Fiction Awards

General Fiction

ALA Notable Books - Fiction
Selected by The Notable Books Council of the Reference and User Services Association
ALA Great Graphic Novels
Selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association
Alex Awards
Annual award given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.
Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
Christy Awards
Christian novels of excellence.
National Book Award for Fiction
Given out by the National Book Foundation
Oprah's Book Club
PEN/Faulkner Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Stonewall Book Awards (GLBT): Barbara Gittings Literature Award

Audie Awards
The Audies® is sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) and is the only awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audio books and spoken word entertainment.

Agatha Award
The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery—-books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie.
Bram Stoker Awards
Each year, the Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula.
Edgar Award
Mystery Writers of America select their favorite mysteries.

RITA Awards
Romance Writers of America sponsors the romance-publishing industry's highest award of distinction — the RITA Award. RITA awards are presented annually to the best published romance novels of the year.

Hugo Award
The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).
Nebula Awards
The Nebula Award is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States.

Spur Awards
Spurs are offered for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best TV or motion picture drama, best TV or motion picture documentary, and best first novel (called The Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award).