Past Award Winners
Ohioana Book Award Winners
The tables below show Ohioana Book Award winners since 1942 in each of the categories in which Ohioana currently gives awards. You may change the number of rows viewable at one time (by selecting a different number in the box above each table), sort each table (by using the arrows at the top of each column), and search by keyword (including partial author names or titles). Since 2008, Ohioana has also announced the finalists for each book award. To see the list of all finalists by year, please click here.
Other Awards
Between 1942 and 2011 Ohioana presented a number of other awards. To view a list of these award winners, please click here.
Fiction
| Name | Year | Title | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBride, James | 2024 | The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | Lorain |
| Ng, Celeste | 2023 | Our Missing Hearts | Cuyahoga |
| Doerr, Anthony | 2022 | Cloud Cuckoo Land | Cuyahoga |
| Sickels, Carter | 2021 | The Prettiest Star | Butler |
| Scibona, Salvatore | 2020 | The Volunteer | Cuyahoga |
| Rothman-Zecher, Moriel | 2019 | Sadness is a White Bird | Greene |
| Ng, Celeste | 2018 | Little Fires Everywhere | Cuyahoga |
| Sliver, Marisa | 2017 | Little Nothing | Cuyahoga |
| Russell, Mary Doria | 2016 | Epitaph | Cuyahoga |
| Doerr, Anthony | 2015 | All the Light We Cannot See | Cuyahoga |
| Hoffman, Beth | 2014 | Looking for Me | Hamilton |
| Olmstead, Robert | 2013 | The Coldest Night | Delaware |
| McLain, Paula | 2012 | The Paris Wife | Cuyahoga |
| Doerr, Anthony | 2011 | Memory Wall | Cuyahoga |
| Chaon, Dan | 2010 | Await Your Reply | Cuyahoga |
| Kluge, P.F. | 2009 | Gone Tomorrow | Knox |
| Olmstead, Robert | 2008 | Coal Black Horse | Delaware |
| Avery, Ellis | 2007 | The Teahouse Fire | Franklin |
| Cunningham, Michael | 2006 | Specimen Days | Hamilton |
| Doerr, Anthony | 2005 | About Grace | Cuyahoga |
| Morrison, Toni | 2004 | Love | Lorain |
| Doerr, Anthony | 2003 | The Shell Collector | Cuyahoga |
| Chaon, Dan | 2002 | Among the Missing | Cuyahoga |
| George, Elizabeth | 2001 | In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner | Trumbull |
| Paul, Terri | 2000 | Glass Hearts | Montgomery |
| Morrison, Toni | 1999 | Paradise | Lorain |
| Pierce, Constance | 1998 | Hope Mills | Butler |
| McGraw, Erin | 1997 | Lies of the Saints | Hamilton |
| Arthur, Elizabeth | 1996 | Antarctic Navigation | Butler |
| Gilfillan, Merrill, Jr. | 1995 | Sworn Before Cranes | Morrow |
| Frucht, Abby | 1994 | Are You Mine? | Lorain |
| Horowitz, Eve | 1993 | Plain Jane | Cuyahoga |
| Sloan, Kay | 1992 | Worry Beads | Hamilton |
| Zafris, Nancy | 1991 | The People I Know | Montgomery |
| Abbott, Lee K. | 1990 | Dreams of Distant Lives | Franklin |
| Boyle, Kay | 1989 | Life Being the Best and Other Stories | Hamilton |
| Robertson, Don | 1988 | The Ideal, Genuine Man | Cuyahoga |
| Dell, George | 1987 | The Earth Abideth | Butler |
| Nissenson, Hugh | 1986 | The Tree of Life | not an Ohioan |
| Pelletier, Nancy | 1986 | The Rearrangement | Washington |
| Skimin, Robert | 1985 | Chikara! | Medina |
| Hawley, Richard A. | 1984 | The Headmaster's Papers | Cuyahoga |
| Santmyer, Helen Hooven | 1983 | ...And Ladies of the Club | Hamilton/Greene |
| Berger, Thomas | 1982 | Reinhart's Women | Hamilton |
| Rosenblum, Helen Faye | 1981 | Minerva's Turn | Washington |
| Hill, Ruth Beebe | 1980 | Hanta Yo: An American Saga | Cuyahoga |
| Wagoner, David | 1980 | The Hanging Garden | Stark |
| Guild, Nicholas | 1979 | The Summer Soldier | Franklin |
| Jakes, John | 1978 | The American Bicentennial Series (Vol.I-VIII) [stored in box] | Montgomery |
| Canzoneri, Robert | 1977 | A Highly Ramified Tree | Franklin |
| Harvey, Nancy Lenz | 1976 | The Rose & the Thorn | Hamilton |
| Morrison, Toni | 1975 | Sula | Lorain |
| - | 1974 | No award given | - |
| Green, Hannah | 1973 | The Dead of the House | Hamilton |
| Bombeck, Erma | 1972 | Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own | Montgomery |
| - | 1971 | No award given | - |
| Fish, Robert L. | 1970 | The Xavier Affair | Cuyahoga |
| McConkey, James | 1969 | Crossroads | Cuyahoga |
| Plagemann, Bentz | 1968 | The Heart of Silence | Clark |
| Eckert, Allan | 1968 | The Frontiersmen | Hamilton |
| Harrington, William | 1967 | Yoshar the Soldier | Washington |
| Knebel, Fletcher | 1966 | The Night of Camp David | Montgomery |
| Matthews, Jack | 1965 | Bitter Knowledge | Athens |
| Johnson, Josephine W. | 1964 | The Dark Traveler | Hamilton |
| Haydn, Hiram | 1963 | The Hands of Esau | Cuyahoga |
| DeCapite, Raymond | 1962 | A Lost King | Cuyahoga |
| Sinclair, Jo | 1961 | Anna Teller | Cuyahoga |
| Taylor, Peter | 1960 | Happy Families Are All Alike | Knox/Franklin |
| Chamberlain, Anne | 1959 | The Darkest Bough | Washington |
| Locke, Charles O. | 1958 | The Hell Bent Kid | Seneca |
| Gold, Herbert | 1957 | The Man Who Was Not With It | Cuyahoga |
| Sinclair, Jo | 1956 | The Changelings | Cuyahoga |
| Young, Agatha | 1955 | Clown of the Gods | Cuyahoga |
| - | 1954 | No award given | - |
| Ellis, William D. | 1953 | The Bounty Lands | Cuyahoga |
| Fridley, William | 1952 | A Time to Go Home | Allen |
| McConnaughey, Susanne | 1952 | Point Venus | Montgomery |
| Kelly, Amy | 1951 | Eleanor of Aquitaine & the Four Kings | Ottawa |
| Marshall, Robert Kossuth | 1950 | Little Squire Jim | Delaware |
| Deasy, Mary Margaret | 1950 | Cannon Hill (Honorable Mention) | Hamilton |
| Scott, Virgil | 1949 | The Hickory Stick | Franklin/Cuyahoga |
| Young, Agatha | 1949 | Light in the Sky (Honorable Mention) | Cuyahoga |
| Freitag, George | 1948 | The Lost Land | Stark |
| Hannum, Alberta P. | 1948 | Roseanna McCoy (Honorable Mention) | Delaware |
| Diebold, Janet Hart | 1947 | Mandrake Root | Hamilton |
| Sinclair, Jo | 1947 | Wasteland | Cuyahoga |
| Roberts, Dorothy James | 1946 | A Durable Fire | Washington |
| Southard, Ruth | 1946 | No Sad Songs For Me (Honorable Mention) | Lucas |
| Burnett, W. R. | 1946 | Tomorrow is Another Day (Honorable Mention) | Clark/Franklin |
| Buckmaster, Henrietta | 1945 | Deep River | Cuyahoga |
| Carr, Robert Spencer | 1945 | Bells of St. Ivan's (2nd) | Franklin |
| DeCapite, Michael | 1945 | No Bright Banner (3rd) | Cuyahoga |
| McVicker, Daphne | 1945 | The Queen Was In the Kitchen | Franklin |
| Steward, Ann | 1944 | Take Nothing for Your Journey | Hamilton |
| Freeman, Martin Joseph | 1943 | Bitter Honey | Hardin |
| Williams, Ben Ames | 1943 | Time of Peace (Honorable Mention) | Jackson |
Nonfiction
| Name | Year | Title | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman, Sarah | 2024 | Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods | Medina |
| Gay, Ross | 2023 | Inciting Joy | Mahoning |
| Abdurraqib, Hanif | 2022 | A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance | Franklin |
| Nezhukumatathil, Aimee | 2021 | World of Wonders | Franklin |
| Vanasco, Jeannie | 2020 | Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl | Erie |
| Giffels, David | 2019 | Furnishing Eternity | Summit |
| Stillman, Deanne | 2018 | Blood Brothers | Cuyahoga |
| Brinkley, Douglas | 2017 | Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America | Wood |
| Haygood, Wil | 2016 | Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America | Franklin |
| Hagedorn, Ann | 2015 | The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security | Montgomery |
| Ricca, Brad | 2014 | Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster--The Creators of Superman | Cuyahoga |
| Zickefoose, Julie | 2013 | The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds | Washington |
| Orlean, Susan | 2012 | Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend | Cuyahoga |
| Gup, Ted | 2011 | A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness And a Trove of Letters Revealed the Hidden Story of the Great Depression | Stark |
| Collins, Gail | 2010 | When Everything Changes: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present | Hamilton |
| Mansoor, Peter | 2009 | Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commanders War | Franklin |
| Hagedorn, Ann | 2008 | Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America 1919 | Montgomery/Brown |
| Brinkley, Douglas | 2007 | The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast | Wood |
| Maley, Saundra Rose | 2006 | A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright | not an Ohioan |
| Wright, Anne | 2006 | A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright | not an Ohioan |
| Salamon, Julie | 2005 | Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give | Adams |
| Zimmer, Paul | 2005 | Trains in the Distance | Stark |
| Dirda, Michael | 2004 | An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland | Lorain |
| Hagedorn, Ann | 2004 | Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad | Montgomery |
| Salamon, Julie | 2003 | Facing the Wind | Adams |
| Fisher, Antwone Quentin | 2002 | Finding Fish | Cuyahoga |
| Mathias, Frank F. | 2001 | The GI Generation: A Memoir | Montgomery |
| Glenn, John | 2000 | John Glenn: A Memoir | Muskingum |
| Coan, Peter Morton | 1999 | Ellis Island Interviews | Cuyahoga |
