Sunday, December 1

All 1995 Book Awards

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

Arthur C. Clarke – Novel

Fools Pat Cadigan

Fools

Pat Cadigan

Bram Stoker – Novel

Dead in the Water Nancy Holder

Dead in the Water

Nancy Holder

British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel

Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith

Only Forward

Michael Marshall Smith

British SF Association – Novel

Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks

Feersum Endjinn

Iain M. Banks

Costa Book Award – Novel

The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie

The Moor’s Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie

Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama

Three in the Back, Two in the Head Jason Sherman

Three in the Back, Two in the Head

Jason Sherman

Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead

The Roaring Girl

Greg Hollingshead

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen Rosemary Sullivan

Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen

Rosemary Sullivan

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

Voice Anne Szumigalski

Voice

Anne Szumigalski

Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English)

Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? David Homel

Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?

David Homel

Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

The Last Quest of Gilgamesh Ludmila Zeman

The Last Quest of Gilgamesh

Ludmila Zeman

Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text

The Maestro Tim Wynne-Jones

The Maestro

Tim Wynne-Jones

Hugo Awards – Novel

Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold

Mirror Dance

Lois McMaster Bujold

James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography

Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth Gitta Sereny

Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth

Gitta Sereny

James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction

The Prestige: A Novel Christopher Priest

The Prestige: A Novel

Christopher Priest

John W. Campbell – Novel

Permutation City Greg Egan

Permutation City

Greg Egan

Locus – Fantasy Novel

Brittle Innings Michael Bishop

Brittle Innings

Michael Bishop

Locus – SF Novel

Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold

Mirror Dance

Lois McMaster Bujold

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography

Under My Skin: Volume 1 of My Autobiography, to 1949 Doris May Lessing

Under My Skin: Volume 1 of My Autobiography, to 1949

Doris May Lessing

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest

Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black Gregory Howard Williams

Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black

Gregory Howard Williams

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction

The Blue Afternoon William Boyd

The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction

American Studies Mark Merlis

American Studies

Mark Merlis

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History

Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America Jackson Lears

Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America

Jackson Lears

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry

The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation Robert Pinsky

The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation

Robert Pinsky

Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology

Naturalist Edward O. Wilson

Naturalist

Edward O. Wilson

National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography

Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson Robert Polito

Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson

Robert Polito

National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism

The Forbidden Bestsellers of Pre-Revolution France Robert Darnton

The Forbidden Bestsellers of Pre-Revolution France

Robert Darnton

National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction

Mrs. Ted Bliss Stanley Elkin

Mrs. Ted Bliss

Stanley Elkin

National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction

A Civil Action Jonathan Harr

A Civil Action

Jonathan Harr

National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry

Time & Money William Matthews

Time & Money

William Matthews

Nebula – Novel

Moving Mars Greg Bear

Moving Mars

Greg Bear

Philip K. Dick – Novel

Mysterium Robert Charles Wilson

Mysterium

Robert Charles Wilson

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life Joan D. Hedrick

Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life

Joan D. Hedrick

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

The Stone Diaries Carol Shields

The Stone Diaries

Carol Shields

Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time Jonathan Weiner

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

Jonathan Weiner

Pulitzer Prize – History

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

The Simple Truth Philip Levine

The Simple Truth

Philip Levine

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel

Forgiveness Day Ursula K. Le Guin

Forgiveness Day

Ursula K. Le Guin

World Fantasy Awards – Novel

Towing Jehovah James Morrow

Towing Jehovah

James Morrow

AAFCAYAL – Children/Young Adult

Tonight, by Sea by Frances Temple

Tonight, by Sea

Frances Temple

Agatha – First Novel

The Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams

The Body in the Transept

Jeanne M. Dams

Agatha – Nonfiction

Mystery Readers Walking Guide­Chicago by Alzina Stone Dale

Mystery Readers Walking Guide­Chicago

Alzina Stone Dale

Agatha – Novel

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... by Sharyn McCrumb

If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him…

Sharyn McCrumb

Anthony – First Novel

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

The Alienist

Caleb Carr

Anthony – Novel

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

She Walks These Hills

Sharyn McCrumb

Anthony – Short Stories/Collection

The Mysterious West by Tony Hillerman

The Mysterious West

Tony Hillerman

Beehive – Fiction

Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright

Ghosts of Mercy Manor

Betty Ren Wright

Beehive – Informational

Sadako by Eleanor Coerr; illustrated by Ed Young

Sadako

Eleanor Coerr; illustrated by Ed Young

Black Caucus – Fiction

Rocking the Babies by Linda Raymond

Rocking the Babies

Linda Raymond

Black Caucus – First Novel

Serpent's Gift by Helen Elaine Lee

Serpent’s Gift

Helen Elaine Lee

Black-Eyed – Grades 4-6

Ghosts Don’t Get Goosebumps by Elvira Woodruff

Ghosts Don’t Get Goosebumps

Elvira Woodruff

Black-Eyed – Grades 6-9

Night Terrors by Jim Murphy

Night Terrors

Jim Murphy

Black-Eyed – Picture Book

Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen

Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm

Jerdine Nolen

Bluebonnet – Children’s

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Jon Scieszka

Boston Globe – Fiction & Poetry

Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones

Some of the Kinder Planets

Tim Wynne-Jones

Boston Globe – Nonfiction

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Natalie S. Bober

Boston Globe – Picture Book

John Henry by Julius Lester

John Henry

Julius Lester

Bram Stoker – Fiction Collection

The Early Fears by Robert Bloch

The Early Fears

Robert Bloch

Bram Stoker – First Novel

Grave Markings by Michael A. Arnzen

Grave Markings

Michael A. Arnzen

Buckeye – Grades 3-5

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Shiloh

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Buckeye – Grades 6-8

Say Cheese and Die by R. L. Stine

Say Cheese and Die

R. L. Stine

Buckeye – Grades K-2

Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The by Jon Scieszka

Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The

Jon Scieszka

Caldecott – Picture Book

Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

Smoky Night

Eve Bunting

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Northern Lights

Philip Pullman

Colorado Blue Spruce – Young Adult

The Client by John Grisham

The Client

John Grisham

Coretta Scott King – Author

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters

Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack

Coretta Scott King – Illustrator

The Creation by James Ransome

The Creation

James Ransome

Costa – Book of the Year

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Kate Atkinson

Costa – Children’s

The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo

The Wreck of the Zanzibar

Michael Morpurgo

Costa – First Novel

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Kate Atkinson

Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green

The Caveman’s Valentine

George Dawes Green

Edgar Allan Poe – Juvenile

How I Visited Yellowstone Park With the Terrible Rupes by Willo Davis Roberts

How I Visited Yellowstone Park With the Terrible Rupes

Willo Davis Roberts

Edgar Allan Poe – Novel

The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker

The Red Scream

Mary Willis Walker

Edgar Allan Poe – Paperback Original

Final Appeal by Lisa Scottoline

Final Appeal

Lisa Scottoline

Grand Canyon – Intermediate

Totally Disgusting! by Bill Wallace

Totally Disgusting!

Bill Wallace

Grand Canyon – Picture Book

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

Eugene Trivizas

Great Stone Face – Grades 4-6

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Barbara Park

Greenaway Medal – Illustrator

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by P. J. Lynch

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

P. J. Lynch

Hemingway – PEN

Grass Dancer by Susan Power

Grass Dancer

Susan Power

L.A. Times – Fiction

The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd

The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd

L.A. Times – First Fiction

American Studies by Mark Merlis

American Studies

Mark Merlis

Macavity – First Mystery

Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott

Do Unto Others

Jeff Abbott

Macavity – Mystery Novel

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

She Walks These Hills

Sharyn McCrumb

Macavity – Nonfiction

By a Woman's Hand by Dean James & Jean Swanson

By a Woman’s Hand

Dean James & Jean Swanson

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech

PEN/Faulkner – Fiction

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Snow Falling on Cedars

David Guterson

Scott O Dell – Historical Fiction

The Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury

The Blood Red Sun

Graham Salisbury

Shamus – First P.I. Novel

The Innocents by Richard Barre

The Innocents

Richard Barre

Shamus – P.I. Novel

K Is for Killer by Sue Grafton

K Is for Killer

Sue Grafton