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THE BOOKLIST CENTER
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(UPDATED JULY 15, 2004)
This site was first published on July 10, 2000. with 100 Book Lists. After a break in operation the Site was reestablished on May 13, 2002. Each week we update this space describing what has recently been accomplished. Your comments and recommendations are most welcome. Please e-mail us using the clickable box on the home page.
July 15, 2004 - Updated the following:
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for a Mystery/Thriller Novel, 2001-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, 1981-2004
Added the following list:
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 1981-2004
June 1, 2004 - Updated the following:
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and Autobiography, 1983-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, 1975-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1975-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction, 1975-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 1975-2003
Koret
Jewish Book Award for Biography/Autobiography, 1999-2004
Koret
Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 1999-2004
Koret
Jewish Book Award for History, 1999-2004
Koret
Jewish Book Award for Philosophy and Thought, 1999-2004
May 9, 2004 - Updated the following:
Pulitzer
Prize for Biography and Autobiography, 1917-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, 1918-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction, 1918-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for General Nonfiction, 1962-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for Poetry by an American Author, 1922-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for United States History, 1917-2004
February 8, 2004 - Updated the following:
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
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
January 26, 2004 - Updated the following:
Crime
Writers' Association's Ellis Peters Dagger for Best Historical Mystery,
1999-2003
Crime
Writers' Association's Gold Dagger for Nonfiction , 1978-2003
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
January 11, 2004 - Added the following:
St.
Mark's Additional 100 Best English Language Novels of the Twentieth Century
Updated the following:
National
Book Award for Fiction, 1950-2003
National
Book Award for Nonfiction, 1950-2003
National
Book Award for Poetry, 1950-2003
National
Book Award for Young People's Literature, 1969-2003
Man
Booker Prize for Fiction, 1969-2003
October 19, 2003 - Updated the following:
Bancroft
Prize for American History and Diplomacy, 1948-2003
Tony
Award for Best Broadway Play, 1948-2003
Thomas
Cook Travel Book Award, 1980-2003
Sidewise
Awards for Alternate History, 1996-2003
Glenfiddich
Award for the Best Drink Book of the Year, 1972-2003
Glenfiddich
Award for the Best Food Book of the Year, 1972-2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature, 2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Fiction, 2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Nonfiction, 2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Poetry, 2003
October 5, 2003 - Added the following:
Sunday
Times Fiction Award, 2001-2003
Updated the following:
Alan
Paton Award for Non-Fiction Writing, 1989-2003
Hugo
Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1953-2003
Walt
Whitman Award for Poetry, 1975-2003
Poets
Laureate of the United States, 1986-2003
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
September 14, 2003 - Updated the following lists:
James
Tate Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 1919-2002
James
Tate Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 1919-2002
Prix
Aurora Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, 1982-2003
Western
Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 1954-2003
Western
Writers of America Spur Award for Best Novel of the West, 1954-2003
The
Children's Laureate, 1999-2003
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
September 7, 2003 - Added the following:
Union
of American Hebrew Congregations' Significant Jewish Books
July 27, 2003 - Added the following:
Outside
Magazine's Twenty Five Essential Books for the Well Read Explorer
Scottish
Arts Council Book of the Year, 2002-2003
July 13, 2003 - Added the Following:
Daniel
S. Burt's Recommended Historical Novels
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
July 7, 2003 - Added the following:
Sports
Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time
Updated the following:
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Fantasy Fiction, 1995-2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Horror Fiction, 1995-2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Science Fiction, 1995-2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Speculative Long Fiction for Children, 2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 1995-2002
Arthur
Ellis Award for Best Canadian Crime Novel, 1984-2003
Arthur
Ellis Award for Best First Canadian Crime Novel, 1987-2003
Arthur
C. Clarke Award for the Best British Science Fiction Novel, 1987-2003
Alex Award
for Adult Books for Young Adults, 1998-2003
* June 29, 2003 -
Completed the addition of
geographic categories, allowing users to inspect and click on a country
or region and
see all the lists at the Booklist Center that originate from that region.
