Need assistance finding a good book? Librarians are always available to help you find that just right book. Take a look at these award winning books to get some ideas:

• American Book Awards
• National Book Award
• Nobel Prize for Literature
• Man Booker Prize
• The Pulitzer Prize
• PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
• The Coretta Scott King Award(African-American Literature for Children and Young Adults)
• Pura Belpre Award(Children’s Book with Latino cultural themes)
• The Hugo Award(Science Fiction and Fantasy)
• The Nebula Award(Science Fiction and Fantasy)
• The Bram Stoker Award(Horror)
• The Edgar Awards(Mysteries)
• The Alex Awards(Adult books with special appeal to young adults)
• The Michael L. Printz Award (Young Adult Literature)
• The John Newbery Medal (Children’s Literature)
• The Randolph Caldecott Medal(Children’s picture book)
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Award(Children’s book author & illustrator)
• National Book Critics Circle
• National Outdoor Book Awards
• Thurber Prize(Humor)
• The Giller Prize(Canadian Literature)
• Costa Awards(formerly the Whitbread Award, British literature)
• Connecticut Book Awards
• Connecticut’s Nutmeg Book Awards

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