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Readers' Advisory
Reading Lists from Library Staff Members
- Nita's San Juan Collection Pathfinder
- Phil's Scandinavian Mysteries page
- Phil's Sustainability Reading List
Web Sites
Seattle Times Book Reviews
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010
Current New York Times Best Seller Lists
New York Times Best Seller Lists Archive 1950-2010
The New York Review of Books
Book Reviews, Book News, and Author Interviews @ NPR
Salon magazine
Book Beast – The Daily Beast
Booklist Online
Nancy Pearl's Book Lust
United States Awards
Pulitzer Prize
Awarded at Columbia University each May for achievement in Fiction, Biography, Nonfiction, History, and Poetry.
Edgar Award
Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best fiction and nonfiction mystery writing.
National Book Award
Five-member panels select the highest achievement in United States writing - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Fiction.
National Book Critics Award
Awards from the best books and best reviews published in English.
Romance Writers of America RITA Award
Awarded annually by a panel of members of the Romance Writers of America.
Western Writers of America Awards
Awarded annually by the WWA for distinguished writing about the American West.
International Awards
Costa Book Awards
(Formerly Whitbread Book Awards) One of the most prestigious and popular literary prizes in the UK and recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.
Giller
Canadian literary prize for fiction.
Governor General's Literary Awards
From the Canadian Council for the Arts, awarded to Canadian literature in 14 different categories.
The Man Booker Prize
Highlighting the best novel of the year, written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
Nobel Prize in Literature
International award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.