| Haygood, Wil | 1998 | The Haygoods of Columbus | Franklin |
| Quammen, David | 1997 | The Song of the Dodo | Hamilton |
| Powell, Dawn | 1996 | The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965 | Morrow |
| Page, Tim | 1996 | The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965 | not an Ohioan |
| Frazier, Ian | 1995 | Family | Cuyahoga |
| Sanders, Scott Russell | 1994 | Staying Put | Portage |
| Marszalek, John | 1993 | Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order | not an Ohioan |
| Greene, Melissa Fay | 1992 | Praying for Sheetrock | Montgomery |
| Ward, Geoffrey C. | 1991 | A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt | Licking |
| Wallace, David Rains | 1990 | Bulow Hammock | Franklin |
| Gilfillan, Merrill, Jr. | 1989 | Magpie Rising | Darke |
| Giovanni, Nikki | 1988 | Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles | Hamilton |
| Cayton, Andrew R. L. | 1987 | The Frontier Republic | Hamilton/Butler |
| Hutslar, Donald A. | 1986 | The Architecture of Migration | Franklin |
| Mott, Michael | 1985 | The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton | Wood |
| Noble, Allen G. | 1985 | Wood, Brick & Stone... | Summit |
| Edmunds, R. David | 1984 | The Shawnee Prophet | not an Ohioan |
| Trautman, Milton B. | 1983 | (for his works) | Franklin |
| Friedman, Lawrence | 1983 | Gregarious Saints | Wood |
| Marcus, Jacob Rader | 1982 | The American Jewish Woman | Hamilton |
| Millett, Allan R. | 1981 | Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps | Franklin |
| Fensch, Thomas | 1980 | Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship | Ashland |
| Unruh, John D., Jr. | 1979 | The Plains Across | Allen |
| Colinvaux, Paul | 1978 | Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare | Franklin |
| Waldo, Terry | 1977 | This is Ragtime | Franklin |
| Redinger, Ruby V. | 1976 | George Eliot: The Emergent Self | Cuyahoga |
| Mason, Ed | 1976 | Signers of the Constitution | Franklin |
| Mason, Ed | 1976 | Signers of the Declaration of Independence | Franklin |
| Ruksenas, Algis | 1975 | Day of Shame | Cuyahoga |
| Campbell, Michael | 1975 | Water Well Technology | Fairfield |
| Lehr, Jay H. | 1975 | Water Well Technology | Franklin |
| Smythe, Donald | 1974 | Guerrilla Warrior: The Early Life of John J. Pershing | Lorain |
| Young, Mahonri Sharp | 1974 | The Eight | Franklin |
| Hynek, J. Allen | 1973 | The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry | Franklin |
| Cummings, Charles M. | 1972 | Yankee Quaker Confederate General | Franklin |
| Owens, Jesse | 1971 | Blackthink | Cuyahoga |
| Rousculp, Charles G. | 1970 | Chalk Dust on My Shoulder | Allen/Franklin |
| Glueck, Nelson | 1969 | The River Jordan | Hamilton |
| - | 1968 | No award given | - |
| Martin, John B. | 1967 | Overtaken by Events | Butler |
| Filler, Louis | 1967 | The Unknown Edwin Markham | Greene |
| Platt, Rutherford | 1966 | The Great American Forest | Franklin |
| Lee, Sherman E. | 1965 | A History of Far Eastern Art | Cuyahoga |
| Notestein, Lucy L. | 1964 | Hill Towns of Italy | Wayne |
| Smart, Charles Allen | 1964 | Viva Juarez! | Cuyahoga |
| Kendall, Paul Murray | 1963 | The Yorkist Age | Athens |
| Catton, Bruce | 1962 | The Coming Fury | Cuyahoga |
| Filler, Louis | 1961 | The Crusade Against Slavery | Greene |
| Jaffa, Harry V. | 1960 | Crisis of the House Divided | Franklin |
| Glueck, Nelson | 1960 | Rivers in the Desert | Hamilton |
| Carrighar, Sally | 1959 | Moonlight at Midday | Cuyahoga |
| Schlesinger, Arthur | 1959 | Prelude to Independence: Newspaper War on Britain 1764-1776 | Greene/Franklin |
| Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. | 1958 | The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933 | Franklin |
| Kendall, Paul Murray | 1958 | Warwick the Kingmaker | Athens |
| Catton, Bruce | 1957 | This Hallowed Ground | Cuyahoga |
| Cady, John F. | 1956 | Roots of French Imperialism in Eastern Asia | Athens |
| Loesser, Arthur | 1955 | Men, Women & Pianos | Cuyahoga |
| Shinn, Roger L. | 1954 | Christianity & the Problem of History | Montgomery |
| Radcliffe, Lynn James | 1953 | Making Prayer Real | Hamilton |
| Swiggett, Howard | 1953 | The Extraordinary Mr. Morris | Brown |
| Chalmers, Gordon K. | 1953 | The Republic & the Person | Knox |
| Schwiebert, Ernest G. | 1952 | Luther & His Times | Henry |
| Catton, Bruce | 1952 | Mr. Lincoln's Army | Cuyahoga |
| - | 1951 | No award given | - |
| Peale, Norman Vincent | 1950 | A Guide to Confident Living | Greene |
| Hanford, James H. | 1950 | John Milton, Englishman (Honorable Mention) | Greene/Cuyahoga |
