The Booker Prize

The Booker Prize is awarded to the best full length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa.

1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje

1993 Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle

1994 How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman

1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker

1996 Last Orders Graham Swift

1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

1998 Amsterdam Ian McEwan

1999 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee

2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood

2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey

2002 Life of Pi Yann Martel

2003 Vernon God Little D.B.C. Pierre

2004    The Line of Beauty   Alan Hollinghurst

2005    The Sea   John Banville

2006    The Inheritance of Loss   Kiran Desai

The Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Awards are given each year by members of the Horror Writers Association for best fiction in horror.

1991 Boy's Life Robert R. McCammon

1992 Blood of the Lamb Thomas Monteleone

1993 The Throat Peter Straub

1994 Dead in the Winter Nancy Holder

1995 Zombie Joyce Carol Oates

1996 The Green Mile Stephen King

1997 Children of the Dusk Janet Berliner & George Guthrdge

1998 Bag of Bones Stephen King

1999 Mr. X Peter Straub

2000 Traveling Vampire Show Richard Laymon

2001 American Gods Neil Gaiman

2002 The Night Class Tom Piccirilli

2003    The Dark Tower V: Wolves of Calla   Stephen King

2004    The Wind Caller   P. D. Cacek

2005    Creepers   David Morrell

2006    Lisey’s Story   Stephen King

The Edgar Awards

The Edgar Awards praise the best in suspense, detective and spy novels. Its judges are members of the Mystery Writers Association of America.

1992 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse Lawrence Block

1993 Bootlegger's Daughter Margaret Maron

1994 The Sculptress Minette Walters

1995 The Red Scream Mary Willis Walker

1996 Come to Grief Dick Francis

1997 Chatham School Affair Thomas H. Cook

1998 Cimmaron Rose James Lee Burke

1999 Mr. White's Confession Robert Clark

2000 Bones Jan Burke

2001 The Bottoms Joe R. Lansdale

2002 Silent Joe T. Jefferson Parker

2003 Winter and Night S. J. Rozan

2004    The Inheritance   Ian Rankin

2005   California Girl   T. Jefferson Parker

2006    Citizen Vince   Jess Walter

Hugo Awards

The Hugo Awards are presented annually by members of the current World Science Fiction Society. The Hugo is the oldest science fiction award.

1992 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold

1993 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge

Doomsday Book Connie Willis

1994 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson

1995 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold

1996 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson

1997 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson

1998 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman

1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis

2000 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge

2000 Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling

2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling

2002 American Gods Neil Gaiman

2003    Hominids   Robert J. Sawyer

2004    Paladin of Souls   Lois McMaster Bujold

2005    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell   Susanna Clarke

2006    Spin   Robert Charles Wilson

The National Book Award/Fiction

The National Book Award selects books that capture contemporary American life, interests and problems. Its choices often become American classics.