Added the new category Audio
Books and two new lists:
Audie
Award for Best Audio Unabridged Fiction, 1996-2003
Audie
Award for Best Audio Ubabridged Nonfiction, 1996-2003
Updated a list:
W H Smith
Literary Award, 1959-2003
* June 15, 2003 -
Added the following list:
United
Kingdom's 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman
Updated the following:
Kate Tufts
Discovery Award for Poetry, 1994-2003
Kingsley
Tufts Poetry Award, 1993-2003
Samuel
Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, 1999-2003
* June 8, 2003 - Began adding categories in order
to show the geographic origins of lists - CANADA first.
Updated the following lists:
James
Tate Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 1919-2001
James
Tate Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 1919-2001
Marian
Engel Award to a Female Canadian Writer, 1986-2002
Orange
Prize for Fiction by a Woman, 1996-2003
Louis
Brownlow Award for an Outstanding Book in Public Administration,1969-2002
Parker
Romantic Novel of the Year, 1960-2003
James
Tiptree Jr. Award for Gender-Bending Science Fiction or Fantasy, 1992-2003
Frederic
G. Melcher Book Award for a Significant Contribution to Religious Liberalism,
1964-2003
Phoenix
Award for Children's Literature, 1985-2003
* June 1, 2003 - Added the following:
The 100 Best
Books in the History of Literature
Updated the following:
Jane Addams
Award for a Children's Picture Book, 1993-2003
Jane Addams
Book Award for Children's Literature, 1953-2003
International
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for the Novel, 1996-2003
Stephen Leacock
Medal for Humor, 1947-2003
* May 21, 2003 - Added the following:
Los Angeles
Times Book Prize for a Mystery/Thriller Novel, 2001-2003
Updated the following:
Los Angeles
Times Book Prize for Biography, 1981-2003
Los Angeles
Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1981-2003
Los Angeles
Times Book Prize for History, 1981-2003
Los Angeles
Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, 1981-2003
PEN-Book-of-the-Month
Club Translation Prize, 1963-2003
* May 12, 2003 - Updated the following:
Agatha Award
for Best Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2003
Agatha Award
for Best First Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2003
Edgar Allan
Poe Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1946-2003
Edgar Allan
Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1954-2003
Edgar Allan
Poe Award for Best Fact Crime Book, 1948-2003
Nebula Award
for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1965-2002
Commonwealth
Writer's Prize for Best First Book, 1989-2003
Commonwealth
Writer's Prize for Overall Best Book, 1987-2003
* May 8, 2003 - Added the following new list:
Matthew Fort's
Favourite Classic Cookbooks
Updated the following:
Koret Jewish
Book Award for Biography/Autobiography, 1999-2003
Koret Jewish
Book Award for Fiction, 1999-2003
Koret Jewish
Book Award for History, 1999-2003
Koret Jewish
Book Award for Philosophy and Thought, 1999-2003
Robert F. Kennedy
Book Award, 1981-2003
Alan Paton Award
for Non-Fiction Writing, 1989-2002
* April 28, 2003 - Opened a new Category: Photography
by
adding:
Kraszna-Krausz
Photography Book Awards, 1985-2002
and updated:
PEN-Faulkner
Award for Fiction, 1981-2003
* April 21, 2003 - Added the following lists:
Anthony
Bourdain's Favourite Books About Food
United
States Golf Association's International Book Award, 1987-2002
* April 13, 2003 - Updated the following eight lists:
Pulitzer
Prize for Biography and Autobiography, 1917-2003
Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, 1918-2003
Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction, 1918-2003
Pulitzer
Prize for General Nonfiction, 1962-2003
Pulitzer
Prize for United States History, 1917-2003
Pulitzer
Prize for Poetry by an American Author, 1922-2003
Best-Selling
U.S. Hardcover Fiction, Year-By-Year, 1900-2002
Best-Selling
U.S. Hardcover Nonfiction, Year-By-Year, 1900-2002
* April 6, 2003 - Added one "new" list:
Great
Books Program at St. John's College
Updated:
Caldecott
Medal for Illustration of a Book for Children, 1938-2003
Newbery
Medal for Children's Literature, 1922-2003
Michael
L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2002-2003
Mildred
L. Batchelder Award for Children's Books in Translation, 1968-2003
Margaret
A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing Books for
Teenagers,
1988-2003
Reformatted:
Pulitzer
Prize for United States History, 1917-2002
* March 30, 2003 - Established two new categories
- one for Iraq, the other for Publishers' Series.
