The winners of the Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards, sponsored by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, are:
Fiction: The Immortalists by ​Chloe Benjamin (Putnam)
Nonfiction: The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman, with contributions from Beth Dooley (University of Minnesota Press)
Poetry: Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith (Graywolf Press)
YA and Middle Grade: The Clue in the Trees: An Enchantment Lake Mystery by Margi Preus (University of Minnesota Press)
Children's Picture Book: A Different Pond by Bao Phi (Capstone Young Readers)
The authors will be honored October 3 during the book awards celebration at the Heartland Fall Forum in Minneapolis, Minn.
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A shortlist has been unveiled for the £25,000 (about $32,595) Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, which celebrates "science writing for a non-specialist audience." The winner will be announced October 1. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Inventing Ourselves by Sarah Jayne Blakemore
The Unexpected Truth About Animals by Lucy Cooke
The Beautiful Cure by Daniel M. Davis
Hello World by Hannah Fry
Liquid by Mark Miodownik
Exactly by Simon Winchester