Sunday, November 24

2005 Awards

2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, World Fantasy Awards, World Fantasy Awards - Novel

2005 World Fantasy Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 World Fantasy Awards - Novel WinnerJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkeEnter the dazzling world of nineteenth century magicians fighting Napoleon's advancing army - and fighting between themselves...Amazon2005 World Fantasy Awards - Novel ShortlistIron CouncilChina MiévilleAmazonPerfect CircleSean StewartAmazonThe Runes of the EarthStephen R. DonaldsonAmazonThe Wizard KnightGene WolfeAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, International Dublin Literary Award, International Dublin Literary Award - Novel

2005 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel WinnerThe Known WorldEdward P. JonesFrom Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave...Amazon2005 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel ShortlistDeafeningFrances ItaniAmazonElleDouglas GloverAmazonGardening at NightDiane AwerbuckAmazonPhantom Pain (translated from Dutch by Sam Garrett)Arnon GrunbergAmazonThe Fortress of SolitudeJonathan LethemAmazonThe Good DoctorDamon GalgutAmazonThe Great FireShirley HazzardAmazonThe Half Brother (translated from Norwegian by Kenneth Steven)Lars Saabye ChristensenAmazonWillenbrock (translated fro...
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

2005 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkeEnter the dazzling world of nineteenth century magicians fighting Napoleon's advancing army - and fighting between themselves...Amazon2005 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistIron CouncilChina MiévilleAmazonIron SunriseCharles StrossAmazonRiver of GodsIan McDonaldAmazonThe AlgebraistIain M. BanksAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography

2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerEdvard Munch: Behind the ScreamSue PrideauxThe biography of the artist who created the most haunting icon of the twentieth century Although almost everyone recognizes Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, hardly anyone knows much about the man. What kind of person could have created this unive...Amazon2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistHaw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret JoyceNigel FarndaleAmazonSiegfried Sassoon: A LifeMax EgremontAmazonStuart: A Life BackwardsAlexander MastersAmazonThe Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio NelsonRoger KnightAmazonVoltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of FreedomRoger PearsonAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerSaturdayIan McEwan‘Dazzling... Profound and urgent’ Observer ‘A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence... Everyone should read Saturday’ ...Amazon2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction ShortlistBeasts of No Nation: A NovelUzodinma IwealaAmazonMother, Missing: A NovelJoyce Carol OatesAmazonNever Let Me Go: A NovelKazuo IshiguroAmazonPraying Mantis: A NovelAndré BrinkAmazonThe AccidentalAli SmithAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

2005 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerMarket ForcesRichard MorganChris Faulkner has just landed the job of his dreams. But Shorn Associates are market leaders in Conflict Investment. They expect results, they expect the best. Chris has one very high-profile kill to his name already but he will have to drive hard and go ...Amazon2005 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistAirGeoff RymanAmazonCity of PearlKaren TravissAmazonGaudeamusJohn BarnesAmazonNewton's WakeKen MacLeodAmazonThe Boy Who Would Live ForeverFrederik PohlAmazonThe Child GoddessLouise MarleyAmazonThe Plot Against AmericaPhilip RothAmazonThe RebelJack DannAmazonThe Time Traveler's WifeAudrey NiffeneggerAmazonThe Well of StarsRobert ReedAmazonWhite DevilsPaul McAuleyAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

2005 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerIron CouncilChina MiévilleRebellion and war race to take control of New Crobuzon in the award-winning Iron Council by China Miéville. It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy cit...Amazon2005 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistA Handbook of American PrayerLucius ShepardAmazonAlphabet of ThornPatricia A. McKillipAmazonDead LinesGreg BearAmazonGoing PostalTerry PratchettAmazonIn the Night RoomPeter StraubAmazonJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkeAmazonMortal LoveElizabeth HandAmazonPerfect CircleSean StewartAmazonShadowmarchTad WilliamsAmazonThe Charnel PrinceGreg KeyesAmazonThe Dark Tower: Song of SusannahStephen KingAmazonThe Family TradeCharles Stross...
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

2005 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

2005 Locus - SF Novel WinnerThe Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the WorldNeal StephensonNeal Stephenson continues his extraordinary Baroque Cycle in this sequel to his bestselling Quicksilver, bringing to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery. It is the late 1600s, on the high seas. A group of ...Amazon2005 Locus - SF Novel ShortlistAirGeoff RymanAmazonCamouflageJoe HaldemanAmazonCentury RainAlastair ReynoldsAmazonCloud AtlasDavid MitchellAmazonCrucibleNancy KressAmazonEastern Standard TribeCory DoctorowAmazonFor Us, the LivingRobert A. HeinleinAmazonForty Signs of RainKim Stanley RobinsonAmazonIron SunriseCharles StrossAmazonNewton's WakeKen MacLeodAmazonRiver of GodsIan McDonaldAmazonThe AlgebraistIain M. BanksAmazonThe Life of...
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerMatisse the Master: Volume 2. The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954Hilary SpurlingChronicles the later years of the influential artist, interweaving analyses of his work with a study of Matisse's relationships with family and friends, trips around the world, the women in his life, and the continuing influences on the evolution of his a...Amazon2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistMelville: His World and WorkAndrew DelbancoAmazonMencken: The American IconoclastMarion Elizabeth RodgersAmazonTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnDoris Kearns GoodwinAmazonThe People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American CenturySteven WattsAmazon
2005 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest WinnerNight Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's WarAnthony ShadidAn Arab-American journalist looks at the Iraq War from the perspective of ordinary Iraqi citizens confronted by the dislocations, hardships, tragedies, and harsh realities of the conflict....Amazon2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest ShortlistConspiracy of Fools: A True StoryKurt EichenwaldAmazonCourtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal CourthouseSteve BogiraAmazonStill Looking: Essays on American ArtJohn UpdikeAmazonThe Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio MasterpieceJonathan HarrAmazon