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Two Decades of Award-Winning Books

Follow every recorded award year and see all of its winners across every region.

202614 winners
Cover of Zombie Kaishufu by Chito Kosagawa
ASIAJapan

Zombie Kaishufu

by Chito Kosagawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Die Lücken by Shida Bazyar
EUGermany

Die Lücken

by Shida Bazyar

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
USUnited States

The Everlasting

by Alix E. Harrow

Hugo

Cover of Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi
UKUnited Kingdom

Taiwan Travelogue

by Yang Shuang-zi

Int. Booker

Cover of Augmented by Kenechi Udogu
UKUnited Kingdom

Augmented

by Kenechi Udogu

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of Ash and the Faceless Man by D. Michelle Gent
UKUnited Kingdom

Ash and the Faceless Man

by D. Michelle Gent

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of A Groundhog Career by Dr. Helmut Schuster & Dr. David Oxley
UKUnited Kingdom

A Groundhog Career

by Dr. Helmut Schuster & Dr. David Oxley

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of I convitati di pietra by Michele Mari
EUItaly

I convitati di pietra

by Michele Mari

Strega

Cover of Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill
USUnited States

Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

by Amanda Vaill

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
USUnited States

Angel Down

by Daniel Kraus

Pulitzer

Cover of We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
USUnited States

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

by Jill Lepore

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
USUnited States

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

by Brian Goldstone

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Cover of Ars Poeticas by Juliana Spahr
USUnited States

Ars Poeticas

by Juliana Spahr

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
UKUnited Kingdom

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans

Women's Prize

202526 winners
Cover of Toki no Ie by Makoto Toriyama
ASIAJapan

Toki no Ie

by Makoto Toriyama

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Sakebi by Ushio Hatakeyama
ASIAJapan

Sakebi

by Ushio Hatakeyama

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Helen Garner
UKUnited Kingdom

How to End a Story: Collected Diaries

by Helen Garner

Baillie Gifford

Cover of Flesh by David Szalay
UKUnited Kingdom

Flesh

by David Szalay

Booker

Cover of Die Holländerinnen by Dorothee Elmiger
EUGermany

Die Holländerinnen

by Dorothee Elmiger

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
USUnited States

The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Hugo

Cover of Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq
UKUnited Kingdom

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

by Banu Mushtaq

Int. Booker

Cover of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
USUnited States

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

by Rabih Alameddine

NBA Fiction

Cover of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
USUnited States

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad

NBA Nonfiction

Cover of The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith
USUnited States

The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

by Patricia Smith

NBA Poetry

Cover of We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
USUnited States

We Are Green and Trembling

by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

NBA Translated

Cover of The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri
USUnited States

The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story

by Daniel Nayeri

NBA Young People’s

Cover of We Do Not Part by Han Kang
USUnited States

We Do Not Part

by Han Kang

NBCC Fiction

Cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
USUnited States

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones

Nebula

Cover of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
UKUnited Kingdom

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch

Nero

Cover of Swan Song by Lynn Santer
UKUnited Kingdom

Swan Song

by Lynn Santer

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of Song Of The Stag by R.M. Brown
UKUnited Kingdom

Song Of The Stag

by R.M. Brown

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of One Garden Against The World by Kate Bradbury
UKUnited Kingdom

One Garden Against The World

by Kate Bradbury

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of L'anniversario by Andrea Bajani
EUItaly

L'anniversario

by Andrea Bajani

Strega

Cover of La Maison vide by Laurent Mauvignier
EUFrance

La Maison vide

by Laurent Mauvignier

Goncourt

Cover of Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts
USUnited States

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

by Jason Roberts

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of James by Percival Everett
USUnited States

James

by Percival Everett

Pulitzer

Cover of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal
USUnited States

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

by Kathleen DuVal

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans
USUnited States

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement

by Benjamin Nathans

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Cover of New and Selected Poems by Marie Howe
USUnited States

New and Selected Poems

by Marie Howe

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
UKUnited Kingdom

The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

Women's Prize

202424 winners
Cover of Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi by Aki Asahina
ASIAJapan

Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi

by Aki Asahina

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Dtopia by Jose Ando
ASIAJapan

Dtopia

by Jose Ando

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Bari Sankō by Sanzō K. Matsunaga
ASIAJapan

Bari Sankō

by Sanzō K. Matsunaga

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Goethe wa Subete o Itta by Yuui Suzuki
ASIAJapan

Goethe wa Subete o Itta

by Yuui Suzuki

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
UKUnited Kingdom

Question 7

by Richard Flanagan

Baillie Gifford

Cover of Orbital by Samantha Harvey
UKUnited Kingdom

Orbital

by Samantha Harvey

Booker

Cover of Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir? by Martina Hefter
EUGermany

Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?

by Martina Hefter

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
USUnited States

Some Desperate Glory

by Emily Tesh

Hugo

Cover of Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
UKUnited Kingdom

Kairos

by Jenny Erpenbeck

Int. Booker

Cover of James by Percival Everett
USUnited States

James

by Percival Everett

NBA Fiction

Cover of Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León
USUnited States

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

by Jason De León

NBA Nonfiction

Cover of Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
USUnited States

Something About Living

by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

NBA Poetry

Cover of Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
USUnited States

Taiwan Travelogue

by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

NBA Translated

Cover of Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
USUnited States

Kareem Between

by Shifa Saltagi Safadi

NBA Young People’s

Cover of Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
USUnited States

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell

Nebula

Cover of Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
UKUnited Kingdom

Maurice and Maralyn

by Sophie Elmhirst

Nero

Cover of L'età fragile [it] by Donatella Di Pietrantonio
EUItaly

L'età fragile [it]

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

Strega

Cover of Houris by Kamel Daoud
EUFrance

Houris

by Kamel Daoud

Goncourt

Cover of King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
USUnited States

King: A Life

by Jonathan Eig

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
USUnited States

Night Watch

by Jayne Anne Phillips

Pulitzer

Cover of No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era by Jacqueline Jones
USUnited States

No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era

by Jacqueline Jones

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall
USUnited States

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

by Nathan Thrall

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Cover of Tripas: Poems by Brandon Som
USUnited States

Tripas: Poems

by Brandon Som

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
UKUnited Kingdom

Brotherless Night

by V. V. Ganeshananthan

Women's Prize

202326 winners
Cover of Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
ASIAJapan

Hunchback

by Saou Ichikawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Sympathy Tokyo Tower by Rie Kudan
ASIAJapan

Sympathy Tokyo Tower

by Rie Kudan

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
UKUnited Kingdom

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

by John Vaillant

Baillie Gifford

Cover of Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
UKUnited Kingdom

Prophet Song

by Paul Lynch

Booker

Cover of Echtzeitalter by Tonio Schachinger
EUGermany

Echtzeitalter

by Tonio Schachinger

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of Nettle & Bone by Ursula Vernon (as T. Kingfisher)
USUnited States

Nettle & Bone

by Ursula Vernon (as T. Kingfisher)

Hugo

Cover of Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
UKUnited Kingdom

Time Shelter

by Georgi Gospodinov

Int. Booker

Cover of Blackouts by Justin Torres
USUnited States

Blackouts

by Justin Torres

NBA Fiction

Cover of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
Cover of from unincorporated territory [åmot] by Craig Santos Perez
USUnited States

from unincorporated territory [åmot]

by Craig Santos Perez

NBA Poetry

Cover of The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel
USUnited States

The Words That Remain

by Stênio Gardel

NBA Translated

Cover of A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
USUnited States

A First Time for Everything

by Dan Santat

NBA Young People’s

Cover of I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
USUnited States

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

by Lorrie Moore

NBCC Fiction

Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
USUnited States

The Saint of Bright Doors

by Vajra Chandrasekera

Nebula

Cover of The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
UKUnited Kingdom

The Bee Sting

by Paul Murray

Nero

Cover of Drawing Hope by Ursula Hurst
UKUnited Kingdom

Drawing Hope

by Ursula Hurst

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of For the Love of Roman by Philip Pavlović
UKUnited Kingdom

For the Love of Roman

by Philip Pavlović

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of Forget Me Not by Sophie Pavelle
UKUnited Kingdom

Forget Me Not

by Sophie Pavelle

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of Come d'aria by Ada D'Adamo
EUItaly

Come d'aria

by Ada D'Adamo

Strega

Cover of Veiller sur elle by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
EUFrance

Veiller sur elle

by Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Goncourt

Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage
USUnited States

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

by Beverly Gage

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
USUnited States

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

Pulitzer

Cover of Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie
USUnited States

Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power

by Jefferson Cowie

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Toluse Olorunnipa
USUnited States

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

by Toluse Olorunnipa

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Cover of Then the War: and Selected Poems, 2007–2020 by Carl Phillips
USUnited States

Then the War: and Selected Poems, 2007–2020

by Carl Phillips

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
UKUnited Kingdom

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

Women's Prize

202225 winners
Cover of May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase
ASIAJapan

May You Have Delicious Meals

by Junko Takase

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Kono Yo no Yorokobi yo by Iko Idogawa
ASIAJapan

Kono Yo no Yorokobi yo

by Iko Idogawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Arechi no Kazoku by Atsushi Satō
ASIAJapan

Arechi no Kazoku

by Atsushi Satō

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
UKUnited Kingdom

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

by Katherine Rundell

Baillie Gifford

Cover of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
UKUnited Kingdom

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

by Shehan Karunatilaka

Booker

Cover of Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon
EUGermany

Blutbuch

by Kim de l'Horizon

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
USUnited States

A Desolation Called Peace

by Arkady Martine

Hugo

Cover of Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree
UKUnited Kingdom

Tomb of Sand

by Geetanjali Shree

Int. Booker

Cover of The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
USUnited States

The Rabbit Hutch

by Tess Gunty

NBA Fiction

Cover of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry
Cover of Punks: New & Selected Poems by John Keene
USUnited States

Punks: New & Selected Poems

by John Keene

NBA Poetry

Cover of Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin
USUnited States

Seven Empty Houses

by Samanta Schweblin

NBA Translated

Cover of All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
USUnited States

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir

NBA Young People’s

Cover of Babel by R. F. Kuang
USUnited States

Babel

by R. F. Kuang

Nebula

Cover of Yapping Away by Joshua Seigal
UKUnited Kingdom

Yapping Away

by Joshua Seigal

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
UKUnited Kingdom

Mrs Death Misses Death

by Salena Godden

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of A State of Fear by Laura Dodsworth
UKUnited Kingdom

A State of Fear

by Laura Dodsworth

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of Spatriati by Mario Desiati
EUItaly

Spatriati

by Mario Desiati

Strega

Cover of Vivre Vite by Brigitte Giraud
EUFrance

Vivre Vite

by Brigitte Giraud

Goncourt

Cover of Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly
USUnited States

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South

by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen
Cover of Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace
USUnited States

Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

by Nicole Eustace

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott
USUnited States

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City

by Andrea Elliott

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Cover of frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss
USUnited States

frank: sonnets

by Diane Seuss

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
UKUnited Kingdom

The Book of Form and Emptiness

by Ruth Ozeki

Women's Prize

202126 winners
Cover of Higanbana ga saku shima by Li Kotomi
ASIAJapan

Higanbana ga saku shima

by Li Kotomi

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Black Box by Bunji Sunakawa
ASIAJapan

Black Box

by Bunji Sunakawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa
ASIAJapan

The Place of Shells

by Mai Ishizawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
UKUnited Kingdom

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe

Baillie Gifford

Cover of The Promise by Damon Galgut
UKUnited Kingdom

The Promise

by Damon Galgut

Booker

Cover of Blaue Frau by Antje Rávik Strubel
EUGermany

Blaue Frau

by Antje Rávik Strubel

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of Network Effect by Martha Wells
USUnited States

Network Effect

by Martha Wells

Hugo

Cover of At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop
UKUnited Kingdom

At Night All Blood Is Black

by David Diop

Int. Booker

Cover of Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
USUnited States

Hell of a Book

by Jason Mott

NBA Fiction

Cover of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
Cover of Floaters by Martín Espada
USUnited States

Floaters

by Martín Espada

NBA Poetry

Cover of Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
USUnited States

Winter in Sokcho

by Elisa Shua Dusapin

NBA Translated

Cover of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
USUnited States

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo

NBA Young People’s

Cover of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
USUnited States

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

NBCC Fiction

Cover of A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
USUnited States

A Master of Djinn

by P. Djèlí Clark

Nebula

Cover of Baller Boys by Venessa Taylor
UKUnited Kingdom

Baller Boys

by Venessa Taylor

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder by Victoria Dowd
UKUnited Kingdom

The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder

by Victoria Dowd

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of Just Gill by John Dalley
UKUnited Kingdom

Just Gill

by John Dalley

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of Due vite by Emanuele Trevi
EUItaly

Due vite

by Emanuele Trevi

Strega

Cover of La plus secrète mémoire des hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
EUFrance

La plus secrète mémoire des hommes

by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Goncourt

Cover of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne
USUnited States

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

by Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
USUnited States

The Night Watchman

by Louise Erdrich

Pulitzer

Cover of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain
USUnited States

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

by Marcia Chatelain

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino
USUnited States

Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

by David Zucchino

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Cover of Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
USUnited States

Postcolonial Love Poem

by Natalie Diaz

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
UKUnited Kingdom

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

Women's Prize

202026 winners
Cover of Hakyoku by Haruka Tono
ASIAJapan

Hakyoku

by Haruka Tono

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Idol, Burning by Rin Usami
ASIAJapan

Idol, Burning

by Rin Usami

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Shuri no Uma by Haneko Takayama
ASIAJapan

Shuri no Uma

by Haneko Takayama

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
UKUnited Kingdom

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time

by Craig Brown

Baillie Gifford

Cover of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
UKUnited Kingdom

Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart

Booker

Cover of Annette, ein Heldinnenepos by Anne Weber
EUGermany

Annette, ein Heldinnenepos

by Anne Weber

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
USUnited States

A Memory Called Empire

by Arkady Martine

Hugo

Cover of The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
UKUnited Kingdom

The Discomfort of Evening

by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

Int. Booker

Cover of Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
USUnited States

Interior Chinatown

by Charles Yu

NBA Fiction

Cover of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Tamara Payne, Les Payne
USUnited States

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

by Tamara Payne, Les Payne

NBA Nonfiction

Cover of DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi
USUnited States

DMZ Colony

by Don Mee Choi

NBA Poetry

Cover of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
USUnited States

Tokyo Ueno Station

by Yu Miri

NBA Translated

Cover of King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
USUnited States

King and the Dragonflies

by Kacen Callender

NBA Young People’s

Cover of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
USUnited States

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

NBCC Fiction

Cover of Network Effect by Martha Wells
USUnited States

Network Effect

by Martha Wells

Nebula

Cover of Bea by Nigel Wormack
UKUnited Kingdom

Bea

by Nigel Wormack

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of The Weighing of the Heart by Paul Tudor Owen
UKUnited Kingdom

The Weighing of the Heart

by Paul Tudor Owen

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of A Girl Behind Dark Glasses by Jessica Taylor-Bearman
UKUnited Kingdom

A Girl Behind Dark Glasses

by Jessica Taylor-Bearman

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of Il colibrì by Sandro Veronesi
EUItaly

Il colibrì

by Sandro Veronesi

Strega

Cover of L'Anomalie by Hervé Le Tellier
EUFrance

L'Anomalie

by Hervé Le Tellier

Goncourt

Cover of Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser
USUnited States

Sontag: Her Life and Work

by Benjamin Moser

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
USUnited States

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

Pulitzer

Cover of Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by W. Caleb McDaniel
USUnited States

Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

by W. Caleb McDaniel

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care by Anne Boyer
Cover of The Tradition by Jericho Brown
USUnited States

The Tradition

by Jericho Brown

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
UKUnited Kingdom

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

Women's Prize

201925 winners
Cover of The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
ASIAJapan

The Woman in the Purple Skirt

by Natsuko Imamura

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of Seitaka Awadachisō by Makoto Furukawa
ASIAJapan

Seitaka Awadachisō

by Makoto Furukawa

Akutagawa Prize

Cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
UKUnited Kingdom

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

by Hallie Rubenhold

Baillie Gifford

Cover of The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
UKUnited Kingdom

The Testaments

by Margaret Atwood

Booker

Cover of Herkunft by Saša Stanišić
EUGermany

Herkunft

by Saša Stanišić

Deutscher Buchpreis

Cover of The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
USUnited States

The Calculating Stars

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Hugo

Cover of Celestial Bodies by Jokha al-Harthi
UKUnited Kingdom

Celestial Bodies

by Jokha al-Harthi

Int. Booker

Cover of Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
USUnited States

Trust Exercise

by Susan Choi

NBA Fiction

Cover of The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
USUnited States

The Yellow House

by Sarah M. Broom

NBA Nonfiction

Cover of Sight Lines by Arthur Sze
USUnited States

Sight Lines

by Arthur Sze

NBA Poetry

Cover of Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai
USUnited States

Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming

by László Krasznahorkai

NBA Translated

Cover of 1919 The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler
USUnited States

1919 The Year That Changed America

by Martin W. Sandler

NBA Young People’s

Cover of Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
USUnited States

Everything Inside

by Edwidge Danticat

NBCC Fiction

Cover of A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
USUnited States

A Song for a New Day

by Sarah Pinsker

Nebula

Cover of Freddie Malone: The Treasure at the Top of the World by Clive Mantle
UKUnited Kingdom

Freddie Malone: The Treasure at the Top of the World

by Clive Mantle

People's Book Prize Children's

Cover of Open My Eyes by Alice Allan
UKUnited Kingdom

Open My Eyes

by Alice Allan

People's Book Prize Fiction

Cover of How to Remove a Brain by David Haviland
UKUnited Kingdom

How to Remove a Brain

by David Haviland

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

Cover of M. Il figlio del secolo by Antonio Scurati
EUItaly

M. Il figlio del secolo

by Antonio Scurati

Strega

Cover of Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon by Jean-Paul Dubois
Cover of The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart
USUnited States

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

by Jeffrey C. Stewart

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Cover of The Overstory by Richard Powers
USUnited States

The Overstory

by Richard Powers

Pulitzer

Cover of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
USUnited States

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

by David W. Blight

Pulitzer Prize for History

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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

by Eliza Griswold

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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Be With

by Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

Women's Prize

201823 winners
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Okuribi

by Hiroki Takahashi

Akutagawa Prize

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1R 1-Pun 34-Byō

by Ryōhei Machiya

Akutagawa Prize

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Nimuroddo

by Takahiro Ueda

Akutagawa Prize

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Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy

by Serhii Plokhy

Baillie Gifford

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Milkman

by Anna Burns

Booker

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Archipel

by Inger-Maria Mahlke

Deutscher Buchpreis

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The Stone Sky

by N. K. Jemisin

Hugo

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Flights

by Olga Tokarczuk

Int. Booker

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The Friend

by Sigrid Nunez

NBA Fiction

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The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

by Jeffrey C. Stewart

NBA Nonfiction

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Indecency

by Justin Phillip Reed

NBA Poetry

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The Emissary

by Yoko Tawada

NBA Translated

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The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo

NBA Young People’s

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Milkman

by Anna Burns

NBCC Fiction

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The Calculating Stars

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Nebula

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La ragazza con la Leica

by Helena Janeczek

Strega

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Leurs enfants après eux

by Nicolas Mathieu

Goncourt

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Caroline Fraser

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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Less

by Andrew Sean Greer

Pulitzer

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The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

by Jack E. Davis

Pulitzer Prize for History

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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

by James Forman Jr.

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016

by Frank Bidart

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Home Fire

by Kamila Shamsie

Women's Prize

201725 winners
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Eiri

by Shinsuke Numata

Akutagawa Prize

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Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo

by Chisako Wakatake

Akutagawa Prize

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The Mud of a Century

by Yūka Ishii

Akutagawa Prize

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Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

Booker

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Die Hauptstadt

by Robert Menasse

Deutscher Buchpreis

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The Obelisk Gate

by N. K. Jemisin

Hugo

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A Horse Walks into a Bar

by David Grossman

Int. Booker

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Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward

NBA Fiction

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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

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NBA Nonfiction

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Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016

by Frank Bidart

NBA Poetry

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Far from the Tree

by Robin Benway

NBA Young People’s

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Improvement

by Joan Silber

NBCC Fiction

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The Stone Sky

by N. K. Jemisin

Nebula

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The Wolf is Not Invited

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People's Book Prize Children's

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The Grotto’s Secret

by Paula Wynne

People's Book Prize Fiction

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A Life in Death

by Richard Venables, Kris Hollington

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

Le otto montagne

by Paolo Cognetti

Strega

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L'Ordre du jour

by Éric Vuillard

Goncourt

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The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

by Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

Pulitzer

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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy

by Heather Ann Thompson

Pulitzer Prize for History

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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Olio

by Tyehimba Jess

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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The Power

by Naomi Alderman

Women's Prize

201624 winners
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Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Shinsekai

by Sumito Yamashita

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

by Philippe Sands

Baillie Gifford

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The Sellout

by Paul Beatty

Booker

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EUGermany

Widerfahrnis

by Bodo Kirchhoff

Deutscher Buchpreis

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The Fifth Season

by N. K. Jemisin

Hugo

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The Vegetarian

by Han Kang

Int. Booker

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The Underground Railroad

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NBA Fiction

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The Performance of Becoming Human

by Daniel Borzutzky

NBA Poetry

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March: Book Three

by Nate Powell, Andrew Aydin, John Lewis

NBA Young People’s

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LaRose

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NBCC Fiction

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All the Birds in the Sky

by Charlie Jane Anders

Nebula

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Milky Moments

by Ellie Stoneley

People's Book Prize Children's

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The Road to Donetsk

by Diane Chandler

People's Book Prize Fiction

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Finding The Rainbow

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People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

La scuola cattolica

by Edoardo Albinati

Strega

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Chanson douce

by Leïla Slimani

Goncourt

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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

by William Finnegan

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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The Sympathizer

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Pulitzer

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Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

by T. J. Stiles

Pulitzer Prize for History

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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

by Joby Warrick

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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Ozone Journal

by Peter Balakian

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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The Glorious Heresies

by Lisa McInerney

Women's Prize

201525 winners
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Sukurappu Ando Birudo

by Keisuke Hada

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Shinde Inai Mono

by Yūshō Takiguchi

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Spark

by Naoki Matayoshi

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

An Exotic Marriage

by Yukiko Motoya

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James

Booker

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USUnited States

The Three-Body Problem

by Cixin Liu (Chinese)*[g]

Hugo

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USUnited States

Fortune Smiles: Stories

by Adam Johnson

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Voyage of the Sable Venus

by Robin Coste Lewis

NBA Poetry

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Challenger Deep

by Neal Shusterman

NBA Young People’s

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The Sellout

by Paul Beatty

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

Uprooted

by Naomi Novik

Nebula

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UKUnited Kingdom

Bernard

by Rob Jones

People's Book Prize Children's

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UKUnited Kingdom

Darke Mission

by Scott Caladon

People's Book Prize Fiction

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UKUnited Kingdom

Grumpy Old Menopause

by Carol E Wyer

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

La Ferocia

by Nicola Lagioia

Strega

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EUFrance

Boussole

by Mathias Énard

Goncourt

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The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

by David I. Kertzer

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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All the Light We Cannot See

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Pulitzer

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USUnited States

Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People

by Elizabeth A. Fenn

Pulitzer Prize for History

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Digest

by Gregory Pardlo

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

How to Be Both

by Ali Smith

Women's Prize

201423 winners
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ASIAJapan

Spring Garden

by Tomoka Shibasaki

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Kyūnenmae no Inori

by Masatsugu Ono

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

H Is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

by Richard Flanagan

Booker

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EUGermany

Kruso

by Lutz Seiler

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Ancillary Justice

by Ann Leckie

Hugo

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USUnited States

Redeployment

by Phil Klay

NBA Fiction

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Faithful and Virtuous Night

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NBA Poetry

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Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

NBA Young People’s

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Lila

by Marilynne Robinson

NBCC Fiction

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Annihilation

by Jeff VanderMeer

Nebula

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I Think I Murdered Miss

by Billy Bob Buttons

People's Book Prize Children's

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UKUnited Kingdom

Theatres of War

by R JJ Hall

People's Book Prize Fiction

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UKUnited Kingdom

You’ve Gone Too Far This Time Sir

by Danny Bent

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

Il desiderio di essere come tutti

by Francesco Piccolo

Strega

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EUFrance

Pas pleurer

by Lydie Salvayre

Goncourt

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USUnited States

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life

by Megan Marshall

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832

by Alan Taylor

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation

by Dan Fagin

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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3 Sections

by Vijay Seshadri

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

by Eimear McBride

Women's Prize

201323 winners
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ASIAJapan

Nails and Eyes

by Kaori Fujino

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

The Hole

by Hiroko Oyamada

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Luminaries

by Eleanor Catton

Booker

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EUGermany

Das Ungeheuer

by Terézia Mora

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Redshirts

by John Scalzi

Hugo

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USUnited States

The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

by George Packer

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Incarnadine

by Mary Szybist

NBA Poetry

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The Thing About Luck

by Cynthia Kadohata

NBA Young People’s

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Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

Ancillary Justice

by Ann Leckie

Nebula

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UKUnited Kingdom

Ante’s Inferno

by Griselda Heppel

People's Book Prize Children's

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UKUnited Kingdom

Interpreters

by Sue Eckstein

People's Book Prize Fiction

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UKUnited Kingdom

One Woman’s War

by Eileen Younghusband

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

Resistere non serve a niente

by Walter Siti

Strega

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EUFrance

Au revoir là-haut

by Pierre Lemaitre

Goncourt

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USUnited States

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

by Tom Reiss

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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The Orphan Master's Son

by Adam Johnson

Pulitzer

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Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

by Fredrik Logevall

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

by Gilbert King

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Stag's Leap

by Sharon Olds

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

May We Be Forgiven

by A. M. Homes

Women's Prize

201222 winners
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ASIAJapan

Touring the Land of the Dead

by Maki Kashimada

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

ab Sango

by Natsuko Kuroda

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

Bring Up the Bodies

by Hilary Mantel

Booker

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EUGermany

Landgericht

by Ursula Krechel

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Among Others

by Jo Walton

Hugo

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USUnited States

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

NBA Fiction

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Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations

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NBA Poetry

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Goblin Secrets

by William Alexander

NBA Young People’s

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

by Ben Fountain

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

2312

by Kim Stanley Robinson

Nebula

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Fearsome Beastie

by Giles Paley-Phillips

People's Book Prize Children's

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UKUnited Kingdom

In Restoration

by Valerie Thornhill

People's Book Prize Fiction

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UKUnited Kingdom

Behind the Rainbow

by Johan Bakker

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

Inseparabili

by Alessandro Piperno

Strega

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EUFrance

Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome

by Jérôme Ferrari

Goncourt

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USUnited States

George F. Kennan: An American Life

by John Lewis Gaddis

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

by Manning Marable

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

by Stephen Greenblatt

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Life on Mars

by Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

Women's Prize

201123 winners
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ASIAJapan

Harlequin's Butterfly

by Toh EnJoe

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Cannibals

by Shinya Tanaka

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

Booker

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EUGermany

In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts

by Eugen Ruge

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Blackout/All Clear

by Connie Willis

Hugo

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USUnited States

Salvage the Bones

by Jesmyn Ward

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

by Stephen Greenblatt

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Head Off & Split

by Nikky Finney

NBA Poetry

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USUnited States

Inside Out & Back Again

by Thanhha Lai

NBA Young People’s

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USUnited States

Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories

by Edith Pearlman

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

Among Others

by Jo Walton

Nebula

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UKUnited Kingdom

When I Dream of ABC

by Henry Fisher

People's Book Prize Children's

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UKUnited Kingdom

Making Shore

by Sara Allerton

People's Book Prize Fiction

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UKUnited Kingdom

Eradicating Ecocide

by Polly Higgins

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

Storia della mia gente

by Edoardo Nesi

Strega

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EUFrance

L'Art français de la guerre

by Alexis Jenni

Goncourt

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USUnited States

Washington: A Life

by Ron Chernow

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

by Eric Foner

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

The Best of It: New and Selected Poems

by Kay Ryan

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Tiger's Wife

by Téa Obreht

Women's Prize

201024 winners
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ASIAJapan

Otome no Mikkoku

by Akiko Akazome

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Kikotowa

by Mariko Asabuki

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Kueki Ressha

by Kenta Nishimura

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Finkler Question

by Howard Jacobson

Booker

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EUGermany

Tauben fliegen auf

by Melinda Nadj Abonji

Deutscher Buchpreis

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The Windup Girl

by Paolo Bacigalupi

Hugo

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Lord of Misrule

by Jaimy Gordon

NBA Fiction

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Just Kids

by Patti Smith

NBA Nonfiction

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Lighthead

by Terrance Hayes

NBA Poetry

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Mockingbird

by Kathryn Erskine

NBA Young People’s

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

NBCC Fiction

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Blackout/All Clear

by Connie Willis

Nebula

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UKUnited Kingdom

Mr. Stink

by David Walliams

People's Book Prize Children's

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UKUnited Kingdom

A Kind of Vanishing

by Lesley Thomson

People's Book Prize Fiction

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UKUnited Kingdom

The 3+1 Plan

by Brett Alegre-Wood

People's Book Prize Non-Fiction

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EUItaly

Canale Mussolini

by Antonio Pennacchi

Strega

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EUFrance

La Carte et le territoire

by Michel Houellebecq

Goncourt

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USUnited States

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

by T. J. Stiles

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

Tinkers

by Paul Harding

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

by Liaquat Ahamed

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

by David E. Hoffman

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Versed

by Rae Armantrout

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Cover of The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
UKUnited Kingdom

