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Q1 - Awards Across Time
Welcome to our Q1 Challenge – Awards Across Time!Updating your progress
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Update to msg #xx: books read/books pledged
If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please do not delete your original sign-up post. Simply post an update letting me know. If you wish to “eliminate” the original post, you can erase all the data and enter the term {redacted} or any equivalent word. Thanks - I'm excited for this one!
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AWARDS ACROSS TIME - Quarterly ChallengeDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
PARTICIPANTS:
Amy (#34) - 1/12
Anissa (#37) - 0/8
Anna (#71) - 5/6
BarbaraBrubru_gingertiger (#13) - 8/8 - Completed!
Brianna (#33) - 0/15
Bubbles (#25) - 0/12
Caraina (#18) - 0/16
Carrie (#41) - 0/16
Ciara (#29) - 8/8 - Completed!
Denise (#21) - 6/6 - Completed!
Emily (#24) - 6/15
GailW (#6) - 13/12 - Completed!
Grace (#14) - 9/12
Jenn (#81) - 0/40
JennH (#5) - 16/16 - Completed!
Jules (#115) - 4/4 - Completed!
Kristina (#22) - 15/15 - Completed!
Margie (#23) - 13/12 - Completed!
MaryAnn (EmilyD1037) (#40) - 0/5
Missy (#8) - 13/5 - Completed!
Pat (#31) - 8/8 - Completed!
Sarah (#28) - 40/40 - Completed!
Shari (#25) - 4/8
Shelley (#30) - 8/8 - Completed!
Susan (#7) - 0/5
Suzanne (#59) - 0/8
TerryJane (#4) - 33/16 - Completed!
Theresa (#87) - 4/4 - Completed!
Ursula (#35) - 5/5 - Completed!
STATS
Participants: 29
Active: 20
Books Read: 219
Book Goal: 345
Completed: 15
Updated through message #138 on Apr 2, 2026
📅 AWARDS ACROSS TIME - Quarterly ChallengeDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
Progress: 33/16
Established 1900 to 1949
📅 ▪ Pulitzer Prize, est. 1917
Three Tall Women
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1994)
📅 ▪ Pulitzer Prize, est. 1917
Night Watch
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2024)
📅 ▪ California Book Award, est. 1931
Reasons to Live
California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (1985)
📅 ▪ Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, est. 1935
The Family Chao
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (2023)
📅 ▪ Josette Frank Award, est. 1943
Rain Reign
Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School (2015), Josette Frank Award for Older Readers (2015), Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award (2016), NCTE Charlotte Huck Award (2015)
📅 ▪ 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
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ William Allen White Children's Book Award, est. 1952
The Great Gilly Hopkins
William Allen White Children's Book Award (1981)
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Established 1960 to 1969
📅 ▪ 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)
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Established 1970 to 1979
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ Whitbread Awards, est. 1971
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Whitbread Award for First Novel (1985)
📅 ▪ 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 Poetry Series, est. 1978
Most Way Home
National Poetry Series (1993)
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Established 1980 to 1989
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ Scott O'Dell Award, est. 1982
Chains
Scott O'Dell Award (2009), CYBILS Award for Middle Grade Fiction (2009)
📅 ▪ Tähtivaeltaja Award, est. 1986
The Third Policeman
Tähtivaeltaja Award (1989)
📅 ▪ Agatha Award, est. 1988
The Long Call
Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel (2019)
📅 ▪ Lambda Literary Award, est. 1989
Jonny Appleseed
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction (2018), CBC Canada Reads (2021)
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Established 1990 to 1999
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ Audie Award, est. 1996
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year (2020)
📅 ▪ ALA Alex Awards, est. 1998
The Swallows
ALA Alex Award (2020)
📅 ▪ 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
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ Australian Book Industry Awards, est. 2001
The Ministry of Time
Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for International Book (2025), Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2024), She Reads Best of Award for Science Fiction (2024), Libby Award for Best Debut and Best Science Fiction (2025)
📅 ▪ Davy Byrnes Award, est. 2004
Foster
Davy Byrnes Award (2009)
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ EKEMEL Literary Translation Award, est. 2007
Jealousy
EKEMEL Literary Translation Award for French-Speaking Literature (2007)
📅 ▪ Truman Readers Award, est. 2009
Girl, Stolen
Truman Readers Award (2013)
