BOOKLIST TITLES IN CATEGORIES

BOOKLIST TITLES IN CATEGORIES

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(UPDATED JULY 15, 2004)

AESTHETICS

AFRICA (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM AFRICA)

Africa's Best 100 Books of the Century
Alan Paton Award for Non-Fiction Writing, 1989-2003
Best Twelve African Books of the Twentieth Century
Sunday Times Fiction Award, 2001-2003

AFRICAN AMERICANS


Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Fiction, 1994-2002 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Nonfiction, 1994-2002 Coretta Scott King Award for a Children's Book by an African American Author, 1970-2003 Coretta Scott King Award for a Children's Book by an African American Illustrator, 1979-2003

Alternative Press See UNDERGROUND PRESS PUBLICATIONS

ANTHROPOLOGY


Weatherford's Great and Significant Books in Anthropology

ART


Gilbars Good Books in Art

ASIA AND ASIANS


Pearlman's "An Asian Ethos"

ASTRONOMY


Powell's Core List of Books in Astronomy

AUDIO BOOKS


Audie Award for Best Audio Unabridged Fiction, 1996-2003 Audie Award for Best Audio Unabridged Nonfiction, 1996-2003

AUSTRALIA (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM AUSTRALIA)


Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fantasy Fiction, 1995-2001 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Horror Fiction, 1995-2001 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Science Fiction, 1995-2001 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Long Fiction for Children, 2001 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 1995-2001 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 1993-2003 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, 1946-2003 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1982-2003 Australian Children's Early Childhood Book of the Year Award, 2003 Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year Award, 1956-2003 C. J. Dennis Prize for Australian Poetry, 1985-2002 Miles Franklin Award for an Australian Novel or Play, 1957-2002 Nettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction, 1985-2002 Vance Palmer Prize for Australian Fiction, 1985-2002

Banned Books See CENSORSHIP

BEST SELLERS


All-Time Children's Best-Selling Books in the United States as of January 1, 1996 Best-Selling Hardcover Fiction, Year-By-Year, 1900-2002 Best-Selling Hardcover Nonfiction, Year-By-Year, 1900-2002 Hackett and Burke's Early Best Sellers in America The Ten Bestselling Books of All-Time Top 50 All-Time Bestselling Children's Books as of January 1, 2001

BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY


James Tate Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 1919-2002 Koret Jewish Book Award for Biography/Autobiography, 1999-2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, 1981-2004 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and Autobiography, 1983-2003 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and Autobiography, 1917-2004 Roddman's Great and Significant Books in Biography and Autobiography Whitbread Book Award for Biography-Autobiography, 1971-2003

BOOK CLUBS


The Great Books Foundation's Reading List Oprah's Book Club Selections, 1996-2002

BUSINESS


Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Best Business Book, 1996-1998 Home Business Magazine's Top 10 Home Business Books

CANADA (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM CANADA)


Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian Crime Novel, 1984-2002 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Canadian Crime Novel, 1987-2001 Canadian Authors Association's Award for Fiction, 1975-2002 Canadian Authors Association's Vicky Metcalf Award, 1981-2001 Canadian Library Association's Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 1971-2002 Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year Award for Children, 1947-2002 Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award, 1981-2002 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, 1991-2002 Giller Prize for Best Canadian Novel or Short Story Collection, 1994-2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 1987-2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 1987-2003 Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1936-2002 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction, 1936-2002 Griffen Poetry Prize, 2001-2002 Marian Engel Award to a Female Canadian Writer, 1986-2001 Prix Aurora Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, 1982-2003 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor, 1947-2003 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, 2001-2002

CENSORSHIP


Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds The One Hundred Most Frequently Challenged Books in the United States, 1990-2000

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (See also YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE)


