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Read, Remember, Recommend A Reading Journal for Book Lovers
Created by
RACHELLE ROGERS KNIGHT
For my boys, Samuel and Holden. May the world of books always fill you with adventure.
Copyright © 2007, 2010 by Rachelle Rogers Knight Cover and internal design © 2010 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Cover design by Brandon Laufenberg James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction © University of Edinburgh Radcliffe Publishing Course: 100 Best Novels of the Century © Columbia Publishing Course Indies Choice Book Awards © American Booksellers Association, 2009. All rights reserved.
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Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Awards and Notable Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 United States Pulitzer Prize for Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalists (1990–2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 National Book Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 National Book Award for Fiction Finalists (1990–2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 National Book Award for Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Shortlists (1990–2008) . . . 31 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Canada Governor General’s Literary Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Scotiabank Giller Prize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Trillium Book Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
United Kingdom/Commonwealth Man Booker Prize for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Shortlists (1990–2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Costa Book of the Year Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Orange Prize for Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Africa Caine Prize for African Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Australia Miles Franklin Literary Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Pacific Rim and South Asia Kiriyama Prize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
International International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Minority/Social Justice Awards Bellwether Prize for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards . . 70 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction by an American Woman. . . . . 72 Latino Book Awards of the Latino Book & Family Festival. . . . . . . . . . . 74
Publication Prizes ForeWord Magazine Editor’s Choice Prize Winners for Fiction. . . . . . 75 Los Angeles Times Award for Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Grub Street Book Prize for Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 New York Times Best Books of the Year for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Quill & Quire Books of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Salon Book Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Bookstore Lists Barnes & Noble Discover Great New WritersTM Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Pennie’s Picks—The Costco Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Book Clubs Best Books for Discussion from Book Club Classics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 The Oprah Winfrey Show: Oprah’s Book Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Richard & Judy Book Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Target Club Picks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Best of Lists Modern Library: 100 Best Books of the Century. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Radcliffe Publishing Course: 100 Best Novels of the Century. . . . . . . 111
Classics Madison, Wisconsin, Public Library: Readable Classics. . . . . . . . . . . . 116
All about the Indies Indies Choice Book Award for Fiction (Previously the Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Fiction). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Indies Choice Book Award for Fiction (Book Sense Book of the Year) Shortlists (2000–2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Tournament of Books—Rooster Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . 129 Regional Independent Booksellers Associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Award . . . . . . . . . 130
Midwest Booksellers Association Book Choice Award . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Mountains and Plains Regional Book Award for Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . 133 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award—Fiction Winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Book Award for Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Southern Independent Booksellers Association Award. . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Others Alan Cheuse’s Favorites—National Public Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 National Endowment for the Arts—The Big Read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 American Library Association Notable Books for Adults. . . . . . . . . . . 147
Key to Footnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Blank Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
To Read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Journal Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loaner Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Blogs (and Other Book-Related Websites). . . . . . . . . . Literary Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Welcome to Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers. While this journal was created for adults who love fiction and literature, we have also created a journal for teens. With this journal, you can • Discover new writers while expanding your reading lists • Keep details about what you’ve read and journal your thoughts, feelings, and emotions about each book • Keep track of your to-read list • List your recommendations to share with other readers, friends, and book club members • Note and keep track of books you’ve loaned and borrowed • Peruse an extensive list of literary blogs and book award lists • Expand your knowledge of literary terms
The Boxes Want
To Read
Recommend
Own
Throughout the journal you will find boxes similar to these. They are designed to help you keep track of what you have read, what you want to read, what you want to recommend for someone else to read, what you own, and what you would like to buy or borrow. The following is an explanation of each of the boxes X X and how to use them. Own: Use a check in this box to indicate if you / own the book. This will help you organize your personal library. It can also assist you when you desire to loan a particular selection. Recommend: If you have read the book, use this box to indicate whether or not you would recommend the selection to someone in the future. To Read: Use this box to indicate whether you have read the book, using an X; or would like to read the book, using a /. After you have read the selection, come back and finish marking with a \. This is a great method to quickly indicate what you have already read and to help you find your next book. Want: Scan this column, on the right-hand side, to find those works you would like to buy or check out from the library. Use a / to indicate a book you want. After acquiring the selection, use a \ to complete the X.
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Read The Lists It’s late at night and you’ve just finished a great book. Ahhhhh. What a feeling! The characters are still fresh in your imagination, friends you will keep and think back on from time to time. Questions and thoughts swirl in your mind. Did Holden “catch” Phoebe? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, is the boy better off with his mother or father? Does Offred get out of Gilead and is she able to find her daughter? Kafka, why a roach? If set in modern times, would Elizabeth’s and Mr. Darcy’s social classes have helped or hindered their relationship? Was Pi telling the truth about his amazing adventure? As you reflect over the book’s ending, a strange panic begins to form in your mind. What’s next? The lists in this journal will help ensure you never have that feeling again. They offer stacks of suggestions in both contemporary and classic literature, spanning centuries. Each list represents the inspiration and effort of an individual or group of people devoted to publicizing what they believe are examples of the world’s greatest literature. So, peruse, ponder, and plunge in!
Awards Lists
Academic organizations, newspapers, periodicals, and corporations review hundreds of each year’s most notable books. They reward what they deem the “best” book for their group and by doing so help publicize works of literary merit. Awards listed in this journal represent a sample of the great honors granted to fiction and literature authors each year. Most major awards are included, along with some lesser-known prizes. At the beginning of each list, a brief explanation of the award is given. Each entry includes the year of the award, author, and title. For awards that are granted to one title per year, space is provided so that you may enter the authors and titles of award winners for the next two years. One goal of publishing this journal is to promote great works of fiction and literature; therefore, every effort has been made to note all the awards a particular author or work has been granted and to emphasize accumulated awards whenever an author or work is listed. This is accomplished through the use of footnotes. Each award has a corresponding footnote symbol, and when a particular title is listed, the additional awards it has won are footnoted. A footnote key can be found on page 153.
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Being considered for these prestigious awards is, in itself, a tremendous honor, one which can change the course of an author’s career; therefore, the finalist or shortlisted authors from a few prizes have been included. A few awards are footnoted, but not given list space in the journal. These are awards given to authors themselves and not a specific title. These awards are denoted with a footnote next to the authors’ name. These awards include: Nobel Prize in Literature * - The Nobel prizes are often regarded as the most prestigious of international awards. Since its inception in 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has recognized authors, both widely acclaimed and relatively unknown, from many different cultural and linguistic traditions. Nobel Prizes in Literature are usually awarded for a body of work rather than a single publication. New England Book Awards / -The New England Book Awards, established in 1990 by the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), promote authors and publishers who have produced a “body of work that stands as a significant contribution to New England’s culture.” NEIBA, the largest regional bookselling organization in the United States, exists to foster independent bookselling in New England, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Man Booker International Prize ¦ - The Man Booker International Prize is designed to recognize a single author for his or her achievement in fiction. An author of any nationality can win, as long as his or her work is available in English. The prize, which started in 2005, is awarded every other year, allowing the judging panel time to study the work of nominated authors in depth. Literary excellence is the sole focus of the Man Booker International Prize. Lannan Literary Award for Fiction • - The Lannan Literary Awards and Fellowships were established in 1989 to honor writers who have produced exceptional work. Through its awards program, the progressive Lannan Foundation hopes to “stimulate the creation of literature in English and to develop a wider audience for contemporary prose and poetry.” Writers may not apply for Lannan awards, though they are some of the world’s most lucrative. A group of eminent writers, literary scholars, publishers, and editors suggests candidates anonymously and the foundation’s literary committee makes final decisions. Chicago Tribune Literary Award ¶ - Since 2002, the Chicago Tribune has awarded the Chicago Tribune Literary Prize as a lifetime achievement award to honor “an author whose body of work has had great impact on American society.” The Tribune is dedicated to literacy and the literary arts and works to honor authors whose novels, plays, or stories have “changed the face of literature.” Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award ! - This is awarded each December by the Tulsa Library Trust to an internationally acclaimed author in
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recognition of a “distinguished body of work written in the field of literature and letters” and who has made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters. The Writers’ Trust Notable Author Award ф - An award given annually to a Canadian writer with “no less than three works of literary merit which are predominately fiction.” The award was created in 2008 by merging two prizes: the Marian Engel Award for a female writer in mid-career (1986–2007) and the Timothy Findley Award for a male writer in mid-career (2002–2007). Franz Kafka Prize ^ - This is an international literary award presented in honor of Franz Kafka, the German-language writer of such notable works as The Metamorphosis. First awarded in 2001, the prize is cosponsored by the Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic, where Kafka was born. Awardwinning works must exhibit “humanistic character and contribution to cultural, national, language, and religious tolerance, its existential, timeless character, its human validity, and its ability to hand over a testimony about our times.” Poet Laureate ♦ - Since 1937, the Library of Congress has selected a Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. The appointee is given the task of increasing the “national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.” For links to these awards, see the Resources section on page 249.
