Each year literary foundations, trusts, and other groups award prizes for the best recent books. Winners of some of the most notable prizes can be found using the tabs in the left-hand column.
This guide should be helpful to browse Pulitzer Prize, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize in Literature, Booker Prizes, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, New York Times 10 Best and Michigan Notable Books. Some titles are in the library's digital or print collection; for those that are not ask a librarian to help locate the title.