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Yesterday the Australian Book Industry Awards made their recommendations in the form of awards honouring and recognising authors, booksellers and publishers. Winners in various categories were chosen by an academy of booksellers and publishers.

Book of the Year was presented to Anh Do for his book The Happiest Refugee (he also won Newcomer of the Year and joint Biography of the Year).

Other categories recognised were:

Illustrated Book of the Year 2011 – Our Family Table by Julie Goodwin

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2011 –Bereft by Chris Womersley

Book of the Year for Younger Children 2011 – Noni the Pony, written and illustrated by Alison Lester

Book of the Year for Older Children 2011 – Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord

Biography of the Year 2011 – joint winner, The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do and How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2011 – True Spirit by Jessica Watson

General Fiction Book of the Year 2011 –The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Wow, quite a stunning reading list. But there’s more – check out the shortlists.

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2011

Here on Earth by Tim Flannery

The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd by David Marr

Street Fight in Naples by Peter Robb

The Changi Brownlow, by Roland Perry

True Spirit, by Jessica Watson

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2011

How it Feels by Brendan Cowell

Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott

The Legacy, by Kirsten Tranter

General Fiction Book of the Year 2011

After America by John Birmingham

At Home with the Templetons by Monica McInerney

Campaign Ruby by Jessica Rudd

I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2011

Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests by Anna Krien

Poh’s Kitchen by Poh Ling Yeow

The Bark Cutters by Nicole Alexander

The Family Law by Benjamin Law

Book of the Year 2011 #

Bereft by Chris Womersley

How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly

I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington

Lazarus Rising by John Howard

The Family Law by Benjamin Law

The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do

Illustrated Book of the Year 2011

A Food Lover’ s Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela by Dee Nolan

Bill’s Basics by Bill Granger

Quay by Peter Gilmore

Real Food Companion by Matthew Evans

Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route, by the National Museum of Australia

Biography of the Year 2011

Lazarus Rising by John Howard

The Family Law by Benjamin Law

Have you read any of these books? What are you reading right now and would you recommend it ?