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Established 2010 to 2025
📅 ▪ 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)
📅 ▪ Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, est. 2014
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)
📅 ▪ Independent Book Publishers Award, est. 1985
Humankind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time
IBPA Ben Franklin Gold Award, Inspirational (2021)
📅 ▪ She Reads Best of Awards, est. 2021
King of Ashes
She Reads Best of Award for Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense (2025), Readin' Award for Traditionally Published Thriller (2025)
Please sign me up for 16.AWARDS ACROSS TIME
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
16/16
Established 1900 to 1949
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947
Established 1950 to 1959
National Book Award, 1950
Spur Awards, 1953
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
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
RC-Q1 - AWARDS ACROSS TIMEDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2026
☀ Progress: 13 / 12
Established 1900 to 1949
1. Pulitzer Prize, 1917:
☀ (1987): Thomas and Beulah
☀ (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
☀ 4. Booker Prize, 1969: (1987): Moon Tiger
☀ 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
☀ 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
☀ 15. Story Prize, 2007: (2017): Anything Is Possible
Established 2010 to 2025
☀ 11. Kirkus Prize for Fiction, 2014: (2017): What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
AWARDS ACROSS TIMEDuration: 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 - Dogtown - Finished February 12
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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 - Cinder - Finished February 10
• Harvey Awards 1988
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Established 1990 to 1999
• ALA Alex Award 1998
• Evergreen Teen Book Award 1992 - Holes - Finished February 20
• Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award 1998
• Lincoln Award 1996 - The Hate U Give - Finished March 21
• 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 - Clap When You Land - Finished March 14
• CYBILS Award 2006
• Iowa High School Book Award 2004 - The Sun Is Also a Star - Finished February 27
• Michael L Printz Award 2000 - Firekeeper’s Daughter - Finished March 29
• William C Morris YA Debut Award 2007 - The Serpent King - Finished March 9
Established 2010 to 2025
• The Magnolia Award 2010
• Ursula K Le Guin Prize 2022 - Rakesfall - Finished March 1
• YA Book Prize 2014
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2016 - Scythe - Finished February 26
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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 8Thanks!
Update March 2026: 8/8 COMPLETED!
Kolkhoze : Prix Medicis 2025, France (created in 1958)
North Woods : National Book critics circle awars for fiction 2023
The House in the Cerulean Sea : Lincoln award 2026
Still Life: Barry award for best first novel 2007
One of Us Is Lying: South Carolina book award for young aduls 2020
A Meal in Winter : INdependant foreigh fiction prize 2014
People We Meet on Vacation : GR award for romance 2021
Starling House : Locus award for horror 2024
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!
I'm in for 16AWARDS 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 61900-1949 Nobel Prize
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 29 Mar
Six Feet of the Country Nadine Gordimer 30 Mar
1960-1969>
Guardian Fiction Award
A Month in the Country J.L. Carr 30 Mar
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 TIMEJanuary 1 - March 31, 2026
Progress: 15/15
Sign me up for 15!
Established 1950 to 1959
⏳National Book Award, 1950 ⏳
✅ One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
⏳Hugo Award, 1953 ⏳
✅ A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
✅ Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
⏳ Nene Awards, 1959 ⏳
✅ Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
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
⏳ Locus Awards, 1971 ⏳
✅ Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
✅ Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
✅ Witch King by Martha Wells
✅ The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
✅ Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
Established 1990 to 1999
⏳ British Book Awards, 1990 ⏳
✅ Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
⏳ Audie Awards, 1996 ⏳
✅ Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
⏳ ALA Alex Awards, 1998 ⏳
✅ Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
Established 2000 to 2009
⏳ Goodreads Choice Awards, 2009 ⏳
✅ People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
I'll start with 12. Thanks for leading GailW.Progress: 13/12 - challenge complete!