| Rodgers, Andrew Denny, III | 1950 | Liberty Hyde Bailey | Franklin |
| Schlesinger, Arthur | 1950 | Paths to the Present (Honorable Mention) | Greene/Franklin |
| Kantonen, T. A. | 1950 | Resurgence of the Gospel (Honorable Mention) | Clark |
| Nicholas, Edward | 1950 | The Hours and the Ages: A Sequence of Americans | Franklin |
| Arbuthnot, May Hill | 1949 | Children and Books | Cuyahoga |
| Luxon, Norval Neil | 1949 | Niles' Weekly Register (Honorable Mention) | Huron |
| Joseph, Sr. Miriam | 1949 | Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language | Putnam |
| Robinson, Howard | 1949 | The British Post Office | Cuyahoga |
| Wilson, John H. | 1949 | The Court Wits of the Restoration (Honorable Mention) | Clark/Franklin |
| Ostrom, John Ward | 1949 | The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe | Clark |
| Torrence, F. Ridgely | 1949 | The Story of John Hope | Greene |
| Livezey, William E. | 1948 | Mahan on Sea Power (Honorable Mention) | Belmont |
| Harrold, Charles F. | 1947 | John Henry Newman (Honorable Mention) | Belmont |
| Morgan, Arthur Ernest | 1947 | Nowhere Was Somewhere (Honorable Mention) | Hamilton |
| Liebman, Joshua Loth | 1947 | Peace of Mind | Hamilton |
| Hibben, Frank C. | 1947 | The Lost Americans (Honorable Mention) | Cuyahoga |
| Wittke, Carl F. | 1946 | Against the Current: Life of Karl Heinzen | Franklin |
| Adams, Philip R. | 1946 | Auguste Rodin (Honorable Mention) | Clark/Hamilton |
| Schauffler, Robert H. | 1946 | Florestan (Honorable Mention) | Cuyahoga |
| Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. | 1946 | The Age of Jackson | Franklin |
| Sockman, Ralph | 1945 | Date With Destiny | Knox |
| Dulles, Foster R. | 1945 | The Road to Teheran, 1781-1943 | Franklin |
| Henderson, Algo D. | 1945 | Vitalizing Liberal Education | Greene |
| Seagrave, Gordon S. | 1944 | Burma Surgeon | Licking |
| Mills, Clarence A. | 1943 | Climate Makes the Man | Hamilton |
| Taylor, Robert Emmett | 1943 | No Royal Road | Hamilton |
| Flory, William E. S. | 1943 | Prisoners of War | Stark |
| Reston, James B. | 1942 | Prelude to Victory | Montgomery |
| Havighurst, Walter | 1942 | The Long Ships Passing | Butler |
| Kiplinger, Willard M. | 1942 | Washington is Like That | Logan |
Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature
| Name | Year | Title | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutphin, Joe | 2024 | Watership Down: The Graphic Novel | Fairfield |
| Warga, Jasmine | 2023 | A Rover's Story | Hamilton |
| Warga, Jasmine | 2022 | The Shape of Thunder | Hamilton |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | 2021 | Before the Ever After | Franklin |
| Warga, Jasmine | 2020 | Other Words for Home | Hamilton |
| Klages, Ellen | 2019 | Out of Left Field | Franklin |
| Bundy, Tamara | 2018 | Walking with Miss Millie | Hamilton |
| Derby, Sally | 2017 | Jump Back, Paul | Montgomery/Hamilton |
| Pearsall, Shelley | 2016 | The Seventh Most Important Thing | Cuyahoga |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | 2015 | Brown Girl Dreaming | Franklin |
Juvenile Literature
| Name | Year | Title | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillenbrand, Will | 2024 | The Voice in the Hollow | Hamilton |
| Campbell, Marcy | 2023 | The More You Give | Wayne |
| Wang, Andrea | 2022 | Watercress | Greene |
| Umrigar, Thrity | 2021 | Sugar in Milk | Franklin |
| Mora, Oge | 2020 | Saturday | Franklin |
| Woodson, Jaqueline | 2019 | The Day You Begin | Franklin |
| Derby, Sally | 2018 | A New School Year | Montgomery/Hamilton |
| Payne, C. F. | 2017 | Miss Mary Reporting | Warren |
| Long, Loren | 2016 | Little Tree | Hamilton |
| Lewis, J. Patrick | 2015 | Harlem Hellfighters | Franklin |
| Cheng, Andrea | 2014 | Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet | Hamilton |
| Bordon, Louise | 2013 | His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg: Courage, Rescue and Mystery During World War II | Hamilton |
| Carson, Rae | 2012 | The Girl of Fire and Thorns | Franklin |
| Cheng, Andrea | 2012 | Where Do You Stay? | Hamilton |
| Springstubb, Tricia | 2011 | What Happened on Fox Street | Cuyahoga |
| Rosen, Michael J. | 2010 | Cuckoo's Haiku | Franklin |
| Qamar, Amjed | 2009 | Beneath My Mother's Feet | Franklin |
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 2008 | Uprising | Fayette/Delaware |
| Cheng, Andrea | 2007 | The Lemon Sisters | Hamilton |
| Draper, Sharon | 2007 | Copper Sun | Hamilton |
| Giblin, James Cross | 2006 | Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth | Lake |
