The Golden Book Awards () were created to honor

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

an and foreign best-selling books published in Uruguay. The prizes are awarded by the (CUL). The prizes are awarded each December in the categories general interest, nonfiction, children's and young adult fiction, and adult fiction for national and foreign books.

2013 winners

Uruguayan

* ' by Cecilia Curbelo * ''Hasta la última gota'' by Federico Castillo and Horacio Varoli * ' by

International

* ''The One Direction Story'' by Danny White * ''

Fifty Shades of Grey ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It became the first instalment in the ''Fifty Shades'' novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, ...

'' by

E. L. James Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling ''Fifty Shades'' series of erotic romance novels, which spawned a multimedia franchise including a film trilogy of the sa ...

* ''Toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad'' by * ''2012 Chinese Horoscope'' by

2014 winners

Uruguayan

* ' by Cecilia Curbelo * ' by Diego Fischer * ' by Hugo Burel

International

* ' by * ' by

Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as '' The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...

* ''

The Fault in Our Stars ''The Fault in Our Stars'' is a novel by John Green. It is his fourth solo novel, and sixth novel overall. It was published on January 10, 2012. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play ''Julius Caesar (play), Julius Caesar ...

'' by

John Green John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTuber. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2012), which is one of the List of best-selling books#Bet ...

2015 winners

Uruguayan

* ' by Cecilia Curbelo * ''Una oveja negra al poder'' by Andrés Danza and Ernesto Tulbovitz * ''Educar sin culpa'' by Alejandro de Barbieri * ''Voces anónimas (Limbo)'' by Guillermo Lockhart

International

* ' by Isabel Allende * ''2014 Chinese Horoscope'' by Ludovica Squirru * ' by

Juan Pablo Escobar ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

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Paper Towns Paper Towns may refer to: * ''Paper Towns'' (novel), a 2008 novel by John Green * ''Paper Towns'' (film), a 2015 film based on the novel * ''Paper Towns'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film * Paper towns or phantom settlements, settlemen ...

'' by John Green

2016 winners

Uruguayan

* ' by Diego Fischer * ' by

Ruperto Long Ruperto Long (born 23 December 1952 in Rosario, Uruguay), Uruguayan engineer, politician and writer. Biography Long got his engineering degree from the Universidad de la República; later he studied technology management at Harvard Business School ...

* ''Los patos que no tiene ombligo'' by

Susana Olaondo Susana Olaondo (born 27 May 1953) is a Uruguayan writer and illustrator. Biography Susana Olaondo was born in Montevideo in 1953. She studied drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and introduction to visual and technical language in gardenin ...

International

* '' The Girl on the Train'' by Paula Hawkins * ' by Pilar Sordo * ''

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling, and John Tiffany. The plot occurs nineteen years after the events of Rowling's novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hall ...

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J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( ; born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name , is a British author and philanthropist. She is the author of ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has List of best-sell ...

2017 winners

Uruguayan

* ''Lentejas'' by Susana Olaondo * ''Con los días contados'' by * ''Una historia americana'' by Fernando Butazzoni * ''2017 '' from the Crandon Institute

International

* ''Más allá del invierno'' by Isabel Allende * ''

Origin Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and manga * ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002 * ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...

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Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his Thriller (genre), thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon (book series), Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), '' ...

* ''Pablo Escobar in fraganti'' by

* ''Wigetta en las Dinolimpiadas'' by Vegetta777 and Willyrex * ''2017 Chinese Horoscope'' by Ludovica Squirru

References

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