Notable Lists
If you check online or with your local library, you will find countless reading lists available for all genres, interests, and age groups. Book publishers, bookstores, reader’s groups, talk shows, magazines, and libraries all create book lists. The journal contains representative lists of this kind, offering a wide selection of noteworthy suggestions from varied sources. All the lists reflect the tastes and values of their proponents. Some lists are controversial, even provocative, but they have nevertheless sparked debate among readers, propelling the creation of rival lists and encouraging millions of readers to explore works of literature they might otherwise have missed. An introduction to the organization behind each list and an explanation of purpose is given before each list. In addition, the author, title, rank (if applicable), and year of original publication is included for each individual work on all the lists. Footnotes are not given for notable lists.
Blank Lists
Blank lists have been provided at the back of the lists section, starting on page 155. Use these pages to record your own personal best lists, book club lists
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(past and present), new winners for lists in this journal, and other lists that aren’t represented in the journal.
Remember To Read Use this section to keep track of all the books you want to read. Whenever you hear of a book through recommendation, a review, or your own research, make sure to record the title and author. The resulting list will be a great resource when it’s time to shop for books. Mark books you want to buy or borrow and check them off as you acquire them; then, as you finish each book, complete the check mark to record and remember what you have read.
Journal Pages
At the beginning of this section are several pages to record each title you have read. If you journal about the book, enter the page number of the journal entry. If not, enter the date you finished reading the title. Use the journal pages to record information about what you have read, including the following elements: Title, author, and date you started the book, along with a check mark for noting whether you would recommend the book to others. Who recommended the book? A book you choose to record may be a book club selection, a gift, recommended by a friend or publication, or an assignment. Reason for reading the book. Are you reading this book for fun or a book club discussion? Did it win an award, or did you enjoy the author’s previous books? Words you don’t know. Include the word, the definition, and the page number on which you found it. Passages to remember. Sometimes sections in a book capture your interest or intrigue you with their thoughts. They might make you say, “I wish I’d said that!” or “Wow, I’ve definitely felt that way before.” Make sure to remember these segments by including them in your journal entry. Include the passage, the page, and, if you wish, how you feel about the passage or why you want to remember it. Such passages can be great to read to a discussion group, send to a friend, tape to your refrigerator, or use as future inspiration. Comments. This is the most important space in your reading journal. Use it to record comments about the book itself, the characters, the plot, how specific events or characters made you feel, the dialogue, the narration, and parts you don’t like or don’t understand. You might also wish to record how this book
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compares to other books you’ve read by the same author. Are you more or less inclined to seek out additional works? If you are reading this book as a book club selection, jot down discussion points and questions throughout your reading. Don’t forget to record highlights from the group discussion itself. It’s interesting to note how others experienced the book. Did they share similar thoughts and feelings? Did you change any of your conclusions about the book after discussing it? What did you learn about yourself, the book, and other members of the group from the discussion? What insights did you gain?
A Note on Journaling
Although it may take some time to develop the habit, journaling throughout the course of reading a book can leave you feeling as though you’ve truly experienced the work. Jot down your thoughts and feelings as you experience them to ensure you capture the moment. Keep your journal with you on the bus, subway, in car trips, and at the doctor’s office. Take it in your backpack or purse and put it on your nightstand— anywhere you read. Next to your treasured books, your journal will become your greatest friend. With this friend you can browse back and reminisce. Looking back over past journal entries and remembering the book—and who you were when you read it—offers great opportunity for reflection and insight. Books have the capacity to transform us—how we feel, think, and perceive our world. We may be as changed by reading a book as are the characters who live in its pages. Make the journal yours. Don’t worry about complete sentences, your handwriting, or whether something makes sense or not—if you feel it, write it down.
Recommend Recommendation List The only thing better than reading a good book is sharing it. Your recommendations can enrich the reading lives of those in your reading circle. Use the Recommendation list to record the books you would recommend. Keep in mind that a book doesn’t have to be a favorite to be recommended. Jot down selections you know someone else would enjoy. There is room to keep recommendations for different people and groups.
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Loaner Lists
These lists are designed to help you keep track of books you’ve shared. Record the titles of the books you’ve loaned and the people who borrowed them, as well as when they were borrowed and returned. Similar lists will remind you to read and return books others have loaned to you.
Resources
Award and Blog Links The References and Resources section includes all names and website links to most national and international book awards not given list space in the journal. The website links for the author awards are also listed. A myriad of book-related blogs are also referenced. These are under the headings of literary blogs and lighter blogs. The literary blogs are mainly written by literary critics and people connected in some way to the publishing industry. The lighter blogs are typically created by reading enthusiasts, librarians, and bookstore employees. All of these blogs contain a wealth of book-related information from reviews, opinions, news on new books, author interviews, and reading challenges.
Literary Terms The next step in appreciating and enjoying great literature is to understand the methods writers employ in crafting their stories. Becoming familiar with their tools will help you understand works better from the writer’s perspective. The literary term definitions in the References and Resources section will help you recognize not only different types of fiction, but how the stories themselves are constructed. Stories are assembled using a large and intricate structure involving characters, their relationship to each other, setting, plot, theme, and narration. Authors use these literary tools to turn a simple narrative into a complex, memorable experience for their readers. As you become familiar with the terms, you will be able to point out specific literary techniques an author has used. Make sure to journal about these devices as you discover them.
Reflect
As humans, we were born to gather. And we love to look at what we’ve collected. We bibliophiles (book lovers) need to gather books. We can’t deny it—and shouldn’t try. And who among us can resist a good annotated list? It is
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wonderful to turn over the pages of a reading journal—your personal bookshelf in miniature—to see what you have assembled. This journal was created with the book lover in mind. We hope that its size, its ease of use, and the information contained within it will inspire active and involved reading. We also hope it will help you savor your reading accomplishments. When you’ve scrutinized the lists, go back, note the check marks, check your notes, and celebrate! What you have read will be yours forever.
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Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded each year, to American authors, in 21 categories, including fiction and poetry. Named after Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-born publisher, the prizes are regarded as the highest U.S. national awards, particularly in journalism. The prize for fiction honors a distinguished work, preferably one dealing with American life. The prize for poetry is awarded for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. The awards are overseen by Columbia University. Each winner receives a certificate and $10,000 in cash. No fiction prizes were given in 1920, 1941, 1946, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1971, 1974, and 1977. No poetry award was granted in 1946. For more information on all of the Pulitzer Prizes, visit http:// www.pulitzer.org.
2009
Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge
2008
Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ††,
2008
Nilita Vachani
HomeSpun
2007
Amity Gaige
The Folded World
2006
Jana Oliver
Sojourn
2005
Fay Freimuth
A Multitude of Mercies
2004
Kate Niles
The Basket Maker
2003
Rigoberto González
Crossing Vines
2002
Luis Alberto Urrea
Six Kinds of Sky
2001
Leif Enger
Peace Like a River
2000
G.K. Wuori
An American Outrage: A Novel of Quillifarkeag, Maine
1999
Jonis Agee
Taking the Wall
1998
Jim Harrison
The Road Home
2010 2009
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ForeWord magazine calls itself “the only literary trade journal devoted exclusively to reviewing great titles from independent presses.” Its Book of the Year Awards program seeks to share these titles with booksellers, librarians, and readers. Winners, selected by a panel of librarians and booksellers, are named in a variety of categories. (220 Book of the Year Award winners were honored in 61 categories in 2008.) The award itself, which may be noted with a foil seal on the book’s cover, can provide authors and publishers a new reason to promote the title. Two Editor’s Choice Prize winners, who receive a $1,500 cash prize in addition to the promotional benefits, are named in fiction and nonfiction categories. Find more information at http://www.forewordmagazine.com/awards.
