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Edition 22 (2001)

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)

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"Helmut: A boy born with a physical deformity finds work as a photographer's assistant during the 1930s and captures on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves.

"Helmut: A boy born with a physical deformity finds work as a photographer's assistant during the 1930s and captures on…

288 pages
memoryPostwar historyfamilysin and atonement

A major book that deals with the politics and personality of Theodore Roosevelt during his administration. A biographical study that provides a comprehensive portrait of the president, including aspects of policy making, personality, and leadership.

A major book that deals with the politics and personality of Theodore Roosevelt during his administration. A biographica…

792 pages
biographyunited states historypoliticspresidential studies

This is a non-fiction book that exposes the structure of American labor and poverty through fieldwork in which the author himself works as a low-wage worker. It reveals the harshness of life and the inconveniences of the system.

This is a non-fiction book that exposes the structure of American labor and poverty through fieldwork in which the autho…

labor issuessocial researchpovertyreportage

"I don't want to think about Paulie.

"I don't want to think about Paulie.

200 pages
short storyrelationshipshumormodern life

A historical study that depicts the changes in American politics around the 1960s, centering on Barry Goldwater. A detailed examination of the rise of conservatism and the transformation of political culture.

A historical study that depicts the changes in American politics around the 1960s, centering on Barry Goldwater. A detai…

political historyconservatismamerican historybiographical research

警察小説の伝統を踏襲しつつ人物描写を重視した犯罪小説。 It depicts how past incidents cast a shadow on the present, the inner workings of investigations, and carefully depicts the social background.

警察小説の伝統を踏襲しつつ人物描写を重視した犯罪小説。 It depicts how past incidents cast a shadow on the present, the inner workings of investigat…

341 pages
police novelcrimehuman dramalocal community

A work that combines poetic prose and storytelling. With themes of love, memory, and the breakdown of relationships, he expresses the complexity of personal history and emotions through formal experimentation and keen observation.

A work that combines poetic prose and storytelling. With themes of love, memory, and the breakdown of relationships, he…

poemlove affairformal experimentmemory

A historical story about the classification of clouds and the development of meteorology. A book that vividly depicts the history of science and changes in views of nature, centering on the achievements of amateur meteorologists.

A historical story about the classification of clouds and the development of meteorology. A book that vividly depicts th…

history of sciencemeteorologynatural historybiography

The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.

The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.

392 pages
racehistoryfamilygrowth