Aesop Prize for a Folklore Book for Children, 1992-2000 All-Time Children's Best-Selling Books in the United States as of January 1, 1996 American Booksellers Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 1993-2000 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Long Fiction for Children, 2001 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 1993-2003 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, 1946-2003 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1982-2003 Australian Children's Early Childhood Book of the Year Award, 2003 Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year Award, 1956-2003 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for a Children's Picture Book, 1967-2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Children's Book Award for Fiction, 1967-2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Children's Book Award for Nonfiction, 1976-2002 Britain's Favourite Ten Children's Books Caldecott Medal for Illustration of a Book for Children, 1938-2003 Canadian Authors Association's Vicky Metcalf Award, 1963-2001 Canadian Library Association's Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrators Award, 1971-2002 Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year Award for Children, 1947-2002 Carnegie Medal for an Outstanding Book for Children, 1936-2001 The Children's Laureate, 1999-2003 Children's Literature Association's Eleven Best American Children's Books of the Past 200 Years Coretta Scott King Award for a Children's Book by an African American Author, 1970-2003 Coretta Scott King Award for a Children's Book by an African American Illustrator, 1979-2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text Guardian Children's Fiction Award, 1967-2002 Hans Christian Andersen Biennial Awards for Children's Literature, 1966-2002 Jane Addams Award for a Children's Picture Book, 1993-2003 Jane Addams Book Award for Children's Literature, 1953-2003 Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration of Children's Books, 1956-2001 A Latino National Conversation - Recommended Reading for Children and Young Adults Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature, 2003 Massachusetts Book Award for Children's Picture Books, 2001 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Children's Books in Translation, 1968-2003 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 1969-2003 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for a Picture Book, 1997-2003 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Junior Fiction, 1997-2003 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Non-Fiction, 1997-2003 Newbery Medal for Children's Literature, 1922-2003 Phoenix Award for Children's Literature, 1985-2003 Pura Belpre Awards for Writers & Illustrators of Children's Literature, 1996-2002 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award for Children or Young Adults, 1984-2002 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award, 1999-2001 Top 50 All-Time Bestselling Children's Books as of January 1, 2001 Whitbread Award for Children's Book of the Year, 1972-2003

COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SCIENCE


An Introduction to Works on Computers and Computer Science

CRIME (Fact Crime, Nonfiction)


Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger for Nonfiction, 1978-2003
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime Book, 1948-2003

CURRENT INTEREST(Current Events)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 1981-2004

DENMARK (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM DENMARK)


Hans Christian Andersen Biennial Awards for Children's Literature, 1966-2002

DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS


Bancroft Prize for American History and Diplomacy, 1948-2000 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for Best Book on Government, Politics or International Affairs, 1974-2001

DRAMA


Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1918-2004 Tony Award for Best Broadway Play, 1948-2003

ECONOMICS


Prapa's Great and Significant Books in Economics

EDUCATION


Frederic W. Ness Book Award for Contributing to Liberal Education, 1980-2002

ELECTRONIC BOOKS (eBooks)


Frankfurt eBook Award Grand Prize Winners, 2001

ENGLISH LANGUAGE


A Select Bibliography of the English Language

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ECOLOGY, NATURE, EXPLORING


Association for the Study of Literature and Environment's Twelve Classic Nature and Environment Books Best Outdoor Literature Book of the Year, 1997-2002 BP Natural World Book Prize, 1987-2002 John Burroughs Medal for a Distinguished Book of Natural History, 1926-2002 The Environmentalist's Bookshelf's Top 40 Books Outside Magazine's Twenty Five Essential Books for the Well Read Explorer

ESSAYS, LETTERS, LITERARY CRITICISM


Hochfield's Great and Significant Books in Essays, Letters, Criticism National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, 1975-2003 Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award for an Outstanding Book of Literary Scholarship or Criticism, 1951-2002 Raphael and McLeish's Recommendations in Literary Criticism

ETHICS


Arozena's Best Books in Ethics

FANTASY FICTION (See Also SCIENCE FICTION)


Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fantasy Fiction, 1995-2002 James Tiptree Jr. Award for Gender-Bending Science Fiction or Fantasy, 1992-2003 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 1978-2002 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, 1971-2002 Pringle's 100 Best English-Language Fantasy Novels Prix Aurora Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, 1982-2002 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, 2001-2002 World Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 1975-2002

Fiction. See LITERARY FICTION; MYSTERIES; SCIENCE FICTION; WESTERNS;
HORROR FICTION; ROMANCE FICTION; FANTASY FICTION.

FOOD AND DRINK


Anthony Bourdain's Favourite Books About Food Glenfiddich Award for the Best Drink Book of the Year, 1972-2003 Glenfiddich Award for the Best Food Book of the Year, 1972-2003 Matthew Fort's Favourite Classic Cookbooks

FRANCE (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM FRANCE)


Prix Goncourt for French Literature, 1903-2002

GENERAL LISTS(Fiction and Nonfiction, Novels and Poetry, etc.)