1992 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy

1993 The Shipping News Annie Proulx

1994 A Frolic of His Own William Gaddis

1995 Sabbath's Theatre Philip Roth

1996 Ship Fever and Other Stories Andrea Barrett

1997 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier

1998 Charming Billy Alice McDermott

1999 Waiting Ha Jin

2000 In America Susan Sontag

2001 The Corrections Jonathan Franzen

2002 The Three Junes Julia Glass

2003 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard

2004    The News from Paraguay   Lily Tuck

2005    Europe Central   William T. Vollman

2006    The Echo Maker   Richard Powers

National Book Award/Nonfiction

1992 Becoming a Man Paul Monette

1993 United States: Essays 1952-1992 Gore Vidal

1994 How We Die Sherwin B. Nuland

1995 The Haunted Land Tina Rosenberg

1996 An American Requiem James Carroll

1997 American Sphinx Joseph J. Ellis

1998 Slaves in the Family Edward Ball

1999 Embracing Defeat John W. Dower

2001 In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick

2001 The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression Andrew Solomon

2002 Master of the Senate Robert A. Caro

2003 Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire

2004    Arc of Justice: A Sage of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age  Kevin Boyle

2005    The Year of Magical Thinking   Joan Didion

2006    The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl   Timothy Egan

The National Book Critics Circle Award/Fiction

1992 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy

1993 A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines

1994 The Shipping News Annie Proulx

1995 Stone Diaries Carol Shields

1996 Independence Day Richard Ford

1997 The Blue Flower Penelope Fitzgerald

1998 The Hours Michael Cunningham

1999 Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem

2000 Being Dead Jim Crace

2001 Austerlitz Winifred Georg Sebald

2002 Atonement Ian McEwan

2003    The Known World   Edward P. Jones

2004    Gilead   Marilynne Robinson

2005    The March   E. L. Doctorow

2006    The Inheritance of Loss   Kiran Desai

National Book Critics Circle Award/Nonfiction

1992 Young Men and Fire Norman MacLean

1993 The Land Where the Blues Began Alan Lomax

1994 The Rape of Europa Lynn H. Nicholas

1995 A Civil Action Jonathan Harr

1996 Bad Land Jonathan Raban

1997 Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman

1998 We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Philip Gourevitch

1999 Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior Jonathan Weiner

2000 Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing Ted Conover

2001 Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper Nicholson Baker

2002 A Problem From Hell: American & the Age of Genocide Samantha Power

2003    Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy   Paul Hendrickson

2004    The Reformation   Diarmaid MacCulloch

2005    Voices from Chernobyl   Svetlana Alexievich

2006    Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution  Simon Schama

National Book Critics Circle Award/Biography

1992 Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World Carol Brightman

1993 Genet Edmund White

1994 Shot in the Heart Mikail Gilmore

1995 Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson Robert Polito

1996 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt

1997 Ernie Pyle's War James E. Tobin

1998 A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Nasar

1999 Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White Henry Wiencek

2000 Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix

2001 Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson Adam Sisman

2002 Charles Darwin: the Power of Place Vol. II Janet Browne

2003    Khrushchev: The Man and His Era   William Taubman

2004    de Kooning: An American Master   Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan

2005    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer    Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

2006    James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon    Julie Phillips

The Nebula Awards

The Nebula Award is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a group of published authors, who pool their personal tastes and honor the best book at their annual meeting.

1991 Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick

1992 Doomsday Book Connie Willis

1993 Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson

1994 Moving Mars Greg Bear

1995 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer

1996 Slow River Nicola Griffith

1997 The Moon and the Sun Vonda N. McIntyre

1998 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman

1999 Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler

2000 Darwin's Radio Greg Bear

2001 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro

2002 American Gods Neil Gaiman

2004    The Speed of Dark   Elizabeth Dark

2005    Paladin of Souls   Louise McMaster Bujold

2006    Camouflage   Joe Haldeman

2007    Farthing   Jo Walton

The PEN/Faulkner Awards

The PEN/Faulkner Award was founded by writers to honor their peers and is the largest juried award for fiction in America.

1992 Mao II Don DeLillo

1993 Postcards Annie Proulx

1994 Operation Shylock Philip Roth

1995 Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson

1996 Independence Day Richard Ford

1997 Women in Their Beds Gina Berriault

1998 The Bear Comes Home Rafi Zabor

1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham

2000 Waiting Ha Jin

2001 The Human Stain Phillip Roth

2002 Bel Canto Ann Patchett

2003 The Caprices Sabina Murray

2004    The Early Stories   John Updike

2005    War Trash   Ha Jin  

2006    The March   E. L. Doctorow

2007    Everyman   Philip Roth

The Pulitzer Prize/Fiction

The Pulitzer Prize for Literature is awarded to an author whose book best depicts tragic themes in American life.

