Nobel Prize in Literature
Doris Lessing (winner)

World Fantasy
Diana Wynne Jones (winner)

Agatha Award
Dead Cold by Louise Penny (winner)
Hard Row by Margaret Maron
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Murder with Reservations by Elaine Viets
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews

Anthony Awards
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Kidnapped by Jan Burke
No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman (winner)
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Arthur C. Clarke Award
End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay-Grimwood
Gradisil by Adam Roberts
Hav by Jan Morris
Nova Swing by M John Harrison (winner)
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet
Streaking Venus by Raud A Kennedy

Barry Awards
City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin
The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler
The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos (winner)
Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen
The Prisoner of Guantanamo by Dan Fesperman
White Shadow by Ace Atkins

BCA Crime Thriller of the Year
Looking Good Dead by Peter James
The Naming Of The Dead by Ian Rankin (winner)
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (winner)

Bram Stoker
Virus by Sarah Langan (winner)

British Fantasy Society
Breeding Ground by Sarah Pinborough
Bridge of Dreams by Chaz Brenchley
The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
Dusk by Tim Lebbon (winner)
The Face of Twilight by Mark Samuels
Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Nova Swing by M John Harrison
The Unblemished by Conrad Williams

British Science Fiction Association
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot
Black Man by Richard Morgan
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Carnegie Medal
Beast by Ally Kennen
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff (winner)
My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd

Costa Book Awards
Day by A L Kennedy (winner)
Death of a Murderer by Rupert Thomson
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett

Costa Children's Book Award
Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
The Bower Bird by Ann Kelley
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
What I Was by Meg Rosoff

Dagger Awards
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple (winner)
Brother Grimm by Craig Russell
The Fields of Grief by Giles Blunt
Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sovereign by C J Sansom

Edgar Awards
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
The Istanbul Variations by Olen Steinhauer
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (winner)
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Hugo
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (winner)

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
The Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs
Slow Man by J M Coetzee

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
The Devil's Footprints by John Burnside
A Far Country by Daniel Mason
Our Horses in Egypt by Rosalind Belben
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Salvage by Gee Williams

John W Campbell Memorial Award
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Farthing by Jo Walton
The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow
Titan by Ben Bova

Macavity Awards
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (winner)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick
Solstice Wood by Patricia A McKillip (winner)
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
Three Days to Never by Tim Powers

National Book Award for Fiction
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (winner)

Nebula
Farthing by Jo Walton
From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes
The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Seeker by Jack McDevitt (winner)
To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy

Newbery Medal
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (winner)

Oprah's Book Club
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Orange Prize for Fiction
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
Alligator by Lisa Moore
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
Careless by Deborah Robertson
Carry Me Down by M J Hyland
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (winner)
The Housekeeper by Melanie Wallace
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Observations by Jane Harris
Over by Margaret Forster
Peripheral Vision by Patricia Ferguson
Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
When to Walk by Rebecca Gowers

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
Everyman by Philip Roth (winner)

Philip K Dick Award
Ally by Karen Traviss
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain by Minister Faust
Gradisil by Adam Roberts
Grey by Jon Armstrong
Nova Swing by M John Harrison (winner)
Saturn Returns by Sean Williams
Undertow by Elizabeth Bear

Prometheus Award
Empire by Orson Scott Card
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Glasshouse by Charles Stross (winner)
Harbingers by F Paul Wilson
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (winner)

Rita Awards
Adios to My Old Life by Caridad Ferrer (winner)
Blackout by Annie Solomon (winner)
The Book of True Desires by Betina Krahn (winner)
Claiming His Family by Barbara Hannay (winner)
From the First by Jessica Bird (winner)
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole (winner)
A Lady Raised High by Laurien Gardner (winner)
The Mommy Quest by Lori Handeland (winner)
On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (winner)
Revealed by Tamera Alexander (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas (winner)

Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes (winner)
Close by Martina Cole
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Wicked! by Jilly Cooper

Shamus Awards
The Darkest Place by Daniel Judson
Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott
The Do-Re-Mi by Ken Kuhlken
The Dramatist by Ken Bruen (winner)
Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller

The Man Booker Prize
Animal's People by Indra Sinha
Consolation by Michael Redhill
Darkmans by Nicola Barker
The Gathering by Anne Enright (winner)
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Self Help by Edward Docx
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
Winnie and Wolf by A N Wilson

The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Restless by William Boyd
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
This Book Will Save Your Life by A M Homes

Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year
The Island by Victoria Hislop (winner)
The Meaning Of Night by Michael Cox
The Observations by Jane Harris
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

World Fantasy
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M Valente
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (winner)

Agatha Award
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan (winner)
A Real Basket Case by Beth Groundwater
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

Anthony Awards
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
The King of Lies by John Hart
Still Life by Louise Penny (winner)

Barry Awards
The Berlin Conspiracy by Tom Gabbay
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
The King of Lies by John Hart
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Still Life by Louise Penny (winner)

Bram Stoker
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (winner)

Costa Book Awards
Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
Mosquito by Roma Tearne
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (winner)

Edgar Awards
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (winner)
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
The King of Lies by John Hart
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Macavity Awards
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook
Consigned to Death by Jane K Cleland
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
The King of Lies by John Hart
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone (winner)

Rita Awards
The Husband Trap by Tracy Anne Warren (winner)

Shamus Awards
18 Seconds by George D Shuman
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
Lost Angel by Mike Doogan
A Safe Place for Dying by Jack Fredrickson
The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes (winner)