Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 Shortlist

We are well into Award Season now, so yet another shortlist of books nominated for a prize has just been announced; the one for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize, which is very special in a way, since it doesn't include any fiction titles among the contenders. The winner will be revealed on November the 4th. You can see the shortlisted books below:

David Crane - Empires of the Dead
William Dalrymple - Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
Dave Goulson - A Sting in the Tale
Charlotte Higgins - Under Another Sky
Lucy Hughes-Hallett - The Pike
Charles Moore - Margaret Thatcher

The Women's prize for fiction shortlist announced

The Women's Prize for fiction (ex-Orange) shortlist has been announced today. Hilary Mantel with "Bring Up the Bodies" could be heading for a hat-trick after winning the Booker and the Costa awards, but according to the experts the prize could very well end up in the hands of A.M. Homes for "May We Be Forgiven". The winner will be announced on the 5th of June. Here's the shortlist:

Kate Atkinson - Life After Life  
    
A.M Homes - May We Be Forgiven         

Barbara Kingsolver - Flight Behaviour    

Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies        

Maria Semple - Where’d You Go, Bernadette         

Zadie Smith - NW

National Book Awards finalists

The lists of the finalists of this year's National Book Awards have been announced yesterday. The shortlisted books are:

Fiction:

Read my review here

Nonfiction:

Poetry:

Young People's Literature:

The Dagger shortlists announced

This year's shortlists for the Gold Dagger, Ian Flemming's Steel Dagger and John Creasey's New Blood Dagger have been announced by The Crime Writers Association today, along with the ITV3 People's Bestseller Dagger shortlist. The nominated books in each category are:


CWA Gold Dagger shortlist:

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Snowdrops by AD Miller
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger shortlist:

Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
Cold Rain by Craig Smith
The Good Son by Michael Gruber
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

CWA John Creasey (new blood) Dagger:

Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
Kiss Me Quick by Danny Miller
The Dead Woman of Juárez by Sam Hawken
The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald

ITV3 People's Bestseller Dagger:


The Sixth Man by David Baldacci. Read my review here
Worth Dying For by Lee Child. Read my review here
Good As Dead by Mark Billingham
Dead Man's Grip by Peter James
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson