Lists
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General Lists:
- 20 MOST read stories in The New Yorker 2018
- BEST BOOKS 2020 lists
Literature
- Nobel Prize
- Pulitzer Prize: fiction
- Pulitzer Prize: history
- Pulitzer Prize: biography
- Pulitzer Prize: commentary
- Pulitzer Prize: general non-fiction
- Pulitzer Prize: drama
- Pulitzer Prize: international reporting
- Pulitzer Prize: poetry
- National Book Awards
- National Book Awards for Nonfiction
- National Book Awards – long and short list 2018
- Shirley Jackson Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award
- Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels
- 10 Inspiring Female Writers You Need To Read
- #20Books Of Summer 2017
- #20BooksOfSummer 2018
- Book Series in Order
- The Daggers (Crime Fiction Awards)
- Drue Heinz Literature Prize (short stories) website list of winners
- Windham Campbell Prizes ( Yale University)
- Whiting Award ( emerging young writers)
- PEN/Robert Bingham Prize (very talented fiction writers a first novel or collection of short stories)
- Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (fiction by American woman)
- T.S. Eliot Prize (poetry)
- The Bollingen Prize (poetry)
- Los Angles Review of Books
- Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award (emerging women writers singled out for excellence)
- Karla J. Strand List October 2018
- Ruth Lilly Prize Poetry ( awarded by Poetry Foundaton)
- Publisher W.W. Norton list of books
- Neustadt Prize (the American Nobel)
- Tony Awards Database (theater)
- Ainsfield-Wolf Awards (understanding of racism and human diversity)
- The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Award (most prestigious…prize $100.000!)
- Rea Award for Short Story
United Kingdom (Wales/Scotland) – Ireland
- The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English: Reader’s Alternative List (The Guardian)
- Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award
- The Wainwright Prize
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
- Wellcome Book Prize
- The Big Read poll of UK’s ‘best-loved novel’ 200 books
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- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
- Ballie Gifford Prize (best non-fiction)
- Dylan Thomas Prize
- Wodehouse Prize (literary prize for comic fiction) 2018…no winner
- Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
- List of leading Irish Authors (protest Ian Buruma’s forced resignation from NYRB)
- Patrick Kavanaugh Award Irish Poetry (poetry)
- Frank O’ Connor Award (Ireland) – International Short Story Award
- James Tait Black Prize (biography, fiction, drama) University of Edinburgh
- MOTH Poetry Prize – Ireland (10.000 euro poetry )
- Michael Murphy Memorial Award (poetry) winner National Poetry Day in 2019, October 3
France:
- Prix Valery-Labaud
- Prix Goncourt
- Prix Renaudot
- Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
- Best books Meilleurs livres de l’année du magazine LIRE
Australia
- National Biography Award
- Western Australia Literary Awards
- Queensland Literary Awards
- Queensland Premier’s Award for Drama
- Queensland Literary Award shortlist 2018
- Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
- Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
- Australian Book Industry Awards
- National Biography Awards Australia
- Christina Stead Awards
- Stella Prize
- ALS Gold Medal
- ARA Historical Novel Prize
- Kibble and Dobbie Awards
- Miles Franklin Literary Award
- New Zealand Book Awards
- Aurealis Awards (speculative fiction)
- Steele Rudd Awards
- Indie Book Awards
- Patrick White Award
- The Walkley Awards
- Pascall Prize
- Calibre Essay Prize
- Viva La Novella Prize
- Kathleen Mitchell Prize (bi-annual for young authors)
- #ABIA2018 Longlist
- #ABIA2017 Longlist ( great books!)
- Waverly Library Awards
- Anne Elder Award (poetry)
- Barbara Jefferis Award:
- NSW Premier’s Literary Award
- NSW Premier’s Literary Award shortlist 2019
- Western Australian Premier’s Book Award:
- Books and Publishing Awards page
- Sarah Broom Poetry Prize (NZ)
- Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
The Netherlands:
- Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize
- P.C. Hooft Award (lifetime literary achievement) 2018 Nachoem Wijnberg
- Prijs der Nederlande Literatuur (oeuvreprijs)
- F. Bordewijk-Prijs
- Constantijn Huygens-Prijs
- Libris Literatuur Prijs (fictie)
- BookSpot Literatuurprijs ( fictie/non-fictie)
- VSB Poetry Prijs (shortlist 2018)
- Gouden Griffel (jeugdliteratuur en illustrators) (winners 2018)
Germany:
- Hans Fallada Prize – young German author awarded once every two years
Canada:
- Prix Ringuet
- The Giller Prize
- Cundill History Prize McGill University
- The Griffin Poetry Prize (poetry)
- The Governor General’s Award
- Rogers Writers Trust Prize (novel, short stoires)
- Thomas Head Raddall Award
- First Novel Award Books in Canada
- Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
- Atlantic Booksellers Choice Award
Theater/TV:
- Pulitzer Prize: drama
- The Mimi Award for Playwrights
- 10 Greek Plays essential for any education
- Olivier Awards
- Tony Awards
- Queensland Premier’s Award for Drama
- 50 Best Plays of the Past 100 Years
- HBO Golden Globe Nominated TV Series 2018
- The 50 Best TV Shows…EVER!
TBR:
- Said Sayrafiezadeh
- Rion Amilcar Scott
- Mia Alvar
- Sharon Olds (poet)
- Joe Henry (poet/songwriter)
- Amy Bonnaffons (short stories)
- Science Books to read 2017
- Literary Theory and Criticism Books