The votes are in! BookBrowse.com has announced the 2009 BookBrowse Favorite Awards.  Over 4,000 votes were submitted, and the winners are...

• Overall Winner: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• 2nd Most Popular Novel: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• 3rd Most Popular Novel: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford.
• 4th Most Popular Novel: The Housekeeper & The Professor by Yoko Ogawa
• Most Popular Nonfiction: Abigail Adams by Woody Holton
• Most Popular Children's Book: The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

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