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AWARD-WINNING FICTION
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Atonement, by Ian McEwan
WH Smith Literary Award (2002)
National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award (2003)
Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction (2003)
Santiago Prize for the European Novel (2004)
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The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
SF Chronicle Best Book of the Year (2003)
EW Top Ten Fiction Pick of the Year (2003)
American Library Assn. Notable Book (2003)
Life to Literature Award 2003
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The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Man Booker Prize (2002)
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction (2001)
Journey Prize
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The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai
Man Booker Prize (2006)
National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award (2007)
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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Non-fiction Book of the Year Award from Book Sense (2004)
Frederic W. Ness Book Award (2004)
Latifeh Yarsheter Book Award (2004)
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The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
Booker Prize (1997)
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Obasan, by Joy Kogawa
Books in Canada First Novel (1981)
Canadian Authors Assn. Book of the Year (1981)
BC Foundation's American Book (1982)
American Library Assn. Notable Book (1982)
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Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie
Booker Prize (1981)
Booker of Bookers (1993)
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Heat and Dust, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Booker Prize (1972)
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BESTSELLING FICTION
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The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
(published in Worlds of Wonder magazine, 2005)
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie
(published in Worlds of Wonder magazine, 2005)
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
(published in Worlds of Wonder magazine, 2006)
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The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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Queen of Dreams, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
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The Crimes of Charlotte Bronte by James Tully
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Jane Austen--A Life, by Carol
Shields
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Virgin:Prelude To The Throne, by Robin Maxwell
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Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
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The Fiend In Human, by John MacLachlan Gray
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Aunt Dimity: Snowbound, by Nancy Atherton
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Thursday's Child, by Sonya Hartnett
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Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernieres
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION
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The Mozart Season, by Virginia Euwer Wolff
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Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff
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True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff
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Extras, by Scott Westerfeld
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The Mysterious Adventures of Pauline Bovary, by Edeet Ravel
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The Fire Within, by Chris D'Lacey
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Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies), by Justina Chen Headley
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Chloe, Queen of Denial, by Naomi Nash
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Here Lies The Librarian, by Richard Peck
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The Ghost Belonged To Me, by Richard Peck
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Ghosts I Have Been, by Richard Peck
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The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp, by Richard Peck
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Blossom Culp and The Sleep of Death, by Richard Peck
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Nobody's Child, by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
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Idiot! A Love Story with Drama, Betrayal and E-mail, by Colin Neenan
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Scorpio's Child, by Kezi Matthews
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MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
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Gweilo: A Memoir of a Hong Kong Childhood, by Martin Booth
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Chasing the Dragon, by Jackie Pullinger
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The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours, by Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon
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The Concubine's Children, by Denise Chong
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Only 13, by Julia Manzanares and Derek Kent
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The Music of Silence by Andrea Bocelli
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The Bone Woman, by Clea Koff
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang, by Kang Chol-wan and Pierre Rigoulot
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FANTASY, SF, THRILLERS
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Keturah and Lord Death, by Martine Leavitt
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Death Game, by Cheryl Swanson
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Synergy, by M. D. Benoit
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Metered Space, by M. D. Benoit
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SHAKESPEAREANA
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Shakespeare After All, by Marjorie Garber
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Players: The Mysterious Identity of
William Shakespeare, by Bertram Fields
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Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare, by Claire Asquith
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A Treasury of Shakespeare's Verse, selected by Gina Pollinger and illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
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The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare, by Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
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The World of Shakespeare, by Anna Claybourne and Rebecca Treays
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Speaking Shakespeare, by Patsy Rodenburg
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Brush Up Your Shakespeare!, by Michael Macrone
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Interred With Their Bones, by Jennifer Lee Carrell
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POETRY
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100 Best-Loved Poems, edited by Philip Smith
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Selected Poems: Rabindranath Tagore, translated by William Radice
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One Hundred And One Poems by Verlaine, translated by Norman Shapiro
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The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse, edited by Robert Crawford and Mick Imlah
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NON-FICTION
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Unforgettable Things To Do Before You Die, by Steve Watkins and Clare Jones
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Younger Next Year for Women, by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge
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Millionaire Women Next Door, by Thomas J. Stanley, PhD
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It's Never Too Soon, by Dr Ruth Peters
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The Inuksuk Book, by Mary Wallace
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Violent Delights, by Scott Graham
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