Adler and Van Doren's Recommended Reading List Africa's Best 100 Books of the Century Best Twelve African Books of the Twentieth Century Bloom's Western Canon, Part I: The Theocratic Age: 2000BC - 1321 AD Bloom's Western Canon, Part II: The Aristocratic Age: 1321 - 1832 Bloom's Western Canon, Part III: The Democratic Age: 1832 - 1900 Bloom's Western Canon, Part IV: The Chaotic Age: 20th Century Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book, 1989-2003 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Overall Best Book, 1987-2003 Connolly's 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement Down's 111 Books that Shaped Western Civilization The Fifty Twentieth-Century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976-1983 Good Reading's 100 Significant Books Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award, 1968-1993 The Great Books Foundation's Reading List Great Books Program at St. John's College Guardian First Book Award, 1965-2001 Kanigel's Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, 1996-2002 A Latino National Conversation - Recommended Reading for Adults LOGOS Project's Books That Shaped the Century Marian Engel Award to a Female Canadian Writer, 1986-2002 Miles Franklin Award for an Australian Novel or Play, 1957-2002 New York Public Library's Books of the Century Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, 1901-2002 The 100 Best Books in the History of Literature Oxford World's Classics Philip Ward's A Lifetime's Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year, 2002-2003 Seymour-Smith's 100 Most Influential Books Snodgrass' Utopian Literature; The Primary Sources Utne Readers' Recommended Books Waterstone's Top 100 Books of the Century Whitbread Book of the Year, 1975-2003 W H Smith Literary Award, 1959-2003

GERMANY (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM GERMANY)


Frankfurt eBook Award Grand Prize Winners, 2000-2001

GREEK LITERATURE (ANCIENT)


Hurwitz's Good Reading in Ancient Greek Literature

HEALTH AND MEDICINE


Gilbar's Good Books in Health and Medicine

HISTORICAL FICTION


Daniel S. Burt's Recommended Historical Novels

HISTORY


Albert J. Beveridge Award for the Best Book in English on the History of the United States, Latin America, or Canada, 1939-2002 Bancroft Prize for American History and Diplomacy, 1948-2003 Koret Jewish Book Award for History, 1999-2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 1981-2004 Pulitzer Prize for United States History, 1917-2004 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, 1996-2003 Simon Schama's Favourite History Books, 2002

HORROR FICTION


Aurealis Award for Excellence in Horror Fiction, 1995-2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Collection of Horror Stories, 1987-2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, 1987-2002 Horror Writer Association's Top 40 Horror Books of All Time International Horror Guild Award for Best Horror Novel, 1995-2002 Jones and Newman's 100 Best Horror Books

HUMOR


Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, 1947-2003 Thurber Prize for American Humor, 1997-2001

INVESTMENTS


Motley Fool's Top Investing Books of All Time

IRAQ


Iraq: A New York Times Reading List

IRELAND (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM IRELAND)


International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for the Novel, 1996-2003

ISLAMIC RELIGION AND CULTURE


World of Islam: A Minneapolis Public Library Booklist, 2002

JEWISH CULTURE, JUDAISM


Syme and Kanter's 100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers Union of American Hebrew Congregations' Significant Jewish Books

JOURNALISM


New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, 1988-2002

LAW


Schwartz's Ten Greatest Law Books

LESBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS


American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Book Awards, 1972-2002 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, 1989-2002 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, 1989-2002

LITERARY FICTION


Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction, 1991-2002 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Fiction, 1994-2002 Booker (Man Booker) Prize for Fiction, 1969-2003 Boston Book Review Fisk Fiction Prize, 1995-1999 Burgess' 99 Best English-Language Novels Canadian Authors Association's Award for Fiction, 1975-2002 Clifton Fadiman's Ten Best Books of Fiction Feminista's Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women Giller Prize for Best Canadian Novel or Short Story Collection, 1994-2002 Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1936-2002 Guardian First Book Award, 1965-2002 Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature, 1919-2002 Howells Medal for American Fiction, 1925-2000 Hungry Mind Review's 100 Best 20th-Century American Books International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for the Novel, 1996-2003 James Tate Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 1919-2002 Joanna Trollope's Favourite 19th Century Novels Koret Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 1999-2004 Library Journal's Most Influential Fiction of the 20th Century Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1981-2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1969-2003 Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction, 2003 Miles Franklin Award for an Australian Novel or Play, 1957-2002 Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century Montana Book Award for Fiction, 1994-1995 Montana New Zealand Deutz Medal for Fiction, 1996-2003 National Book Award for Fiction, 1950-2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1975-2003 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970-2002 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction, 1976-1995 Orange Prize for Fiction by a Woman, 1996-2003 Pen-Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981-2003 Prix Goncourt for French Literature, 1903-2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1918-2004 Seymour-Smith's Finest Works of Fiction Seymour-Smith's Recommended Works of Fiction Somerset Maugham's Ten Best Novels of the World St. Mark's Additional 100 Best English Language Novels of the Twentieth Century Sunday Times Fiction Award, 2001-2003 United Kingdom's 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman Vance Palmer Prize for Australian Fiction, 1985-2002 Whitbread Book Award for First Novel, 1981-2003 Whitbread Book Award for the Novel, 1971-2003

LITERARY TRANSLATION


Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Children's Books in Translation, 1968-2002 PEN-Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize, 1963-2003

MEDIA


Brill's Content - The Essential Media Bookshelf

MILITARY READING


Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Professional Military Reading List Chief of Staff of the Air Force's Reading List, July 22, 2002 Chief of the U.S. Naval Operations Reading List Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Official Reading List Iraq: A New York Times Reading List The Royal Marines, A Recommended Reading List from the Imperial War Museum U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List

MYSTERIES, DETECTIVE STORIES, CRIME NOVELS


Agatha Award for Best Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2003 Agatha Award for Best First Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2003 Anthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1986-2002 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1986-2002 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Canadian Crime Novel, 1984-2003 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Canadian Crime Novel, 1987-2003 Barzun and Taylor's Classic Crime Novels Booksellers' 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century Borgeau's Classic Mystery Books Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger Prize, 1986-2003 Crime Writers' Association's Ellis Peters Dagger for Best Historical Mystery, 1999-2003 Crime Writers' Association's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, 2003 Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger, 1973-2003 Crime Writers' Association's Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2003 Crime Writers' Association's Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1946-2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1954-2003 Ellery Queen's Twelve Best Detective Stories Ellis Peters Dagger for Best Historical Mystery, 1999-2003 Hammett Prize for Best Work in Crime Writing, 1992-2002 Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction Haycraft's Detective Story Bookshelf John Creasey Memorial Award for Best First Crime Novel, 1973-2002 Keating's 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books Lachman's One Hundred Notable American Novels of Detection Lehman's Recommended Detective Novels and Stories Los Angeles Times Book Prize for a Mystery/Thriller Novel, 2001-2004 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1987-2002 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1987-2002 Nero Wolfe Award for Best Fair Play Mystery Novel, 1979-2002 Oleksiw's 100 Classic British Mystery Novels Rex Stout's Ten Favorite Detective Novels Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel, 1985-2002 Shamus Award for Best Private Eye Novel, 1982-2002 Symon's 100 Best Crime Stories Wink's Personal Favorites in Detective Fiction

NATIVE AMERICANS


Pearlman's Booklist of Native American Ideas

NEW ZEALAND (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM NEW ZEALAND)


Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award, 1968-1993 Montana Book Award for Fiction, 1994-1995 Montana Book Award for Nonfiction, 1994-1995 Montana Book Award for Poetry, 1994-1995 Montana New Zealand Deutz Medal for Fiction, 1996-2003 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2003 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1996-2003 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction, 1976-1995 New Zealand Book Award for Nonfiction, 1976-1995 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1976-1995 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for a Picture Book, 1997-2003 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Junior Fiction, 1997-2003 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Non-Fiction, 1997-2003

NONFICTION (GENERAL) See Also BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
and Specific Subjects, e.g. ANTHROPOLOGY, ECONOMICS


Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction Writing, 1989-2003 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Nonfiction, 1994-2002 Boston Book Review Rea Nonfiction Prize, 1995-1999 Counterpunch's Favorite 100 Nonfiction Books in Translation Published in English Since 1900 Counterpunch's Top 100 Nonfiction Works First Published in English in the 20th Century Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, 1991-2002 Governor General's Award for Nonfiction, 1936-2002 Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction, 2003 Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century Montana Book Award for Nonfiction, 1994-1995 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2003 National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1950-2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction, 1975-2003 National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century Nettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction, 1985-2002 New Zealand Book Award for Nonfiction, 1976-1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 1962-2004 Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, 1999-2003

