OWL Award
The Best Books Shaping Society Today
The Best Books Shaping Society Today
Every year, organizations across the country are buying millions of books for their staff, clients, students, and events. The Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award highlights titles that are changing the way organizations do business, educators create and teach curriculum, and communities understand and pursue well-being.
Every year, organizations across the country are buying millions of books for their staff, clients, students, and events. The Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award highlights titles that are changing the way organizations do business, educators create and teach curriculum, and communities understand and pursue well-being.
Submissions for the 2021 OWL Award are now open!
2021 submissions accepted through Friday, October 1, 2021.
Please email all submission forms (or any questions you may have) to danielle@bookpal.com.
Award Categories
The fifteen categories below encapsulate the genres of books our customers purchase under three overarching themes: business, education, and miscellaneous.
BUSINESS
Big Idea
Leadership
Management & Culture
Sales & Marketing
Women in Business
EDUCATION
Picture Books
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Advanced Reading
MISCELLANEOUS
Health & Wellness
Gift & Special Interest
Religion
Politics & Current Events
Biography & Memoir
Thank you for the Outstanding Works of Literature Award for Religion, BookPal. Honored to be on the same list as many other incredible authors of our day.
- Miles McPherson, author: The Third Option (2018 Religion Category Winner)
Thanks so much for the wonderful package. The award is sitting proudly on my shelf—so cool! I really appreciate what you do and the impact you are having.
- Daniel Coyle, author: The Culture Code (2018 Business Category Winner)
It is hard to capture how surprised and moved I was to receive the OWL Award... I am honored evermore that BookPal has lifted up what was, in the end, a powerful collaboration between two sisters—an experience too rarely noticed, let alone publicly celebrated.
- asha bandele, co-author: When They Call You a Terrorist (2018 Politics & Current Events Category Winner)
Archives
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2017
Big Idea
Leadership
Management & Culture
Sales & Marketing
Women in Business
Business
Category Winners
The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives
by Peter H. Diamandis & Steve Kotler
Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results
by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams
by Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, & Anne Chow
The Forever Transaction: How to Build a Subscription Model So Compelling, Your Customers Will Never Want to Leave
by Robbie Kellman Baxter
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
by Shellye Archambeau
Picture Books
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Advanced Reading
Education
Category Winners
I Am Every Good Thing
by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James
Tune It Out
by Jamie Sumner
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee
Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
Health & Wellness
Gift & Special Interest
Religion
Politics & Current Events
Biography & Memoir
Miscellaneous
Category Winners
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
by Jay Shetty
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
by Roman Mars & Kurt Kohlstedt
We Are Called to Be a Movement
by William J. Barber
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle
Business
Category Winners
Big Idea
The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives
by Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler
Leadership
Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results
by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
Management & Culture
The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams
by Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, & Anne Chow
Sales & Marketing
The Forever Transaction: How to Build a Subscription Model So Compelling, Your Customers Will Never Want to Leave
by Robbie Kellman Baxter
Women in Business
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
by Shellye Archambeau
Education
Category Winners
Picture Books
I Am Every Good Thing
by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James
Elementary
Tune It Out
by Jamie Sumner
Middle School
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria jamieson & Omar Mohamed
High School
We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee
Advanced Reading
Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
Miscellaneous
Category Winners
Health & Wellness
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
by Jay Shetty
Gift & Special Interest
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
by Roman Mars & Kurt Kohlstedt
Religion
We Are Called to Be a Movement
by William J. Barber
Politics & Current Events
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
Biography & Memoir
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle
Big Idea
Leadership
Management & Culture
Sales & Marketing
Women in Business
Business
Category Winners
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
by Nir Eyal
Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow
by Scott Jeffrey Miller
The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multi-generational Workplace
The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace
by Lindsey Pollak
The Iconist: The Art and Science of Standing Out
by Jamie Mustard
Everything is Figureoutable
by Marie Forleo
Picture Books
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Advanced Reading
Education
Category Winners
Sulwe
by Lupita Nyong'o & Vashti Harrison
Guts
by Raina Telgemeier
The Boy at the Back of the Class
by Onjali Q. Raúf
Scars Like Wings
by Erin Stewart
I'm Telling the Truth, But I'm Lying: Essays
by Bassey Ikpi
Health & Wellness
Gift & Special Interest
Religion
Politics & Current Events
Biography & Memoir
Miscellaneous
Category Winners
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
by Marc Brackett
1,000 Places to See Before You Die (Deluxe Edition): The World as You've Never Seen It Before
by Patricia Schultz
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
by Barbara Brown Taylor
The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
by Andrew G. McCabe
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker
Business
Category Winners
Big Idea
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
by Nir Eyal
Leadership
Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow
by Scott Jeffrey Miller
Management & Culture
The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace
by Lindsey Pollak
Sales & Marketing
The Iconist: The Art and Science of Standing Out
by Jamie Mustard
Women in Business
Everything is Figureoutable
by Marie Forleo
Education
Category Winners
Picture Books
Sulwe
by Lupita Nyong'o & Vashti Harrison
Elementary
Guts
by Raina Telgemeier
Middle School
The Boy at the Back of the Class
by Onjali Q. Raúf
High School
Scars Like Wings
by Erin Stewart
Advanced Reading
I'm Telling the Truth, But I'm Lying: Essays
by Bassey Ikpi
Miscellaneous
Category Winners
Health & Wellness
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
by Marc Brackett
Gift & Special Interest
1,000 Places to See Before You Die (Deluxe Edition): The World as You've Never Seen It Before
by Patricia Schultz
Religion
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
by Barbara Brown Taylor
Politics & Current Events
The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
by Andrew G. McCabe
Biography & Memoir
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker
Business
Children's Literature
Wellness
Religion
Politics & Current Events
Category Winners
Business
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
by Daniel Coyle
Children's Literature
Llamaphones
by Janik Coat
Wellness
This is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today
by Chrissy Metz
Religion
The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation
by Miles McPherson
Politics & Current Events
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & asha bandele
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
by Daniel Coyle
Llamaphones
by Janik Coat
This is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today
by Chrissy Metz
The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation
by Miles McPherson
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & asha bandele
Business
Education
Health
Category Winners
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
edited by Jesmyn Ward
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
Category Winners
Business
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Education
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
edited by Jesmyn Ward
Health
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi