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

2017 Winner


The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero By Timothy Egan Cover Image
$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
$18.00
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ISBN: 9781592409563
Published: Avery - February 23rd, 2016

2015 Winner


Fourth of July Creek: A Novel By Smith Henderson Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062286468
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Published: Ecco - March 10th, 2015

2014 Winner


Let Him Go By Larry Watson Cover Image
$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
$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
By Kate Davis, Rob Palmer (Photographer), Nick Dunlop (Photographer)
$30.00
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ISBN: 9780878425754
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
$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
$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
$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
$22.00
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ISBN: 9780917298813
Published: Montana Historical Society Press - June 1st, 2003

2003 Winner