The Bookworm Challenge discussion

Michelle's prize winners COMPLETE
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
2. Dune
3. In Cold Blood
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Before I Go to Sleep

Patty's prize winners:
1. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - 8/21/17 - Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Biography
2. Jesus Land: A Memoir - 9/14/17 - ALA Alex Award
3. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir - 10/6/17 - Audie Award, Goodreads Choice Award for Best Humor (2012)
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Lori's Prize winners
1. Head full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay - Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (2015)

Jody's Prize Winners:
1. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (Scotiabank Giller Prize)

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Martha's Prize Winner Books
1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, British Book Award 2006
2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Man Booker Prize 1997
3. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Book Award for Nonfiction 2015
4. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize 2017
5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy 2011

1. Go Set a Watchman
2. The Sorrows of Young Werther
3. Alone in Berlin
4. His Bloody Project
5. The Remains of the Day

Stacee's Prize Winners:

1. Ghost by Jason Reynolds (National Book Award Finalist)

Beth's prize winners
1. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
2. Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
3. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
4. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
5. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Rhonda's prize winners ** COMPLETE**

1. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis - Audie Award for Classic (2000)
2. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan - Newbery Medal 1986
3. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey - Audie Award for Paranormal (2015)
4. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein - Garden State Book Award (2015)
5. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness - Costa Book Award for Children's Book (2009)

Susan's Prize Winners

1. Case Histories (Saltire Society Literary Award, 2005)
2. Royal Flush (Agatha Nominee, Best Novel, 2009)
3. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (ALA Alex, 2013; Mary Shelley Award, 2013)
4. Death of a Cozy Writer (Agatha Award, 2008)

Kate's prize winners:

1. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones: National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction 2015

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1) The Sympathizer - 2016 Pulitzer Prize - 2/13
2) The Graveyard Book - 2009 Newberry - 4/5
3) March: Book Three - 2017 Michael L. Printz Award - 8/12
4) Over Easy - 2014 Pen USA Award - 8/27
5) The Witches of Worm - 1973 Newberry - 10/17

Cathy's Prizewinners;

1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel this book won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel and the Toronto Book Award
2. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Arthur C. Clarke Award for best novel 1986
3. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Goodreads Choice Award for Humour 2015
4. Mistress Of Nothing by Kate Pullinger Governer General Literary Award 2009
5. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner 2016

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Kristen's prize winners:
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Sharon's Prize Winners:
1. The Egypt Game - Newbery Honor

Alissa's Prize Winners:

1. The Underground Railroad
National Book Award for Fiction (2016), Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2016), Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2016)

Wanda's Prize Winners:
1.The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Pulitzer Prize 2014 audio
2. Waiting by Ha Jin National Book Award Winner
3. Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron Agatha Award 2015 audio
4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Pulitzer Prize 2005 audio
5. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman Edgar Award

Veronique's Prize Winner Books:

1. Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin ALA Alex Award (2014),
2. Oorlogswinter by Jan Terlouw Gouden Griffel, Dutch Children's literature
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Martha's Prize Winner Books
1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, British Book Award 2006
2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Man Booker Prize 1997
3. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Book Award for Nonfiction 2015
4. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize 2017
5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy 2011

Rebecca's Prize Winner Books:

1) Withering-By-Sea .
Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Children's Fiction (Shortlist) (2014), Davitt Award for Best Children's Novel (2015), Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Children's & YA (2015), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA), CBCA Book of the Year Awards
2) Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman. Spur Award.
3) Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo. National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature Finalist (2016).
4) Wolf Hollow byLauren Wolk. Newbery Honor, 2017.
5) Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi. National Book Award for Nonfiction (2016), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (2016)

I can't seem to stop...#6: The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Newbery winner.

Connie's Prize Winner Books:
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1)Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis 13/01/17 (Giller Prize 2015, Rogers Writer's Trust for Fiction Prize 2015)
2)The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 24/07/17 (2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, also several Best Book of the Year prizes)
3)The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe 11/11/17 (1996 Governor General's Award)
4)The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 12/11/17 (1953 Pulitzer Prize)
5)The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 20/12/17 (1995 Pulitzer Prize)

Stephanie's Prize Winner Books:

1. The Blackhouse by Peter May (Barry Award for Best Novel, 2013)
2. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Hugo Award for Best Novella, 2017)
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2017 Prize Winners
1. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
2. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
3. Good News Bible: Today's English Version by American Bible Society
4. Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles Pulitzer Prize for History.
5. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi
ECPA Christian Book Award for New Author and Non-Fiction (2015)

Another returning favorite:

Read up to 5 books that have won a literary prize (Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Man Booker Award, etc.).