1992 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley

1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler

1994 The Shipping News Annie Proulx

1995 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

1996 Independence Day Richard Ford

1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Steven Milhauser

1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth

1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham

2000 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri

2001 Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon

2002 Empire Falls Richard Russo

2003 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides

2004    The Known World   Edward P. Jones

2005    Gilead   Marilynne Robinson

2006    March   Geraldine Brooks

2007    The Road   Cormac McCarthy

The Pulitzer Prize/Biography

1992 Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Lewis B. Puller

1993 Truman David McCullough

1994 W.E.B. DuBois David L. Lewis

1995 Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life Joan D. Hedrick

1996 God: A Biography Jack Miles

1997 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt

1998 Personal History Katharine Graham

1999 Lindbergh A. Scott Berg

2000 Vera Stacy Schiff

2001 W.E.B. DuBois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 David Levering Lewis

2002 John Adams David McCullough

2003 Master of the Senate Robert A. Caro

2004    Khrushchev: The Man and His Era   William Taubman

2005    de Kooning: An American Master   Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan

2006    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer    Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

2007    The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Harry Ward Beecher    Debby Applegate

The Pulitzer Prize/History

1992 The Fate of Liberty Mark E. Neely Jr.

1993 The Radicalism of the American Revolution Gordon S. Wood

1994 No Award

1995 No Ordinary Time Doris Kearns Goodwin

1996 William Cooper's Town Alan Taylor

1997 Original Meanings Jack N. Rakove

1998 Summer for the Gods Edward J. Larson

1999 Gotham Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace

2000 Freedom from Fear David Kennedy

2001 Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Joseph J. Ellis

2002 The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Louis Menand

2003 An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942-1943 Rick Atkinson

2004    A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration   Steven Hahn

2005    Washington’s Crossing   David Hackett Fischer

2006    Polio: An American Story   David M. Oshinsky

2007    The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation   Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff

Pulitzer Prize/Nonfiction

1992 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power Daniel Yergin

1993 Lincoln at Gettysburg Garry Wills

1994 Lenin's Tomb David Remnick

1995 The Beak of the Finch Jonathan Weiner

1996 The Haunted Land Tina Rosenberg

1997 Ashes to Ashes Richard Kluger

1998 Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond

1999 Annals of the Former World John McPhee

2000 Embracing Defeat John Dower

2001 Hirohito & the Making of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix

2002 Carry Me Home Diane McWhorter

2003 A Problem from Hell Samantha Power

2004    Gulag: A History   Anne Appelbaum

2005    Ghost Wars   Steve Coll

2006    Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya   Caroline Elkins

2007    The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11   Lawrence Wright

The Rita Awards

The Rita Awards are presented by the Romance Writers of America for the best in romance fiction.

1992 The Outlander Diana Gabaldon

1993 Come Spring Jill Marie Landis

1994 Lord of the Night Susan Wiggs

1995 It Had to Be You Susan Elizabeth Phillips

1996 Born in Ice Nora Roberts

1997 Stardust of Yesterday Lynn Kurland

1998 Nobody's Baby But Mine Susan Elizabeth Phillips

1999 Dream a Little Dream Susan Elizabeth Phillips

2000 Body Guard Suzanne Brockmann

2001 First Lady Susan Elizabeth Phillips

2002 True Confessions Rachel Gibson

2003 No Place Like Home Barbara Ann Samuel

2004    Birthright   Nora Roberts

2005    Bet Me   Jennifer Crusie

2006    Lakeside Cottage   Susan Wiggs

The Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is given to a single author at the height of her/his career for a complete body of work. It is presented by the Swedish Academy of Literature to writers of poetry and prose.

1972 Heinrich Boll - Germany

1973 Patrick White - Australia

1974 Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson - Sweden

1975 Eugenio Montale - Italy

1976 Saul Bellow - U.S.A.

1977 Vicente Aleixandre - Spain

1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer - U.S.A.

