January 2016 – Encyclopedia of World Literature

American literary awards

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Agatha AwardAlex AwardsAlfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary AchievementThe Alice B Readers AwardAmazon Breakthrough Novel AwardAmazon’s Best Books of the YearAmbassador Book AwardAmerica Award in LiteratureAmerican Book AwardsAmerican History Book PrizeAML AwardsAnisfield-Wolf Book AwardAnthony AwardsArab American Book AwardArkansas Arabic Translation AwardArthur Ross Book AwardAsian American Literary AwardsAsian/Pacific American Awards for LiteratureAthenaeum Literary AwardAudie AwardBBalrog AwardBancroft […]

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Month: January 2016

American literary awards

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