2026 Reading Challenge discussion

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026

We will start the year by exploring a variety of book awards that have been given from the 1901 Nobel up to the present. Book awards recognize different types of writing, genres and audiences, and help people discover amazing books! From fantasy to mysteries, nonfiction to westerns, science fiction to young adult, focus on whichever awards you wish!

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run.

Below are forty awards, arranged in order of the years they were established, but there are many, many more that you may choose. Over time, some awards were renamed, paused for the war years, or discontinued altogether. Regardless, any books that were recognized as winners -- or in the case of the Nobel prize, the award winning author's works -- will qualify for this challenge. Nominees, shortlisted titles, honorable mentions, etc. are disallowed.

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

The Goodreads Book Award page is searchable by award names.

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

Many thanks to GailW for offering to lead this challenge!

Welcome to our Q1 Challenge – Awards Across Time!

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AWARDS ACROSS TIME - Quarterly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026

PARTICIPANTS:
Amy (#34) - 1/12
Anissa (#37) - 0/8
Anna (#71) - 0/6
BarbaraBrubru_gingertiger  (#13) - 0/8
Brianna (#33) - 0/15
Bubbles (#25) - 0/12
Caraina (#18) - 0/16
Carrie (#41) - 0/16
Ciara (#29) - 0/8
Denise (#21) - 3/6
Emily (#24) - 2/15
GailW (#6) - 6/12
Grace (#14) - 8/12
Jenn (#81) - 0/40
JennH (#5) - 1/16
Kristina (#22) - 0/15
Margie (#23) - 5/12
MaryAnn (EmilyD1037) (#40) - 0/5
Missy (#8) - 3/5
Pat (#31) - 5/8
Sarah (#28) - 13/40
Shari (#25) - 0/8
Shelley (#30) - 3/8
Susan (#7) - 0/5
Suzanne (#59) - 0/8
TerryJane (#4) - 11/16
Theresa (#87) - 1/4
Ursula (#35) - 2/5

STATS
Participants: 28
Active: 14
Books Read: 64
Book Goal: 341
Completed: 0

Updated through message #92 on Feb 11, 2026

📅 AWARDS ACROSS TIME - Quarterly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
Progress: 11/16

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
- An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
- An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

The Goodreads Book Award page is searchable by award names.

Established 1900 to 1949 (view spoiler)[
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947 (hide spoiler)]
📅 ▪ Pulitzer Prize, est. 1917
Three Tall Women
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1994)
📅 ▪ National Jewish Book Award, est. 1948
The Safekeep
National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction (2024), Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (2025), Women's Prize for Fiction (2025)

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Established 1950 to 1959 (view spoiler)[
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955 (hide spoiler)]
▪ National Book Award, est. 1950
The Man with the Golden Arm
National Book Award for Fiction (1950)
📅 ▪ Edgar Award, est. 1954
The Murders in Great Diddling
Edgar Award for Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award (2025)

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Established 1960 to 1969 (view spoiler)[
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969 (hide spoiler)]
▪ Horn Book Award, est. 1967
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction (2023), Volunteer State Book Award for High School (2025)
▪ The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, est. 1963
Waiting for the Barbarians
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (1980), CNA Literary Award (1980), Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1981)

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Established 1970 to 1979 (view spoiler)[
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
World Fantasy Award, 1975 (hide spoiler)]
▪ Costa Book Awards, est. 1971
The Lie Tree
Costa Book Award for Children's Book (2015), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2016), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction (2016), Costa Book of the Year (2015)
📅 ▪ National Book Critics Circle Award, est. 1974
The Stone Diaries
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1995), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1994), Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (1993), McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1993)
📅 ▪ National Book Critics Circle Award, est. 1974
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (2024), Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2024)

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Established 1980 to 1989 (view spoiler)[
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989 (hide spoiler)]
📅 ▪ PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, est. 1981
Snow Falling on Cedars
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1995), American Booksellers Book Of The Year Award for Adult Trade (1996), Martin Beck Award (1996), Barnes & Noble Discover Prize (1994)
📅 ▪ Agatha Award, est. 1988
The Long Call
Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel (2019)

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Established 1990 to 1999 (view spoiler)[
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999 (hide spoiler)]
▪ Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
We Begin at the End
Ned Kelly Award for International (2021), CWA Gold Dagger (2021), Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2021)
📅 ▪ Frederick Douglass Book Prize, est. 1999
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
National Book Award for Nonfiction (2021), Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction (2022), PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction (2022), Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History (2022), Frederick Douglass Book Prize (2022), Lawrence W. Levine Award (2022), Darlene Clark Hine Award (2022), Cundill History Prize (2022)

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Established 2000 to 2009 (view spoiler)[
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005 (hide spoiler)]
▪ Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Vernon God Little
Booker Prize (2003), Whitbread Award for First Novel (2003), Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction (2003)
📅 ▪ Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, est. 2005
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2012)

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Established 2010 to 2025 (view spoiler)[
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023 (hide spoiler)]
📅 ▪ Waterstones, est. 2012
The Miniaturist
Specsavers National Book Award for Books Are My Bag New Writer of the Year (2014), Waterstones Book of the Year (2014)
📅 ▪ Independent Book Publishers Award, est. 1985
Humankind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time
IBPA Ben Franklin Gold Award, Inspirational (2021)

Please sign me up for 16.

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026

7/16

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953 - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers 1/31/26 - (2022)
Edgar Award, 1954 - Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara 1/22/26 - (2021)
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969
Washington State Book Award (formerly the Governor's Writers Award). 1967 - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson 2/14/26 - (2004)

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975
Nero Award (Wolfe Pack), 1978 - Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley 1/17/26 - (2019)

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999
Barry Award, 1997 - Rain Dogs: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel Barry Award for Best Paperback Original 1/22/26 - (2017)
ALA Alex Award, 1998 - The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton 1/28/26 - (2011)

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005
ITW Thriller Award, 2006 - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original Novel (2023) 1/12/26

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

RC-Q1 - AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
☀ Progress: 6 / 12

Established 1900 to 1949
1. Pulitzer Prize, 1917:
* (2025): The Underground Railroad
☀ (1931): Alison's House

Established 1950 to 1959
2. National Book Award, 1950:
(2025):  One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Established 1960 to 1969
3. The Nebula Awards, 1965:
* (2021): Ring Shout
4. Booker Prize, 1969: (2016): The Sellout
☀ 14. Tanizaki Prize, 1965: (2006): Mina's Matchbox

Established 1970 to 1979
5. SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Fiction, 1973 [n1]: (2008): Home of the Brave

Established 1980 to 1989
6. Lambda Literary Awards, 1989: (2018): Jonny Appleseed
7. Anthony Awards, 1986: (2024:) Mother-Daughter Murder Night

Established 1990 to 1999
☀ 8. Ferro-Grumley Awards, 1990: (2015): Mr Loverman

Established 2000 to 2009
☀ 9. Cabell First Novelist Award, 2001: (2002): A Replacement Life
☀ 10. Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature, 2001: (2020): They Called Us Enemy
☀ 13. RSL Ondaatje Prize, 2004: (2022): Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History

Established 2010 to 2025
11. Kirkus Prize for Fiction, 2014: (2017): What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
12. Clara Johnson Award, 2018 [n4]: (2020): The Ungrateful Refugee

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

Progress: 0/5

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Can these be the same books as the A-Z Award Winners or only if they fall within the timeframe or does it have to be the 40 listed? Put me down for 5 for now in case any of my 26 end up counting.

Update to message 8 (copy pasted)

Established 1900 to 1949:
• Newbery Medal 1922 - The Last Cuentista - Finished January 5
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Established 1950 to 1959
• Jane Addams Childrens Book Award 1953
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 1956 - The BFG - Finished January 11
• Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award 1959
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Established 1960 to 1969
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award 1967 - The Westing Game - Finished January 11
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Established 1970 to 1979
• Zilveren Griffel 1971
• Volunteer State Book Award 1978
• Gateway Readers Award 1970s
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Established 1980 to 1989
• Kalbacher Klapperschlange 1988
• Harvey Awards 1988
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Established 1990 to 1999
• ALA Alex Award 1998
• Evergreen Teen Book Award 1992
• Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award 1998
• Lincoln Award 1996
• Pura Belpre Award 1996
• Queensland Premier’s Literary Award 1999
• Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award 1991

