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Book Awards

I focused this award list on fiction prizes, for the most part.  Let me know if you know of other awards for fiction or if you come across any broken links.

Caldecott Medal
Man Booker Prize
National Book Awards
     MPR article about 2017 National Book Award finalists
National Book Critics Circle Awards
Newberry Medal
Nobel Prize (Literature)
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction)

Amer. Library Assoc. various awards
Betty Trask Award
Bram Stoker Awards
Coretta Scott King Awards
Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread)
Edgar Awards
Giller Prize
Governor General's Literary Awards
Guardian First book Awards
Hammett Awards
Hugo Awards
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards

Lambda Literary Foundation
Lannan Literary Awards
Minnesota Book Awards
Nebula Awards
PEN American Center Literary Awards
PEN/Faulkner Awards

Orange Prize (Fiction)
Orange Prize (New Writer)
Thurber Prize
Hawthornden Prize

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Book Reviews, Reading Group Guides, Links

  • Book Browse
  • Book Riot
  • BookReporter.com
  • Goodreads
  • Google Books
  • How to Discuss a Book - LitLovers
  • Library Thing
  • Library Thing: SewardBooks account
  • Lit Lovers
  • Loft Literary Center
  • MPR Daily Circuit Books
  • Nancy Pearl's blog (semi-famous librarian)
  • New York Times Books
  • On Being Radio Poetry Project
  • OpenCulture - free online lit courses
  • Opinion piece about difference between literary fiction and popular fiction
  • Penguin Book Clubs
  • Reading Group Center (Knopf, Doubleday, Vintage, Anchor)
  • ReadingGroupGuides.com
  • Salon.com Books
  • Seattle Public Library: Book Club How-To
  • Talking Volumes
  • The Believer Magazine

Kindred Spirits - Other Local Book Clubs

  • Book Lovers Club
  • The Circle Reading Group

New York Times Book Reviews

  • Norma Swenson, ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Co-Author, Dies at 93 - 6/15/2025 - Penelope Green
  • Book Review: “The Möbius Book, by Catherine Lacey - 6/15/2025 - Alexandra Jacobs
  • Molly Recommends 2 Very Male New Novels - 6/14/2025 - 
  • Book Review: ‘Endling,’ by Maria Reva - 6/14/2025 - Ania Szremski
  • Trying to Sell a Conservative Book? Go on a Podcast. - 6/14/2025 - Alexandra Alter

Huffington Post Book News/Reviews

  • The 10 Books That Scientists Say Can Make A Difference In The Climate Crisis - 4/11/2024 - 
  • HBO's Stylish Adaptation Of 'The Sympathizer' Is A Watered-Down Version Of The Book - 4/10/2024 - 
  • Reviewers Call This Hands-Free Light The 'Best Purchase They’ve Ever Made' - 4/10/2024 - 
  • New Climate Fiction Author Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s Favorite Cli-Fi Books - 4/5/2024 - 
  • The Books Women’s Rights Activists Recommend Your Children Read - 3/27/2024 - 

Borrow or Buy Books

Libraries
Hennepin Cty/Mpls Library
St. Paul Library
Ramsey County Library

Stores
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble.com
AbeBooks - vends for Half Price Books. Also collector books.
Heritage Book Shop - collector books (Also antique maps!)
Micawbers - 2238 Carter Ave., St. Paul
ThriftBooks.com

Free Online
Project Gutenberg - free ebooks
LibriVox - free online audio books in public domain

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