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The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, April 12, 2010
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, April 12, 2010
  1. “Tinkers” by Paul Harding – Winner
    Average Score: 94%Yay Squared (8 Reviews)
  2. “Love in Infant Monkeys” by Lydia Millet – Finalist
    Average Score: 86%Yay Squared (7 Reviews)
  3. “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” by Daniyal Mueenuddin – Finalist
    Average Score: 85%Yay Squared (13 Reviews)

The National Book Award, November 2009
The National Book Award, November 2009
  1. “Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann – Winner
    Average Score: 77%Yay (12 Reviews)
  2. “American Salvage” by Bonnie Jo Campbell – Finalist
    Average Score: 84%Yay Squared (7 Reviews)
  3. “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” by Daniyal Mueenuddin – Finalist
    Average Score: 85%Yay Squared (13 Reviews)
  4. “Lark and Termite” by Jayne Anne Phillips – Finalist
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (22 Reviews)
  5. “Far North” by Marcel Theroux – Finalist
    Average Score: 74%Yay (7 Reviews)
Browse the National Book Awards at Amazon.com
Browse the National Book Awards at Amazon.com

The Man Booker Prize 2009, October 2009
The Man Booker Prize 2009, October 2009
  1. “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel – Winner
    Average Score: 80%Yay Squared (22 Reviews)
  2. “The Children’s Book” by A.S. Byatt – Finalist
    Average Score: 79%Yay (39 Reviews)
  3. “Summertime” by J.M. Coetzee – Finalist
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (37 Reviews)
  4. “The Quickening Maze” by Adam Foulds – Finalist
    Average Score: 89%Yay Squared (7 Reviews)
  5. “The Glass Room” by Simon Mawer – Finalist
    Average Score: 88%Yay Squared (12 Reviews)
  6. “The Little Stranger” by Sarah Waters – Finalist
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (17 Reviews)
Browse 2009 Man Booker Prize Shortlist & Longlist Books at Amazon (UK, Canada & USA)!
Browse 2009 Man Booker Prize Shortlist & Longlist Books at Amazon (UK, Canada & USA)!Browse 2009 Man Booker Prize Shortlist & Longlist Books at Amazon (UK, Canada & USA)!Browse 2009 Man Booker Prize Shortlist & Longlist Books at Amazon (UK, Canada & USA)!

The Scotiabank Giller Prize, November 2009
The Scotiabank Giller Prize, November 2009
  1. “The Bishop’s Man” by Linden MacIntyre – Winner
    Average Score: 84%Yay Squared (5 Reviews)
  2. “The Disappeared” by Kim Echlin – Finalist
    Average Score: 81%Yay Squared (10 Reviews)
  3. “The Golden Mean” by Annabel Lyon – Finalist
    Average Score: 82%Yay Squared (5 Reviews)
  4. “Fall” by Colin McAdam – Finalist
    Average Score: 75%Yay (10 Reviews)
  5. “The Winter Vault” by Anne Michaels – Finalist
    Average Score: 77%Yay (20 Reviews)
Browse 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize Books at Amazon.ca!
Browse 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize Books at Amazon.ca!

The Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, November 2009
The Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, November 2009
  1. “The Mistress of Nothing” by Kate Pullinger – Winner
    Average Score: 76%Yay (5 Reviews)
  2. “Galore” by Michael Crummey – Finalist
    Average Score: 92%Yay Squared (12 Reviews)
  3. “The Golden Mean” by Annabel Lyon – Finalist
    Average Score: 82%Yay Squared (5 Reviews)
  4. “Too Much Happiness” by Alice Munro – Finalist
    Average Score: 88%Yay Squared (38 Reviews)
  5. “Vanishing and Other Stories” by Deborah Willis – Finalist
    Average Score: 85%Yay Squared (4 Reviews)

 

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Average Score: 75%Yay(12 Reviews)

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Average Score: 83%Yay Squared(10 Reviews)

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Average Score: 65%Yay(49 Reviews)

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Average Score: 77%Yay(11 Reviews)

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Average Score: 75%Yay(18 Reviews)

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Average Score: 72%Yay(34 Reviews)

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Average Score: 60%Yay(1 Review)

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Average Score: 70%Yay(2 Reviews)

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Average Score: 80%Yay Squared(3 Reviews)

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Average Score: 66%Yay(7 Reviews)

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“Hitch-22: A Memoir” by Christopher Hitchens
Average Score: 71%Yay(26 Reviews)

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Average Score: 81%Yay Squared(21 Reviews)

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Average Score: 70%Yay(4 Reviews)

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Average Score: 76%Yay(24 Reviews)

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Average Score: 71%Yay(18 Reviews)

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Average Score: 65%Yay(2 Reviews)

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Average Score: 85%Yay Squared(4 Reviews)

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Average Score: 85%Yay Squared(6 Reviews)

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