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Los Angeles Times Award for Fiction
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2008
Marilynne Robinson
Home
2007
Andrew O’Hagan
Be Near Me
2006
A. B. Yehoshua
A Woman in Jerusalem
2005
Gabriel García Márquez *
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2004
Colm Tóibín
The Master
2003
Pete Dexter
Train
2002
Ian McEwan
Atonement
2001
Mary Robison
Why Did I Ever
2000
David Means
Assorted Fire Events: Stories
1999
Amit Chaudhuri
Freedom Song: Three Novels
1998
W. G. Sebald
The Rings of Saturn
1997
James Carlos Blake
2010 2009
1996
Rohinton Mistry
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Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded annual book prizes in nine single-title categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in 1998). The award for fiction may be given to an author of any nationality. The winning novelist receives $1,000. Both the nomination of the novels and the awarding of prizes are at the sole discretion of a panel of three judges. The awards are presented as part of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books each April. More information can be found at http://www.latimes.com/extras/bookprizes.
Title
1995
William Boyd
The Blue Afternoon
1994
David Malouf •
Remembering Babylon
1993
Barbara Kingsolver
Pigs in Heaven
1992
Art Spiegelman
Maus II
1991
Allan Gurganus
White People
1990
Edna O’Brien
Lantern Slides
1989
Fay Weldon
The Heart of the Country
1988
Gabriel García Márquez *
Love in the Time of Cholera
1987
James Welch
Fools Crow
1986
Margaret Atwood !,¶
The Handmaid’s Tale
1985
Louise Erdrich
Love Medicine
1984
Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1983
Thomas Keneally !
Schindler’s List
1982
Robert Stone
A Flag for Sunrise
1981
D. M. Thomas
The White Hotel
1980
Walker Percy
The Second Coming
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Grub Street Book Prize for Fiction
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2009
Alan Cheuse
To Catch the Lightning
2008
Joshua Furst
The Sabotage Café
2007
Sheri Joseph
Stray
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Grub Street is a non-profit creative writing center designed to support writers in all stages of their development. The group is “dedicated to nurturing writers and connecting readers with the wealth of writing talent in the Boston area.” The Grub Street Book Prize for fiction is awarded to an author who resides outside of New England and who has previously published (first books are not eligible). Each winner receives $1000 and a reading/book party in downtown Boston at the Grub Street event space. Other awards are granted in nonfiction and poetry. For more information about Grub Street, see http://www.grubstreet.org/index.php.
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New York Times Best Books of the Year for Fiction
2008 2008
Steven Millhauser Toni Morrison
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Dangerous Laughter A Mercy
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Each December the editors of the New York Times Book Review select 10 “best books of the year” from their previously selected “100 Notable Books” of that same year. Five fiction and five non-fiction titles are selected. The fiction titles since 2000 are listed here. See http://www.nytimes. com/2008/12/14/books/review/10Best-t.html for more information.
Title
2008
Joseph O’Neill
Netherland
2008
Roberto Bolaño
2666
2008
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth
2007
Denis Johnson •
Tree of Smoke
2007
Joshua Ferris
Then We Came to the End §§,xx,@,x
2007
Roberto Bolaño
The Savage Detectives
2007
Per Petterson
Out Stealing Horses ♪
2007
Michael Thomas
Man Gone Down
2006
Marisha Pessl
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
2006
Richard Ford /
The Lay of the Land
2006
Claire Messud
2006
Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
2006
Gary Shteyngart
Absurdistan
2005
Haruki Murakami ^
Kafka on the Shore
2005
Zadie Smith
On Beauty
2005
Curtis Sittenfeld
Prep
2005
Ian McEwan
Saturday ↑,x
2005
Mary Gaitskill
Veronica
2004
Orhan Pamuk *
Snow
2004
Alice Munro ¦,•,ф
Runaway «
2004
Philip Roth ^
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2004
Colm Tóibín
The Master
2004
Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
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2003
Gabriel García Márquez *
Living to Tell the Tale •
The Known World
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2003
Edward P. Jones
2003
Jonathan Lethem
The Fortress of Solitude
2003
T. C. Boyle
Drop City
2003
Monica Ali
Brick Lane
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Ian McEwan
Atonement
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2002
Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex
2002
William Kennedy !
Roscoe
2001
Peter Carey
True History of the Kelly Gang ‡‡,~
2001
Colson Whitehead
John Henry Days
2001
Alice Munro ¦,•,ф
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
2001
Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections
2001
W. G. Sebald
Austerlitz
2000
Jim Crace
Being Dead
2000
Seamus Heaney
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
2000
John Updike !
Gertrude and Claudius
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2000
Philip Roth
2000
Zadie Smith
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The Human Stain White Teeth
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2008
John McFetridge
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
2008
Claudia Dey
Stunt
2008
Rawi Hage
Cockroach
2008
Andrew Davidson
The Gargoyle
2008
Rebecca Rosenblum
Once
2008
Kenneth J. Harvey
Blackstrap Hawco: Said to Be About a Newfoundland Family
2007
Barbara Gowdy ф
Helpless
2007
Zoe Whittall
Bottle Rocket Hearts
2007
William Gibson
Spook Country
2007
CS Richardson
The End of the Alphabet
2007
Sean Dixon
The Girls Who Saw Everything
2007
Michael Ondaatje
Divisadero
2006
Jack Whyte
Knights of the Black and White
2006
Kenneth J. Harvey
Inside
2006
The Friends of Meager David Adams Richards ф Fortune
2006
Carol Windley
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Each December, the Canadian book magazine Quill & Quire chooses fifteen ‘Books of the Year’ in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. These are books Quill & Quire deems some of the most important in Canadian publishing; books that have made an impact on the Canadian literary landscape and other worthy titles that may have been overlooked. The fiction picks since 2004 are listed here. For more information, see http:// www.quillandquire.com.
Year
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Title
2006
Ami McKay
The Birth House
2005
Neil Bissoondath
The Unyielding Clamour of the Night
2005
Joseph Boyden
Three Day Road xxx
2005
George Elliott Clarke
George & Rue
2005
David Gilmour
A Perfect Night to Go to China @@
2005
Lisa Moore
Alligator
2004
Paul Quarrington
Galveston
2004
Robert McGill
The Mysteries
Salon Book Award for Fiction
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Each December since 1996, Salon’s book critic, Laura Miller, has published a “Ten Best” list, consisting of five works of fiction and five of nonfiction. Sometimes she shares the byline and sometimes takes the credit and blame alone. As Miller explains: “Our aim in assembling this yearly list has always been to single out the books we deeply enjoyed and avidly devoured, leaving the dutiful, ‘serious’ choices to more venerable publications. Salon’s list of our 10 favorite books has been just that—a decidedly personal selection.” The 2008 list can be found at http://www.salon.com/books/ awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html. Earlier lists are a little harder to locate but following the “Read More” links will take you in the right direction. The five fiction titles for each year are listed here. List editors include the following: 1996, 1997, 1998 Laura Miller and Dwight Garner; 1999 Laura Miller and Craig Seligman; 2000 Laura Miller and Maria Russo; 2005, 2006 Laura Miller and Hillary Frey; 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 Laura Miller.
Title
2008
Susan Choi
A Person of Interest
2008
Tana French
The Likeness
2008
Rivka Galchen
Atmospheric Disturbances
2008
Philip Hensher
The Northern Clemency
2007
Michael Chabon !