| Borden, Louise | 2005 | The Greatest Skating Race | Hamilton |
| Pattou, Edith | 2004 | East | Franklin |
| Pearsall, Shelley | 2003 | Trouble Don't Last | Cuyahoga |
| Giblin, James Cross | 2002 | The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin | Cuyahoga |
| Durrant, Lynda | 2001 | Betsy Zane: The Rose of Fort Henry | Cuyahoga |
| Spires, Elizabeth | 2000 | The Mouse of Amherst | Fairfield |
| Durrant, Lynda | 1999 | The Beaded Moccasins: The Story of Mary Campbell | Cuyahoga |
| Rosen, Michael J. | 1998 | The Heart Is Big Enough | Franklin |
| Hamilton, Virginia | 1997 | Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales | Greene |
| Alder, Elizabeth | 1996 | The King's Shadow | Cuyahoga/Lake |
| Hickman, Janet | 1995 | Jericho | Franklin |
| Fleming, Denise | 1994 | In the Small, Small Pond | Lucas |
| Buchanan, Dawna Lisa | 1993 | The Falcon's Wing | Pike |
| Rylant, Cynthia | 1992 | Appalachia: the Voices of Sleeping Birds | Portage |
| Springstubb, Tricia | 1991 | With a Name Like Lulu, Who Needs More Trouble? | Cuyahoga |
| Rylant, Cynthia | 1990 | But I'll Be Back Again | Portage |
| Lewis, J. Patrick | 1989 | The Tsar and the Amazing Cow | Franklin |
| Curry, Jane Louise | 1987 | The Lotus Cup | Columbiana |
| Hamilton, Virginia | 1984 | (for her body of work) | Greene |
| Hoover, H. M. | 1982 | Another Heaven, Another Earth | Stark |
| Tolan, Stephanie S. | 1981 | The Liberation of Tansy Warner | Hamilton |
| Norton, Andre | 1980 | (for her body of work) | Cuyahoga |
| Curry, Jane Louise | 1978 | Poor Tom's Ghost | Columbiana |
| Turkle, Brinton | 1977 | Island Time | Stark |
| Turkle, Brinton | 1977 | Deep in the Forest | Stark |
| Stephens, Mary Jo | 1976 | Witch of the Cumberlands | Hamilton |
| O'Neill, Mary | 1972 | Winds | Cuyahoga |
| McKay, Robert | 1971 | Dave's Song | Franklin |
| Renick, Marion | 1971 | Ohio | Clark |
| Wahl, Jan | 1970 | The Norman Rockwell Storybook | Franklin/Lucas |
| Hamilton, Virginia | 1969 | The House of Dies Drear | Greene |
| Friermood, Elisabeth H. | 1968 | Focus the Bright Land | Montgomery |
| Fife, Dale H. | 1967 | Walk a Narrow Bridge | Lucas |
| Eager, Edward M. | 1963 | Seven-Day Magic | Lucas |
| Vance, Marguerite | 1962 | (for the body of her work) | Cuyahoga |
| de Borhegyi, Suzanne | 1962 | Ships, Shoals & Amphoras | Franklin |
| Schaefer, Jack W. | 1961 | Old Ramon | Cuyahoga |
| Kendall, Carol | 1960 | The Gammage Cup | Crawford |
| Eaton, Jeanette | 1959 | America's Own Mark Twain | Franklin |
| McCloskey, Robert | 1958 | Time of Wonder | Butler |
| Eager, Edward M. | 1957 | Knight's Castle | Lucas |
| Flora, James | 1956 | The Fabulous Firework Family | Logan |
| Scheele, William E. | 1955 | Prehistoric Animals | Cuyahoga |
| Anderson, Bertha C. | 1954 | Tinker's Tim & the Witches | Miami |
| Stewart, Anna Bird | 1952 | Enter David Garrick | Hamilton |
| Altick, Richard D. | 1951 | The Scholar Adventurers | Franklin |
| Havighurst, Marion | 1950 | Song of the Pines | Washington/Butler |
| Wilson, Hazel | 1950 | Island Summer | Cuyahoga |
| Norton, Andre | 1950 | Sword in Sheath | Cuyahoga |
| McCloskey, Robert | 1949 | Blueberries for Sal | Butler |
| Lenski, Lois | 1949 | Boom Town Boy | Clark |
| Carrighar, Sally | 1949 | One Day at Teton Marsh | Cuyahoga |
| Harpster, Hilda | 1949 | The Insect World | Lucas |
| Treffinger, Carolyn | 1948 | Li Lun, Lad of Courage | Medina |
| Eaton, Jeanette | 1948 | David Livingstone, Foe of Darkness | Franklin |
| Evatt, Harriet | 1947 | The Snow Owl's Secret | Franklin |
| Bebenroth, Charlotta | 1947 | Meriwether Lewis, Boy Explorer | Cuyahoga |
| Thurber, James | 1946 | The White Deer | Franklin |
| Gall, Alice Crew | 1946 | Splasher | Morgan |
| Evatt, Harriet | 1946 | Mystery of the Creaking Windmill | Franklin |
| Crew, Fleming H. | 1946 | Splasher | Morgan |
| Fitch, Florence M. | 1945 | One God: The Ways We Worship Him | Lorain/Hamilton |
| Thurber, James | 1945 | The Great Quillow | Franklin |
| Youmans, Eleanor | 1945 | Mount Delightful | Licking |
| Lenski, Lois | 1944 | Bayou Suzette | Clark |
| Stewart, Anna Bird | 1943 | Bibi: The Baker's Horse | Hamilton |
| Gilchrist, Marie Emilie | 1943 | The Story of the Great Lakes | Erie |
| Thomas, Eleanor | 1943 | Mr. Totter and the Five Black Cats | Franklin |
Poetry
| Name | Year | Title | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byas, Taylor | 2024 | I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times | Hamilton |
| Jones, Saeed | 2023 | Alive At the End of the World | Franklin |
| Zamora, Felicia | 2022 | I Always Carry My Bones | Hamilton |