Added
three "new" lists:
Iraq -
A New York Times Reading List, 1990-2003
Oxford
World's Classics
The One
Hundred Most Frequently Challenged Books in the United States, 1990-2000
Updated
one list:
PEN-Book-of-the-Month
Club Translation Prize, 1963-2002
Reformatted
six lists:
Good Reading's
100 Significant Books
PEN-Faulkner
Award for Fiction, 1981-2002
Raphael
and McLeish's Recommendations in Literary Criticism
Raphael
and McLeish's Recommendations in Philosophy
Raphael
and McLeish's Recommendations in Psychology
Seymour-Smith's
Recommended Works of Fiction
* March 23, 2003 - During the past week we initiated
an arrangement with Amazon.con wherein users of
The Booklist
Center are able to order books directly from Amazon.
The following
"new" list was added:
International
Horror Guild Award for Best Horror Novel, 1995-2002
The following
lists were updated:
Guardian
First Book Award, 1965-2002
T.S. Eliot
Prize for Best New Collection of Poetry, 1993-2002
The following
lists were reformatted:
National
Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century
Feminista's
Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women
The Environmentalist's
Bookshelf's Top 40 Books
* March 16, 2003 - Updated the following:
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
Reformatted the following:
Seymour-Smith's 100 Most
Influential Books
Banned Books: Literature
Suppressed on Religious Grounds
Brill's Content - The Essential
Media Bookshelf
Arthur Ellis Award for Best
Canadian Crime Novel, 1984-2002
Edgar Allan Poe Award for
Best Mystery Novel, 1954-2002
Burgess' 99 Best English-Language
Novels
Booksellers' 100 Favorite
Mysteries of the Twentieth Century
* March 9, 2003 - Added the following:
Governor General's Award
for Children's Literature - Illustration
Governor General's Award
for Children's Literature - Text
Giles Lyon's Top 10 Cricket
Books
Updated the following:
Canadian Library Association's
Young Adult Book Award, 1981-2002
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
* March 2, 2003 - Added the following "new list":
Philip Ward's A Lifetime's
Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books
Updated the following:
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Biography and Biography, 1983-2002
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Criticism, 1975-2002
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Fiction, 1975-2002
National Book Critics Circle
Award for General Nonfiction, 1975-2002
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Poetry, 1975-2002
* February 23, 2002 - Added the following "new" lists:
Christianity Today's Top
Ten Religious Books of the Century
Casey Award for Best Baseball
Book of the Year, 1983-2002
Updated the Following:
Bram Stoker Award for Best
Collection of Horror Stories, 1987-2002
Bollingen Prize for Poetry
by an American Citizen, 1949-2003
Frederic W. Ness Book Award
for Contributing to Liberal Education, 1980-2002
Carnegie Medal for an Outstanding
Book for Children, 1936-2001
Miles Franklin Award for
an Australian Novel or Play, 1957-2002
Hammett Prize for Best Work
in Crime Writing, 1992-2002
* February 16, 2003 - Added the following "new" lists:
Crime Writers' Association's
Cartier Diamond Dagger Prize, 1986-2003
Crime Writers' Association's
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, 2002
Updated the following:
Whitbread Award for Children's
Book of the Year, 1972-2002
Whitbread Book Award for
Biography Autobiography, 1971-2002
Whitbread Book Award for
First Novel, 1981-2002
Whitbread Book Award for
Poetry, 1971-2002
Whitbread Book Award for
the Novel, 1971-2002
John Creasey Memorial Award
for Best First Crime Novel, 1973-2002
Albert J. Beveridge Award
for the Best Book in English on the History of the
United
States, Latin America, or Canada, 1939-2002
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Award for Best Book on Government, Politics or
International Affairs, 1974-2002
* February 9, 2003 - Revised The Booklist Center's
home page. Updated the following lists:
Crime Writers' Association's
Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2002
Crime Writers' Association's
Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2002
Ellis Peters Dagger for
Best Historical Mystery, 1999-2002
Crime Writers' Association's
Gold Dagger for Nonfiction , 1978-2002
Thomas Cook Travel Book
Award, 1980-2002
* February 6, 2003 - Updated the following lists:
Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc)
General Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002
Aventis (Rhone-Poulenc)
Junior Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002
Guardian Children's Fiction
Award, 1967-2002
Reformatted the following lists:
Bourgeau's Classic Mystery
Books
Connolly's 100 Key Books
of the Modern Movement
Western Writers of America
Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 1954-2002
Western Writers of America
Spur Award for Best Novel of the West, 1954-2002
* February 2, 2003 - Added the following "new" list:
Edna Staebler Award for
Creative Non-Fiction, 1991-2002
Reformatted the following lists:
Modern Library's 100 Best
English-Language Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century
Oleksiw's 100 Classic British
Mystery Novels
An Introduction to Works
in Aesthetics
* January 20, 2003 - Updated the following lists:
Kate Greenaway Medal for
Illustration of Children's Books, 1956-2001
Locus Award for Best Fantasy
Novel, 1978-2002
Locus Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel, 1971-2002
Sidewise Awards for Alternate
History, 1996-2002
* January 13, 2003 - Added the following "new" lists:
Neustadt International Prize
for Literature, 1970-2002
Phoenix Award for Children's
Literature, 1985-2002
updated the following:
Montana New Zealand Deutz
Medal for Fiction, 1996-2002
Montana New Zealand Book
Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2002
Montana New Zealand Book
Award for Poetry, 1996-2002
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
Hans Christian Andersen
Biennial Awards for Children's Literature, 1966-2002
Alex Award for Adult Books
for Young Adults, 1998-2002
* January 9, 2003 - Added the following "new" list:
Scott O'Dell Historical
Fiction Award for Children or Young Adults, 1984-2002
updated the following:
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize,
1975-2002
revised the following:
Snodgrass' Utopian Literature;
The Primary Sources
Modern Library's 100 Best
English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century
Women's Almanac Readings
in Women's Studies
* January 2, 2003 - Added the following:
Association for the Study
of Literature and Environment's Twelve Classic Nature and Environment Books
revised and updated the following:
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book
Prize, 1996-2002
Canada's Governor General's
Award for Fiction, 1936-2002
Canada's Governor General's
Award for Nonfiction, 1936-2002
* December 22, 2002 - Added the following:
James Tiptree Jr. Award
for Gender-Bending Science Fiction or Fantasy, 1992-2002
Sunburst Award for Canadian
Literature of the Fantastic, 2001-2002
revised the following:
Haycraft's Detective Story
Bookshelf
Seymour-Smith's Finest Works
of Fiction
and updated the following:
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
* December 16, 2002 - Updated the following:
Prometheus Award for the
Best Libertarian Novel, 1979-2002
Walt Whitman Award for Poetry,
1975-2002
Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative
Literature, 1919-2002
Bram Stoker Award for Best
Horror Novel, 1987-2002
British Science Fiction
Association Award, 1969-2002
BP Natural World Book Prize,
1987-2002
Giller Prize for Best Canadian
Novel or Short Story Collection, 1994-2002
* December 12, 2002 - Updated the following:
William Hill Sports Book
of the Year, 1989-2002
World Fantasy Award for
Best Fantasy Novel, 1975-2002
Prix Aurora Award for Best
Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, 1982-2002
Best Outdoor Literature
Book of the Year, 1997-2002
Ralph J. Bunche Award for
a Book in Political Science, 1978-2002
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award,
