Book Lists & Awards

Sub-headings:

Banned Book Lists

Lists of books that are frequently banned from public libraries and schools.

Resources in this category:

Author Bibliographies
http://www.myunicorn.com/biblios.html

A collection of thousands of author bibliographies, organized alphabetically by author. After a month long free trial this site requires a paid registration to access the full lists.

AwardWeb: Literary Award Information and Photos
http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/

Award Web specializes in Science Fiction awards, but there are many other literary awards listed here as well. Click on the award name and find information about the award and the winners.

Bestseller Lists 1900-1995
http://www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html

"Publisher's Weekly's list of bestselling hardcover books" for the years 1900 to 1995. Lists the Top 10 fiction and non-fiction books for each year.

The Book Award Annals
http://book.awardannals.com/

This website provides a more convenient way to search book lists. It provides lists for adults and children; it also shows cover art, provides synopses and price-listings.

Book Lovers
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/

Annotated lists of book and literature Web sites in the following categories: rare books, book arts, antiquarian sites, libraries, world-wide literature, writers, booksellers, literary journals.

Book Spot
http://www.bookspot.com/

"BookSpot is the information sweetspot of the best book-related resources on the World Wide Web. It is designed to break through the information overload to bring top book-related sites together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot."

Great Books Lists
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/greatbks.html

This website compiles "authoritative attempts by noted critics to list the Great Books - whether of the West, of the East, or the whole world; whether from all times or from the 20th century." Examples include: Great Books of the Western World, Harvard Book Store's 100 Favorite Titles, St. John's College Reading List, Approaches to Asian Classics, and Boston Public Library's 100 Most Influential Books of the Century.

The John Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedi...

The Newbery Medal is awarded each year to the most distinguished children's books. The Medal Winner and honor books are described on this page. A listing of medal winners and honor books going back to 1922, information about the award, and a link to the Caldecott Medal homepage can also be found here.

the litblog co-op
http://lbc.typepad.com/

A collaboration of some of the leading literary bloggers with the intent to draw notice to the best contemporary authors and presses. Visitors will find reviews of many good books not on the bestseller lists and book discussions, that one can read or podcast, by the participating bloggers.

Medical Humanities: Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database
http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Main?action=new

"Annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film and art developed as a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource in medical humanities."

The Modern Library: 100 Best Novels
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html

"The Modern Library Board has selected and what it considers to be the best novels published in the English language since 1900." Visitors to the site can also vote on what they think the best novels are. Registration is required to vote, but anyone can view the lists--the Modern Library's 100 Best and the Readers' 100 Best.

Nimble Spirit: The Literary Spirituality Review
http://www.nimblespirit.com/

"Nimble Spirit: The Literary Spirituality Review is an online review of publications in literary spirituality. In this space we intend to recognize works that might otherwise fall through the old belles lettres cracks and get lost on bookstore shelves. We intend to review new books that strike us as literary spirituality and bring renewed attention to classics and old favorites. We hope to bring authors to this site, in interviews and conversations. We hope that publishers will come to see Nimble Spirit as an avenue for reaching readers who seek both spiritual and literary value in the books they read."

Overbooked
http://www.overbooked.org/

"A web site (formerly known as Book Links) for ravenous readers, Overbooked specializes in literary and genre fiction information, and includes author web pages, annotated lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews, themed booklists, featured titles lists and hot lists of hard cover U.S. fiction releases."

The Pulitzer Prizes
http://www.pulitzer.org

Information about the Pulitzer prizes for American journalism, letters, drama and music can be found here with the lists of prize winners since 1917.

The Randolph Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedi...

The Randolph Caldecott Medal is given each year for outstanding illustration of a children's book. This page describes this years winners and links to information about the award, a list of winners and honor books starting in 1930, and to the homepage of the Newberry Medal.

USA Today Books
http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/books/leb1.htm

USA Today's frequently updated list of the 150 best selling books in the United States.