Bookawards II - Wendy's Challenge List
Friday, October 10, 2008 by Wendy
- Maus I and Maus II, by Art Spiegelman (1992 Pulitzer in Special Awards and Citations - Letters) - COMPLETED August 31, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review.
- Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century) - COMPLETED November 7, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review.
- Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson (Winner of the 2006 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2003 Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, AND 2007 IMPAC Dublin Award) - COMPLETED January 6, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review.
- The Road Home, by Rose Tremain (Winner of the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction) - COMPLETED January 16, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)
- The True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey (2001 Booker and 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize)
- Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler (1989 Pulitzer)
- Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya (1972 Premio Quinto Sol National Chicano Award)
- We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver (2005 Orange Prize)
- Sacred Hunger, by Barry Unsworth (1992 Booker)
- The Known World, by Edward P. Jones (2005 IMPAC Dublin, 2003 National Book Critics Circle, 2004 Pulitzer)
- Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (2002 PEN/Faulkner)
- A Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipaul (2001 Nobel Prize for Literature)
- The Secret River, by Kate Grenville (2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize) - COMPLETED October 13, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon (2003 Costa Novel Award)
- Music and Silence, by Rose Tremain (1999 Whitbread/Costa Award) - COMPLETED October 9, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review.
- The Collected Stories of William Faulkner, by William Faulkner (1951 National Book Award)
- The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker (1995 Booker Award) - COMPLETED December 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review.
- The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga (2008 Booker Award) - COMPLETED January 3, 2009; rated 4/5; read my review.