1981-2002
Phi Beta Kappa Christian
Gauss Award for an Outstanding Book of Literary
Scholarship
or Criticism, 1951-2002
* December 8, 2002 - Added the following:
Anthony Award for Best First
Mystery Novel, 1986-2002
and updated the following:
C. J. Dennis Prize for Australian
Poetry, 1985-2002
Nettie Palmer Prize for
Australian Nonfiction, 1985-2002
Vance Palmer Prize for Australian
Fiction, 1985-2002
Hamalian's Good Reading
in Women's Studies
John W. Campbell Memorial
Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1973-2002
* December 3, 2002 - Added the following:
Prix Goncourt for French
Literature, 1903-2002
and updated:
Agatha Award for Best Cozy
Mystery Novel, 1989-2002
Agatha Award for Best First
Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2002
Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Novel, 1986-2002
Shamus Award for Best First
Private Eye Novel, 1985-2002
Shamus Award for Best Private
Eye Novel, 1982-2002
* November 27, 2002 - Added the following:
Sidewise Awards for Alternate
History, 1996-2001
and updated:
National Book Award for
Fiction, 1950-2002
National Book Award for
Nonfiction, 1950-2002
National Book Award for
Poetry, 1950-2002
National Book Award for
Young People's Literature, 1969-2002
Bancroft Prize for American
History and Diplomacy, 1948-2002
* November 25, 2002 - Added the following:
Joanna Trollope's Favourite
19th Century Novels
Updated the following:
Australian Children's Book
of the Year Award - Eve Pownall Award for
Information
Books, 1993-2002
Australian Children's Book
of the Year Award for Older Readers, 1946-2002
Australian Children's Book
of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1982-2002
Australian Children's Early
Childhood Book of the Year Award, 2002
Australian Children's Picture
Book of the Year Award, 1956-2002
* November 17, 2002 - Updated the following lists:
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
for Adult Literature, 1971-2002
Hugo Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel, 1953-2002
Nebula Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel, 1965-2001
Bram Stoker Award for Best
Collection of Horror Stories, 1987-2001
Bram Stoker Award for Best
Horror Novel, 1987-2001
Massachusetts Book Award
for Children's Literature, 2002
Massachusetts Book Award
for Fiction, 2002
Massachusetts Book Award
for Nonfiction, 2002
Massachusetts Book Award
for Poetry, 2002
Arthur Ellis Award for Best
First Canadian Crime Novel, 1987-2001
* November 12, 2002 - Added the following two lists:
Simon Schama's Favourite
History Books, 2002
Jon Courtenay Grimwood's
Favourite Cult Science Fiction Novels, 2002
* November 6, 2002 - During the last few weeks two
major literary awards have been made. The Hungarian writer
Imre Kertesz has
been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Canadian novelist Yann
Martel has won the
2002 Man Booker Prize for
Fiction. See:
Nobel Prize Winners in Literature,
1901-2002
Man Booker Prize for Fiction,
1969-2002
* October 27, 2002 - Added the following two lists:
Commandant of the U.S. Marine
Corps Official Reading List
The Royal Marines, A Recommended
Reading List from the Imperial War Museum
* October 21, 2002 - Added the following two lists:
Chairman of the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff Professional Military Reading List
Chief of the U.S. Naval
Operations Reading List
* October 14, 2002 - Added Time and Eternity,
a new category, and the following three lists:
C.S. Lewis Summer Institute's
Bibliography for Time and Eternity
Lambda Literary Award for
Gay Fiction, 1989-2002
Lambda Literary Award for
Lesbian Fiction, 1989-2002
* October 6, 2002 - Added the following two lists:
Philip K. Dick Award for
Best Original Science Fiction Paperback, 1983-2002
Library Journal's Most Influential
Fiction of the 20th Century
* September 29, 2002 - Added the following two lists:
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award,
1981-2001
LOGOS Project's Books That
Shaped the Century
and revised, edited and reformatted
2 lists.
