Congratulations to the 2021 Connecticut Book Awards winners! We are delighted to name the following for this year’s awards:

Adult Books

• Nonfiction | The Alchemy of Us | Ainissa Ramirez | New Haven | The MIT Press
• Poetry | My Husband Would | Benjamin S. Grossberg | West Hartford | University of Tampa Press
• Fiction | Musical Chairs | Amy Poeppel | Kent | Simon & Schuster

Young Readers

• Fiction | Dress Coded | Carrie Firestone | Avon| Putnam/Penquin
• Nonfiction | Accidental Archaeologists | Sarah Albee | Watertown | Scholastic
• Picture Books | The All-Together Quilt | Lizzy Rockwell | Author and Illustrator | Bridgeport | Alfred A. Knopf

2021 Spirit of Connecticut Honorable Mentions

• Paved Roads & Public Money | Richard Deluca | Cheshire | Wesleyan University Press
• The History of Steep Rock Association | Carol Bergren Santoleri | New Preston | Steep Rock Association
• Creating Connecticut: Critical Moments that Shaped a Great State | Walter Woodward | Columbia | Globe Pequot Press