COMPLETED: September, 2008
Hosted By: 3M(10 award winning books/August, 2008 - May, 2009)
The Spellman Files (Lutz) ~ Alex Award, 2008 (1)
Persepolis (Satrapi) ~ Alex Award, 2004
B is for Burglar (Grafton) ~ Anthony Award, 1986 (2)
Flowers for Algernon (Keyes) ~ Nebula Award, 1966 (3)
Last Days of Summer (Kluger) ~ Alex Award, 1999
Murphy's Law (Bowen) ~ Agatha Award, 2001 (4)
Year of Wonders (Brooks) ~ Alex Award, 2002
The Chatham School Affair (Cook) ~ Edgar Award, 1997
The God of Animals (Kyle) ~ Spur Award, 2008 (5)
Runaway (Munro) ~ Giller Prize, 2004 (6)
OTHER POSSIBILITIES:
The Whistling Season (Doig) ~ Alex Award, 2007
The World Made Straight (Rash) ~ Alex Award, 2007
Half a Yellow Sun (Adichie) ~ Orange Prize, 2007
The Secret River (Grenville) ~ Commonwealth Writers Prize, 2006
The Tenderness of Wolves (Penney) ~ Costa/Whitbread, 2006
Raven Black (Cleeves) ~ Gold Dagger Award, 2006
Upstate (Buckhanon) ~ Alex Award, 2006
Silence of the Grave (Indridason) ~ Gold Dagger Award, 2005
True Notebooks (Salzman) ~ Alex Award, 2004
Peace Like a River (Enger) ~ Alex Award, 2002
Ship Fever and Other Stories (Barrett) ~ National Book Award, 1996
The Bootlegger's Daughter (Maron) ~ Edgar Award, 1993
Great list of books, Joy! I'm thinking about The God of Animals, The Tenderness of Wolves, and The Remains of the Day as well.
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3M ~ Thanks! As I breeze down my list, I'm pretty excited. Thanks for hosting again. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting list! The only one I have read is Flowers for Algernon and it was years and years ago. I need to look some of your books up on Amazon---maybe I will need to tweak my list a bit? :)
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Kim
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I'm glad your doing this one too. I am also considering The God of Animals (Kyle) ~ Spur Award, 2008
ReplyDeleteHalf a Yellow Sun (Adichie) ~ Orange Prize, 2007
The Tenderness of Wolves (Penney) ~ Costa/Whitbread, 2006
The Chatham School Affair (Cook) ~ Edgar Award, 1997
The Remains of the Day (Ishiguro) ~ Man Booker, 1989
Flowers for Algernon (Keyes) ~ Nebula Award, 1966
Great minds think alike. LOL!
Kim ~ Isn't it fun seeing other people's choices? I love it. Lists are good. :)
ReplyDeleteTeddy Rose ~ LOL Thank you for putting me in that category. :) That's funny that we have so many of the same. Challenges help me so much in getting to the books I want to read, but may not get to otherwise.
I have finsihed and since I have so many new ones for 2009, want to get the done, done.
ReplyDelete1. 1988 Charm City by Laura Lippman Edgars and Shamous
2. 2005 The Bodfy in the Snowdrift Katherine Hall Page Agatha
3. 2002 Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Anthony, Macavity Awards , The Dilys Award
4. 1997: The Poet by Michael Connelly Nero; Anthony an dothers, Dillys Award
5. (1999) : Michael Connely Blood Work Anthony Awards, Edgar, Mafcavity, Grand Prix,
6. (1991) Cornwell, Patricia Postmortem Edgar Award, Creasey, Anthony Award, and Macavity Awards, and
the French Prix du Roman d'Adventure
7. (2002) The Body In the Belfry by Edgar, Creasy, Anthony and Macavity awards, in addition to the French
Prix du Roman d'Adventurei Agatha
8. (1993) Cornwell, Patricia Postmortem Edgar, Creasy, Anthony and Macavity, Prix du Roman d'Adventurei,
Lawrie, Duncan
9. (1993) Koontz, Dean Hideaway Bram Stoker Best Novel
10.(1999) Cornwell, Patricia Cruel an Unnusual Gold Dagger Award 1999 Sherlock Award
11.(1977) Parker, Robert B Promised Land Edgar
Grilsgood ~ Yay! I'm glad you finished, but it was hosted by 3M from 1MoreChapter. You can find the link at the beginning of this post.
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