The FAB award was started in 1996 by a group of book industry professionals to celebrate and publicize the best in alternative publishing.

Fiction:
This Too Can Be Yours / Beth Lisick

Nonfiction:
Fast Food Nation / Eric Schlosser

Poetry:
Cunt-Ups / Dodie Bellamy

Nonfiction:
The Strange Case of Edward Gorey / Alexander Theroux

Poetry:
Little Book of Ass / Shappy & Sam Henderson

Fiction:
Po Man's Child / Marci Blackman

Nonfiction:
The Future of History / Howard Zinn and David Barsamian

Poetry:
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry / edited by Alan Kaufman and S.A. Griffin

Fiction:
The Leather Daddy and the Femme: An Erotic Novel / Carol Queen

Nonfiction:
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence / Inga Muscio

Poetry:
Burning in Paradise / Michael Madsen

Fiction:
In Awe / Scott Heim (Winner)
The Drag Queen of Elfland / Lawrence Schimel
Henry Rollins: The First Five / Henry Rollins

Nonfiction:
Ono Ono Girl's Hula / Carolyn Lei-Lanilau (Winner)
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life / Jon Lee Anderson
Not Wet Yet / Ian Shoales

Poetry:
Queer Dog: Homo Pup Poetry / edited by Gerry Gomez Pearlberg (Winner)
Bite Hard / Justin Chin
Voodoo and Doll Shoes / John Gurney

Fiction:
Distorture / Rob Hardin (Winner)
The Sub / Jimmy Jazz
Trainspotting / Irvine Welsh

Nonfiction:
Transgender Warriors / Leslie Feinberg (Winner)
Surfer Grrrls / Laurel Gilbert and Crystal Kile
A User's Guide to the Millennium / J. G. Ballard

Poetry:
Home in Three Days. Don't Wash / Linda Smukler (Winner)
Bite Hard / Justin Chin
Princess of Hollywood / Pleasant Gehman

Fiction:
A Void/ Georges Perec ; translated by Gilbert Adair

Nonfiction:
Censored: The News that Didn't Make the News--and Why / Carl Jensen and Project Censored

Poetry:
In Defense of Mumia / edited by S.E. Anderson & Tony Medina