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2016 Awards

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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, International Dublin Literary Award, International Dublin Literary Award - Novel

2016 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

2016 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel WinnerFamily LifeAkhil SharmaFinally joining their father in America, Ajay and Birju enjoy their new, extraordinary life until tragedy strikes, leaving one brother incapacitated and the other practically orphaned in this strange land in the second novel from the author of An Obedient ...Amazon2016 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel ShortlistA Brief History of Seven KillingsMarlon JamesAmazonAcademy StreetMary CostelloAmazonDept. of SpeculationJenny OffillAmazonDiary of the Fall (Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa)Michel LaubAmazonLilaMarilynne RobinsonAmazonOur Lady of the Nile (Translated from French by Melanie Mauthner)Scholastique MukasongaAmazonOutlaws (Translated from Spanish by Anne McLean)Javier CercasAmazonThe...
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

2016 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

2016 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerThe Fifth SeasonN. K. JemisinAt the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends...for the l...Amazon2016 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistAncillary MercyAnn LeckieAmazonSevenevesNeal StephensonAmazonThe Aeronaut's WindlassJim ButcherAmazonUprootedNaomi NovikAmazon
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

2016 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

2016 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerRadiomenEleanor LermanThere are two themes to Radiomen. First, if there are aliens interacting with our world they are likely just as confused about who or what God is as human beings are; and second, whoever they are, they're probably just as fond of dogs as we are. Laurie, a ...Amazon2016 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistAuroraKim Stanley RobinsonAmazonEurope at MidnightDave HutchinsonAmazonGalapágos RegainedJames MorrowAmazonGoing DarkLinda NagataAmazonLuna: New MoonIan McDonaldAmazonSevenevesNeal StephensonAmazonThe Book of PhoenixNnedi OkoraforAmazonThe Thing ItselfAdam RobertsAmazonThe Water KnifePaolo BacigalupiAmazonWhereKit ReedAmazon
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

2016 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2016 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerUprootedNaomi NovikWinner of the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner of the 2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Winner of the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for the 2016 Hugo A...Amazon2016 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistKaren MemoryElizabeth BearAmazonThe Fifth SeasonN. K. JemisinAmazonThe House of Shattered WingsAliette de BodardAmazonWylding HallElizabeth HandAmazon
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

2016 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

2016 Locus - SF Novel WinnerAncillary MercyAnn LeckieA New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning AuthorThe Imperial Radch Series (Book 3)In the stunning conclusion to the trilogy that began with multiple award-winner Ancillary Justice, Breq refuses to flee with her sh...Amazon2016 Locus - SF Novel ShortlistA Borrowed ManGene WolfeAmazonAuroraKim Stanley RobinsonAmazonSevenevesNeal StephensonAmazonThe Water KnifePaolo BacigalupiAmazon
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerHitler: Ascent, 1889-1939Volker UllrichSelected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement and The Times Despite his status as the most despised political figure in history, there have only been four serious biographies of Hitler since the 1930s. Even more surprising...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistCharlotte Brontë: A Fiery HeartClaire HarmanAmazonGuilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De QuinceyFrances WilsonAmazonKill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James BrownJames McBrideAmazonMad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water LiliesRoss KingAmazon
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest WinnerSecondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsSvetlana Alexievich (Author), Bela Shayevich (Translator)From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. Bringing together dozens of voi...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest ShortlistA Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISISRobert F. WorthAmazonCity of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee CampBen RawlenceAmazonDark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical RightJane MayerAmazonEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the Americ...
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerImagine Me GoneAdam HaslettShe decides to marry him. Imagine Me Gone is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith....Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistInnocents and OthersDana SpiottaAmazonSweet Lamb of HeavenLydia MilletAmazonSwing TimeZadie SmithAmazonWhat Belongs to YouGarth GreenwellAmazon
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2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction WinnerThe NixNathan HillThe best new writer of fiction in America. The best.' - John Irving Nathan Hill's brilliant debut takes the reader from the rural Midwest of the 1960s, to New York City during Occupy Wall Street; from Chicago in 1968, to wartime Norway: home of the myster...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction ShortlistSpill Simmer Falter WitherSara BaumeAmazonThe Bed MovedRebecca SchiffAmazonThe Whale: A Love StoryMark BeauregardAmazonWays to DisappearIdra NoveyAmazon
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