NORWAY (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM NORWAY)


The 100 Best Books in the History of Literature

PHILOSOPHY


Koret Jewish Book Award for Philosophy and Thought, 1999-2004 Raphael and McLeish's Recommendations in Philosophy

PHOTOGRAPHY


Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards, 1985-2003

POETRY


Bollingen Prize for Poetry by an American Citizen, 1949-2002 Boston Book Review Bingham Poetry Prize, 1995-1999 C.J. Dennis Prize for Australian Poetry, 1985-2002 Griffen Poetry Prize, 2001-2002 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for Poetry, 1994-2003 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, 1993-2003 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, 1975-2002 Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry, 2003 Montana Book Award for Poetry, 1994-1995 Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1996-2003 National Book Award for Poetry, 1950-2003 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 1975-2003 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1976-1995 Poets Laureate of England, 1616 to Date Poets Laureate of the United States, 1986-2003 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry by an American Author, 1922-2004 Tanning Prize for Poetry, 1994-1999 T.S. Eliot Prize for Best New Collection of Poetry, 1993-2002 Walt Whitman Award for Poetry, 1975-2003 Whitbread Book Award for Poetry, 1971-2003

POLITICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, GOVERNMENT


Gilbar's Good Books in Politics Ralph J. Bunche Award for a Book in Political Science, 1978-2002 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 1981-2003 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for Best Book on Government, Politics, or International Affairs 1974-2002

PSYCHOLOGY


Raphael and McLeish's Recommendations in Psychology

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION


Louis Brownlow Award for an Outstanding Book on Public Administration, 1969-2002

PUBLISHERS' SERIES


Oxford World's Classics

REFERENCE WORKS


Dartmouth Medal for an Outstanding Reference Work, 1975-2002 Twenty Top Reference Books

RELIGION See also JEWISH CULTURE, JUDAISM


Christianity Today's Top Ten Religious Books of the Century Frederic G. Melcher Book Award for a Significant Contribution to Religious Liberalism, 1964-2003 World of Islam: A Minneapolis Public Library Booklist, 2002

ROMAN LITERATURE (ANCIENT)


Hurwitz's Good Reading in Ancient Roman Literature

ROMANCE FICTION


Parker Romantic Novel of the Year, 1960-2003 Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Long Historical Romance Novel, 1982-2002 Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Regency Romance, 1985-2002

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


American Scientist's 100 or so Books that Shaped a Century of Science Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc) General Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002 Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc) Junior Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002 The Fifty Twentieth-Century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976-1983 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, 1990-2004 Phi Beta Kappa Award for an Outstanding Book on Science, 1959-2001

SCIENCE FICTION (See Also FANTASY FICTION)


Arthur C. Clarke Award for the Best British Science Fiction Novel, 1987-2003 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Science Fiction, 1995-2002 British Science Fiction Association Award, 1969-2002 Clute's Classic Science Fiction Titles Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1953-2003 James Tiptree Jr. Award for Gender-Bending Science Fiction or Fantasy, 1992-2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1973-2002 Jon Courtenay Grimwood's Favourite Cult Science Fiction Novels, 2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1971-2002 Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1965-2002 Philip K. Dick Award for Best Original Science Fiction Paperback, 1983-2002 Prix Aurora Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, 1982-2003 Prometheus Award for the Best Libertarian Novel, 1979-2002 Searles' Basic Reading List in Science Fiction Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, 1996-2003

SOCIAL CONDITIONS


Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for an Outstanding Book on the Human Condition, 1960-2001

SOCIOLOGY


Arney's Great and Significant Books in Sociology

SPECULATIVE FICTION (See also SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY FICTION, HORROR FICTION)


Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Long Fiction for Children, 2002 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 1995-2002

SPORTS


Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, 1983-2002 Giles Lyon's Top 10 Cricket Books Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time United States Golf Association's International Book Award, 1987-2002 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 1989-2002

SWEDEN (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM SWEDEN)


Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, 1901-2002

Translation. See LITERARY TRANSLATION

TIME AND ETERNITY


C.S. Lewis Summer Institute's Bibliography for Time and Eternity

TRAVEL


Thomas Cook / Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award, 1980-2003

