Hilary Mantel Makes Booker Prize History

Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize for Bring Up the Bodies, the second part of her brutal and brilliant trilogy on the life of Thomas Cromwell. On the heels of her previous win for Wolf Hall, she makes Booker Prize history: The first woman and British writer to win twice--and for a sequel.

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FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Winner

Private Empire The 2012 FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award goes to two-time Pulitzer winner Steve Coll for Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power. His hard-hitting exposé of the notoriously secretive company--from the Exxon Valdez disaster to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico--reveals the depths of Big Oil's influence in American politics and foreign policy.

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Book Awards

Browse winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Awards, the Caldecott Medal, the National Book Critics Circle Awards, and more.

2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners

The Orphan Master's Son
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has celebrated "excellence in journalism and the arts," setting high standards for its selected winners. This year's winning titles are no exception:

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2013 Newbery and Caldecott Winners

The One and Only Ivan
This Is Not My Hat
The American Library Association announced its 2013 children's book awards, including the biggest children's prizes of the year, the Newbery Medal for literature and the Caldecott Medal for illustration. This year's winners:

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