Idaho’s book of the year for 2015 is “Idaho Microbes: How Tiny Single-celled Organisms Can Harm, or Save, Our World,” by Steve Stuebner.
The book “Encounters with the People: Written and Oral Accounts of Nez Perce Life to 1858” received an honorable mention from the association. The book was edited by Dennis W. Baird, a retired University of Idaho professor; Diane Mallickan, a Nez Perce park ranger at the Nez Perce National Historic Park at Spalding; and William Swagerty director of the John Muir Center at the University of the Pacific in California. It was published by Washington State University Press.