UNDERGROUND PRESS PUBLICATIONS


Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Fiction, 1996-2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2002

UNITED KINGDOM (LISTS ORIGINATING FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM)


Arthur C. Clarke Award for the Best British Science Fiction Novel, 1987-2002 Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc) General Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002 Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc) Junior Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002 Booker (Man Booker) Prize for Fiction, 1969-2002 BP Natural World Book Prize, 1987-2002 Britain's Favourite Ten Children's Books British Science Fiction Association Award, 1969-2002 Burgess' 99 Best English-Language Novels Carnegie Medal for an Outstanding Book for Children, 1936-2001 The Children's Laureate, 1999-2003 Clute's Classic Science Fiction Titles Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book, 1989-2003 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Overall Best Book, 1987-2003 Connolly's 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger Prize, 1986-2003 Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger for Nonfiction , 1978-2002 Crime Writers' Association's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, 2002 Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger, 1973-2001 Crime Writers' Association's Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2002 Crime Writers' Association's Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2002 C.S. Lewis Summer Institute's Bibliography for Time and Eternity Ellis Peters Dagger for Best Historical Mystery, 1999-2002 Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Best Business Book, 1996-1998 Giles Lyon's Top 10 Cricket Books Glenfiddich Award for the Best Drink Book of the Year, 1972-2003 Glenfiddich Award for the Best Food Book of the Year, 1972-2003 Guardian Children's Fiction Award, 1967-2002 Guardian First Book Award, 1965-2002 Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature, 1919-2002 James Tate Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 1919-2002 James Tate Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 1919-2002 Joanna Trollope's Favourite 19th Century Novels John Creasey Memorial Award for Best First Crime Novel, 1973-2002 Jon Courtenay Grimwood's Favourite Cult Science Fiction Novels, 2002 Jones and Newman's 100 Best Horror Books Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration of Children's Books, 1956-2001 Keating's 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards, 1985-2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 1969-2002 Matthew Fort's Favourite Classic Cookbooks Oleksiw's 100 Classic British Mystery Novels Orange Prize for Fiction by a Woman, 1996-2003 Oxford World's Classics Parker Romantic Novel of the Year, 1960-2003 Poets Laureate of England , 1616 to Date Pringle's 100 Best English-Language Fantasy Novels Raphael and McLeish's Recommendations in Literary Criticism Raphael and McLeish's Recommendations in Philosophy Raphael and McLeish's Recommendations in Psychology The Royal Marines, A Recommended Reading List from the Imperial War Museum Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, 1999-2003 Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year, 2002-2003 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award, 1999-2001 A Select Bibliography of the English Language Seymour-Smith's Finest Works of Fiction Seymour-Smith's 100 Most Influential Books Seymour-Smith's Recommended Works of Fiction Simon Schama's Favourite History Books, 2002 Somerset Maugham's Ten Best Novels of the World Symon's 100 Best Crime Stories Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, 1980-2003 T.S. Eliot Prize for Best New Collection of Poetry, 1993-2002 United Kingdom's 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman Waterstone's Top 100 Books of the Century Whitbread Award for Children's Book of the Year, 1972-2003 Whitbread Book Award for Biography Autobiography, 1971-2003 Whitbread Book Award for First Novel, 1981-2003 Whitbread Book Award for Poetry, 1971-2003 Whitbread Book Award for the Novel, 1971-2003 Whitbread Book of the Year, 1975-2003 W H Smith Literary Award, 1959-2002 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 1989-2002

WESTERNS (Fiction of the American West)


Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Novel of the West, 1954-2003 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 1954-2003

WOMEN'S STUDIES, ISSUES, WRITINGS


Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World Feminista's Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women Hamalian's Good Reading in Women's Studies Orange Prize for Fiction by a Woman United Kingdom's 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman Women's Almanac Readings in Women's Studies

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE(Literature for Teenagers, Adolescents)


Alex Award for Adult Books for Young Adults, 1998-2003 American Library Association's 100 Best Books for Teens Aurealis Award for Excellence in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 1995-2001 Canadian Authors Association's Vicky Metcalf Award, 1963-2001 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, 1981-2002 A Latino National Conversation - Recommended Reading for Children and Young Adults Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing Books for Teenagers, 1988-2003 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2002-2003 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award for Children or Young Adults, 1984-2002


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