The following are lists of "award-winning" fiction and non-fiction works. These lists are as complete as we could find accurate records for -- going back to the origins of each individual award. "Hotlinked" titles within these booklists will connect you to the holdings screens in our catalog, so that you can check on the availability of individual books. Titles which are not hotlinked in many of these lists, might not be owned by the Lincoln City Libraries but appear here for the sake of keeping these established lists complete. You may wish to pursue such titles through other sources, including the library's Interlibrary Loan request service.

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• The Agatha Award [traditional Mystery fiction - no blood, no gore, usually amateur detectives]
• The Asian American Literary Award [for fiction, non-fiction, poetry and stage and screenplays by Asian American writers]
• The Audie Award [Recorded Books and Spoken-Word Recordings]
• The Bancroft Prize [for non-fiction works about American History and Diplomacy]
• The Booker Prize (a.k.a. The Man Booker Prize) [fiction by an author from the British Commonwealth or Ireland]
• The Bram Stoker Award [Horror]
• The Christy Award [several categories of Christian Fiction]
• The Edgar Allan Poe Awards [Mystery fiction/non-fiction by American authors]
• The Dashiel Hammett Prize [Crime Writing]
• The Hillerman Prize [for first-time mystery novels set in the U.S. Southwest]
• The Hugo Award [Science Fiction & Fantasy - selected by readers]
• The James Tiptree, Jr. Award [Science Fiction & Fantasy focusing on Gender Issues]
• The Kiriyama Prize [for fiction and non-fiction about the Pacific Rim and South Asia geographic regions]
• The National Book Awards [general American fiction]
• The National Book Critics Circle Awards [general American fiction]
• The Nebraska Book Awards [books by Nebraska authors, published in Nebraska, or about Nebraska]
• The Nebula Award [Science Fiction & Fantasy - selected by authors]
• The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction [for published fiction by an American author]
• The Philip K. Dick Award [Science Fiction & Fantasy published original in paperback form]
• The Pulitzer Prizes for Letters and Drama [for distinguished fiction, biographies, dramas, poetry and history texts by an American author dealing with American Life]
• The Rita Award [Romance Fiction]
• The Scribe Awards [for media tie-in novels, original and adaptations]
• The Shamus Award [for mystery fiction featuring private investigators]
• The Sidewise Award [For works of Alternate History]
• The Spur Award [Westerns]
• The Thriller Awards [for thriller and suspense novels and screenplays]
• The World Fantasy Award [Fantasy & Supernatural]
• You've Seen the Movie...Now Read the Book! [novels and stories turned into Oscar-winning Best Pictures]