Golden Book Awards

The Golden Book Awards (Spanish: Premios Libro de Oro) were created to honor Uruguayan and foreign best-selling books published in Uruguay. The prizes are awarded by the Uruguayan Book Chamber [es] (CUL).^[1]

Premios Libro de Oro Golden Book Awards
Awarded for	Bestselling books in Uruguay
Sponsored by	Uruguayan Book Chamber [es]
Country	Uruguay
Website	Cámara Uruguaya del Libro

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

• La confesión de Micaela [es] by Cecilia Curbelo
• Hasta la última gota by Federico Castillo and Horacio Varoli
• Voces anónimas (Siniestro) [es] by Guillermo Lockhart [es]

International

• The One Direction Story by Danny White
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
• Toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad by Luis Ventura [es]
• 2012 Chinese Horoscope by Ludovica Squirru [es]^[2][3]

2014 winners

Uruguayan

• La otra vida de Belén [es] by Cecilia Curbelo
• Serás mía o de nadie [es] by Diego Fischer
• El caso Bonapelch [es] by Hugo Burel

International

• Historias inconscientes [es] by Gabriel Rolón [es]
• El juego de Ripper [es] by Isabel Allende
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green^[4]

2015 winners

Uruguayan

• La búsqueda de Lucía [es] 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

• El amante japonés [es] by Isabel Allende
• 2014 Chinese Horoscope by Ludovica Squirru
• Pablo Escobar [es] by Juan Pablo Escobar
• Paper Towns by John Green^[5]

2016 winners

Uruguayan

• Carlota Ferreira [es] by Diego Fischer
• La niña que miraba los trenes partir [es] by Ruperto Long
• Los patos que no tiene ombligo by Susana Olaondo

International

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Oídos sordos [es] by Pilar Sordo
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling^[6][7]

2017 winners

Uruguayan

• Lentejas by Susana Olaondo
• Con los días contados by Claudio Paolillo [es]
• Una historia americana by Fernando Butazzoni
• 2017 Crandon Institute Cooking Manual [es] from the Crandon Institute

International

• Más allá del invierno by Isabel Allende
• Origin by Dan Brown
• Pablo Escobar in fraganti by Juan Pablo Escobar
• Wigetta en las Dinolimpiadas by Vegetta777 and Willyrex
• 2017 Chinese Horoscope by Ludovica Squirru^[8][9]

References

1. "La Cámara Uruguaya del Libro entrega Libros de Oro a los más vendidos e integra nuevos legionarios" [The Uruguayan Book Chamber Delivers Golden Books to the Bestsellers and Integrates New Legionaries] (in Spanish). UNoticias. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
2. "Premios Libros de Oro y Legión del Libro" [Golden Book and Legion of the Book Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Book Chamber. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
3. "Otorgaron premios Libros de Oro y Legión del Libro" [Golden Book and Legion of the Book Awards Given] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
4. "Premiados Libro de Oro y Legión del Libro 2014" [2014 Golden Book and Legion of the Book Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Book Chamber. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
5. "Se otorgaron los premios Libro de Oro" [The Golden Book Awards Given] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
6. "Carlota Ferreira es Libro de Oro y se transformará en serie de TV" [Carlota Ferreira is Golden Book Winner and is Transformed Into TV Series]. El País (in Spanish). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
7. "La Cámara Uruguaya del Libro premió a las obras más vendidas" [The Uruguayan Book Chamber Awards the Bestselling Works]. El Observador (in Spanish). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
8. "Premios Libro de Oro, Esfuerzo Editorial y Legión del Libro 2017" [2017 Golden Book, Editorial Effort, and Legion of the Book Awards] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Book Chamber. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
9. "Una opción para leer en verano: los más vendidos del año" [An Option For Reading in Spring: The Bestsellers of the Year]. El Observador (in Spanish). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.