Established 2000 to 2009
• Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award 2008
• CYBILS Award 2006
• Iowa High School Book Award 2004
• Michael L Printz Award 2000
• William C Morris YA Debut Award 2007

Established 2010 to 2025
• The Magnolia Award 2010
• Ursula K Le Guin Prize 2022
• YA Book Prize 2014
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2016
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Missy wrote: "Can these be the same books as the A-Z Award Winners or only if they fall within the timeframe? Put me down for 5 for now in case any of my 26 end up counting."

Yes, the same book can count for both IF it fulfills the prompts. I try to match monthly and quarterly prompts to books I plan to use for yearly challenges, where I'm able.

I copied an FAQ below from Yearly, Quarterly, & Monthly Challenges -- Start Here. Hope this helps.

Can I use the same book for more than one prompt?
No, and yes. Within a specific challenge, each book only counts for one prompt. However, if you participate in multiple challenges, a single book can count toward each of those challenges, as long as it satisfies the rules and prompts for each challenge.

TerryJane wrote: "Yes, the same book ca..."

Since it’s only winners for this, is it winners only for the A-Z or just if the book falls under an award with that letter? I have a mix of nominees and winners currently since I was looking for certain books in general from reading lists I’m following.

Missy wrote: "TerryJane wrote: "Yes, the same book ca..."

Since it’s only winners for this, is it winners only for the A-Z or just if the book falls under an award with that letter? I have a mix of nominees and..."

I do believe A-Z: Award Winners is intended to be award winners as well, but you can certainly ask for clarification within that challenge.

TerryJane wrote: "Missy wrote: "TerryJane wrote: "Yes, the same book ca..."

Since it’s only winners for this, is it winners only for the A-Z or just if the book falls under an award with that letter? I have a mix o..."

Ok. Thank you. I’ll have to go through my choices then to see what stays

Hi, I will join for 8
Thanks!
Update Jan 9: 1/8

Kolkhoze : Prix Medicis 2025, France (created in 1958)

Please sign me up for 6. Thank you!

Link to MC post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

TerryJane wrote: "Missy wrote: "TerryJane wrote: "Yes, the same book ca..."

Since it’s only winners for this, is it winners only for the A-Z or just if the book falls under an award with that letter? I have a mix o..."

I found winners for the A-Z Award Winners and found out the years each award I used was established so all 26 are used. I’m going to keep my number at 5 for now though (message 8)

TerryJane wrote: "Missy wrote: "... "Yes, the same book ca..."

Thanks, TerryJane, for handling the questions! I'm at my son's for the holidays and it's been hectic!

A

I'm in for 16

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

Completed: 0/16

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

Missy wrote: "Update to message 8: ...

Missy, if you want I can either change your "startup" message # to 17 or you can simply copy/paste this entire message into message 8. That won't hurt anything. Whatever is easier for you.

If you do the copy/paste, please erase the message in here and just enter an "a" or some other letter.

Thanks!

GailW wrote: "Missy wrote: "Update to message 8: ...

Missy, if you want I can either change your "startup" message # to 17 or you can simply copy/paste this entire message into message 8. That won't hurt anyth..."

Keep my message number at 8 please. I’ll copy paste

I will sign on for 6
1970-1979
Stonewall Award
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Alison Bechdel 23 Jan
1990-1999
Women's Prize for Fiction (Orange Prize)

The Tiger's Wife Téa Obreht 9 Jan (2011)
The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden 31 Jan

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
January 1 - March 31, 2026
Progress: 0/15

Sign me up for 15!

Established 1900 to 1949
⏳ Pulitzer Prize, 1917 ⏳
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Established 1950 to 1959
⏳National Book Award, 1950 ⏳
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

⏳Hugo Award, 1953 ⏳
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

⏳ Edgar Award, 1954 ⏳
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

Established 1960 to 1969
⏳ The Nebula Awards, 1965 ⏳
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Established 1970 to 1979
⏳ National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974 ⏳
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

⏳ Locus Awards, 1971 ⏳
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Witch King by Martha Wells

Established 1980 to 1989
⏳ Lambda Literary Awards, 1989 ⏳
Little Fish by Casey Plett

Established 1990 to 1999
⏳ British Book Awards, 1990 ⏳
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

⏳ ALA Alex Awards, 1998 ⏳
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

I'll start with 12. Thanks for leading GailW.

