2005

Agatha Award
The Belen Hitch by Pari Noskin Taichert
The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page (winner)
Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron
Trouble in Spades by Heather Webber

Anthony Awards
Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger (winner)
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen
The Madman's Tale by John Katzenbach
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Happy Accidents by Tiffany Murray
Mr Vogel by Lloyd Jones
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (winner)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce

Booker Prize
The Accidental by Ali Smith
All for Love by Dan Jacobson
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
In the Fold by Rachel Cusk
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The People's Act of Love by James Meek
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Sea by John Banville (winner)
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Slow Man by J M Coetzee
This Is the Country by William Wall
This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson

Bram Stoker
Creepers by David Morrell
Dread in the Beast: The Novel by Charlee Jacob
Keepers by Gary A Braunbeck
November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli

British Fantasy Society
Abarat by Clive Barker
Angel Stations by Gary Gibson
Banquet for the Damned by Adam Nevill
The Dark Tower by Stephen King (winner)
Demonstorm by James Barclay
The Devil in Gray by Graham Masterton
The Etched City by K J Bishop
Flesh and Blood by Nick Gifford (Keith Brooke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Lonely Dead by Michael Marshall
Midnight Rain by James Newman
Murkmere by Patricia Elliott
Out of Mind by Sam Hayes
The Overnight by Ramsey Campbell
The Queen of Sinister by Mark Chadbourn
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
White Devils by Paul McAuley
The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston

British Science Fiction Association
9Tail Fox by Jon Courtenay-Grimwood
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Air by Geoff Ryman (winner)
Living Next Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson

Dagger Awards
Calling Out For You by Karin Fossum
Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel
In Matto's Realm by Friedrich Glauser
Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason (winner)
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

Edgar Awards
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney

Hugo
The Algebraist by Iain M Banks
Iron Council by China Miéville
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (winner)

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Deafening by Frances Itani
Elle by Douglas Glover
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Known World by Edward P Jones (winner)
Phantom Pain by Arnon Grunberg
Willenbrock by Christoph Hein

John W Campbell Memorial Award
Air by Geoff Ryman
The Boy Who Would Live Forever by Frederik Pohl
The Child Goddess by Louise Marley
City of Pearl by Karen Traviss
Gaudeamus by John Barnes
Market Forces by Richard K Morgan (winner)
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The Rebel by Jack Dann
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Well of Stars by Robert Reed
White Devils by Paul McAuley

Macavity Awards
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
Cold Case by Robin Burcell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen (winner)
Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson

Nebula Awards
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
The Knight by Gene Wolfe
Omega by Jack McDevitt
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart

Newbery Medal
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (winner)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D Schmidt

Prometheus Award
Anarquia by Brad Linaweaver
Moving Target by Elizabeth Moon
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
State of Fear by Michael Crichton
The System of the World by Neal Stephenson (winner)

Rita Awards
A.K.A. Goddess by Evelyn Vaughn (winner)
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (winner)
Blue Moon by Lori Handeland (winner)
Christmas Eve Marriage by Jessica Hart (winner)
Grounds to Believe by Shelley Bates (winner)
I'm Watching You by Karen Rose (winner)
John Riley's Girl by Inglath Cooper (winner)
Miss Pruitt's Private Life by Barbara McCauley (winner)
A Passionate Endeavor by Sophia Nash (winner)
Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale (winner)
Time Off for Good Behaviour by Lani Diane Rich (winner)
A Wanted Man by Susan Kay Law (winner)

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
A Good Voyage by Katharine Davies (winner)

Shamus Awards
After the Rain by Chuck Logan
Choke Point by Ian Slater
Fade to Clear by Leonard Chang
The Wake Up by Robert Ferrigno
While I Disappear by Edward Wright (winner)

Whitbread Prize
The Accidental by Ali Smith (winner)
The Ballad of Lee Cotton by Christopher Wilson
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

Women's Prize For Fiction
Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (winner)

World Fantasy
Iron Council by China Miéville
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (winner)
The Knight by Gene Wolfe
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
The Runes of the Earth by Stephen Donaldson

Anthony Awards
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak (winner)
Till the Cows Come Home by Judy Clemens
Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo
Whiskey Sour by J A Konrath

Betty Trask Award
26a by Diana Evans
Brass by Helen Walsh
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher (winner)

Bram Stoker
The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke
Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse
Siren Promised by Alan M Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson

Whitbread Prize
26a by Diana Evans
Gem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel Zadok
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw (winner)
The Short Day Dying by Peter Hobbs

World Fantasy
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan (winner)
Breathmoss and Other Exhalations by Ian R MacLeod
Heat of Fusion by John M Ford
Songs of Leaving by Peter Crowther
Stable Strategies and Others by Eileen Gunn
Trujillo by Lucius Shepard

Arthur C. Clarke Award
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Iron Council by China Miéville (winner)
Market Forces by Richard K Morgan
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Away from You by Melanie Finn
Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
Black Dirt by Nell Leyshon
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Escape Routes for Beginners by Kira Cochrane
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates
The Great Stink by Clare Clark
It So Happens by Patricia Ferguson
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee
Nelson's Daughter by Miranda Hearn
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
The Remedy by Michelle Lovric
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (winner)
The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai

Carnegie Medal
Millions by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (winner)

Dilys Awards
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (winner)
The Enemy by Lee Child
The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
The Accidental by Ali Smith
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Mother, Missing by Joyce Carol Oates
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Praying Mantis by André Brink
Saturday by Ian McEwan (winner)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award
Air by Geoff Ryman (winner)

John W. Campbell
The Etched City by K J Bishop
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear (winner)
The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston

Michael L. Printz Award
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (winner)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D Schmidt

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A McKillip
The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (winner)
Mortal Love by Elizabeth Hand

National Book Award for Fiction
Holy Skirts by René Steinke
The March by E L Doctorow
Trance by Christopher Sorrentino
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Oprah's Book Club
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Light in August by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Green Lantern by Jerome Charyn
Prisoners of War by Steve Yarbrough
War Trash by Ha Jin (winner)

Philip K Dick Award
Cagebird by Karin Lowachee
Cowl by Neal Asher
Natural History by Justina Robson
Silver Screen by Justina Robson
To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy
War Surf by M M Buckner (winner)

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (winner)
An Unfinished Season by Ward Just
War Trash by Ha Jin

Saltire Literary Awards
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (winner)

The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year
The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (winner)
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright
The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Agatha Award
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams (winner)
Flush by Carl Hiaasen (winner)

Anthony Awards
Blue Blood by Susan McBride
Cold Case by Robin Burcell
The Halo Effect by M J Rose
Putt to Death by Roberta Isleib
Twisted City by Jason Starr (winner)

Barry Awards
Tagged for Murder by Elaine Flinn (winner)

Shamus Awards
Fade to Blonde by Max Phillips (winner)

Barry Awards
Flesh and Blood by John Harvey (winner)

Barry Awards
Rain Storm by Barry Eisler (winner)

Blue Peter Book Award
Millions by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (winner)
Silverfin by Charlie Higson
Thora by Gillian Johnson

British Book Award
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (winner)

Nobel Prize in Literature
Harold Pinter (winner)

World Fantasy
Carol Emshwiller (winner)