Books and Literature

E-Books

• Project Gutenberg – over 19,000 free online books.
• Internet Public Library – links to a variety of online book collections.
• Librivox Audio Books – listen to books online.

Book News and Reviews

• The latest news about books from the New York Times as well as Sunday Book Review.
• Read up on the latest books in NPR’s book reviews and author interviews.

Lists of Bestsellers

• New York Times Best Seller lists
• Amazon.com Best Selling Books
• Barnes and Noble Best Selling Books

Award-winning Books

• Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
• Random House Modern Library 100 Best Novels
• BBC’s “The Big Read” – Top 100 Books (from 2003)
• The Guardian’s 100 Best Books of All Time (from 2002)

Book Awards – United States

• Colorado Book Award – Administered annually by the Colorado Center for the Book, honoring Colorado authors writing in a variety of categories.
• Edgar Award – Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best fiction and nonfiction mystery writing.
• National Book Award – Five-member panels select the highest achievement in United States writing – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Fiction.
• National Book Critics Award – Awards from the best books and best reviews published in English.
• Romance Writers of America RITA Award – Awarded annually by a panel of members of the Romance Writers of America.
• Spur Award – Awarded annually by the Western Writers of America for distinguished writing about the American West.

International Awards

• Governor General’s Literary Awards – From the Canadian Council for the Arts, awarded to Canadian literature in 14 different categories.
• The Man Booker Prize – Highlighting the best novel of the year, written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
• Nobel Prize in Literature – International award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Pulitzer Prize – Awarded at Columbia University each May for achievement in Fiction, Biography, Nonfiction, History, and Poetry.