Progress: 5/12

Established 1900 to 1949:
✓ Established 1901 - Nobel Prize for Literature: Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah (awarded 2021)

Established 1950 to 1959:

Established 1960 to 1969:

Established 1970 to 1979:
✓ Established 1974 - National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction: Atonement (awarded 2002)

Established 1980 to 1989:

Established 1990 to 1999:
✓ Established 1997 - Barry Award for Best Paperback Original: The Good Turn DI Cormac Reilly #3 (awarded 1992)

✓ Established 1997 - The Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (awarded 2017)

Established 2000 to 2009:

Established 2010 to 2025:
✓ Established 2015 -Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize: Forest of Noise: Poems (awarded 2025)

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I'd like to sign up for 15.

2/15

Established 1900 to 1949:
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959:
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954 - When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969:
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979:
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989:
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988 - Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999:
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009:
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025:
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

I'm in for 12

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

Completed: 0/12

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

I would like to sign up for 8.

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026

Progress: 0 / 8

Established 1900 to 1949:

Established 1950 to 1959:

Established 1960 to 1969:

Established 1970 to 1979:

Established 1980 to 1989:

Established 1990 to 1999:

Established 2000 to 2009:

Established 2010 to 2025:

Welcome everyone! Just one more day. Participants list is updated to here.

Sign me up for 40 books.

13/40

Established 1900 to 1949
✅Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Nobel Prize in Literature 1962) (9/1/26)

Pulitzer Prize, 1917
March (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - 2006)

Newbery Medal, 1922
The White Stag (Newbery Medal - 1938)

✅The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Many Moons (Caldecott Medal - 1944) (15/1/26)

Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947
Winter Tulips (Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal - 1989)

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Outside Over There (National Book Award for Children’s Books, Picture Books (Hardcover) - 1982)

✅Spur Awards, 1953
Honey Girl (Spur Award for Best Juvenile Fiction - 1990) (31/1/26)

Hugo Award, 1953
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It (Hugo Award for Best Related Work - 2011)

Edgar Award, 1954
The Long Black Coat (Edgar Award for Best Juvenile - 1974)

The Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Award, 1955
The False Inspector Dew (CWA Gold Dagger - 1982)

Established 1960 to 1969
✅The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Monkey King (Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize - 1979) (25/1/26)

The Nebula Awards, 1965
The Ultimate Earth (Nebula Award for Best Novella - 2001)

Horn Book Award, 1967
Celine (Horn Book Award - 1990)

✅Man Booker Prize, 1969
The English Patient (Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author Honor - 2009) (11/1/26)

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Ransom (Neustadt International Prize for Literature - 2000)

✅Costa Book Awards, 1971
Elizabeth Is Missing (Costa Book Award for First Novel - 2014) (25/1/26)

International Thriller Writers (IWT), 1971
The Housemaid (ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original Novel - 2023)

National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
The Stories of John Cheever (National Book Critics Award for Fiction - 1978)

✅World Fantasy Award, 1975
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales (World Fantasy Award for Collection - 2010) (29/1/26)

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
Wash Day Diaries (Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics - 2022)

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
The Barrack's Thief (PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction - 1985)

✅Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Just After Sunset (Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection - 2008) (17/1/26)

Agatha Award, 1988
Bootlegger's Daughter (Agatha Award for Best Novel - 1992)

Lambda Literary Awards, 1989
The Line of Beauty (Lambda Literary Awards for Gay Fiction - 2004)

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
Fourth Wing (British Book Award for Pageturner - 2024)

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Family Life (International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - 2016)

✅Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
The Book of Form and Emptiness (Women's Prize for Fiction - 2022) (24/1/26)

Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
Blue Murder (Ned Kelly Award for Best Young Adult - 2002)