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
2007
Denis Johnson •
Tree of Smoke ‡,x,♣
2007
Joshua Ferris
Then We Came to the End §§,@,x
2007
Vikram Chandra
Sacred Games
2007
Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao **,††,,~~
2008 ¶
2008
Pushing the Boundaries of Reality Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler’s Wife
2003
Margaret Atwood !,¶
The Blind Assassin
2000
Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow
Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex
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1996
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2002
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
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Maxine Hong Kingston
The Woman Warrior
1976
Perennial Book Club Favorites Ann Patchett
Bel Canto
Anita Diamant
The Red Tent
Leif Enger
Peace Like a River
Ian McEwan
Atonement
Richard Russo
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Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
2006
Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
1960
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
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Nancy Horan
Loving Frank
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns |||
2007
The Guernsey Literary Mary Ann Shaffer and and Potato Peel Pie Annie Barrows Society |||,?
2008
2006 ||
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime ¶,xx
Mark Haddon
2007
2003
Literary Lovelies Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
1925
Michael Cunningham
The Hours
1998
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937
Ian McEwan
Amsterdam
1999
J. M. Coetzee
Disgrace
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1999
Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
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Marilynne Robinson
Home
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Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible |||
1998
Michael Chabon !
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay **
2000
Tobias Wolff
Old School
2003
Grace Paley •
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1974
Dangerous Laughter
2008
Steven Millhauser
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The Oprah Winfrey Show: Oprah’s Book Club
Title
2009
Uwem Akpan
Say You’re One of Them
2008
David Wroblewski
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
2007
Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth
2007
Gabriel García Márquez *
Love in the Time of Cholera /
2007
Sidney Poitier
The Measure of a Man
2007
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
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2007
Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex
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2006
Elie Wiesel
Night
William Faulkner
*
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
*
As I Lay Dying
2005
William Faulkner
*
Light in August
2004
Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth
2004
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
2004
Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
2005 2005
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Started in 1996, Oprah’s Book Club highlights books selected by Oprah Winfrey. Originally, the host discussed a new book often—six to ten books a year. In 2002, Oprah suspended the book club. In 2003, she reinstated it, making books a periodic, rather than a regular feature. Her list also began to focus on classic works of literature. In the fall of 2005, Oprah’s Book Club expanded to include nonfiction and memoir.
Title
2004
Gabriel García Márquez *
One Hundred Years of Solitude
2003
John Steinbeck *
East of Eden
2003
Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country
2002
Ann-Marie MacDonald Fall on Your Knees
2002
Joyce Carol Oates !,¶
We Were the Mulvaneys
2002
Toni Morrison *,!
Sula
2001
Rohinton Mistry ф
A Fine Balance
2001
Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections
2001
Lalita Tademy
Cane River
2001
Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Icy Sparks
2000
Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
2000
Andre Dubus III
House of Sand and Fog
2000
Christina Schwarz
Drowning Ruth
2000
Elizabeth Berg
2000
Sue Miller
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2000
Toni Morrison ,
The Bluest Eye
2000
Tawni O’Dell
Back Roads
2000
Robert Morgan
Gap Creek
2000
Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune
1999
Breena Clarke
River, Cross My Heart
1999
Jane Hamilton
A Map of the World
1999
A. Manette Ansay
Vinegar Hill
1999
Maeve Binchy
Tara Road
1999
Melinda Haynes
Mother of Pearl
1999
Bernhard Schlink
The Reader
1999
Bret Lott
Jewel
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Year
Author
Title
1998
Billie Letts
Where the Heart Is
1998
Pearl Cleage
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
1998
Chris Bohjalian /
Midwives •
Breath, Eyes, Memory
1998
Edwidge Danticat
1998
Anna Quindlen
Black and Blue
1998
Wally Lamb /
I Know This Much Is True
1998
Janet Fitch
White Oleander
1998
Toni Morrison *,!
1998
Alice Hoffman
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Paradise Here on Earth She’s Come Undone
1997
Wally Lamb
1997
Kaye Gibbons
Ellen Foster
1997
Kaye Gibbons
A Virtuous Woman
1997
Mary McGarry Morris
Songs in Ordinary Time
1997
Maya Angelou
The Heart of a Woman
1997
Sheri Reynolds
The Rapture of Canaan
1997
Ursula Hegi
Stones from the River
1997
Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying
1996
Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Deep End of the Ocean
1996
Toni Morrison *,!
Song of Solomon ††,o
1996
Jane Hamilton
The Book of Ruth
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Richard & Judy Book Club
2009
Kate Atkinson
2009
Jesse Kellerman
The Brutal Art
2009
Steven Galloway
The Cellist of Sarajevo
2009
Andrew Davidson
The Gargoyle
2009
Kate Summerscale
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
2009
David Ebershoff
The 19th Wife
2009
Frances Osborne
The Bolter
2009
Joseph O’Neill
Netherland
2009
Beatrice Colin
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
2009
Elizabeth H. Winthrop December
2008
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns |||
2008
Roger Jon Ellory
A Quiet Belief in Angels
2008
Katharine McMahon
Rose of Sebastopol
2008
Danny Scheinmann
Random Acts of Heroic Love
2008
Mark Slouka
Visible World
2008
Patrick Gale
Notes from an Exhibition
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The Richard & Judy Book Club began as a regular segment on a British talk show presented by a married couple, Richard Madelay and Judy Finnigan. The final episode aired on July 1, 2009, though the book club persists online at www.richardandjudybookclub.co.uk. The club has dramatically boosted sales of its featured books. The Richard & Judy Book of the Year Award, presented at the British Book Awards, has honored the book club selection that garners the most public votes. These are listed in bold.
Year
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Title
2008
Joshua Ferris
Then We Came to the End §§,xx,@,x
2008
Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip
2008
Tim Butcher
Blood River
2008
Peter Ho Davies
The Welsh Girl
2007
Jed Rubenfeld
The Interpretation of Murder
2007
William Boyd
Restless
2007
A.M. Homes
This Book Will Save Your Life
2007
Lori Lansens
The Girls
2007
James Robertson
The Testament of Gideon Mack
2007
Griff Rhys Jones
Semi-detached
2007
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Love in the Present Tense
2007
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun
2006
Kate Mosse
Labyrinth /,!
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2006
Geraldine Brooks
2006
Andrew Smith
Moondust
2006
Julian Barnes
Arthur & George
2006
Richard Benson
The Farm
2006
Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer
2006
Martin Davies
The Conjurer’s Bird
2006
Nicole Krauss
The History of Love
2006
Anchee Min
Empress Orchid
2006
Eva Rice
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
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Title
2005
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
2005
William Brodrick
The Sixth Lamentation
2005
Paula Byrne
Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson
2005
Justin Cartwright
The Promise of Happiness
2005
Karen Joy Fowler
The Jane Austen Book Club
2005
Chris Heath
Feel: Robbie Williams
2005
Audrey Niffenegger /
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The Time Traveler’s Wife My Sister’s Keeper
2005
Jodi Picoult
2005
Andrew Taylor
The American Boy
2005
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shadow of the Wind
2004
Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones
2004
Zoë Heller
Notes on a Scandal
2004
William Dalrymple
White Mughals
2004
Martina Cole
The Know
2004
David Nicholls
Starter for Ten
2004
Joseph O’Connor
Star of the sea
2004
Asne Seierstad
The Bookseller of Kabul
2004
Nigel Slater
Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger
2004
Adriana Trigiani
Lucia, Lucia
2004
Monica Ali
Brick Lane
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Fall 2009
Jamie Ford
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Summer 2009
Andrew Davidson
The Gargoyle
Summer 2009
Meg Waite Clayton
The Wednesday Sisters
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Every six to eight weeks since 2005, a panel of Target employees chooses a new book for the Target Bookmarked™ Book Club. These selections are mainly fiction (listed here), but can also include social science and biography choices. Special editions of each book are produced by the publisher and include a letter by the author addressed to Target readers. For more information go to http://www.target.com/Club-Picks-Books-MMB/b/ref=sc_ fe_l_5/187-7773246-8153843?ie=UTF8&node=2233733011.
