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Literary Prizes

Award winning books over a variety of topics……
	Agatha Award : Best First Mystery Novel The Agatha Awards, established by Malice Domestic in 1989 and named in honour of Agatha Christie, recognize outstanding traditional mysteries and related works first published in the United States by a living author during the previous year.
	Agatha Award : Best Mystery Novel The Agatha Awards named in honour of Agatha Christie, recognize outstanding traditional mysteries and related works first published in the United States by a living author during the previous year.
	Anthony Awards – Best Mystery Novel – The Anthony Awards and are given for the best novel, first novel, paperback original, short story and criticism / biography.
Top of Page	BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize is awarded to a work of non-fiction over the following areas: current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography or autobiography.
Top of Page	The Betty Trask Prize and Awards – The Betty Trask Prize is awarded to a writer under the age of 35 for a first novel.
Top of Page	Commonwealth Writers Prize – The Commonwealth Writers Prize is awarded to any work of prose fiction, i.e. a novel or collection of short stories.
Top of Page	James Tait Black Memorial Prize – The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes (Fiction & Biography) were founded in memory of a partner in the publishing house A & C. Black and are one of the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain.
Top of Page	Man Booker Prize – The Man Booker is awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth.
	The past winners of New Zealand's major literary awards for Adults. The book listings show title, author, editor or illustrator where relevant, and publisher. The award is for book design or productionthe designer is also listed.
Top of Page	Nobel Prize for Literature
Top of Page	Notable Books – These titles are selected for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge or for the pleasure they provide to readers.
Top of Page	The Orange Prize for Fiction – The Orange Prize for Fiction celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom.
Top of Page	The Whitbread Award for Biography – The Whitbread Award for Biography aims to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing.
Top of Page	The Whitbread Award for Fiction – The Whitbread Award for Fiction aims to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing.