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Prize Winners Reading List


Booker Prize:

Atw     Atwood, Magaret         The Blind Assassin
Bar     Barker, Pat             The Ghost Road
Ber     Berger, John            G
Bro     Brookner, Anita         Hotel du Lac
Bya     Byatt, A.S.             Possession
Car     Carey, Peter            Oscar and Lucinda
Doy     Doyle, Roddy            Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Far     Farrell, J.G.           The Siege of Krishnapur
Fit     Fitzgerald, P.          Offshore
Gol     Golding, William        Rites of Passage
Gor     Gordimer, N.            The Conservationist
Ish     Ishiguro, Kazuo         Remains of the Day
Jha     Jhabvala, Ruth          Heat and Dust
Kel     Kelman, James           How Late It Was How Late
Ken     Keneally, T.            Schindler's List
Liv     Lively, Penelope        Moon Tiger
Mur     Murdoch, Iris           The Sea, the Sea
Nai     Naipaul, V.S.           In a Free State
Okr     Okri, Ben               The Famished Road
Ond     Ondaatje, M.            The English Patient
Roy     Roy, Arundhati          The God of Small Things
Rus     Rushdie, Salman         Midnight's Children
Sco     Scott, Paul             Staying On
Swi     Swift, Graham           Last Orders
Uns     Unsworth, B.            Sacred Hunger

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Canadian Awards (Governor Generals, Giller, Chapters):

Ale     Alexis, Andre           Childhood
Atw     Atwood, M.              Alias Grace
Bal     Baldwin, S.             What the Body Remembers
Bur     Burnard, Bonnie         A Good House
Car     Carey, Peter            True History of the Kelly Gang
Coh     Cohen, Matt             Elizabeth and After
Cor     Corey, Deborah          Losing Eddie
Hol     Hollingshead, G.        The Roaring Girl
Kel     Kelly, M.T.             A Dream Like Mine
Mac     Macfarlane, D.          Summer Gone
Mic     Michaels, Anne          Fugitive Pieces
Mis     Mistry, R.              A Fine Balance
Mis     Mistry, R.              Such a Long Journey 
Mun     Munro, Alice            The Progress of Love
Ond     Ondaatje, M.            The English Patient
Ond     Ondaatje, M.            Anil's Ghost
Qua     Quarrington, P.         Whale Music
Ric     Ricci, Nino             Lives of the Saints
Ric     Richards, D.A.          Nights Below Station Street
Ric     Richards, D.A.          mercy Among Children
Ric     Richler, M.             Barney's Version
Shi     Shields, Carol          The Stone Diaries
Sch     Schoemperlen D          Forms of Devotion
Ste     Steffler, John          The Afterlife of George Cartwright
Van     Vanderhaeghe            The Englishman's Boy
Vas     Vassanji, M.G.          A Book of  Secrets
Wie     Wiebe, Rudy             A Discovery of Strangers
Wil     Wilson, Alan R.         Before the Flood

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Pulitzer Prize:

Buc     Buck, Pearl             The Good Earth
Cha     Chabon, M.              The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and the Clay
Cun     Cunningham, M.          The Hours
Dru     Drury, Allen            Advise and Consent
Fau     Faulkner, W.            The Reivers
For     Ford, Richard           Independence Day
Hem     Hemingway, E.           The Old Man and the Sea
Hij     Hijuelos, Oscar         The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Lah     Lahiri, Jhumpa          Interpreter of Maladies
Lee     Lee, Harper             To Kill A Mockingbird
Mai     Mailer, Norman          The Executioner's Son
Mal     Malamud, B.             The Fixer
McM     McMurtry, L.            Lonesome Dove
Mil     Millhauser, S.          Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Mit     Mitchell, M.            Gone With the Wind
Mit     Mitchener, James        Tales of the South Pacific
Mor     Morrison, Toni          Beloved
Pro     Proulx, E. Annie        The Shipping News
Raw     Rawlings, M.            The Yearling
Rot     Roth, Philip            American Pastoral
Sha     Shaara, Michael         The Killer Angels
Smi     Smiley, Jane            A Thousand Acres
Ste     Stegne, Wallace         Angle of Repose
Ste     Steinbeck, John         The Grapes of Wrath
Too     Toole, John             A Confederacy of Dunces
Tyl     Tyler, Anne             Breathing Lessons
Upd     Updike, John            Rabbit at Rest
Wal     Walker, Alice           The Color Purple
War     Warton, Edith           The Age of Innocence
Wel     Welty, Eudora           The Optimist's Daughter

Updated Aug 2001

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