Juries and editors
Prizes & best-of lists
Books that won or were shortlisted for major prizes, or made a publication's annual best-books list. A jury or a group of editors chose these, so they sit apart from the personal recommendations on the rest of the site.
Prize for fiction written in English
The Booker Prize
Awarded each year to a novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, chosen by a panel of five judges.
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4recommendersJames 4 recommendersBarack Obama, Ryan Holiday, The Booker Prize, The Pulitzer Prizes
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4recommendersThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 4 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, Barack Obama, The Booker Prize, The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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3recommendersAudition 3 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, Barack Obama, The Booker Prize
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3recommendersFlashlight 3 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, Barack Obama, The Booker Prize
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2recommendersFlesh 2 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, The Booker Prize
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2recommendersOrbital 2 recommendersBarack Obama, The Booker Prize
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2recommendersStone Yard Devotional 2 recommendersThe Booker Prize, The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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2recommendersThe Land in Winter 2 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, The Booker Prize
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2recommendersThe Rest of Our Lives 2 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, The Booker Prize
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Creation Lake Picked by The Booker Prize
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Held Picked by The Booker Prize
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The Safekeep Picked by The Booker Prize
Annual list chosen by the Book Review's editors
The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
Each December the editors of The New York Times Book Review name five fiction and five non-fiction books as the best of the year.
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4recommendersThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 4 recommendersAyobami Adebayo, Barack Obama, The Booker Prize, The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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2recommendersA Marriage at Sea 2 recommendersBarack Obama, The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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2recommendersStone Yard Devotional 2 recommendersThe Booker Prize, The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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2recommendersThere Is No Place for Us 2 recommendersBarack Obama, The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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All Fours Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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Angel Down Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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Cold Crematorium Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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Good Material Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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Martyr! Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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Mother Mary Comes to Me Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
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The Director Picked by The New York Times Book Review: 10 Best Books
American prizes for books, drama, music and journalism
The Pulitzer Prizes
Awarded each year by the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University; the book categories include fiction, history, biography and memoir.
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4recommendersJames 4 recommendersBarack Obama, Ryan Holiday, The Booker Prize, The Pulitzer Prizes
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2recommendersNative Nations 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, The Pulitzer Prizes
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Combee Picked by The Pulitzer Prizes
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Every Living Thing Picked by The Pulitzer Prizes
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Feeding Ghosts Picked by The Pulitzer Prizes
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King Picked by The Pulitzer Prizes
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Night Watch Picked by The Pulitzer Prizes
