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Book Awards
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Room
Emma Donoghue
August 2010 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
This is probably the most extraordinary book you will read for a long time. Although the premise has been done before...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/08/2010
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The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
The Finkler Question is a scorching
story of friendship and loss, exclusion and belonging, and of the
wisdom and humanity of maturity. Funny, furious, unflinching, this
extraordinary novel shows one of our finest writers at his brilliant
best.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2010
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In a Strange Room
Damon Galgut
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is the hauntingly beautiful evocation of one man’s search for love and for a place to call home.
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2010
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Parrot and Olivier in America
Peter Carey
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
Olivier is a French aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Tom McCarthy
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
Reminiscent of Bolaño, Beckett and Pynchon, this is a remarkable novel - a compelling, sophisticated and sublimely imaginative book uncovering the hidden codes and dark rhythms that sustain life.
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2010
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William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies
John Carey
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography 2010.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 3 December 2009.
A detailed and fascinating biography of the author of Lord of the Flies. In this biography Carey does make...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Larry's Party
Carol Shields
This won the Orange Prize for fiction back in 1997. We follow Larry through the maze (a subject on which he becomes very astute) of his life, his relationships, his work, physical changes – all is laid bare. A great...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/05/1998
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The American Boy
Andrew Taylor
Winner of the CWA 2009 Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
Andrew Taylor is a prize-winning and competent crime novelist
particularly renowned for his lovely Lydmouth mysteries so I approached
this winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger award
with great joy. He is a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2004
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The Children's Book
A.S. Byatt
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2010.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009.
An engrossing family saga set in the era of the late 19th century
and up to the end of World War One. A simpler time,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
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The Way Home
George P Pelecanos
CWA Gold Dagger Finalist 2010.
CWA Judges’ comments: 'A remarkable portrait of a blue collar family whose son is struggling to break free from his criminal past.'
The Lovereading view...
A crime novel that focuses largely on the relationship between a father and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/12/2009
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The Legacy
Katherine Webb
July 2010 Debut of the Month.
Voted the public's favourite TV Book Club Summer Read 2010.
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 11 July 2010.
August 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
July 2010 Editor's...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/06/2010
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The Dying Light
Henry Porter
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Finalist 2010.
A chilling tale of what Britain could so easily become – a police state with stifling surveillances able to manipulate anyone. This raises the question of how far the state should interfere with our...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/09/2010
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The Long Song
Andrea Levy
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 1 April 2010.
Longlisted for the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize.
February 2010 Book of the Month.
With the recent television...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2010
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The Book Awards category on Lovereading will help you discover authors who are winners of, or have been in contention for, some of the most prestigious awards. By their very presence on this page, you can be sure that each of the books featured here is the 'crème-de-la-crème' of today's literature. From the huge and prestigious literary awards like the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the Orange Prize, the British Book Awards (Nibbies) and the Costa Awards, to those for specific genres like the Orange Prize for New Writers, the Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards (Fantasy and Science Fiction) and the Crime Writers Association Dagger Awards we’ll cover the whole range.
For each award, Lovereading will feature the shortlist of books and authors before the individual winner is announced. As with all our Featured Books, you will be able to download and print off free Opening Extracts of each book. In this way, you can choose your own winner and see if the judges agree with you!
And remember, even if the judges don't pick your favourite, all Book Award titles are available to order online at 25% off the RRP.
Member of a Reading Group? - Buy 5 or more copies of any single title and get an extra 5% discount!
A selection of other awards that will feature in this Lovereading category include:
Philip K. Dick Award (FSF) Hawthornden Prize (Imaginative Literature) BSFA Awards (FSF) National Book Awards (USA) Hugo Awards (SF) Bram Stoker Awards (Horror) Parker Romantic Novel of the Year Dagger Awards (Crime Fiction) Guardian Fiction Prize The Orange Prize for New Writers
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When Will There Be Good News?
Kate Atkinson
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2009.
CWA Judges’ comments: ‘A multifaceted and thought-provoking
exploration of the aftermath of a savage family killing.’
Winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read 2009.
Reviewed...
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Winner of the inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2010.
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2010.
Shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
“I thought...
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What I Saw and How I Lied
Judy Blundell
Winner of the prestigious American National Book Award
Utterly
gripping and beautifully told, this is a stunning rite of passage
novel, set just after WW2, full of powerful and conflicting emotions,
which captures...
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Shadowplay
Karen Campbell
CWA Gold Dagger Finalist 2010.
CWA Judges’ comments: 'A strongly realised female protagonist in
a substantial Glasgow police procedural. Anna Cameron is caught between
the personal and the professional pitfalls of power and...
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Innocent
Scott Turow
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Finalist 2010.
CWA Judges’ comments: 'A masterful legal thriller exploring personal responsibility and the damage wrought by malice. Expertly handled sequel to Presumed Innocent.'
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Acts of Violence
Ryan David Jahn
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Finalist 2010.
CWA Judges’ comments: 'A very accomplished debut, a gripping thriller based on a real event in 60’s America. Moving quickly from perspective to...
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A Loyal Spy
Simon Conway
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Finalist 2010.
CWA Judges’ comments: 'A powerful and hugely enjoyable thriller
that races between the Middle East, Africa, Scotland and London. Dense
and raw with an elaborate plot...
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The Month Before's Featured Books
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Child 44
Tom Rob Smith
Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
February 2009 Book of the Month.
Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming...
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Gallows Lane
Brian Mcgilloway
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
The second outing for Inspector Devlin where we begin to learn more about him and his colleagues but of...
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In the Dark
Mark Billingham
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2009.
CWA Judges’ comments: ‘A cutting, topical take on drug crime in contemporary London,...
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Doors Open
Ian Rankin
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
CWA Hall of Fame Dagger 2009.
This is the first book since we said a sad farewell to Rebus and...
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The Crossing Places
Elly Griffiths
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
August 2009 Book of the Month.
This is the author’s first venture...
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The Surrogate
Tania Carver
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
September 2009 Debut of the Month.
Warped, sick, gruesome and very good,...
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Dead Tomorrow
Peter James
Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
Peter James is shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library 2009 - the prize awarded for an author's...
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Strangers
Anita Brookner
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2010.
A novel about old age and loneliness and perhaps not the cheeriest of books but Brookner exposes the main character’s...
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The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Reif Larsen
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2010.
A 12 year old genius wins a prestigious Science Award from The Smithsonian although they are unaware he is only...
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Cheever: A Life
Blake Bailey
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography 2010.
A biography of the highly acclaimed American author, John Cheever, who was winner of the Pulitzer prize among others. An...
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Muriel Spark: The Biography
Martin Stannard
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography 2010.
This biography, written with full co-operation from Muriel Spark, before her death in 2006, is a wonderful testament to a...
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Stone's Fall
Iain Pears
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 25 July 2010.
Shortlisted for the inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2010.
A brilliantly plotted novel tracing back through John Stones’s...
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Lustrum
Robert Harris
Shortlisted for the inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2010.
Rome 63 BC, power struggles, political machinations, physical intimidation, bribery, assassination and more in an exceptional historical thriller, superbly written....
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The Gentlemen's Hour
Don Winslow
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Finalist 2010.
CWA Judges’ comments: 'An engaging Californian surfing thriller by a writer who deserves greater recognition. Sparky and entertaining.'
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