Minnesota Book Awards

Event date:

Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 6:30pm

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!

The winners for the 2021 Minnesota Book Awards were announced via livestream on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 7:00pm.

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 finalists and winners below by category or see all winners at the bottom of the page. Use coupon code MNBA21 at check-out through May 2 to give a portion of the proceeds from your purchase to The Friends.

Big Papa and the Time Machine Cover Image

Big Papa and the Time Machine (Hardcover)

By Daniel Bernstrom, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062463319

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Published: HarperCollins - January 14th, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Children's Literature

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl Cover Image

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl (Hardcover)

By Jonathan C. Slaght

$28.00

ISBN: 9780374228484

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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in General Nonfiction

The Deep, Deep Snow (Paperback)

By Brian Freeman

$16.99

ISBN: 9781094071329

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Published: Blackstone Publishing - October 27th, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Genre Fiction

Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify: Essays Cover Image

Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify: Essays (Paperback)

By Carolyn Holbrook

$18.95

ISBN: 9781517907631

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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - July 21st, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

What If a Fish (Hardcover)

By Anika Fajardo

$17.99

ISBN: 9781534449831

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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - August 11th, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Middle Grade Literature

Minnesota's Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell Cover Image

Minnesota's Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell (Hardcover)

By Sue Leaf

$29.95

ISBN: 9781517901684

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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - June 9th, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Minnesota Nonfiction

Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel Cover Image

Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kawai Strong Washburn

$27.00

ISBN: 9780374272081

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Published: MCD - March 3rd, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Novel & Short Story

Exclusive SIGNED edition of Sharks in the Time of Saviors

$17.00

SKU: 9781250822932

Signed Edition of the Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Novel & Short Story

Homie: Poems (Paperback)

By Danez Smith

$16.00

ISBN: 9781644450109

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Published: Graywolf Press - January 21st, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Poetry

My Eyes Are Up Here (Hardcover)

By Laura Zimmermann

$17.99

ISBN: 9781984815248

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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - June 23rd, 2020

⭐ Minnesota Book Award 2021 Winner in Young Adult Literature

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