Science Fiction and Fantasy
255 books
Prize winning science fiction and fantasy novels, from Hugo and Nebula winners to the speculative books that won literary prizes.
Browse by Subject
Award Winning Books by Subject
Every other page here is organized by which prize a book won, which only helps a reader who already knows the prize. These 14 subjects sort 1,576 books by what they are actually about, so a science fiction novel that won the Booker and one that won the Hugo finally sit on the same page.
Mystery and Crime
152 books
Prize winning crime fiction, from every Edgar Award best novel to the murder mysteries that won the Pulitzer and the Booker.
Horror
69 books
Prize winning horror fiction, from Bram Stoker Award winners to the ghost stories and gothic novels that won literary prizes.
Poetry
184 books
Browse poetry prize winners, books by Nobel laureates, classics and books about poets, with titles, authors and links to each book.
Children's Books
217 books
Prize winning books for young readers, with every Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal winner listed together by year.
History
498 books
Browse history books, biographies and historical fiction from the Pulitzer, Baillie Gifford and other prize lists, alongside selected books beyond those prizes.
Biography and Memoir
208 books
Prize winning biography and memoir, from every Pulitzer Prize for Biography to the life writing that won other major non fiction prizes.
Science and Nature
131 books
Prize winning science writing and nature writing, from the Royal Society Science Book Prize to books on climate, evolution and the natural world.
War
214 books
Prize winning books about war, from novels of the trenches and the Second World War to the histories that won the Pulitzer.
Race and Civil Rights
176 books
Prize winning books on race, slavery and the civil rights movement, spanning fiction, history, biography and poetry.
Immigration and Exile
66 books
Prize winning books about immigrants, refugees and exile, from novels of arrival to the histories of migration that won major prizes.
Politics and Power
273 books
Prize winning political books, from dystopian novels and studies of dictatorship to the presidential histories that won the Pulitzer.
Coming of Age
169 books
Prize winning coming of age novels about childhood and growing up, from Newbery winners to the Pulitzer and Booker.
Medicine and Illness
93 books
Prize winning books about medicine, illness and epidemics, from histories of cancer and plague to novels about doctors and dying.