As one of the literary fiction judges for the 2010 Indie Lit Awards, I can honestly say that reading the shortlist was a pleasure. We had such a great list, as picked by book bloggers which makes it even more special.
In addition to the reads, working with the rest of the panel members proved to be quite rewarding. I picked up some new blogs to add to my reader and hopefully, made some lifelong bloggy buds in the process.
Enough of me…here are the results:
2010 Indie Lit Award Winners
GLBTQ
Winner: Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Runner Up: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green, David Levithan
Literary Fiction
Winner: Safe From the Sea by Peter Geye
Runner Up: Great House by Nicole Krauss
Non-Fiction
Winner: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Runner Up: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Speculative Fiction
Winner: Kraken by China Miéville
Runner Up: Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Congrats to all of the winners! A big “thank you” to Wallace for creating these awards. It’s been a pleasure. Oh, and a huge shout-out to Peter Geye!! We loved your book. You are a rock star in my eyes!
If you’d like to see how it all came to be, check out the award site.
Book Chatter 
Awesome books…you all did a wonderful job and had fun at the same time!!!
Incredibly interesting – I would have guessed all the winners and runners-up as reversed!
I want to drop everything and read Safe From the Sea!
I can’t wait for you to read it.
Yay!
Must finish the book I’m reading so I can start Safe From The Sea soon!
You guys did great … and I think you all “worked” really hard reading these books.
Great list and some good ones to read in the future!! I just may buy ‘Safe from the Sea’ on my Kindle!!
This is a great list of books! It’s awesome that this panel was established and the authors honored with these awards!
Thank you for sharing the list of winners!
Thanks for all of your hard work Ti! So glad you were a part of this, it made it that much better. 🙂
Thank you for sharing the winner list!
I am dying to read: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks!!! 🙂
I’m going to have to check out The Warmth of Other Suns if it beat out The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, one of my favorite books last year.
Thanks for letting us know about the winners! The only one I’ve read is Monsters of Men – I loved that series!
Ti…thanks for posting this list. These two are on my TBR list:
Winner: Safe From the Sea by Peter Geye
Runner Up: Great House by Nicole Krauss
Can I just say… I’m happy Room didn’t make it on the list. I struggle with the getaway part of the novel (could never happen).
Nice list! I will look up a few titles to add to my list.