Title
Spring 2009
Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed
Spring 2009
Emily Giffin
Something Blue
Winter 2009
Lisa Genova
Still Alice
Fall 2008
Tatiana de Rosnay
Sarah’s Key
Summer 2008
Diane Chamberlain
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
Spring 2008
Nancy Horan
Loving Frank
Spring 2008
Michelle Richmond
The Year of Fog
Winter 2008
Betty Smith
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Winter 2008
Juliette Fay
Shelter Me
Fall 2007
Kate Furnivall
The Russian Concubine
Fall 2007
Brian Groh
Summer People
Summer 2007
Carolyn Parkhurst
Lost and Found
Spring 2007
Laura Fitzgerald
Veil of Roses
Winter 2007
Kate Jacobs
The Friday Night Knitting Club
Fall 2006
Jodi Picoult /
The Tenth Circle
Fall 2006
Kim Edwards
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Summer 2006
Sandra Kring
The Book of Bright Ideas
A. Manette Ansay
Blue Water
Spring 2006
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Title
Jonathan Tropper
Everything Changes
Fall 2005
Sarah Dunant
The Birth of Venus
Fall 2005
Amanda Eyre Ward
How to Be Lost
Summer 2005
Jodi Picoult /
My Sister’s Keeper
Martha Moody
Best Friends
Spring 2006
Winter 2005
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Modern Library: 100 Best Books of the Century
1
James Joyce
Ulysses
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
1925
3
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1916
4
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
1955
5
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
1932
6
William Faulkner *
The Sound and the Fury
1929
7
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
1961
1918-20
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In July 1998, Modern Library Publishers issued their “100 Best Books of the Century” list. The purpose for publishing this list was “to get people talking about great books.” More than 400,000 readers cast their votes online. The Modern Library list has spurred many “rival” lists, including the Radcliffe Publishing Course list of 100 best novels. For more information about the list, or to see the 100 Best Nonfiction, go to www.randomhouse.com/ modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html.
8
Arthur Koestler
Darkness at Noon
1940
9
D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
1913
10
John Steinbeck *
The Grapes of Wrath **
1939
11
Malcolm Lowry
Under the Volcano
1947
12
Samuel Butler
The Way of All Flesh
1903
13
George Orwell
1984
1949
14
Robert Graves
I, Claudius
1934
15
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse
1927
16
Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy
1925
17
Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
1940
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
1969
19
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
1952
20
Richard Wright
Native Son
1940
21
Saul Bellow *,!
Henderson the Rain King
1959
22
John O’Hara
Appointment in Samarra
1934
23
John Dos Passos
U.S.A.
24
Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio
25
E. M. Forster
A Passage to India
26
Henry James
The Wings of the Dove
1902
27
Henry James
The Ambassadors
1903
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender is the Night
1934
29
James T. Farrell
The Studs Lonigan Trilogy
1932-35
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1924
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Year
30
Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier
1915
31
George Orwell
Animal Farm
1945
32
Henry James
The Golden Bowl
1904
33
Theodore Dreiser
Sister Carrie
1900
34
Evelyn Waugh
A Handful of Dust
1934
As I Lay Dying
1930
*
35
William Faulkner
36
Robert Penn Warren ♦
All the King’s Men
37
Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey **
1927
38
E. M. Forster
Howards End
1910
39
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1953
40
Graham Greene
The Heart of the Matter ↑
1948
Lord of the Flies
1954
Deliverance
1970
41
William Golding
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**
1946
42
James Dickey
43
Anthony Powell
A Dance to the Music of Time
44
Aldous Huxley
Point Counter Point
1928
1951-75
Ernest Hemingway 45
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The Sun Also Rises
1926
46
Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent
1907
47
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo
1904
48
D. H. Lawrence
The Rainbow
1915
49
D. H. Lawrence
Women in Love
1920
50
Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer
1934
51
Norman Mailer !
The Naked and the Dead
1948
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52
Philip Roth ^
Portnoy’s Complaint
1969
53
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire
1962
54
William Faulkner *
Light in August
1932
55
Jack Kerouac
On the Road
1957
56
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
1930
57
Ford Madox Ford
Parade’s End
1924-28
58
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence **
1920
59
Max Beerbohm
Zuleika Dobson
1911
60
Walker Percy
The Moviegoer
1961
61
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
1927
62
James Jones
From Here to Eternity ‡
1951
63
John Cheever
The Wapshot Chronicles ‡
1957
64
J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
1951
65
Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
1962
66
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage
1915
67
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
1902
68
Sinclair Lewis *
Main Street
1920
69
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth
1905
70
Lawrence Durrell
The Alexandria Quartet
1957-60
71
Richard Hughes
A High Wind in Jamaica
1929
72
V. S. Naipaul *
A House for Mr. Biswas
1961
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Year
The Day of the Locust
1939
73
Nathanael West
74
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A Farewell to Arms
1929
75
Evelyn Waugh
Scoop
1938
76
Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1962
77
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake
1939
78
Rudyard Kipling *
Kim
1901
79
E. M. Forster
A Room With a View
1908
80
Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited
1945
81
Saul Bellow *,!
The Adventures of Augie March ‡
1953
82
Wallace Stegner
Angle of Repose
1971
Ernest Hemingway
**
A Bend in the River
1989
Elizabeth Bowen
The Death of the Heart
1938
85
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim
1900
86
E. L. Doctorow ¶
Ragtime
87
Arnold Bennett
The Old Wives’ Tale
1908
88
Jack London
The Call of the Wild
1903
89
Henry Green
Loving
1945
90
Salman Rushdie
Midnight’s Children
91
Erskine Caldwell
83
V. S. Naipaul
84
*
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1975
‡‡,↑
1981
Tobacco Road
1932
Ironweed
1983
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92
William Kennedy
93
John Fowles
The Magus
1966
94
Jean Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea
1966
95
Iris Murdoch
Under the Net
1954
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William Styron
Sophie’s Choice
97
Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky
1949
98
James M. Cain
Postman Always Rings Twice
1934
99
J. P. Donleavy
The Ginger Man
1955
100
Booth Tarkington
The Magnificent Ambersons **
1918
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1979
Radcliffe Publishing Course: 100 Best Novels of the Century
1925
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
2
J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye *
The Grapes of Wrath
3
John Steinbeck
4
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Alice Walker
The Color Purple
6
James Joyce
Ulysses
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1939 1960
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Title
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7
Toni Morrison *,!
Beloved
8
William Golding *
Lord of the Flies
1954
9
George Orwell
1984
1949
10
William Faulkner *
The Sound and the Fury
1929
11
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
1955
12
John Steinbeck *
Of Mice and Men
1937
13
E. B. White
Charlotte’s Web
1952
14
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1916
15
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
1961
16
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
1932
17
George Orwell
Animal Farm
1945
18
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The Sun Also Rises
1926
As I Lay Dying
1930
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Ernest Hemingway *
19
William Faulkner
20
*
A Farewell to Arms
1929
21
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
1902
22
A. A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh
1926
23
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937
24
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Ernest Hemingway
25
Toni Morrison
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Song of Solomon
1952 ††,o
1977
26
Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind
27
Richard Wright
Native Son
1940
28
Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1962
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1936
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Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
1969
Ernest Hemingway 30
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
1940
31
Jack Kerouac
On the Road
1957
Ernest Hemingway 32
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The Old Man and the Sea **
1952
33
Jack London
The Call of the Wild
1903
34
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse
1927
35
Henry James
Portrait of a Lady
1881
36
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1953
37
John Irving
The World According to Garp ‡
1978
38
Robert Penn Warren ♦
All the King’s Men
1946
39
E. M. Forster
A Room With a View
1908
40
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
1956
41
Thomas Keneally !
Schindler’s List
1982
42
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence **
1920
43
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead
1943
44
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake
1939
45
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
1906
46
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
1925
47
L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1900
48
D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
1928
49
Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
1962
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Year
50
Kate Chopin
The Awakening
1899
51
Willa Cather
My Ántonia
1918
52
E. M. Forster
Howards End
1910
53
Truman Capote
In Cold Blood
1965
54
J. D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey
55
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses
56
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57 58
Toni Morrison
Jazz Sophie’s Choice
William Styron William Faulkner
1961 ¶
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Absalom, Absalom!
