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Edition 21 (2000)

BiographyCurrent interestFictionArt Seidenbaum Award for First FictionHistoryMystery/ThrillerPoetryScience and TechnologyYoung Adult NovelGraphic Novel/ComicsRay Bradbury Prize (SF/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction)Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseInnovator's AwardRobert Kirsch AwardAchievement in Audiobook Production (established 2023, presented by Audible)

Winners

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Pankaj Mishra Winner

A group novel about the love and identity of young people. The characters' bonds and loneliness are depicted in the collision of city and countryside, tradition and modernity. A story interwoven with cultural alienation and individual desire.

A group novel about the love and identity of young people. The characters' bonds and loneliness are depicted in the coll…

288 pages
love affairidentitycultural clashmodern society

A portrait of the complex man at the center of the Civil War.

A portrait of the complex man at the center of the Civil War.

784 pages
biographyamerican historycivil warpolitics

A non-fiction piece that examines U.S. government policy and military and political strategy at the end of the Cold War, with a focus on the Reagan administration and the Star Wars concept. Describe the background of strategic decisions and changes in international politics.

A non-fiction piece that examines U.S. government policy and military and political strategy at the end of the Cold War…

modern historypoliticsmilitary policycold war
David Means Winner

From a married man consummating a hazy summer affair and getting lost in a reverie that explains the far-away look in his eyes" ("Coitus") to a recently widowed mother who must decide what to do with a video of her honeymoon love-making ("The Widow Predicament"), David Means probes the depths of the human heart.

From a married man consummating a hazy summer affair and getting lost in a reverie that explains the far-away look in hi…

165 pages
short storysuburban lifelonelinesshuman drama

A historical study that delves into issues of speech, responsibility, and collaboration in postwar French society from the Third Republic through the postwar trial and execution of French writer Robert Blasillac.

A historical study that delves into issues of speech, responsibility, and collaboration in postwar French society from t…

historywar responsibilityfrench historyspeech and politics
Val McDermid Winner

Essentially a police procedural, this book poses serious questions about habeas corpus in a murder trial where the death penalty is exacted.

Essentially a police procedural, this book poses serious questions about habeas corpus in a murder trial where the death…

588 pages
crimesuspensepast and memorylocal society

"In this book-length poem, Gjertrud Schnackenberg tells the story of Oedipus, and of "what happens outside the play," in the experience of the god who is its presiding oracle: Apollo, the god of poetry, music, and healing.

"In this book-length poem, Gjertrud Schnackenberg tells the story of Oedipus, and of "what happens outside the play," in…

101 pages
poemmythologymemorylyricism
James Le Fanu Winner

The medical achievements of the post-war years rank as one of the supreme epochs of human endeavor.

The medical achievements of the post-war years rank as one of the supreme epochs of human endeavor.

512 pages
medical historymedical ethicssciencepolicy

Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before his brother Charlie changed so much.

Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before h…

144 pages
familygrowthlosshope