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  • Your 50 Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of The Past Decade(2011-2021)

    NPR, 96 Books

    A science fiction and fantasy list created by NPR that is a curated list that uses public opinion as well as a panel of experts. Here's the description from the website:

    As I said above, we decided to limit ourselves to 50 books this year instead of our usual 100, which made winnowing down the list a particular challenge. As you may know, this poll isn't a straight-up popularity contest, though, if it were, the Broken Earth books would have crushed all comers — y'all have good taste! Instead, we take your votes (over 16,000 this year) and pare them down to about 250 semifinalists, and then during a truly epic conference call, our panel of expert judges goes through those titles, cuts some, adds some and hammers out a final curated list.

    Note: I converted the multi book series into their individual books

    Weight: 2%, Added 3 months ago.

  • From Oedipus to The History Boys: Michael Billington's 101 greatest plays

    The Guardian, 102 Books

    Michael Billington, In his new book, the Guardian’s theatre critic has selected what he thinks are the 101 greatest plays ever written, in any western language

    Weight: 2%, Added 3 months ago.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

    Pulitzer Prize, 107 Books

    The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.

    Weight: 1%, Added over 10 years ago.

  • Dragon Awards

    The Dragon Awards, 24 Books

    The Dragon Awards are a set of literary and media awards voted on by fandom and presented annually since 2016 by Dragon Con for excellence in various categories of science fiction, fantasy, horror novels, movies, television, and games.

    Weight: 1%, Added 3 months ago.

  • Pulitzer Prize for History

    Pulitzer Prize, 106 Books

    The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

    Two people have won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice; Margaret Leech, for Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 in 1941 and In the Days of McKinley in 1960, and Bernard Bailyn, for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1968) and Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution (1987).

    Weight: 1%, Added over 10 years ago.
The Lists

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