1936 1924
59
E. M. Forster
A Passage to India
60
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
1911
61
Flannery O’Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
1955
62
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender is the Night
1934
63
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
1928
64
D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
1913
65
Tom Wolfe ¶
Bonfire of the Vanities
1987
66
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat’s Cradle
1963
67
John Knowles
A Separate Peace
1959
Light in August
1932
The Wings of the Dove
1902
Things Fall Apart
1959
68
William Faulkner
69
Henry James ¦
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Chinua Achebe
71
Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
1938
72
Douglas Adams
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
1979
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William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch
1959
74
Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited
1945
75
D. H. Lawrence
Women in Love
1920
76
Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward, Angel
1929
In Our Time
1925
Ernest Hemingway 77
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Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
1933
79
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
1930
80
Norman Mailer !
The Naked and the Dead
1948
81
Jean Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea
1966
82
Don DeLillo
White Noise
1985
83
Willa Cather
O Pioneers!
1913
84
Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer
1934
85
H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds
1900
86
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim
1900
87
Henry James
The Bostonians
1886
88
Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy
1925
89
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
1927
90
Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
1908
91
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise
1920
92
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
1957
93
John Fowles
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
1969
Babbitt
1966
94
Sinclair Lewis
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Year
95
Rudyard Kipling *
Kim
1901
96
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and the Damned
1922
Rabbit, Run
1960
Where Angels Fear to Tread
1905
Main Street
1920
97
John Updike
98
E. M. Forster
!
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99
Sinclair Lewis
100
Salman Rushdie
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1981
Madison, Wisconsin, Public Library: Readable Classics
Louisa May Alcott
Little Women
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
1813
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1953
Saul Bellow *,!
The Adventures of Augie March ‡
1953
1868-69
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The Madison Public Library in Madison, Wisconsin, compiled the Readable Classics list. The library defines its terms: “A ‘classic’ is a work of enduring interest and appeal in which successive generations can find truths that will not age. ‘Readable’ includes those classics whose appeal is immediately apparent and continues throughout.” http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/ fiction.html.
Karen (Isak Dineson) Blixen
Seven Gothic Tales
1934
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre
1847
Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
1847
Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
1962
Olive Ann Burns
Cold Sassy Tree
1984
Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1958
Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
1865
Willa Cather
My Ántonia
1918
John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever **,‡,††
1978
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Select Tales
18841904
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
E. L. Doctorow ¶
Ragtime
Ivan Doig
Dancing at the Rascal Fair ♣
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov
1879-80
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
18871927
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
1844
Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
1938
Lawrence Durrell
The Alexandria Quartet
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
William Faulkner Henry Fielding
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The Reivers
1849-50 1975
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
1987
1957-60 1952 1962 1749
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
1925
E. M. Forster
Howards End
1910
Gabriel García Márquez *
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1967
Lord of the Flies
1954
Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory
1940
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Selected Short Stories
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
1961
Ernest Hemingway *
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1940
O. Henry
The Best Short Stories of O. Henry
18991910
Herman Hesse
Narcissus and Goldmund
1930
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables
1862
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
1932
John Irving
The World According to Garp ‡
1978
Shirley Jackson
The Lottery
1949
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw
1898
Sarah Orne Jewett
The Best Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett
1925
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1914-15
Jack Kerouac
On the Road
1957
Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees
1988
Rudyard Kipling *
Best Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling
18871925
John Knowles
A Separate Peace
1959
William Golding
*
1837-50
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D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
1913
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sinclair Lewis *
Main Street
1920
Jack London
The Call of the Wild
1903
Carson McCullers
The Member of the Wedding
1946
Larry McMurtry !
Lonesome Dove
1995
Bernard Malamud
The Fixer
Thomas Mann *
Death in Venice
Katherine Mansfield
The Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield
1911-23
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage
1915
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
1851
James A. Michener
Hawaii
1959
Walter M. Miller Jr.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
1960
Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind
1936
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1966 1913
**
Toni Morrison ,
Beloved
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
1955
George Orwell
Animal Farm
1945
Boris Pasternak *
Doctor Zhivago
1957
Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country
1948
Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Stories & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
1831-49
E. Annie Proulx
The Shipping News
* !
**
1987
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All Quiet on the Western Erich Maria Remarque Front
1993 1929
O. E. Rolvaag
Giants in the Earth
1927
J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
1951
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Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
1818
Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1962
The Grapes of Wrath
1939
John Steinbeck
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1886
William M. Thackeray
Vanity Fair
1847
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist
John Updike
The Centaur
!
1954-56 1878 1885 ††
‡
1985 1963
Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
1869
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
1969
Margaret Walker
Jubilee
1966
Alice Walker
The Color Purple
Robert Penn Warren
♦
**,‡
All the King’s Men
1982
**
1946
Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited
1945
H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds
1898
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence
T. H. White
The Once and Future King
1958
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1891
Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey **
1927
Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward, Angel
1929
Richard Wright
Native Son
1940
**
1920
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2011 2010
2009
The Guernsey Literary Mary Ann Shaffer and and Potato Peel Pie Annie Barrows Society ?
2008
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns
2007
Sara Gruen
Water for Elephants
2006
Elizabeth Kostova
The Historian
2005
Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell xx,x
2004
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code
2003
Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones
2002
Leif Enger
Peace Like a River
2001
Anita Diamant
The Red Tent
2000
Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
1999
Rebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
1998
Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain
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Author
Title
1997
Frank McCourt
Angela’s Ashes
1996
David Guterson
§,@,♣
1994
Laura Esquivel
Like Water for Chocolate
1993
Robert James Waller
The Bridges of Madison County
Susan Jeffers
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle
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Snow Falling on Cedars
1992
2009
Dennis Lehane
The Given Day
2009
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth x
2009
Geraldine Brooks ,
People of the Book
2009
Joseph O’Neill
Netherland §,x
2009
David Benioff
City of Thieves
2008
Michael Chabon !
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union xx
2008
Richard Russo /
Bridge of Sighs
2008
Ann Patchett
Run
2008
Amy Bloom
Away
2007
Kevin Brockmeier
The Brief History of the Dead %%
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2007
Irène Némirovsky
Suite Française
2007
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
2007
Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss ††,‡‡
2006
E. L. Doctorow ¶
The March
2006
Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan †
2006
Ian McEwan
Saturday
2006
Haruki Murakami ^
Kafka on the Shore
2005
Sarah Dunant
The Birth of Venus
2005
Philip Roth ^
x,~~
2005
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shadow of the Wind
2005
Kent Haruf
Eventide
2004
Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime ¶,xx
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Jennifer Haigh
Mrs. Kimble
2004
Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler’s Wife
2004
Louise Erdrich
The Master Butchers Singing Club
2003
Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
2003
Ian McEwan
Atonement
2003
Michel Faber
The Crimson Petal and the White
2003
Yann Martel
Life of Pi
2002
Mark Dunn
Ella Minnow Pea
Louise Erdrich
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
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The Plot Against America
2002
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2002
Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections
2002
Richard Russo /
Empire Falls
2001
Andre Dubus III
House of Sand and Fog
2001
Michael Cunningham
The Hours
2001
Myla Goldberg
Bee Season
2001
Margaret Atwood !,¶
The Blind Assassin
2000
Iris Murdoch
The Black Prince
2000
Kent Haruf
Plainsong
2000
Erik Larson
Isaac’s Storm
2000
Susan Vreeland
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
2000
Sena Jeter Naslund
Ahab’s Wife
2000
Elizabeth Mavor
The Green Equinox
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x
Title
2009
Toni Morrison
2009
Aleksandar Hemon
The Lazarus Project
2009
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth
2009
Hari Kunzru
My Revolutions
2009
Philip Hensher
The Northern Clemency xx
2009
Louis De Bernières •
A Partisan’s Daughter
2009
Roberto Bolaño
2666
2009
Aravind Adiga
The White Tiger
2009
Mark Sarvas
Harry, Revised
2009
E. Lockhart
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
2009
Tom Piazza
City of Refuge
2009
Peter Matthiessen !
