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Pulitzer Prize for Literature [A]1999 Cunningham Michael The Hours1998 Roth Philip American Pastoral 1997 Milhauser Stephen Martin Dressler 1996 Ford Richard Independence Day 1995 Shields Carol Stone Diaries 1994 Proulx E. Annie The Shipping News 1993 Butler Robert Olen A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain 1992 Smiley Jane A Thousand Acres 1991 Updike John Rabbit at Rest 1990 Tyler Anne Breathing Lessons 1989 Hijelos Oscar The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love 1988 Morrison Toni Beloved 1987 Taylor Peter A Summons to Memphis 1986 McMurtry Larry Lonesome Dove 1985 Lurie Alison Foreign Affair 1984 Kennedy William Ironweed 1983 Walker Alice The Color Purple 1982 Updike John Rabbit is Rich 1981 O'Toole John Kennedy A Confederacy of Dunces 1980 Mailer Norman Executioner's Song The National Book Awards [A]1999 Jin Ha Waiting1998 McDermott Alice Charming Billy 1997 Frazier Charles Cold Mountain 1996 Barrett Andrea Ship Fever and Other Stories 1995 Roth Philip Sabbath's Theater 1994 Gaddis William A Frolic of His Own 1993 Proulx E. Annie The Shipping News 1992 McCarthy Cormac All the Pretty Horses 1991 Rush Norman Mating 1990 Johnson Charles Middle Passage 1989 Casey John Spartina 1988 Dexter Pete Paris Trout 1987 Heinemann Larry Paco's Story 1986 Doctorow E.L. World's Fair 1985 DeLillo Don White Noise 1984 Gilchrist Ellen Victory over Japan 1983 Walker Alice The Color Purple 1982 Updike John Rabbit is Rich 1981 Morris Wright Plains Song 1980 Irving John The World According to Garp The Faulkner/PEN Awards [A]1999 Cunningham Michael The Hours1998 Zabor Rafi The Bear Comes Home 1997 Berricault Gina Women in Their Beds 1996 Ford Richard Independence Day 1995 Guterson David Snow Falling on Cedars 1994 Roth Philip Operation Shylock 1993 Proulx E. Annie Postcards 1992 DeLillo Don Mao II 1991 Wideman John Edgar Philadelphia Fire 1990 Doctorow E.L. Billy Bathgate 1989 Salter James Dusk 1988 Marquez Gabriel Garcia Love in the Time of Cholera 1987 Wiley Richard Soldiers in Hiding 1986 Taylor Peter The Old Forest and Other Tales 1985 Wolff Tobias The Barrack's Thief 1984 Taylor Peter The Old Forest and Other Tales 1983 Olson Toby Seaview 1982 Bradley David The Chaneysville Incident Alex Awards [A]The Alex Awards are given annually for five years beginning in 1998, to ten adult books that will be enjoyed by young adults.1999 Boylan James Finney Getting In
1998 Bragg Rick All Over but the Shoutin'
National Book Critics Circle Award [A]1999 Lethem Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn1998 Munro Alice The Love of a Good Woman 1997 Fitzgerald Penelope The Blue Flower 1996 Berricault Gina Women in Their Beds 1995 Elkin Stanley Mrs. Ted Bliss 1994 Shields Carol Stone Diaries 1993 Gaines Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying 1992 McCarthy Cormac All the Pretty Horses 1991 Smiley Jane A Thousand Acres 1990 Updike John Rabbit at Rest 1989 Doctorow E.L. Billy Bathgate 1988 Mukherjee Bharati The Middleman and Other Stories 1987 Roth Philip The Counterlife 1986 Price Reynolds Kate Vaiden 1985 Tyler Anne The Accidental Tourist 1984 Erdich Louise Love Medicine 1983 Kennedy William Ironweed 1982 Elkins Stanley George Mills 1981 Updike John Rabbit is Rich YALSA Outstanding Books for the College-Bound [A]1992 Allison Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina1994 Alvarez Julia In the Time of Butterflies 1991 Alvarez Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent 1986 Atwood Margaret The Handmaid's Tale 1988 Brin David Postman 1993 Butler Octavia Parable of the Sower 1985 Card Orson Scott Ender's Game 1991 Cisneros Sandra The House on Mango Street 1987 Dorris Michael Yellow Raft on Blue Water 1992 Esquivel Laura Like Water for Chocolate 1997 Frazier Charles Cold Mountain 1993 Gaines Ernest A Lesson Before Dying 1987 Gibbons Kaye Ellen Foster 1988 Greenberg Joanne Of Such Small Differences 1995 Hockenberry John Moving Violations, War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence 1995 Karr Mary Liarâs Club 1982 Keneally Thomas Schindler's List 1997 Kincaid Jamaica My Brother 1994 King Laurie The Beekeeper's Apprentice 1990 Kinsolver Barbara Animal Dreams 1991 Lee Gus China Boy 1988 Lord Bette Spring Moon 1985 Mason Bobbie In Country 1996 McBride James Color of Water 1996 McCourt Frank Angela's Ashes 1997 Mora Pat House of Houses 1987 Morrison Toni Beloved 1994 Power Susan The Grass Dancer 1993 Rodriguez Luis Always Running 1982 Rodriguez Richard Hunger of Memory 1985 Shange Ntozake Betsey Brown 1991 Tevis Walter Queen's Gambit 1985 Tyler Anne Accidental Tourist 1987 Uchida Uchida Picture Bride 1982 Walker Alice The Color Purple 1993 Watson Larry Montana, 1948 1986 Welch James Fool's Crow 1985 Willard Nancy Things Invisible to See 1989 Wolff Tobias This Boy's Life 1992 Yolen Jane Briar Rose
THE B LISTS
The Edgar Awards [B]The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.2000 Burke Jan Bones
The Shamus Awards [B]The Shamus Awards are presented by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor excellence in the private eye genre of mystery writing.1999 Pronzini Bill Boobytrap
The Anthony Awards [B]The Anthony Awards were created in 1986 by the Bouchercon World Mystery1999 Connelly Michael Blood Work
The Bram Stoker Awards for Horror [B]Awarded by the Horror Writers of America for achievement in horror publishing.2000 Straub Peter Mr. X
The Hugo Awards [B]The Hugo Awards are presented annually by members of the current World Science Fiction Convention.1999 Willis Connie To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Nebula Awards [B]The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.1999 Butler Octavia E. Parable of the Talents
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