Book Awards for doerrgp

The Glass Castle: A Memoir (book) by Jeannette Walls (Narrative Non-Fiction: Inspired by Actual Events – 2015)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Book to Movie: Ripped From the Pages – 2015)

ALA Rainbow Book List

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (Selection – 2019)

Alex Award

The Glass Castle: A Memoir (book) by Jeannette Walls (2006)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month

The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer (February – 2016)
The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (February – 2015)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June – 2017)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls (#87 – 2009)
The River We Remember: A Novel by William Kent Krueger (Literature & Fiction – 2023)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (History – 2023)

Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Etta and Otto and Russell and James: A Novel by Emma Hooper (Shortlist – 2014)

Amazon.com Best Books

11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King (Mystery & Thrillers – 2011)
City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert (2019)
Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner by Barbara Kingsolver (2022)
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer (Literature & Fiction – 2016)
Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Ann Napolitano (2023)
Holly by Stephen King (2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Top 20 – 2017)
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave (2021)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2002)
Pretty Girls: A Novel by Karin Slaughter (Mystery, Thriller & Suspense – 2015)
Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir (2021)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (2023)
The Whistler: A Novel by John Grisham (Mystery, Thriller & Suspense – 2016)

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert (Longlist – Fiction – 2020)
Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner by Barbara Kingsolver (Longlist – Fiction – 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Finalist – Nonfiction – 2018)

Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year

City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert (Fiction – 2019)
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus (Fiction – 2022)
The Lost Apothecary: A Novel by Sarah Penner (Fiction – 2021)
The Mitford Affair: A Novel by Marie Benedict (Fiction & Literature – 2023)
The Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley (Fiction – 2022)
Recursion: A Novel by Blake Crouch (Fiction – 2019)
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Fiction – 2018)
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See (Fiction – 2017)

Anthony Award

City of Bones by Michael Connelly (Winner – Novel – 2003)
The Force: A Novel by Don Winslow (Nominee – Novel – 2018)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Winner – Critical / Non-Fiction – 2018)
The Last Place You Look: A Mystery (Roxane Weary) by Kristen Lepionka (Nominee – First Novel – 2018)
The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose (Winner – First Novel – 2023)
The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose (Nominee – Novel – 2023)
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Winner – Novel – 2014)

Are these the greatest books ever written?

The Brothers Karamazov (Modern Library) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Audie Award

Before She Disappeared: A Novel (A Frankie Elkin Novel) by Lisa Gardner (Finalist – Best Female Narrator – 2022)
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (Finalist – Literary Fiction & Classics – 2008)
The Boys from Biloxi: A Legal Thriller by John Grisham (Finalist – Thriller/Suspense – 2023)
City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert (Winner – Fiction – 2020)
Every Last One: A Novel by Anna Quindlen (Finalist – Fiction – 2011)
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls (Finalist – Narration by the Author – 2010)
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel by Laura Dave (Finalist – Thriller/Suspense – 2022)
The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz (Finalist – Solo Narration – Male – 2008)
The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose (Finalist – Mystery – 2023)
The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (Finalist – Audiobook of the Year – 2016)
The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (Winner – Fiction – 2016)
The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (Finalist – Best Female Narrator – 2016)
None of This Is True: A Novel by Lisa Jewell (Finalist – Thriller/Suspense – 2024)
None of This Is True: A Novel by Lisa Jewell (Finalist – Audio Drama – 2024)
The Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley (Finalist – Thriller/Suspense – 2023)
Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir (Winner – Audiobook of the Year – 2022)
The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel by Elizabeth George (Winner – Mystery – 2019)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Finalist – Multi-Voiced Performance – 2018)
Someone Else's Shoes: A Novel by Jojo Moyes (Winner – Judges Category: UK-Produced Audiobook – 2024)
Sparring Partners: Novellas by John Grisham (Winner – Multi-Voiced Performance – 2023)
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See (Finalist – Fiction – 2018)
The Terminal List: A Thriller by Jack Carr (Finalist – Thriller/Suspense – 2019)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Finalist – Best Non-Fiction Narrator – 2024)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Finalist – History/Biography – 2024)
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Finalist – Thriller/Suspense – 2024)

Australia top five bestseller

The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose

Australian Book Industry Awards

Homecoming: A Novel by Kate Morton (Shortlist – General Fiction – 2024)
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus (Winner – International Book – 2023)
The Younger Wife: A Novel by Sally Hepworth (Shortlist – General Fiction – 2022)

Authors' Club First Novel Award

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Longlist – 2019)

Bad Sex in Fiction Award

11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King (Shortlist – 2011)
City of Girls: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert (Shortlist – 2019)

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Longlist – 2023)

Barack Obama's Favorite Books

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (2023)

Barnes and Noble 25 Most Terrifying Horror Books Ever

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Barry Award

The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben (Nominee – Novel – 2021)
City of Bones by Michael Connelly (Winner – Novel – 2003)
Desert Star (Renée Ballard Book 5) by Michael Connelly (Winner – Novel – 2023)
The Force: A Novel by Don Winslow (Nominee – Novel – 2018)
The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose (Winner – First Novel – 2023)
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Winner – Novel – 2014)
The Terminal List: A Thriller by Jack Carr (Nominee – Thriller – 2019)

BBC 50 Best Books of 2022

Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner by Barbara Kingsolver (2022)
French Braid: A novel by Anne Tyler (2022)

The Best Books: Book Recommendations from the Multnomah County Library

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Adults – 2023)

Best Fiction for Young Adults

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Selection – 2003)
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (Selection – 2019)

The Best Memoirs of a Generation

The Glass Castle: A Memoir (book) by Jeannette Walls

Best Russian novels by Piero Scaruffi

The Brothers Karamazov (Modern Library) by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1)

Best Stephen King Books

11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King (8)

Best Works of Literature by Piero Scaruffi

The Brothers Karamazov (Modern Library) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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