Shadow Country
2009
Keith Lee Morris
The Dart League King
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A Mercy
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Year
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2009
Fae Myenne Ng
Steer Towards Rock
2009
Joseph O’Neill
Netherland
2009
Marilynne Robinson
Home
2008
Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao **,††, x
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2009
The Guernsey Literary Mary Ann Shaffer and and Potato Peel Pie Annie Barrows Society |||
2008
Daniel Alarcon •
Lost City Radio
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The annual Book of the Year awards, presented by the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA), honor books published in the award year and written or illustrated by residents of Northern California. Independent booksellers, representing 200 stores in the region, vote for their favorite titles from a list of finalists created by bookseller committees. NCIBA is dedicated to supporting, nurturing, and promoting independent retail bookselling in California. Book of the Year winners may be chosen in several categories, including nonfiction, fiction, poetry, children’s literature, children’s illustrated, and a regional title focusing on the history or culture of Northern California. For more information, see the NCIBA website: http://www.nciba.com.
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2009
Dave Boling
Guernica
2009
Garth Stein
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2008
Denis Johnson •
Tree of Smoke ‡,xx,x
2007
Ivan Doig
The Whistling Season
2006
Garth Stein
How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets
2006
Jim Lynch
The Highest Tide
2005
Seth Kantner
Ordinary Wolves
2005
Stephanie Kallos
Broken For You
2004
Matt Ruff
Set This House in Order
2003
Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby
2011 2010
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The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) supports “literacy, free speech, and independent bookselling” in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association awards have been given annually since 1965. Awards vary from year to year because PNBA does not solicit nominations for specific categories, but simply requires that authors and/or illustrators reside within the region (including British Columbia) and that nominated books be published within the current calendar year. Nominations for special awards for publishing, illustration, or a body of work may also be submitted. Special awards are given at the discretion of PNBA’s Awards Committee, which is made up of representative booksellers. A new committee is formed each March, submissions are due at the end of October, and the winners are picked in mid-November. The awards are heavily publicized and promoted by PNBA member bookstores. Details may be found at http://www.pnba.org/awards.htm.
Year
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2003
Gina Ochsner
The Necessary Grace to Fall
2003
Michael Collins
The Resurrectionists
2002
Craig Joseph Danner
Himalayan Dhaba
2001
James Welch
The Heartsong of Charging Elk
2001
Claire Davis
Winter Range
2001
Pete Fromm
How All This Started
2000
Diane Smith
Letters from Yellowstone
1999
Rosina Lippi
Homestead
1999
Nicole Mones
Lost in Translation
1999
Robert Clark
Mr. White’s Confession
1999
Frank Soos
Unified Field Theory
1998
Pete Fromm
Dry Rain
1998
Kathleen Alcala
Spirits of the Ordinary
1998
Joanna Rose
Little Miss Strange
1997
Kevin Canty
Into the Great Wide Open
1997
Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club
1996
Craig Lesley
The Sky Fisherman
1996
Kathleen Tyau
A Little Too Much Is Enough
1995
Rebecca Brown
Gifts of the Body
1995
David Guterson
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1994
Thom Jones
The Pugalist at Rest
1993
David James Duncan
The Brothers K
1993
Clay Morgan
Santigo and the Drinking Party
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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1993
Laura Kalpakian
Graced Land
1992
Deirdre McNamer
Rima in the Weeds
1992
Tom Spanbauer
The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon
1991
Mary Clearman Blew
Runaway
1991
Charles Johnson
Middle Passage
1991
James Welch
The Indian Lawyer
1990
Laura Kalpakian
Dark Continent and Other Stories
1990
Molly Gloss
The Jump-Off Creek
1989
Thomas Savage
Corner of Rife & Pacific
1989
William Gibson
Mona Lisa Overdrive
1989
Lynda Sexson
Margaret of the Imperfections
1988
Carol Orlock
Goddess Letters
1988
Ivan Doig
Dancing at the Rascal Fair
1987
Alex Hancock
Into the Light
1987
James Welch
Fools Crow
1986
Jim Heynen
You Know What Is Right
1985
William Kittredge
We Are Not in This Together
1985
Douglas Unger
Leaving the Land
1985
Ivan Doig
English Creek
1985
Craig Lesley
Winterkill
1984
Raymond Carver
Cathedral
1984
David James Duncan
The River Why
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Lisa See
Shanghai Girls
2008
David Benioff
City of Thieves
2007
Lisa See
Peony in Love
2006
Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack
Literacy and Longing in L.A.
2005
Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2004
Michelle Huneven
Jamesland
2003
T. Jefferson Parker
Cold Pursuit
2002
T. C. Boyle
After the Plague & Other Stories
2011 2010
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Any member of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA)—including booksellers, book wholesalers, publishers, and other industry professionals—may nominate a work, author, or illustrator for a SCIBA Book Award, but only booksellers may vote to determine the winners. Awards are given in six categories: nonfiction, fiction, mystery, art and architecture, children’s novel, and children’s picture book. To be eligible, a book must have been published between July 1 and June 30 of the award year. Works that reflect “the Southern California culture or experience” are preferred. Eligible authors and/or illustrators must reside within the SCIBA region—from Morro Bay south to the Mexican border. Entry forms and details may be downloaded at http://www.scibabooks.org/ book_awards.
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Ron Rash
Serena
2008
Sarah Addison Allen
Garden Spells
2007
Watt Key
Alabama Moon
2006
Joshilyn Jackson
Gods in Alabama
2005
Ron Rash
Saints at the River
2004
Clyde Edgerton
Lunch at the Piccadilly
2003
Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
2002
Doug Marlett
The Bridge
2001
Tony Earley
Jim the Boy
2000
Fred Chappell
Look Back All the Green Valley
1999
Tim Gautreaux
The Next Step in the Dance
2011 2010
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The Book Award was created in 1999 to recognize excellent books of southern origin, as determined by members of the Southern Independent Booksellers Association (SIBA), and “to give southern readers an enviable list of books to enjoy, read, buy, and give as gifts.” Books are nominated in six categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking, young adult, and children’s. Eligible books must be set in the American South and have been published within the award year. Only SIBA-member booksellers in the states of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Mississippi can submit nominations and vote on the selections. Winners are chosen from among the finalists by a panel of southern booksellers. More information can be found on the SIBA website: http://www.sibaweb.com.
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Alan Cheuse’s Favorites—National Public Radio
All-time Best Fiction James Joyce
Ulysses
1922
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
1851
William Faulkner *
The Sound and the Fury
1929
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
1877
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Collected Stories
18831903
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Selected Short Stories
18371854
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
1884
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse
1927
Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio
1919
Ernest Hemingway *
The First Forty-Nine Stories
19361938
Richard Wright
Native Son
1940
John Dos Passos
U.S.A.
Isaac Babel
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
1920s
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Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio’s longtime “voice of books,” is the author of four novels, three collections of short fiction, and the memoir Fall Out of Heaven. As a book commentator, Cheuse is a regular contributor to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, The Antioch Review, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, The Idaho Review, and The Southern Review, among other places. He teaches in the Writing Program at George Mason University and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and is a National Book Award judge for 2009. For more on Alan’s works go to http://www.alancheuse.com.
Fiction Favorites from World War Two On Norman Mailer !
The Naked and the Dead
1948
James Jones
From Here to Eternity
1951
John Steinbeck *
East of Eden
1952
Jorge Luis Borges
Ficciones
1962
Alejo Carpentier
The Lost Steps
1953
Seize the Day
1956
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Green House
1966
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1953
William Styron
The Confessions of Nat Turner **
1967
Joan Didion
Play It As It Lays
1970
Philip K. Dick
The Man in the High Castle
1962
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
1969
Gabriel García Márquez *
A Hundred Years of Solitude
1967
Doris Lessing *
Collected Stories of Doris Lessing
1978
Light Years
1975
Far Tortuga
1975
Wallace Stegner
Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner
1990
Eudora Welty !