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women (The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction - 2019)

Established 2000 to 2009
✅PEN/Bellwether Prize, 2000
Good Kings Bad Kings (PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction - 2012) (28/1/26)

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
I'll Give You the Sun (Michael L. Printz Award - 2015)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye (Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction - 2006)

✅Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners (Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Historical Nonfiction - 2023) (26/1/26)

International Booker Prize, 2005
At Night All Blood is Black (International Booker Prize - 2021)

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
These Days (Walter Scott Prize - 2023)

✅Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
All the Light We Cannot See (Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction - 2015) (3/1/26)

The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Home Child (Writer’s Prize - 2024)

The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Memoirs of a Polar Bear (Warwick Prize for Women in Translation - 2017)

✅Nero Book Awards, 2023
Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Love, Shipwreck and Survival (Nero Book Award for Non-Fiction - 2024) (20/1/26)

I'm going to try to read one book for each category. So put me down for 8!

Put me down for 8.

Update to Message 30: 4/8 books.

Established 1900 to 1949
# - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901 - We Do Not Part by Han Kang (2024) - ON HOLD
3 - Pulitzer Prize, 1917 - James by Percival Everett (2025) - 01/26/2026
2 - Newbery Medal, 1922 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (2022) - 01/11/2026
1 - The Caldecott Medal, 1938 - Watercress by Andrea Wang (2022) - 01/03/2026
4 - Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947 - The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt (2024) - 02/25/2026

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (2025 Nonfiction)
Spur Awards, 1953 - No Friday Night Lights: Reservation Football on the Edge of America by John M. Glionna (2025 Contemporary Nonfiction)
Hugo Award, 1953 - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (2023 Novel)
Edgar Award, 1954 - The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson (2025 Fact Crime)
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (2021 Gold Dagger)

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963 - First Love by Gwendoline Riley (1917)
The Nebula Awards, 1965 - A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (2021)
# - Horn Book Award, 1967 - Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming (2025) - ON HOLD
# - Man Booker Prize, 1969 - Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2024) - IN PROCESS
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969 - Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story by Jason Reynolds (2025)

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970 - The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (2025 NSK)
Costa Book Awards, 1971 - The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (2020)
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971 - The Melancholy of Untold History by Minsoo Kang (2024)
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974 - Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny (2024 Autobiography)
World Fantasy Award, 1975 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (2024)

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

Goal ~ 8 books
Current ~ 5/8

1. Established 1900 to 1949

2. Established 1950 to 1959
CWA New Blood Dagger
2019 Winner
Dirt Creek
by Hayley Scrivenor
Finished Reading ~ 1.25.26
Pages ~ 336

3. Established 1960 to 1969

4. Established 1970 to 1979
British Fantasy Award (established 1971)
2021 Winner
The Once and Future Witches
by Alix E. Harrow
Finished Reading ~ 2.7.26
Pages ~ 517

5. Established 1980 to 1989
Deutscher Krimi Preis (Established 1985)
2015 winner
Rain Gods: A Novel
by James Lee Burke
Finished Reading ~ 1.13.26
Pages ~ 528

6. Established 1990 to 1999

7. Established 2000 to 2009
Australian Book Industry Award (established 2001)
2025 Winner
The Ministry of Time
by Kaliane Bradley
Finished Reading ~ 1.15.26
Pages ~ 339

8. Established 2010 to 2025
The Lodestar Award (established in 2018)
2021 winner
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
by T. Kingfisher
Finished Reading ~ 1.10.26
Pages ~ 306

Welcome, everyone! Today is Day 1 - Yay - Happy New Year!
Participant list updated to this point.

Please take a look at the list to ensure I entered your info correctly. Thanks!

Will try for 15!

AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026

0/15

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

I will aim for 12!
1/12

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901

Pulitzer Prize, 1917:
1. The Goldfinch (2014)

Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

I’m in for 5 books!

Welcome Brianna, Amy, and Ursula!

I'm in for 8 books (hoping for one in each time period).


Q1 Challenge-Awards Across Time
Duration: 01/01/26-03/31/26

Goal: 8 books ; Progress: 0/8

For each time period you may read one or more books which won:
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year

Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023

Update to Message 30: 1/8.

