Author Awards
The following are awarded in recognition of a person's entire body of work. For book-specific awards, please browse award-winning books. For the best in children's novels and illustrated books, browse award-winning young readers' books.
2012 Award Winners
 | |||
 |
|
Pulitzer Prize for History Malcolm X Manning Marable Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Pulitzer Prize for Biography National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography American History Book Prize, New York Historical Society George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Nobel Prize in Literature Red Sorghum Mo Yan Howard Goldblatt Paperback Read an excerpt Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Indies Choice Award for Book of the Year, Young Adult Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys Paperback Read an excerpt Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Albumrd Album If You Ask Me Betty White CD Unabridged Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Printz Honor The Returning Christine Hinwood Hardcover Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction The Wealth Cure Hill Harper Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Edgar Award for Best First Novel Bent Road Lori Roy Paperback Read an excerpt Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction You Know When the Men Are Gone Siobhan Fallon Paperback Read an excerpt Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Anthony Award for Best Nonfiction Macavity Award for Best Mystery Related Nonfiction The Sookie Stackhouse Companion Charlaine Harris Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, Literature Thinking the Twentieth Century Tony Judt Timothy Snyder Hardcover Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize The Invisible Line Daniel J. Sharfstein Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Nautilus Gold Award in the Conscious Media, Journalism, and Investigative Reporting Plastic Ocean Capt. Charles Moore Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Gold Medal, Illustrators 54 Black Beauty Anna Sewell Jane Smiley Jillian Tamaki Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Retirement Heist Ellen E. Schultz Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
800-CEO-READ Business Book Award, General Business The Quest Daniel Yergin Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Goldman Sachs Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Private Empire Steve Coll Hardcover Read an excerpt Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
NAIBA Book of the Year Rules of Civility Amor Towles Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Audie Award, Humor Shatner Rules William Shatner CD Unabridged Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Schneider Family Book Award Close to Famous Joan Bauer Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Best Book of the Year, COVR The Prosperous Heart Julia Cameron Emma Lively Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Books for a Better Life Award, Wellness The Longevity Project Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D. Leslie R. Martin, Ph.D. Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Books for a Better Life Award, Personal Finance Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times Clark Howard Mark Meltzer Theo Thimou Paperback Read an excerpt Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
Books for a Better Life Award, Spiritual Holy Ghost Girl Donna M. Johnson Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
New York Book Show Award, 1st Place Picture Book Nonfiction A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis Matt de la Pena Kadir Nelson Hardcover Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
New York Book Show Award, 1st Place Novelty Spin Ido Vaginsky Hardcover Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
New York Book Show Award, 3rd Place Picture Book Fiction Being Wendy Fran Drescher Amy Blay Hardcover Read more... |
|
| |||
| |||
 |
|
New York Book Show Award, 3rd Place Fiction The Winter Ghosts Kate Mosse Paperback Read more... |
|
| |||