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty ‡
1982
Bernard Malamud
The Complete Stories
1997
Grace Paley •
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
1994
Saul Bellow
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James Salter Peter Matthiessen
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Evan Connell
The Collected Stories of Evan S. Connell
1995
Herbert Gold
Love and Like
1960
Recent Favorites Vasily Aksyonov
Generations of Winter
1994
Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver: Collected Stories
19761988
Haruki Murakami ^
The Wind-up Bird Chronicles
1997
We Were the Mulvaneys
1996
Richard Ford /
Rock Springs
1987
Italo Calvino
Cosmicomics
1965
Jayne Anne Phillips
Fast Lanes
James Welch
The Indian Lawyer
Amos Oz
The Same Sea
2001
Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing
1994
Robert Stone
Outerbridge Reach
1992
James D. Houston
Snow Mountain Passage
2001
Joyce Carol Oates
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1990
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Jorge F. Hernández
Sun, Stone, and Shadows
2008
Tobias Wolff
Old School
2003
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Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying
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1993
Tim O’Brien
The Things They Carried
1990
Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club
1989
Cynthia Ozick •
The Shawl
1989
Louise Erdrich
Love Medicine ††,/
1983
Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping
1980
Rudolfo Anaya
Bless Me, Ultima
1972
Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
1968
Naguib Mahfouz
The Thief and the Dogs
1961
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
1960
Emily Dickinson
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
1955
Fahrenheit 451
1953
Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
1940
John Steinbeck *
The Grapes of Wrath
Ray Bradbury
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This list was created by the National Endowment for the Arts in conjunction with the Institute of Museum and Library Services to address the issue of declining literary reading in America, especially among the young. The Big Read looks to inspire “people across the country to pick a good book” and to “encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.” Reading programs, resources for discussing classic literature, and a comprehensive website help citizens read and discuss these works within their communities. For more information go to http://www.neabigread.org.
Title
Year
Robinson Jeffers
The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers
1938
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
1930
A Farewell to Arms
1929
Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey **
1927
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence
Willa Cather
My Ántonia
1918
Jack London
The Call of the Wild
1903
Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
1886
Henry James
Washington Square
1880
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1876
Edgar Allan Poe
The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
1849
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1839
Ernest Hemingway
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1920
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American Library Association Notable Books for Adults
Title
2009
David Benioff
City of Thieves
2009
Rabih Alameddine
The Hakawati
2009
Nadeem Aslam •
The Wasted Vigil
2009
Richard Bausch
Peace
2009
Jeff Talarigo
The Ginseng Hunter
2009
Louise Erdrich
The Plague of Doves
2009
Rivka Galchen
Atmospheric Disturbances
2009
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth
2009
Steven Millhauser •
Dangerous Laughter
2009
Owen Sheers
Resistance
2009
Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge
2008
Jon Clinch
Finn •
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The Complete Stories
2008
David Malouf
2008
William Trevor
Cheating at Canasta
2008
Amy Bloom
Away
Brock Clarke
An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England x
2008
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The goal of Notable Books Council is to “make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.” The Notable Books list evolved from an activity sponsored by the Lending Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA). Since 1944, selection has been carried out in a variety of ways. In 1991 the Notable Books Council came under the auspices of the Reference and User Services Association’s Collection Development and Evaluation Section (RUSA CODES). To learn more about the ALA and its literary awards, visit www.ala.org/rusa.
Year
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Title
2008
Tess Uriza Holthe
The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
2008
Ron Carlson
Five Skies
2008
Nathan Englander
The Ministry of Special Cases
2008
Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip
2008
Ian McEwan
On Chesil Beach
2008
Per Petterson
Out Stealing Horses
2008
Jim Crace
The Pesthouse
2008
Michael Chabon !
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union xx
2007
Kate Grenville
The Secret River
2007
Ivan Doig
The Whistling Season
2007
Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss ††,‡‡
2007
Debra Dean
The Madonnas of Leningrad
2007
Christopher Bigsby
Beautiful Dreamer
2007
Yasmina Khadra
The Attack
2007
Lori Lansens
The Girls
2007
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
2007
Sam Savage
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife x
2007
Haruki Murakami ^
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman oo
2007
David Mitchell
Black Swan Green
2007
James Meek
The People’s Act of Love
2006
Judy Fong Bates
Midnight at the Dragon Café
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2006
Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close x
2006
Mary Gaitskill
Veronica
2006
Amitav Ghosh
The Hungry Tide
2006
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go xx,x
2006
Uzodinma Iweala
Beasts of No Nation
2006
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men x
2006
Ian McEwan
Saturday
2006
Haruki Murakami ^
Kafka on the Shore
2006
Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
2006
Luis Alberto Urrea
The Hummingbird’s Daughter oo
2005
Stuart Dybek •
I Sailed with Magellan
2005
Louis De Bernières •
Birds Without Wings
2005
Lars Saabye Christensen
The Half Brother
2005
Julian Barnes
The Lemon Table
2005
Yasmina Khadra
The Swallows of Kabul
2005
Zakes Mda
The Madonna of Excelsior
2005
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
2005
Alice Munro ¦,•,ф
Runaway
2005
Mikael Niemi
Popular Music from Vittula
2005
Philip Roth ^
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Tobias Wolff
Old School
2004
ZZ Packer
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
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2004
Joseph O’Connor
Star of the Sea
2004
Toni Morrison *,!
Love
2004
Monica Ali
Brick Lane
2004
Antonio Lobo Antunes
The Inquisitor’s Manual
2004
William Boyd
Any Human Heart
2004
Edward Carey
Alva and Irva:The Twins Who Saved a City
2004
Oscar Casares
Brownsville: Stories
2004
Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime ¶,xx
2004
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner
2004
Edward P. Jones •
The Known World
2004
Jonathan Lethem
The Fortress of Solitude
2003
Arnost Lustig
Lovely Green Eyes
2003
Norah Labiner
Miniatures
2003
Anthony Doerr
The Shell Collector
2003
Sandra Cisneros •
Caramelo
2003
Paul Auster
The Book of Illusions
2003
Ian McEwan
Atonement
2003
John McGahern •
By the Lake
2003
Mark Slouka
God’s Fool
2003
Gary Shteyngart
The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
2003
Kenzaburo Oe
Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age!
2003
Rohinton Mistry ф
Family Matters oo
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Roland Merullo
In Revere, in Those Days
2002
Lydia Davis •
Samuel Johnson is Indignant: Stories
2002
Peter Carey
True History of the Kelly Gang ‡‡,~
2002
Dan Chaon
Among the Missing
2002
Percival Everett
Erasure
2002
Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections
2002
Nadine Gordimer *
The Pickup
2002
Alistair MacLeod •
Island: The Complete Stories
2002
Bruce Olds
Bucking the Tiger
2002
W. G. Sebald
Austerlitz
2002
Manil Suri
The Death of Vishnu
2002
Mark Winegardner
Crooked River Burning
2001
Helen DeWitt
Last Samurai
2001
Jim Crace
Being Dead
2001
J. M. Coetzee *
Disgrace
2001
Frederick Busch
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Margaret Atwood
2001
Michael Chabon !
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay **
2001
Laura Kalpakian
Delinquent Virgin
2001
Thomas King
Truth and Bright Water
2001
Joy Williams
The Quick and the Dead
2001
Zadie Smith
White Teeth
2001
Tom Paine
Scar Vegas
2001
Michael Ondaatje
Anil’s Ghost
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2001
Antonya Nelson
Living to Tell
2001
Matthew Kneale
English Passengers
2000
Michael Cunningham
The Hours
2000
Rachel Cusk
The Country Life
2000
Roddy Doyle
A Star Called Henry
2000
Andre Dubus III
House of Sand and Fog
2000
Nathan Englander
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
2000
Ha Jin
Waiting
2000
Beryl Bainbridge
Master Georgie
2000
Ward Just
A Dangerous Friend
2000
Chang-rae Lee
A Gesture Life
2000
Jonathan Lethem
Motherless Brooklyn
2000
Frederick Reuss
Henry of Atlantic City
2000
Wayne Johnston
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
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Key to Footnotes book award SYMBOLS Barnes & Noble Discover Great New WritersTM Awards
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Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards
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Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction
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Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction
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Grub Street Book Prize for Fiction
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Hemingway Foundation/Pen Award
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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award