| Chan, Marianne | 2021 | All Heathens | Hamilton |
| Abdurraqib, Hanif | 2020 | A Fortune for Your Disaster | Franklin |
| Jackson, Marcus | 2019 | Pardon My Heart | Franklin |
| Awad, Ruth | 2018 | Set to Music a Wildfire | Franklin |
| Davis, Teri Ellen Cross | 2017 | Haint | Cuyahoga |
| Andrews, Nin | 2016 | Why God Is a Woman | Mahoning |
| Friebert, Stuart | 2015 | Floating Heart | Lorain |
| Ali, Kazim | 2014 | Sky Ward | Lorain |
| Collins, Martha | 2013 | White Papers | Lorain |
| Lucas, Dave | 2012 | Weather: Poems | Cuyahoga |
| Young, David | 2011 | Field of Light and Shadow: Selected and New Poems | Lorain |
| Dove, Rita | 2010 | Sonata Mulattica: Poems | Summit |
| Greenway, William | 2009 | Everywhere at Once | Mahoning |
| Zimmer, Paul | 2008 | Crossing into Sunlight Revisted-Poetry | Stark |
| Weigl, Bruce | 2007 | Declension in the Village of Chung Luong | Lorain |
| Collins, Martha | 2007 | Blue Front | Lorain |
| Glaser, Elton | 2006 | Here and Hereafter: Poems | Summit |
| Fisher, Diane Gilliam | 2005 | Kettle Bottom | Franklin |
| Greenway, William | 2004 | Ascending Order | Mahoning |
| Spires, Elizabeth | 2003 | Now the Green Blade Rises | Fairfield |
| Roscoe, Jerry | 2002 | Two Midwest Voices: Mirror Lake | Franklin |
| DeMott, Robert | 2002 | Two Midwest Voices: The Weather in Athens | Athens |
| Belieu, Erin | 2001 | One Above and One Below | Athens |
| Dove, Rita | 2000 | On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems | Summit |
| Baker, David | 1999 | The Truth About Small Towns | Licking |
| Citino, David | 1998 | Broken Symmetry | Franklin |
| Wagoner, David | 1997 | Walt Whitman Bathing | Stark |
| Matthias, John | 1996 | Swimming at Midnight | Franklin |
| Howard, Richard | 1995 | Like Most Revelations | Cuyahoga |
| Dove, Rita | 1994 | Selected Poems | Summit |
| Oliver, Mary | 1993 | New and Selected Poems | Cuyahoga |
| Moss, Thylias | 1992 | Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bottom Ghetto Sky | Cuyahoga |
| Citino, David | 1991 | The House of Memory | Cuyahoga/Franklin |
| Dove, Rita | 1990 | Grace Notes | Summit |
| Shevin, David | 1989 | The Discovery of Fire | Seneca |
| Rosen, Michael J. | 1985 | A Drink at the Mirage | Franklin |
| Koch, Kenneth | 1974 | Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? | Hamilton |
| Oliver, Mary | 1973 | The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems | Cuyahoga |
| Summers, Hollis | 1968 | The Peddler & Other Domestic Matters | Greene |
| Dell, George | 1965 | Written on Quail & Hawthorn Pages | Butler |
| Hodgson, Ralph | 1961 | The Skylark & Other Poems | Carroll |
| Wright, James | 1960 | Saint Judas | Belmont |
| Mears, Alice Monk | 1946 | Brief Enterprise | Cuyahoga |
| Robinson, Ted | 1946 | Life, Love & the Weather (Honorable Mention) | Cuyahoga |
| Ransom, John Crowe | 1946 | Selected Poems (Honorable Mention) | Knox |
| Patchen, Kenneth | 1944 | Cloth of the Tempest | Trumbull |
About Ohio
| Name | Year | Title | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meckler, Laura | 2024 | Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity | Cuyahoga |
| Ervick, Kelcey | 2023 | The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives | Hamilton |
| Alexander, Brian | 2022 | The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town | Fairfield |
| Genshaft, Carole M. | 2021 | Raggin' On | Franklin |
| McCullough, David | 2020 | The Pioneers | - |
| Haygood, Wil | 2019 | Tigerland | Butler |
| Alexander, Brian | 2018 | Glass House | Fairfield |
| Vance, J. D. | 2017 | Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis | Butler |
| McCullough, David | 2016 | The Wright Brothers | not an Ohioan |
| Diemer, Tom | 2015 | James A. Rhodes: Ohio Colossus | Franklin |
| Leonard, Lee | 2015 | James A. Rhodes: Ohio Colossus | Franklin |
| Goodwin, Doris Kearns | 2014 | The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism | not an Ohioan |
| Kiser, Joy | 2013 | America's Other Audubon | Summit |
| Millard, Candice | 2012 | Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President | Richland |
| Adoff, Arnold | 2011 | Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, & Conversations | Franklin |
| Cook, Kacy | 2011 | Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, & Conversations | Summit |
| Meszaros, Gary | 2010 | Wild Ohio:The Best of Our Natural Heritage | Franklin |
| McCormac, James | 2010 | Wild Ohio:The Best of Our Natural Heritage | Cuyahoga |
| Giffels, David | 2009 | All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House | Summit |
| Haverstock, Mary Sayre | 2008 | George Bellows: An Artist in Action | Lorain |
