Edgar Allen Poe Awards
The Mystery Writers of America presents the Edgar Allan Poe Awards every year for achievement in the mystery field. Blue Heaven, by C.J. Box.
Hugo Awards
The World Science Fiction Society gives this award annually and it is considered the most prestigious of the Science Fiction awards. The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
Man Booker Prize
The Booker prize is awarded to the best full length novel written the current year in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. Wolf Hall: A Novel,
by Hilary Mantel.
National Book Critics Circle Award
Books written in English by American authors and first published in the United States during the previous year are eligible for this award. 2666: A Novel, by Roberto Bolaņo
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction
Any woman is eligible provided the novel is written in English and is published in the UK between April 1 and March 31 of the preceding year. Home: A Novel, by Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Prize
This prize is awarded annually by the president of Columbia University on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Board for works published in the previous year. Olive Kitteridge: Fiction, by Elizabeth Strout.
Spur Award
Given annually by the Western Writers of America, Inc. for distinguished writing about the American West.
Best Western Long Novel: Shavetail: A Novel, by Thomas Cobb.
Best Western Short Novel: Another Mans Moccasins, by Craig Johnson.
, by Louise Penny
, by C.J. Box.
, by Neil Gaiman
by Hilary Mantel.
, by Peter Mattiessen.
, by Roberto Bolaņo
, by Marilynne Robinson
, by Joseph O'Neill.
, by Elizabeth Strout.
, by Thomas Cobb.
