Indies Choice Book Award - Debut Author

Awards List

2015

The Martian
(Winner)
Andy Weir

I Am Pilgrim
(Honor Book)
Terry Hayes

I Am Pilgrim
(Finalist)
Terry Hayes

The Martian
(Finalist)
Andy Weir

Shotgun Lovesongs
(Finalist)
Nickolas Butler

Shotgun Lovesongs
(Honor Book)
Nickolas Butler

Fourth of July Creek
(Finalist)
Smith Henderson

Fourth of July Creek
(Honor Book)
Smith Henderson

The Queen of the Tearling
(Honor Book)
Erika Johansen

The Queen of the Tearling
(Finalist)
Erika Johansen

Painted Horses
(Honor Book)
Malcolm Brooks

Painted Horses
(Finalist)
Malcolm Brooks

2014

The Golem and the Jinni
(Honor Book)
Helene Wecker

We Need New Names
(Honor Book)
Noviolet Bulawayo

In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods
(Honor Book)
Matt Bell

Burial Rites
(Honor Book)
Hannah Kent

2013

The Snow Child
(Winner)
Eowyn Ivey

A Land More Kind Than Home
(Honor Book)
Wiley Cash

The Orchardist
(Honor Book)
Amanda Coplin

The Yellow Birds
(Honor Book)
Kevin Powers

2012

The Tiger's Wife
(Winner)
Tea Obreht

Rules of Civility
(Honor Book)
Amor Towles

We the Animals
(Honor Book)
Justin Torres

2011

Matterhorn
(Winner)
Karl Marlantes

The Quickening
(Finalist)
Michelle Hoover

Beneath the Lion's Gaze
(Finalist)
Maaza Mengiste

2010

The Help
(Winner)
Kathryn Stockett

Still Alice
(Honor Book)
Lisa Genova

Tinkers
(Honor Book)
Paul Harding

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet
(Honor Book)
Penguin Books

The Earth Hums in B Flat
(Honor Book)
Mari Strachan

2009

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
(Winner)
David Wroblewski

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(Honor Book)
Stieg Larsson

Award Categories

Debut Author

Fiction

Middle Readers

Picture Bk Hall of Fame

Picture Book

Young Adult

Young Adult Fiction

Award Years

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009