperback)

By Su Hwang
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315243
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Published: Milkweed Editions - October 8th, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Poetry

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A Bony Framework for the Tangible Universe Cover Image

A Bony Framework for the Tangible Universe (Paperback)

By D. Allen, D. Allen (Artist)
$24.00
ISBN: 9781946031464
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Published: Kin(d)* Texts & Projects - February 28th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Poetry

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Mitochondrial Night Cover Image

Mitochondrial Night (Paperback)

By Ed Bok Lee
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895323
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Published: Coffee House Press - March 5th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Poetry

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Safe Houses I Have Known Cover Image

Safe Houses I Have Known (Paperback)

By Steve Healey
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895613
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Published: Coffee House Press - September 10th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Poetry

Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel (A CatNet Novel #1) Cover Image

Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel (A CatNet Novel #1) (Hardcover)

By Naomi Kritzer
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250165084
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Published: Tor Teen - November 19th, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner in Young Adult Literature

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Cracking the Bell Cover Image

Cracking the Bell (Hardcover)

By Geoff Herbach
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062453143
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - September 10th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Young Adult Literature

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Last Things Cover Image

Last Things (Hardcover)

By Jacqueline West
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062875068
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Published: Greenwillow Books - May 7th, 2019
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Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Finalist in Young Adult Literature

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The Stars and the Blackness Between Them Cover Image

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them (Hardcover)

By Junauda Petrus
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525555483
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - September 17th, 2019
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The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876 Cover Image

The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876 (Hardcover)

By William D. Green
$34.95
ISBN: 9781517905286
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - October 23rd, 2018
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner of the Hognander Award

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My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story Cover Image

My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story (Hardcover)

By John Coy, Gaylord Schanilec (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781681340081
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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press - October 1st, 2019
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⭐ Minnesota Book Awards 2020 Winner of the Book Artist Award