Established 1900 to 1949:
✓ Established 1901 - Nobel Prize for Literature: Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah (awarded 2021)
✓ Established 1903 - Prix Goncourt: The Order of the Day (awarded 2017)
✓Established 1947 - Premio Strega: Within the Walls (awarded 1956)
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 1980 - PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: Belcanto (awarded 2002)
✓ Established 1985 - Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award (awarded 2015): The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Established 1990 to 1999:
✓ Established 1994 - Orwell Prize for Political Fiction: My Friends (awarded 2024)
✓ Established 1996 - National Book Award for Young People's Literature: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (awarded 2005)
✓ 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 1999 - Geffen Award for Best Translated Fantasy Book - Spirit Witch (awarded 2023)
Established 2000 to 2009:
Established 2010 to 2025:
✓ Established 2014 - Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction - King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation (awarded 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 15.3/15
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 - Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story by Jason Reynolds
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 12AWARDS 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: 4 / 8
Established 1900 to 1949: James, Pulitzer Prize (1917)
Established 1950 to 1959: The Calculating Stars, Hugo Award (1953)
Established 1960 to 1969:
Established 1970 to 1979: Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference , started in 1973
Carter G. Woodson Book Award for Secondary Level - currently reading
Established 1980 to 1989:
Established 1990 to 1999: The Nightingale, Audie Award (1996)
Established 2000 to 2009:
Established 2010 to 2025: Great Big Beautiful Life, She Reads Best of Award for Contemporary Fiction, started in 2019
Sign me up for 40 books.40/40 - COMPLETED
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) (4/2/26)
✅Newbery Medal, 1922
The White Stag (Newbery Medal - 1938) (9/3/26)
✅The Caldecott Medal, 1938
Many Moons (Caldecott Medal - 1944) (15/1/26)
✅Stephen Leacock Medal, 1947
Winter Tulips (Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal - 1989) (11/2/26)
Established 1950 to 1959
✅National Book Award, 1950
Outside Over There (National Book Award for Children’s Books, Picture Books (Hardcover) - 1982) (3/3/26)
✅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) (27/2/26)
✅Edgar Award, 1954
The Long Black Coat (Edgar Award for Best Juvenile - 1974) (22/3/26)
✅The Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Award, 1955
The False Inspector Dew (CWA Gold Dagger - 1982) (9/3/26)
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) (5/2/26)
✅Horn Book Award, 1967
Celine (Horn Book Award - 1990) (10/3/26)
✅Man Booker Prize, 1969
The English Patient (Man Brooker Prize - 1992 ) (11/1/26)
✅Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969
Brown Girl Dreaming (Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author - 2015) (24/3/26)
Established 1970 to 1979
✅Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970
Ransom (Neustadt International Prize for Literature - 2000) (11/3/26)
✅Costa Book Awards, 1971
Elizabeth Is Missing (Costa Book Award for First Novel - 2014) (25/1/26)
✅Mythopoeic Awards, 1971
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature - 2005) (30/3/26)
✅National Book Critics Circle Award, 1974
The Stories of John Cheever (National Book Critics Award for Fiction - 1978) (4/3/26)
✅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) (27/2/26)
✅PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981
The Barrack's Thief (PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction - 1985) (23/3/26)
✅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) (10/2/26)
✅Lambda Literary Awards, 1989
The Line of Beauty (Lambda Literary Awards for Gay Fiction - 2004) (5/2/26)
Established 1990 to 1999
✅British Book Awards, 1990
Fourth Wing (British Book Award for Pageturner - 2024) (3/2/26)
✅International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1996
Family Life (International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - 2016) (12/3/26)
✅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) (13/2/26)
✅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) (13/3/26)
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) (14/2/26)
✅Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2000
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye (Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction - 2006) (12/3/26)
✅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) (27/2/26)
Established 2010 to 2025
✅The Walter Scott Prize, 2010
These Days (Walter Scott Prize - 2023) (18/3/26)
✅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) (6/2/26)
✅The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, 2017
Memoirs of a Polar Bear (Warwick Prize for Women in Translation - 2017) (31/3/26)
✅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)
Put me down for 8.Update to Message 30: 8/8 books.
Established 1900 to 1949
7 - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901 - We Do Not Part by Han Kang (2024) - 02/25/2026
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) - ON HOLD
6 - Horn Book Award, 1967 - Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming (2025) - 02/21/2026
5 - Man Booker Prize, 1969 - Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2024) - 02/16/2026
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1969 - Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story by Jason Reynolds (2025)
Established 1970 to 1979
# 8 - Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1970 - The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (2025 NSK) - 02/28/2026
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 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (2025)
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1981 - The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li (2023)
Bram Stoker Award, 1987 - The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen (2023)
Agatha Award, 1988 - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (2009)
Lambda Literary Awards, 1989 - You're Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies by Desiree Akhavan (2025)
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
COMPLETEDGoal ~ 8 books
Current ~ 8/8
1. Established 1900 to 1949
Carnegie Medal (established 1936)
2022 Winner
October, October by Katya BalenFinished Reading ~ 3.5.26
Pages ~ 304
2. Established 1950 to 1959
CWA Dagger (established 1955)
2019 Winner (New Blood)
Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
Finished Reading ~ 1.25.26
Pages ~ 336
3. Established 1960 to 1969
The Nebula Awards (established 1965)
2023 Winner
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra ChandrasekeraFinished Reading ~ 3.8.26
Pages ~ 356
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
Thurber Prize for Humor (established 1997)
2022 winner
The Guncleby Steven Rowley
Finished Reading ~ 2.22.26
Pages ~ 326
7. Established 2000 to 2009
Australian Book Industry Award (established 2001)
2025 Winner
The Ministry of Timeby 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 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
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.
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!
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!
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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!