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Red-Carpet Reads: Award-Winning Novels 1990 - Present

Have you ever read or heard a rapturous book review or fascinating interview with an author, rushed right to your bookstore or to your Kindle to buy this new modern classic, get a couple dozen pages in and . . . realize you got sucked in by a lot of hype? That's why the myriad literary prizes, such as the Pulitzer, the Man Booker, the Nobel, the National Book Award ad infinitum which are announced every year can be so useful -- these awards aren't the opinion of one gullible critic, they're the opinion of several gullible critics, so the winners are vetted a little bit better.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
1
Cormac McCarthy
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
2
Ian McEwan
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
3
Yann Martel
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
4
Mark Haddon
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
5
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
6
Margaret Atwood
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
7
Kazuo Ishiguro
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
8
Jeffrey Eugenides
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
9
Margaret Atwood
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
10
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
11
Arundhati Roy
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
12
Rohinton Mistry
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
13
Bernhard Schlink
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
14
Annie Proulx
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
15
Jonathan Franzen
The English Patient
The English Patient
16
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
17
Hilary Mantel
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
18
Ann Patchett
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
19
A.S. Byatt
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
20
Charles Frazier
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
21
Colum McCann
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
22
Michael Cunningham
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
23
David Guterson
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
24
Cormac McCarthy
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
25
J. M. Coetzee
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
26
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
27
Jhumpa Lahiri
Amsterdam Ian Macewan
Amsterdam Ian Macewan
28
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
29
Chuck Palahniuk
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
30
Marilynne Robinson
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
31
Jane Smiley
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
32
Carol Shields
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
33
Julian Barnes
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
34
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
35
Philip Pullman
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
36
Amitav Ghosh
Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)
Out Stealing Horses
37
Per Petterson
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
38
Peter Carey
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
39
Jennifer Egan
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
40
Junot Díaz
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