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| B.C. Book Awards | Canadian Book Awards |
| American Book Awards | British Book Awards |
| Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Book Awards | Mystery Book Awards |
| Children's Book Awards |
B.C. Book Awards
(complete listing of winners and finalists)
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Awards
- 2009 - The Man Game by Lee Henderson
- 2008 - Conceit by Mary Novik
- 2007 - Home Schooling by Carol Windley
- 2006 - Ladykiller by Charlotte Gill
- 2005 - Beyond Measure by Pauline Holdstock
Canadian Book Awards
- Governor-General's Literary Awards - Fiction
- 2007 - Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
- 2006 - The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
- 2005 - A Perfect Night to go to China by David Gilmour
- 2004 - A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
- Scotiabank Giller Prize (complete list of winners and finalists)
- 2009 - The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
- 2008 - Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
- 2007 - Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
- 2006 - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
- 2005 - The Time in Between by David Bergen
- 2004 - Runaway by Alice Munro
- 2003 - The In Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji
- 2002 - The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
- Writer's Trust of Canada - Matt Cohen Award (complete list of winners)
- 2008 - Sylvia Fraser
- 2007 - David Helwig
- 2006 - Marie-Claire Blais
- 2005 - Janet Lunn
- 2004 - Howard Engel
- The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (complete list of winners)
- 2009 - The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
- 2008 - The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
- 2007 - The Book of Negros by Lawrence Hill
- 2006 - Inside by Kenneth J. Harvey
- 2005 - Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
- 2004 - Runaway by Alice Munro
- Trillium Book Award (Ontario) (complete list of winners)
- 2008 - Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
- 2006 - Fabrizio's Return by Camilla Gibb
- 2005 - Sweetness in the Belly - Camilla Gibb
- 2004 - All That Matters by Wayson Choy
- 2003 - The Truth About Stories by Thomas King
American Book Awards
- Pulitzer Prize - Fiction (complete List of Winners of All Categories)
- National Book Awards - Fiction
- 2009 - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- 2008 - Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
- 2007 - Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
- 2006 - The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
- 2005 - Europe Central by William T Vollmann
- 2004 - The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
- National Book Awards - NonFiction
- 2009 - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles
- 2008 - The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
- 2007 - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
- 2006 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
- 2005 - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- 2004 - Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle
- National Book Critic's Circle - Fiction
- 2008 - 2666 by Roberto Bolano
- 2007 - The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
- 2006 - The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
- 2005 - The March by E.L. Doctrow
- 2004 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- PEN/Faulkner Prize - Fiction (complete list of winners and finalists)
- 2009 - Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
- 2008 - The Great Man by Kate Christensen
- 2007 - Everyman by Philip Roth
- 2006 - The March by E.L. Doctrow
- 2005 - War Trash by Ha Jin
- 2004 - The Early Stories 1953 - 1975 by John Updike
- Spur Award (complete list of winners)
British Book Awards
- Costa Novel Award (complete list of winners)
- 2008 - The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
- 2007 - Day by A.L. Kennedy
- 2006 - Restless by William Boyd
- 2005 - the accidental by Ali Smith
- 2004 - Small Island by Andrea Levy
- Orange Prize for Fiction
- 2008 - The Road Home by Rose Tremain
- 2007 - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 2006 - On Beauty by Zadie Smith
- 2005 - We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
- 2004 - Small Island by Andrea Levy
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Book Awards
- Arthur C. Clarke Award (complete list of winners)
- 2008 - Black Man by Richard Morgan
- 2007 - Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
- 2006 - Air by Geoff Ryman
- 2005 - Iron Council by China Mieville
- 2004 - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
- Hugo Award (complete list of all winners and finalists in all categories)
- 2008 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
- 2007 - Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge
- 2006 - Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- 2005 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- 2004 - Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
- 2003 - Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
- Nebula Award (complete list of all winners and finalists in all categories)
- 2008 - Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 2007 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
- 2006 - Seeker by Jack McDevitt
- 2005 - Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
- 2004 - Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
- 2003 - Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- Bram Stoker Award (complete list of winners and finalists in all categories)
- 2008 - Duma Key by Stephen King
- 2007 - The Missing by Sarah Langan
- 2006 - Lisey's Story by Stephen King
- 2005 - Creepers by David Morrell
- 2005 - Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
- 2004 - The Wind Caller by P. D. Cacek
- 2003 - The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
- World Fantasy Award - Novel (complete list of winners and finalists in all categories)
- 2008 - Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
- 2007 - Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
- 2006 - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- 2005 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- 2004 - Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
- 2003 - The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
Mystery Book Awards
- Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Novel (complete list of winners from all categories)
- 2009 - Blue Heaven by C. J. Box
- 2008 - Down River by John Hart
- 2007 - The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
- 2006 - Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
- 2005 - California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
- 2004 - Resurrection Man by Ian Rankin
- 2003 - Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
- Agatha Award - Best Novel (complete list of winners and finalists in all categories)
- 2008 - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
- 2007 - The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
- 2006 - The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page
- 2005 - Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
- 2004 - Letter From Home by Carolyn Hart
- 2003 - You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews
Children's Book Awards
- Blue Spruce Award (Ontario) (list of winners)
- 2009 - Chester by Melanie Watt
- 2008 - Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend by Melanie Watt
- 2007 - Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
- 2006 - The Boy Who Loved Bananas by George Elliott
- 2005 - Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder
- 2004 - Stanley's Park by Linda Bailey
- Caldecott Medal (USA) (list of winners and finalists)
- 2009 - The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
- 2008 - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- 2007 - Flotsam by David Wiesner
- 2006 - The Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka
- 2005 - Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
- 2004 - The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai Gerstein
- Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award (list of winners)
- 2008 - Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- 2007 - Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer
- 2006 - The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
- 2005 - Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter
- 2004 - Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle
- Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award (list of winners)
- 2008 - Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
- 2007 - The Blue Helmet by William Bell
- 2006 - Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
- 2005 - A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
- 2004 - The Canning Season by Polly Horvath
- Chocolate Lily Young Readers’ Choice Award
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize (B.C. and Yukon)
- Golden Kite (USA)
- Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
- Newbery Medal (USA) (list of winners and finalists)
- 2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- 2008 - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
- 2007 - The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- 2006 - Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
- 2005 - Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
- 2004 - The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo