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Leisure and Popular Reading

National and International Awards

Nobel Prize in Literature - Man Booker Prize - Pulitzer Prize

National Book Awards - American Library Association Awards

Graphic Novels

Eisner Award
Harvey Award
Ignatz Award

Mystery/Suspense/Horror

Agatha Awards
Bram Stoker Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Diversity

American Indian Youth Literature Awards -  Américas Award  -  Arab American Book Award
Asian/Pacific/American Award for Literature -  Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards
Hispanic Heritage Awards: Literature -  Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Pura Belpré Award -  Schneider Family Book Award - Stonewall Book Awards

Romance

Romance Novelist Association Awards

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Hugo Awards

Nebula Awards

Amazon Best Sellers

BBC's Top 100 Books You Need to Read Before you Die

Best Books by Genre

The Greatest Books List

Los Angeles Times Best Sellers List

NPR - Top 1000 Science Fiction Fantasy Books

New York Times Best Sellers

Publishers' Weekly Bestseller List

Last Updated: Dec 1, 2025 2:53 PM
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