Montana Book Award

The Montana Book Award was established in 2001 by the Friends of the Missoula Public Library. Books by Montana authors or set in Montana are eligible. A committee of readers, representing the library federations in the state, select yearly winner from a large field of titles.

 

 

 

 

Montana Book Award 
Learn about the Award and how YOU can nominate your favorite Montana book!

 

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Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Writer By Gretchen E. Minton Cover Image

Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Writer (Paperback)

By Gretchen E. Minton
$19.95
ISBN: 9780826361561
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Published: University of New Mexico Press - May 15th, 2020

2020 Winner

Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West By John Taliaferro Cover Image

Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West (Hardcover)

By John Taliaferro
$35.00
ISBN: 9781631490132
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Published: Liveright - June 4th, 2019

2019 Winner

One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large By Chris La Tray, Mara Panich (Illustrator), Daniel J. Rice (Editor) Cover Image

One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large (Paperback)

By Chris La Tray, Mara Panich (Illustrator), Daniel J. Rice (Editor)
$15.00
ISBN: 9781732496804
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Published: Riverfeet Press - August 14th, 2018

2018 Winner

The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future By Jim Robbins Cover Image

The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future (Paperback)

By Jim Robbins
$18.00
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ISBN: 9780812983760
Published: Random House - March 6th, 2018

2017 Winner

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero By Timothy Egan Cover Image

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero (Paperback)

By Timothy Egan
$22.99
ISBN: 9780544944831
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Published: Mariner Books - March 7th, 2017

2016 Winner

Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America By Liz Carlisle Cover Image

Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America (Paperback)

By Liz Carlisle
$18.00
ISBN: 9781592409563
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Published: Avery - February 23rd, 2016

2015 Winner

Fourth of July Creek: A Novel By Smith Henderson Cover Image

Fourth of July Creek: A Novel (Paperback)

By Smith Henderson
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062286468
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Published: Ecco - March 10th, 2015

2014 Winner

Let Him Go By Larry Watson Cover Image

Let Him Go (Paperback)

By Larry Watson
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571311030
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Published: Milkweed Editions - September 2nd, 2014

2013 Winner

The Miseducation of Cameron Post By Emily M. Danforth Cover Image

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Paperback)

By Emily M. Danforth
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062020574
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Published: Balzer + Bray - May 28th, 2013

2012 Winner

Raptors of the West: Captured in Photographs By Kate Davis, Rob Palmer (Photographer), Nick Dunlop (Photographer) Cover Image

Raptors of the West: Captured in Photographs (Paperback)

By Kate Davis, Rob Palmer (Photographer), Nick Dunlop (Photographer)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780878425754
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Published: Mountain Press Publishing Company - May 1st, 2011

2011 Winner

Bound Like Grass: A Memoir from the Western High Plains By Ruth McLaughlin, Dee Garceau-Hagen (Foreword by) Cover Image

Bound Like Grass: A Memoir from the Western High Plains (Paperback)

By Ruth McLaughlin, Dee Garceau-Hagen (Foreword by)
$19.49
ISBN: 9780806143262
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Published: University of Oklahoma Press - October 8th, 2010

2010 Winner

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet By Jamie Ford Cover Image

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Paperback)

By Jamie Ford
$18.00
ISBN: 9780345505347
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 6th, 2009

2009 Winner

Full-Court Quest By Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith Cover Image

Full-Court Quest (Hardcover)

By Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith
$51.75
ISBN: 9780806139739
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Published: University of Oklahoma Press - November 10th, 2008

2008 Winner

Hope in Hard Times: New Deal Photographs of Montana, 1936-1942 By Mary Murphy Cover Image

Hope in Hard Times: New Deal Photographs of Montana, 1936-1942 (Paperback)

By Mary Murphy
$22.00
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ISBN: 9780917298813
Published: Montana Historical Society Press - June 1st, 2003

2003 Winner