1979 Odysseus Elytis - Greece

1980 Csezlaw Milosz - Poland/U.S.A.

1981 Elias Canetti - United Kingdom

1982 Gabriel Maria Marquez - Colombia

1983 William Golding - United Kingdom

1984 Jaroslav Seifert - Czechoslovakia

1985 Claude Simon - France

1986 Wole Soyinka - Nigeria

1987 Joseph Brodsky - U.S.A.

1988 Naguib Mafouz - Egypt

1989 Dr. Camilio Jose Cela - Spain

1990 Octavio Paz - Mexico

1991 Nadine Gordimer - South Africa

1992 Derek Wolcott - St. Lucia

1993 Toni Morrison - U.S.A.

1994 Kenzaburo Oe - Japan

1995 Seamus Heaney - Ireland

1996 Wislawa Szmborska - Poland

1997 Dario Fo - Italy

1998 Jose Saramago - Portugal

1999 Gunther Grass - Germany

2000 Gao Xingjian - China

2001 V. S. Naipaul - Trinidad

2002 Imre Kertesz - Hungary

2003 John Maxwell Coetzee - South Africa

2004    Elfriede Jelinek   - Austria

2005    Harold Pinter   - England

2006    Orhan Pamuk   - Turkey

Oprah's Book Club Selections (In alphabetical order by author)

Complete List of Oprah's Book Club Books

Allende, Isabel: Daughter of Fortune

Angelou, Maya: The Heart of a Woman

Ansay, A. Manette: Vinegar Hill

Berg, Elizabeth: Open House

Binchy, Maeve: Tara Road

Bohjalian, Chris: Midwives

Buck, Pearl: The Good Earth

Clarke, Breena: River, Cross My Heart

Cleage, Pearl: What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

Cosby, Bill: Meanest Thing To Say

Cosby, Bill: The Best Way To Play

Cosby, Bill: Treasure Hunt

Dandicat, Edwidge: Breath, Eyes, Memory

Dubus, Andre: House of Sand And Fog

Faulkner, William: Light in August

Faulkner, William: As I Lay Dying

Faulkner, William: The Sound and the Fury

Fitch, Janet: White Oleander

Franzen, Jonathan: The Corrections

Frey, James: A Million Little Pieces

Gaines, Ernest: A Lesson Before Dying

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gibbons, Kaye: Ellen Foster

Gibbons, Kaye: A Virtuous Woman

Hamilton, Jane: The Book of Ruth

Hamilton, Jane: A Map of the World

Haynes, Melinda: Mother of Pearl

Hegi, Ursula: Stones from the River

Hoffman, Alice: Here on Earth

Kingsolver, Barbara: Poisonwood Bible

Lamb, Wally: I Know This Much Is True

Lamb, Wally: She's Come Undone

Letts, Billie: Where the Heart Is

Lott, Brett: Jewel

MacDonald, Ann-Marie: Fall on Your Knees

McCullers, Carson: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Miller, Sue: While I Was Gone

Mistry, Rohinton: A Fine Balance

Mitchard, Jacquelyn: The Deep End of the Ocean

Morgan, Robert: Gap Creek

Morris, Mary: Songs in Ordinary Time

Morrison, Toni: The Bluest Eye

Morrison, Toni: Paradise

Morrison, Toni: Song of Solomon

Morrison, Toni: Sula

Poitier, Sydney: The Measure of a Man

O'Dell, Tawni: Back Roads

Oates, Joyce Carol: We Were the Mulvaneys

Oufkir, Malika: Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (365.45092 OUF)

Paton, Alan: Cry, The Beloved Country

Quindlen, Anna: Black and Blue

Reynolds, Sheri: The Rapture of Canaan

Rubio, Gywn Hyman: Icy Sparks

Schlink, Bernhard: The Reader

Schwartz, Christina: Drowning Ruth

Shreve, Anita: The Pilot's Wife

Steinbeck, John: East of Eden

Tademy, Lalita: Cane River

Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina

Wiesel, Elie: Night