Sunday, December 28

All Book Awards

2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction

2000 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

2000 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction WinnerNewjack: Guarding Sing SingTed ConoverAfter he was denied access to report on Sing Sing, one of America's most notorious high security jails, journalist Ted Conover applied to become a prison guard. As a rookie officer, or 'newjack', Conover spent a year in the unpredictable, intimidating and ...Amazon2000 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction ShortlistBetrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public HealthLaurie GarrettAmazonCrucible of WarFred AndersonAmazonThe Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert BrasillachAlice KaplanAmazonWay Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold WarFrances FitzgeraldAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Critics Circle Award - Poetry

2000 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2000 National Book Critics Circle Award - Poetry WinnerCarolina Ghost WoodsJudy JordanWintry in tone, titles and topics--"Ice molds my life" as one poem puts it--Jordan's debut scours the wooded terrain for metaphors of death ("It's dirt and dust after all") and trolls her family history for murders, suicides, threats and promises of the en...Amazon2000 National Book Critics Circle Award - Poetry ShortlistMen in the Off HoursAnne CarsonAmazonTalking Dirty to the GodsYusef KomunyakaaAmazonThe LedgeMichael CollierAmazonUltima ThuleDavis McCombsAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Nebula, Nebula - Novel

2000 Nebula – Novel Winner and Nominees

2000 Nebula - Novel WinnerParable of the TalentsOctavia E. ButlerLauren Olamina's daughter, Larkin, describes the broken and alienated world of 2032, as war racks the North American continent and an ultra-conservative religious crusader becomes president...Amazon2000 Nebula - Novel ShortlistA Clash of KingsGeorge R. R. MartinAmazonA Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeAmazonMission ChildMaureen F. McHughAmazonMockingbirdSean StewartAmazonThe Cassini DivisionKen MacLeodAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick - Novel

2000 Philip K. Dick – Novel Winner and Nominees

2000 Philip K. Dick - Novel WinnerVacuum DiagramsStephen Baxter"And everywhere the Humans went, they found life ..." This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind -- all the way to the en...Amazon2000 Philip K. Dick - Novel ShortlistCode of ConductKristine SmithAmazonNot of Woman BornConstance AshAmazonTower of DreamsJamil NasirAmazonTyphon's ChildrenTony AnzettiAmazonWhen We Were RealWilliam BartonAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography

2000 Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography Winner and Nominees

2000 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography WinnerVera, Mrs. Vladimir NabokovStacy SchiffNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and hailed by critics as both “monumental” (The Boston Globe) and “utterly romantic” (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff’s Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) brings to shimmering life one of...Amazon2000 Pulitzer Prize - Biography or Autobiography ShortlistThe First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin FranklinH.W. BrandsAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Fiction

2000 Pulitzer Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2000 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction WinnerInterpreter of MaladiesJhumpa LahiriNavigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorke...Amazon2000 Pulitzer Prize - Fiction ShortlistClose Range: Wyoming StoriesAnnie ProulxAmazonWaitingHa JinAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction

2000 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

2000 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction WinnerEmbracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIJohn W. DowerWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering afterma...Amazon2000 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction ShortlistLiving on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory BirdsScott WeidensaulAmazonThe Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryBrian GreeneAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - History

2000 Pulitzer Prize – History Winner and Nominees

2000 Pulitzer Prize - History WinnerFreedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945David M. KennedyBetween 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This book tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depress...Amazon2000 Pulitzer Prize - History ShortlistInto the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania FrontierJames H. MerrellAmazonThe Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-AmericaKevin PhillipsAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize - Poetry

2000 Pulitzer Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2000 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry WinnerRepairC. K. WilliamsThe eighth book--and the most various yet--by a major American poet. With his two previous books, a generous Selected Poems and The Vigil, C. K. Williams received great acclaim, including the PEN/Voelcker Award and the prestigious Berlin Prize...Amazon2000 Pulitzer Prize - Poetry ShortlistElegy for the Southern DrawlRodney JonesAmazonMidnight Salvage: Poems 1995-1998Adrienne RichAmazon
2000 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel

2000 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel Winner and Nominees

2000 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel WinnerThe Wedding AlbumDavid MarusekNot since William Gibson and Bruce Sterling galvanized science fiction in the 1980s has the emergence of a new writer been heralded with such acclaim as that attending David Marusek, whose brilliant first novel, Counting Heads, appeared to rave reviews in ...Amazon2000 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial - Novel ShortlistDaddy's WorldWalter Jon WilliamsAmazonDapple: A Hwarhath Historical RomanceEleanor ArnasonAmazonEverywhereGeoff RymanAmazonFive Days in AprilBrian A. HopkinsAmazonGreen TeaRichard WadholmAmazonJennifer, Just Before MidnightWilliam SandersAmazonmacsTerry BissonAmazonOnce Upon a Matter CrushedWil McCarthyAmazonReality CheckMichael A. BursteinAmazonSuicide CoastM. John HarrisonAmazonThe Chop GirlIan R. MacLeod...