| Hassler, David Hassler | 2007 | Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community (text) | Portage |
| Harwood, Gary | 2007 | Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community (photographer) | Portage |
| Rehak, Melanie | 2006 | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her | not an Ohioan |
| Souder, William | 2005 | Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America | not an Ohioan |
| Ritz, David | 2004 | Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott | Cuyahoga |
| Patton, Paul W. & Dorothy | 2004 | Rix Mills Remembered: An Appalachian Boyhood | Muskingum |
| Adams, Ian | 2003 | Ohio: A Bicentennial Portrait | Cuyahoga |
| Ostrander, Stephen | 2003 | Ohio: A Bicentennial Portrait | Franklin |
| Sallis, James | 2002 | Chester Himes: A Life | not an Ohioan |
| Sugden, John | 2001 | Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees | England |
| Mariani, Paul | 2000 | The Broken Tower: The Life of Hart Crane | not an Ohioan |
| Chernow, Ron | 1999 | Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | not an Ohioan |
| Langsam, Walter E. | 1998 | Great Houses of the Queen City | Hamilton |
| Olmstead, Earl P. | 1998 | David Zeisberger | Tuscarawas |
| Weston, Alice | 1998 | Great Houses of the Queen City | Hamilton |
| Foster, Emily | 1997 | Ohio Frontier: An Anthology of Early Writings | Franklin |
| Hoogenboom, Ari | 1996 | Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President | not an Ohioan |
| Laycock, George | 1995 | John A. Ruthven, in the Audubon Tradition | Hamilton |
| Sacks, Howard L. | 1994 | Way Up North in Dixie | Knox |
| Sacks, Judith R. | 1994 | Way Up North in Dixie | Knox |
| Townsend, J. Benjamin | 1993 | Charles Burchfield's Journals | not an Ohioan |
| Knepper, George | 1992 | Quilts in Community: Ohio's Traditions | Summit |
| Clark, Ricky | 1992 | Quilts in Community: Ohio's Traditions | Lorain |
| Ronsheim, Ellice | 1992 | Quilts in Community: Ohio's Traditions | Wayne |
| Polster, Gary E. | 1991 | Inside Looking Out | Cuyahoga |
| Peterjohn, Bruce | 1990 | The Birds of Ohio | Franklin |
| Overmyer, Deborah | 1989 | Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati | Hamilton |
| Cincinnati Historical Society | 1989 | Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati | Hamilton |
| Giglierano, Geoffrey J. | 1989 | Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati | Hamilton |
| Blue, Frederick J. | 1988 | Salmon P. Chase: A Life in Politics | Mahoning |
| Tolzmann, Don Heinrich | 1988 | The Cincinnati Germans After the Great War | Hamilton |
| Matthews, Jack | 1987 | Booking in the Heartland | Athens |
| Koch, Freda Postle | 1986 | Colonel Coggeshall: The Man Who Saved Lincoln | Franklin |
| - | 1985 | No award given | - |
| Joyce, Rosemary O. | 1984 | A Woman's Place: The Life History of a Rural Ohio Grandmother | Franklin |
| Westwater, James | 1983 | Ohio | Franklin |
| Rugoff, Milton | 1982 | The Beechers | not an Ohioan |
| Wallace, David Rains | 1981 | Idle Weeds | Franklin |
| Ohio Academy of Science | 1980 | Ohio's Natural Heritage | Franklin |
| Sanders, D. G. | 1979 | The Brasspounder | Perry |
| Peskin, Allan | 1979 | Garfield | Cuyahoga |
| Smith, Thomas H. | 1978 | The Mapping of Ohio | Athens |
| Warren, L. D. | 1977 | The World & Warren's Cartoons | Hamilton |
| Langsam, Walter C. | 1977 | The World & Warren's Cartoons | Hamilton |
| Laffoon, Polk, IV | 1976 | Tornado | Hamilton |
| Condon, George E. | 1975 | Stars in the Water | Cuyahoga |
| Anderson, Donald F. | 1974 | William Howard Taft | not an Ohioan |
| Young, Mahonri Sharp | 1974 | The Paintings of George Bellows | Franklin |
| Patterson, James T. | 1973 | Mr. Republican: A Biography of Robert A. Taft | not an Ohioan |
| Davison, Kenneth E. | 1973 | The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes | Cuyahoga |
| Lynn, Kenneth S. | 1972 | William Dean Howells: An American Life | Cuyahoga |
| Taylor, John M. | 1972 | Garfield of Ohio: The Available Man | not an Ohioan |
| Manners, William | 1971 | T R & Will | Muskingum |
| Unterecker, John | 1971 | Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane | not an Ohioan |
| Frost, Lawrence A. | 1970 | The Thomas A. Edison Album | Lucas |
| Crunden, Robert M. | 1970 | A Hero in Spite of Himself: Brand Whitlock | not an Ohioan |
| Sawyer, Charles | 1969 | Concerns of a Conservative Democrat | Hamilton |
| O'Connor, Richard | 1968 | Ambrose Bierce: A Biography | not an Ohioan |
| - | 1967 | No award given | - |
| Mason, Alpheus Thomas | 1966 | William Howard Taft: Chief Justice | not an Ohioan |
