Bookawards II - Wendy's Challenge List

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The Road Home, by Rose Tremain (Winner of the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction) - COMPLETED January 16, 2009; rated 5/5; read my review)
  5. The True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey (2001 Booker and 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize)
  6. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler (1989 Pulitzer)
  7. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya (1972 Premio Quinto Sol National Chicano Award)
  8. We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver (2005 Orange Prize)
  9. Sacred Hunger, by Barry Unsworth (1992 Booker)
  10. The Known World, by Edward P. Jones (2005 IMPAC Dublin, 2003 National Book Critics Circle, 2004 Pulitzer)
  11. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (2002 PEN/Faulkner)
  12. A Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipaul (2001 Nobel Prize for Literature)
  13. The Secret River, by Kate Grenville (2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize) - COMPLETED October 13, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review.
  14. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon (2003 Costa Novel Award)
  15. Music and Silence, by Rose Tremain (1999 Whitbread/Costa Award) - COMPLETED October 9, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review.
  16. The Collected Stories of William Faulkner, by William Faulkner (1951 National Book Award)
  17. The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker (1995 Booker Award) - COMPLETED December 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review.
  18. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga (2008 Booker Award) - COMPLETED January 3, 2009; rated 4/5; read my review.

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