* September 22, 2002 - Added the following list to
the humor category:
Thurber Prize for American
Humor, 1997-2001
Updated the following list:
Arthur C. Clarke Award for
the Best British Science Fiction Novel, 1987-2002
Revised, edited and reformatted five
lists including the following which provides an education
just by reading the titles included:
Down's 111 Books that Shaped
Western Civilization
* September 15, 2002 - Added the following lists:
Britain's Favourite Ten
Children's Books
The Children's Laureate,
1999-2001
Waterstone's Top 100 Books
of the Century
and revised, edited and reformatted
4 lists.
* September 11, 2002 - Updated the following:
Jane Addams Award for a
Children's Picture Book, 1993-2002
Jane Addams Book Award for
Children's Literature, 1953-2002
and revised, edited and
reformatted:
Bloom's Western Canon, Part
IV: The Chaotic Age: 20th Century
Caldecott Medal for Illustration
of a Book for Children, 1938-2002
* September 2, 2002 - Added the following:
American Library Association's
100 Best Books for Teens
The Fifty Twentieth-Century
Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation
Index,
1976-1983
and revised, edited and reformatted
6 lists.
* August 29, 2002 - Updated the following:
Howells Medal for American
Fiction, 1925-2000
and revised, edited and reformatted
12 lists.
* August 25, 2002 - Added the following:
American Scientist's 100
or so Books that Shaped a Century of Science
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book
Prize, 1996-2001
Parker Romantic Novel of
the Year, 1960-2002
and updated the following lists:
International IMPAC Dublin
Literary Award for the Novel, 1996-2002
Hugo Award for Best Science
Fiction Novel, 1953-2001
* August 17, 2002 - Added the following:
American Library Association's
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Book
Awards,
1972-2002
The Ten Bestselling Books
of All-Time
Top 50 All-Time Bestselling
Children's Books as of January 1, 2001
Horror Writer Association's
Top 40 Horror Books of All Time
Home Business Magazine's
Top 10 Home Business Books
* August 11, 2002 - Added the following:
Albert J. Beveridge Award
for the Best Book in English on the History of the
United
States, Latin America, or Canada, 1939-2001
Chief of Staff of the Air
Force's Reading List, July 22, 2002
and Updated the following lists:
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Biography and Biography, 1983-2001
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Criticism, 1975-2001
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Fiction, 1975-2001
National Book Critics Circle
Award for General Nonfiction, 1975-2001
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Poetry, 1975-2001
* August 3, 2002 - Added the following:
John Burroughs Medal for
a Distinguished Book of Natural History, 1926-2002
W H Smith Literary Award,
1959-2002
Koret Jewish Book Award
for Biography/Autobiography, 1999-2002
Koret Jewish Book Award
for Fiction, 1999-2002
Koret Jewish Book Award
for History, 1999-2002
Koret Jewish Book Award
for Philosophy and Thought, 1999-2002
* July 28, 2002 - Added two extensive and impressive
lists prepared by the muckraking editors
of Counterpunch:
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
Added the new category JOURNALISM
and included as the first list:
New York Public Library
Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism,
1988-2002
Added a British Poetry award:
T.S. Eliot Prize for Best
New Collection of Poetry, 1993-2001
And Updated:
Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative
Literature, 1919-2001
* July 11, 2002 - Updated the following lists:
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
for Biography, 1981-2002
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
for Fiction, 1981-2002
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
for History, 1981-2002
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for
Science and Technology, 1981-2002
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
for a Children's Picture Book, 1967-2002
Boston Globe-Horn Book Children's
Book Award, Fiction and Poetry, 1967-2002
Boston Globe-Horn Book Children's
Book Award for Nonfiction, 1976-2002
Bancroft Prize for American
History and Diplomacy, 1948-2001
Orange Prize for Fiction
by a Woman, 1996-2002
Firecracker Alternative
Book Award for Fiction, 1996-2002
Firecracker Alternative
Book Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2002
We are taking a vacation
for 2-3 weeks. The next additions to The Booklist Center will
appear on or about July
29th.
* July 7, 2002 - Added the following lists:
Commonwealth Writer's Prize
for Best First Book, 1989-2002
Africa's Best 100 Books
of the Century
Best Twelve African Books
of the Twentieth Century
A Latino National Conversation
- Recommended Reading for Adults
A Latino National Conversation
- Recommended Reading for Children and Young Adults
* June 30, 2002 - Added the following lists: (See
the animations for the Glenfeddich Award
for the Best Food Book of the Year!)
Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction
Writing, 1989-2001
Scottish Arts Council Children's
Book Award, 1999-2001
Glenfiddich Award for the
Best Drink Book of the Year, 1972-2002
Glenfiddich Award for the
Best Food Book of the Year, 1972-2002
and updated the following lists:
Arthur Ellis Award for Best
Canadian Crime Novel, 1984-2002
Caldecott Medal for Illustration
of a Book for Children, 1938-2002
Edgar Allan Poe Award for
Best Fact Crime Book, 1948-2002
Edgar Allan Poe Award for
Best First Mystery Novel, 1946-2002
Edgar Allan Poe Award for
Best Mystery Novel, 1954-2002
Samuel Johnson Prize for
Nonfiction, 1999-2002
* June 23, 2002 - Added the following lists:
U.S. Army Chief of Staff's
Professional Reading List
Oprah's Book Club Selections,
1996-2002
Prometheus Award for the
Best Libertarian Novel, 1979-2001
Pura Belpre Awards for Writers
and Illustrators of Children's Literature, 1996-2002
Crime Writers' Association's
John Creasey Memorial Dagger, 1973-2001
* June 15, 2002 - Added the following New Zealand-based
literary awards lists:
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
New Zealand Book Award for
Fiction, 1976-1995
New Zealand Book Award for
Poetry, 1976-1995
New Zealand Book Award for
Nonfiction, 1976-1995
and:
Hans Christian Andersen
Biennial Award for Children's Literature, 1966-2000
* June 7, 2002 - Added the following:
Two Canadian Library Association awards:
Canadian Library Association's
Amelia Frances Howard Gibbon Illustrator's
Award,
1971-2001
Canadian Library Association's
Book of the Year Award for Children, 1947-2001
Two Canadian Authors Association awards:
Canadian Authors Association's
Award for Fiction, 1975-2002
Canadian Authors Association's
Vicky Metcalf Award, 1981-2001
An award presented by the Writer's Development Trust:
Marian Engel Award to a
Female Canadian Writer, 1986-2001
One of the more lucrative poetry prizes given anywhere:
Griffen Poetry Prize, 2001-2002
And we updated another Canadian Award:
Stephen Leacock Medal for
Humor, 1947-2002
* June 2, 2002 - Updated and added graphics to three
Phi Beta Kappa book awards listings.
Added five Australian children's book
awards:
| Australian Children's Book of the Year Award - Eve Pownall Award for
Information Books, 1993-2001 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, 1946-2001 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1982-2001 Australian Children's Early Childhood Book of the Year Award, 2001 Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year Award, 1956-2001 |
* May 26, 2002 - Added five Australian awards - the Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Horror Fiction, and for Young Adult and Children's Speculative Fiction.
* May 24, 2002 - Added Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, 1901-2001, an extensive list with each year's winner, the winner's nationality and a quote from the Swedish Academy's citation; the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, 1993-2002, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for Poetry, 1994-2002, the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1976-2001, and an excellent booklist prepared by the Minneapolis Public Library The World of Islam.
* May 16, 2002 - Added a series of awards that was
recently established - The Massachusetts Book Awards. For the first year,
2001, these awards were given for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's
Literature, and Children's Picture Books.
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