The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver

Women's Prize

200919 winners
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ASIAJapan

Tsui no Sumika

by Ken'ichirō Isozaki

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

Leviathan or, The Whale

by Philip Hoare

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel

Booker

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EUGermany

Du stirbst nicht

by Kathrin Schmidt

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman

Hugo

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USUnited States

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum McCann

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

by T. J. Stiles

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy

by Keith Waldrop

NBA Poetry

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USUnited States

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip Hoose

NBA Young People’s

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USUnited States

Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

The Windup Girl

by Paolo Bacigalupi

Nebula

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EUItaly

Stabat Mater

by Tiziano Scarpa

Strega

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EUFrance

Trois femmes puissantes

by Marie NDiaye

Goncourt

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USUnited States

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

by Jon Meacham

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

Olive Kitteridge

by Elizabeth Strout

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

by Annette Gordon-Reed

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
USUnited States

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

by Douglas A. Blackmon

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

The Shadow of Sirius

by W. S. Merwin

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

Home

by Marilynne Robinson

Women's Prize

200820 winners
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ASIAJapan

Toki ga Nijimu Asa

by Yang Yi

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Potosu Raimu no Fune

by Kikuko Tsumura

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House

by Kate Summerscale

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

Booker

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EUGermany

Der Turm

by Uwe Tellkamp

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

Hugo

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USUnited States

Shadow Country

by Peter Matthiessen

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

by Annette Gordon-Reed

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems

by Mark Doty

NBA Poetry

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USUnited States

What I Saw and How I Lied

by Judy Blundell

NBA Young People’s

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USUnited States

2666

by Roberto Bolaño

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

Powers

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Nebula

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EUItaly

La solitudine dei numeri primi

by Paolo Giordano

Strega

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EUFrance

Syngué Sabour: La pierre de patience

by Atiq Rahimi

Goncourt

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USUnited States

Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father

by John Matteson

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848

by Daniel Walker Howe

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945

by Saul Friedländer

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Time and Materials

by Robert Hass

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Road Home

by Rose Tremain

Women's Prize

200720 winners
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ASIAJapan

Asatte no Hito

by Tetsushi Suwa

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Chichi to Ran

by Mieko Kawakami

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Gathering

by Anne Enright

Booker

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EUGermany

Die Mittagsfrau

by Julia Franck

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Rainbows End

by Vernor Vinge

Hugo

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USUnited States

Tree of Smoke

by Denis Johnson

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Time and Materials

by Robert Hass

NBA Poetry

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USUnited States

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

NBA Young People’s

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USUnited States

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

Nebula

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EUItaly

Come Dio comanda

by Niccolò Ammaniti

Strega

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EUFrance

Alabama Song

by Gilles Leroy

Goncourt

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USUnited States

The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher

by Debby Applegate

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation

by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

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

by Lawrence Wright

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Native Guard

by Natasha Trethewey

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

Half of a Yellow Sun

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Women's Prize

200620 winners
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ASIAJapan

Hachigatsu no Rojō ni Suteru

by Takami Itō

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

A Perfect Day to Be Alone

by Nanae Aoyama

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

by James S. Shapiro

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Inheritance of Loss

by Kiran Desai

Booker

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EUGermany

Die Habenichtse

by Katharina Hacker

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Spin

by Robert Charles Wilson

Hugo

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USUnited States

The Echo Maker

by Richard Powers

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

Splay Anthem

by Nathaniel Mackey

NBA Poetry

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USUnited States

The Inheritance of Loss

by Kiran Desai

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

Seeker

by Jack McDevitt

Nebula

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EUItaly

Caos calmo

by Sandro Veronesi

Strega

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EUFrance

Les Bienveillantes

by Jonathan Littell

Goncourt

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USUnited States

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

March

by Geraldine Brooks

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

Polio: An American Story

by David Oshinsky

Pulitzer Prize for History

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USUnited States

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya

by Caroline Elkins

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Late Wife

by Claudia Emerson

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

On Beauty

by Zadie Smith

Women's Prize

200520 winners
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ASIAJapan

The Boy in the Earth

by Fuminori Nakamura

Akutagawa Prize

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ASIAJapan

Waiting in the Offing

by Akiko Itoyama

Akutagawa Prize

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UKUnited Kingdom

Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson

by Jonathan Coe

Baillie Gifford

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UKUnited Kingdom

The Sea

by John Banville

Booker

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EUGermany

Es geht uns gut

by Arno Geiger

Deutscher Buchpreis

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USUnited States

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

Hugo

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USUnited States

Europe Central

by William T. Vollmann

NBA Fiction

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USUnited States

The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

NBA Nonfiction

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USUnited States

Migration: New and Selected Poems

by W. S. Merwin

NBA Poetry

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USUnited States

The Penderwicks

by Jeanne Birdsall

NBA Young People’s

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USUnited States

The March

by E. L. Doctorow

NBCC Fiction

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USUnited States

Camouflage

by Joe Haldeman

Nebula

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EUItaly

Il viaggiatore notturno

by Maurizio Maggiani

Strega

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EUFrance

Trois jours chez ma mère

by François Weyergans

Goncourt

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USUnited States

de Kooning: An American Master

by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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USUnited States

Gilead

by Marilynne Robinson

Pulitzer

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USUnited States

Washington's Crossing

by David Hackett Fischer

Pulitzer Prize for History

Cover of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
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USUnited States

Delights & Shadows

by Ted Kooser

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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UKUnited Kingdom

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

Women's Prize