Each year, owners and employees of each Book Sense member store have the opportunity to vote for the [[Book Sense Book of the Year]], which is issued in four different categories. The winning authors are honored at a banquet at [[BookExpo America]]. The 2006 winners were:
* '''Adult Fiction''': ''[[The Historian]]: A Novel'' by [[Elizabeth Kostova]] - ISBN 0-316-05886-6
* '''Adult Nonfiction''': ''[[Freakonomics]]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'' by [[Steven Levitt|Steven D. Levitt]] and [[Stephen J. Dubner]] - ISBN 0-06-073132-X
* '''Children's Literature''': ''[[Inkspell]]'' by [[Cornelia Funke]] - ISBN 0-439-55400-4
* '''Children's Illustrated''': ''[[Zen Shorts]]'' by [[Jon J. Muth]] - ISBN
