Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award
The Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award is given annually to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada. Awarded since 1977, the prize has helped to launch the careers of such internationally known novelists as Michael Ondaatje, Joy Kogawa, W.P. Kinsella, Rohinton Mistry, Anne Michaels, and André Alexis.

 Audie Awards
Audio book awards.

 Barnes & Noble.com Top 100

 Bram Stoker Awards
The Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement are awarded annually by the Horror Writers Association, a nonprofit group dedicated to promoting the interests of writers of horror and dark fantasy.

 Coretta Scott King Awards
Commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and honoring his widow, Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination in continuing the work for peace and world brotherhood, the Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by a task force of the American Library Association. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream.

 Edgar Awards
The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.

 Hugo Awards
The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society. Here's a list of all the Hugo-winning titles since 1953.

 IACP Cookbook Awards
International Association of Culinary Professional Cookbook Awards

 James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Awards
The James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Awards, the oldest recognition program for books on culinary topics in the United States, were originally established in 1966 as the R.T. French Tastemakers Awards. After R.T. French discontinued its funding for the program, the awards were sponsored by a number of organizations before becoming a permanent part of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 1990. Winners are announced each May for original, English-language books on culinary topics published the previous year.

 Man Booker Prize Winners
The Man Booker Prize was founded in 1969 by Booker McConnell, a multinational conglomerate company. Administered by Book Trust in the United Kingdom, this prestigious award is given to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan, or South Africa.

 Michael L. Printz Award for Teen Literature
The Michael L. Printz Award, first given in 2000, is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The honor was named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.

 National Academies Communication Awards
Established as part of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, the National Academies Communication Awards recognize excellence in communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public.

 National Book Awards

 Nebula Awards
The Nebula Award was inaugurated in 1965 and is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

 New York Times Best Sellers

 Nobel Prize for Literature

 PEN American Center Literary Awards

 PEN/Faulkner Award

 Philip K. Dick Awards
The Philip K. Dick Award is given annually to the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time in the United States. Here's a list of all the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novels since 1983.

 Pulitzer Prize Winners

 Quill Book Award Winners
The Quills is a new book award program that pairs a populist sensibility with Hollywood-style glitz to bestow the first literary prizes reflecting the tastes of the people who matter most--readers. The Quills celebrates the best books of the year in 19 popular categories, ranging from romance to biography to graphic novels and beyond.

 Whitbread Book Awards
Among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards, the awards given both for high literary merit and also for works that are enjoyable reading.