| Peltier, Leslie C. | 1966 | Starlight Nights | Allen |
| - | 1965 | No award given | - |
| Morgan, H. Wayne | 1964 | William McKinley & His America | not an Ohioan |
| Sutton, Walter | 1963 | The Western Book Trade | Franklin |
| - | 1962 | No award given | - |
| - | 1961 | No award given | - |
| Leech, Margaret | 1960 | In the Days of McKinley | not an Ohioan |
| Sears, Alfred B. | 1959 | Thomas Worthington: Father of Ohio Statehood | not an Ohioan |
| - | 1958 | No award given | - |
| Belden, Marva Robins | 1957 | So Fell the Angels | not an Ohioan |
| Belden, Thomas G. | 1957 | So Fell the Angels | not an Ohioan |
| - | 1956 | No award given | - |
| - | 1955 | No award given | - |
| Macartney, Clarence E. | 1954 | Grant and His Generals | Logan |
| Brown, Rollo W. | 1954 | The Hills are Strong | Perry |
| - | 1953 | No award given | - |
| Thomas, Norman | 1952 | A Socialist's Faith | Marion |
| Akeley, Mary L. Jobe | 1951 | Congo Eden | Harrison |
| - | 1950 | No award given | - |
| - | 1949 | No award given | - |
| Crile, Grace | 1948 | George Crile: An Autobiography | Cuyahoga |
| Crile, George Sr. | 1948 | George Crile: An Autobiography | Cuyahoga |
| Cox, James M. | 1947 | Journey Through My Years: An Autobiography | Butler |
| Havighurst, Walter | 1947 | Land of Promise | Butler |
| Raper, Howard Riley | 1946 | Man Against Pain | Ross |
| Hatcher, Harlan | 1946 | Lake Erie (Honorable Mention) | Lawrence |
| Hope, Bob | 1945 | I Never Left Home | Cuyahoga |
| Jordan, Philip Dillon | 1944 | Ohio Comes of Age (History of the State of Ohio, Volume 5) | Butler |
| Kelly, Fred Charters | 1944 | The Wright Brothers | Greene |
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
| Name | Year | Award | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeilinger, Sienna | 2024 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Morrow, Kortney | 2023 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Edwards, Louise Ling | 2022 | Marvin Grant | Franklin |
| Whiteleather, Hagan Faye | 2021 | Marvin Grant | Stark |
| Curtinrich, Brendan | 2020 | Marvin Grant | Geauga |
| Grandouiller, David | 2019 | Marvin Grant | Greene/Franklin |
| Gellert, Christopher Alexander | 2018 | Marvin Grant | Franklin |
| Bethard, Ashley | 2017 | Marvin Grant | Montgomery |
| Goldbach, Eliese | 2016 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Kaudo, Negesti | 2015 | Marvin Grant | Franklin |
| Vanasco, Jeannie | 2014 | Marvin Grant | Erie |
| Matambo, Bernard Farai | 2013 | Marvin Grant | Lorain |
| Menkedick, Sarah | 2012 | Marvin Grant | Hamilton/Franklin |
| Walter, Laura Maylene | 2011 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Pribble, Daniel | 2010 | Marvin Grant | Butler |
| Cumming, Valerie | 2009 | Marvin Grant | Franklin |
| Kowalcyk, Nicholas | 2008 | Marvin Grant | Lorain |
| McClelland, Nicole | 2007 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga/Lake |
| McMullin, Jordan | 2006 | Marvin Grant | Trumbull |
| Kahn, Margot | 2005 | Marvin Grant | Hamilton/Cuyahoga |
| Goldhagen, Shari | 2004 | Marvin Grant | Hamilton |
| Hirt, Jen | 2003 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Avery, Ellis | 2002 | Marvin Grant | Franklin |
| Sickels, Carter | 2001 | Marvin Grant | Butler |
| Doerr, Anthony | 2000 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Crane, Victoria | 1999 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Scibona, Salvatore | 1998 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
| Jackson, Jennifer | 1996 | Marvin Grant | Franklin |
| Young, Margaret | 1994 | Marvin Grant | Lorain |
| Upadhyay, Samrat | 1992 | Marvin Grant | Wayne |
| Tekulve, Susan | 1990 | Marvin Grant | Hamilton |
| Dick, David E. | 1988 | Marvin Grant | Lorain |
| Hinkle, Ann | 1986 | Marvin Grant | Butler |
| Hemley, Robin | 1984 | Marvin Grant | Athens |
| Adams, Elizabeth | 1982 | Marvin Grant | Cuyahoga |
Reader's Choice Award
| Name | Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman, Sarah | 2024 | Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods | Medina |
| Scalzi, John | 2023 | The Kaiju Preservation Society | Darke |
| Iris, Manuel | 2022 | The Parting Present / Lo que se irá | Hamilton |
| McDaniel, Tiffany | 2021 | Betty | Pickaway |
| Kaufman, Kenn | 2020 | A Season on the Wind | Ottawa |
| Wiley, Rachel | 2019 | Nothing is Okay | Franklin |
| Bundy, Tamara | 2018 | Walking with Miss Millie | Hamilton |
| McDaniel, Tiffany | 2017 | The Summer That Melted Everything | Pickaway |
| Russell, Mary Doria | 2016 | Epitaph: A Novel of the OK Corral | Cuyahoga |