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2008 National Book Award Winners

Shadow Country
The Hemingses of Monticello
What I Saw and How I Lied
The winners for the 2008 National Book Awards were announced on November 19, including a novel, three decades in the making, by a writer best known for his NBA-winning nature classic and the compelling story of an American family history that was accepted only as rumor for two centuries. Here are the winners:

›See our list of past NBA winners and nominees

2008 Man Booker Prize Winner

The White Tiger
The 2008 Man Booker Prize, the UK's top literary prize and the most watched single-book award in the English-speaking world, went to Indian first-time novelist Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger, which The Economist said made its author "the Charles Dickens of the call-centre generation." The rest of the 2008 shortlist:

›See present and past Booker winners and nominees

2008 Pulitzer Prizes

The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on April 7. As usual, the finalists were revealed at the same time as the winners, which included, in the books categories:

›See present and past Pulitzer winners

Newbery and Caldecott Winners

The American Library Association announced its 2008 children's book awards on January 14, including the biggest children's prizes of the year, the Newbery Medal for literature and the Caldecott Medal for illustration. This year's winners:

IACP Cookbook Awards: 2008 Winners

Fish Forever
On April 18 the International Association of Culinary Professionals announced the winners of their 2008 book awards, including Cookbook of the Year, Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood by Paul Johnson.

›See more IACP winners

2008 Nobel Prize for Literature: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Wandering Star
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, one of France's best-known writers, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature for his explorations of civilizations beyond the monolith of Western culture, including Wandering Star, the "bewitching" story of two refugees, one Jewish and one Palestinian.

›See more from Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award

The Outsider
The 31th annual First Novel Award, jointly sponsored by Amazon.ca and Books in Canada, was awarded on October 1 to Gil Adamson for The Outsider. See our complete list of previous winners and nominees, including such international stars as Michael Ondaatje, Rohinton Mistry, and Carol Shields.

2008 Nobel Prize for Economics: Paul Krugman

The Conscience of a Liberal
The 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics went to the best-known American economist since Milton Friedman, Princeton professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. See our list of Krugman's books, including popular bestsellers like The Conscience of a Liberal as well as the more academic work on trade and globalization that won him the prize.

2008 Edgar Award Winners

Down River
The winners for this year's Edgar Awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, were announced on May 1, including in-house favorites Down River by John Hart for Best Novel and In the Woods by Tana French for Best First Novel.

›See the full list of Edgar Award winners

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