Best Mystery Novel

Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie is the 2009 recipient of the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel.  The Macavity Award is named for the “mystery cat” of T.S. Eliot’s  Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.   Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories.  The categories in addition to Best Mystery Novel include Best First Mystery (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Best Nonfiction/Critical (African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study), and Best Short Story (The Night Things Changed).

Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize!

Wolf Hall is set in the 1520s and tells the story of Thomas Cromwell’s rise to prominence in the Tudor court.  Hilary Mantel has been praised by critics for writing ‘a rich, absorbingly readable historical novel; she has made a significant shift in the way any of her readers interested in English history will henceforward think about Thomas Cromwell. She is currently working on a sequel. Quote from the Man Booker Prize web site

Orange Prize for Fiction – 2009

Marilynne Robinson has won the 2009 Orange Prize for her third novel, Home.

The Orange Prize is awarded to a woman writing fiction in the English language. Past winners include: Zadie Smith and Ann Patchett.

http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/home

2009 Man Booker International Prize

Alice Munro, a well known Canadian short story writter, wins the Booker International Prize . “The Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000 to the winner, is awarded once every two years to a living author for a body of work that has contributed to an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It was first awarded to Ismail Kadaré in 2005 and then to Chinua Achebe in 2007.” quote from the Man Booker web site

New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2008!

A list of notable books for 2008 organized by title. The list includes fiction and nonfiction titles.

Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of the Year – 2008

Annual list compiled by the editors of Publisher’s Weekly. Titles are organized in categories – fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, religion, lifestyle and children’s. Each title has a brief annotation.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6610357.html?nid=3335

2008 Pen/Faulkner Award

Kate Christensen

The Great Man

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2008 ALEX Awards: Best Adult Books for Teens

10 Best Adult Books that are great reads for teens.

Best Books for Young Adults 2008

Best books for young adults. This is a list of 85 books chosen by a YALSA committee

New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2007

This list was published in the Sunday, Dec 2, 2007 NYTimes Book Review.

The list includes fiction, poetry and nonfiction titles.