Shelley wrote: "Update to Message 30: 1/8."

Congrats - you're the first!

Please sign me up for 16!

AWARDS ACROSS TIME - Quarterly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
Progress: 0/16

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Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Pulitzer Prize, 1917
Newbery Medal, 1922
The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️1.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️2.

=========================

Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
Hugo Award, 1953
Edgar Award, 1954
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, 1955
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️3.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️4.

=========================

Established 1960 to 1969
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1963
The Nebula Awards, 1965
Horn Book Award, 1967
Man Booker Prize, 1969
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️5.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️6.

=========================

Established 1970 to 1979
Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Costa Book Awards, 1971
Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
World Fantasy Award, 1975
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️7.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️8.

=========================

Established 1980 to 1989
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 1980
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
Bram Stoker Award, 1987
Agatha Award, 1988
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️9.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️10.

=========================

Established 1990 to 1999
British Book Awards, 1990
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Women's Prize for Fiction, 1996
Ned Kelly Awards, 1996
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, 1999
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️11.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️12.

=========================

Established 2000 to 2009
PEN/Bellweather Prize, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, 2002
International Booker Prize, 2005
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️13.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️14.

=========================

Established 2010 to 2025
The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, 2012
The Writer's Prize, 2014
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Nero Book Awards, 2023
⏳ - An award established during that timeframe, but received any year
⏹️15.
⏳ - An award received during that timeframe, but established any year
⏹️16.

=========================

Before I get too much further along, my understanding of the way this challenge is phrased - Below are forty awards, arranged in order of the years they were established, but there are many, many more that you may choose. - we aren't limited to only the awards listed, so long as we select any book award that was established in the bracketed time frame.

Is this correct?

♞ Pat wrote: "Before I get too much further along, my understanding of the way this challenge is phrased -
Below are forty awards, arranged in order of the years they were established, but there are many, man..."

Yes, you've read that correctly, Pat. You may read winners of any awards established or received during the specified time periods.

Update to message #24

1/15

Hi There -
I have a question regarding the Hugo Awards. I finished a book where the SERIES won the award for best series in 2021, but the book I finished, #4 in the series, did not directly win any awards. Is that acceptable? Kindly advise with many thanks!

Update to Message #14; 1/6

If the answer to my question posted in message 45 is "yes". Thanks!

Update to message 8: progress 1/5

Newbery Medal 1922 - The Last Cuentista - Finished January 5

Grace wrote: "Hi There -
I have a question regarding the Hugo Awards. I finished a book where the SERIES won the award for best series in 2021, but the book I finished, #4 in the series, did not directly win any..."

The book itself has to have won I believe. I had nominees and winners initially and had to change all the nominees in this challenge and the A-Z Award Winners yearly.

TerryJane wrote: "Yes, you've read that correctly, Pat. You may read winners of any awards established or received during the specified time periods. ..."

Awesome. I have a Lodestar award winner that's been on my TBR for a while. This gives me a chance to get it read! Thanks for the quick reply!

Missy wrote: "Grace wrote: "Hi There -
I have a question regarding the Hugo Awards. I finished a book where the SERIES won the award for best series in 2021, but the book I finished, #4 in the series, did not di..."

Thanks, Missy. I'll be reading #5 in the series which did win the Hugo for the book Network Effect. With hope I can fit it in toward the top of the pile and during this Q1. Happy Reading!

Grace wrote: "Hi There -
I have a question regarding the Hugo Awards. I finished a book where the SERIES won the award for best series in 2021, but the book I finished, #4 in the series, did not directly win any..."

Hi Grace. What a conundrum! Our rules didn't cover this situation, so I did some digging - from Wikipedia:

"The Hugo Award for Best Series is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The award is available for series of science fiction or fantasy stories consisting of at least 3 published works totaling at least 240,000 words, with at least one work released or translated into English during the previous calendar year."

So, my interpretation: The award was given in 2021 for the series up to that point. To meet the requirement a book had to have been released in 2020. Book #5, The Network Effect", was published in 2020. Book 4, which you read, was published in 2018, thus before the award was presented. I would say that's okay!