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Best Award-Winning Fiction Books: Dive into the World of Literary Excellence

Are you a bookworm in search of captivating stories that have been praised and recognized for their brilliance? Look no further! In this article, we present a handpicked selection of award-winning fiction books that have enthralled readers and critics alike. These novels have received prestigious accolades, showcasing the talent and creativity of their respective authors. Whether you enjoy historical epics, thought-provoking literary fiction, or spine-chilling thrillers, this list has something for every avid reader.

1. "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead:
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award, Whitehead's gripping novel follows the harrowing journey of Cora, a young slave girl fighting for freedom in the 1800s. This thought-provoking masterpiece explores the often-fractured tapestry of America's history.

2. "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt:
Tartt's enthralling coming-of-age novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Set against the backdrop of the art world, this deeply introspective story follows Theo Decker, a young boy who clings to a painting as a symbol of hope and redemption after a tragic event.

3. "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan:
Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this innovative novel weaves together the lives of a diverse cast of characters, exploring themes of time, music, and the relentless passage of years.

4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn:
Flynn's unputdownable thriller took the literary world by storm, earning critical acclaim and numerous awards. With its unpredictable twists and turns, "Gone Girl" follows the story of Nick and Amy Dunne, a seemingly perfect couple whose marriage takes a dark and twisted turn.

5. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Díaz:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, this vibrant and heart-wrenching novel delves into the life of Oscar, an overweight Dominican boy growing up in New Jersey. Díaz beautifully captures themes of identity, love, and the pursuit of one's dreams.

6. "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah:
Hannah's powerful novel, which received the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction, explores the untamed wilderness of Alaska and the impact it has on a troubled family. Rich in descriptive prose and emotional depth, this book is an unforgettable journey of survival and resilience.

For more award-winning fiction recommendations and to explore other genres, there are several websites worth visiting. Goodreads (www.goodreads.com) is a popular online community where readers can discover and discuss books, including the latest award winners. The National Book Foundation's website (www.nationalbook.org) provides information on various literary honors and hosts the National Book Awards, celebrating remarkable works of fiction.

So, whether you are seeking a thought-provoking exploration of history, a gripping tale of mystery and suspense, or an emotionally resonant family saga, these award-winning fiction books are guaranteed to transport you to new worlds and leave a lasting impact. Happy reading!
The Final Way Out Fiction
The Final Way Out

A small character innocently gets caught in a vortex! In the darkness, where should I go? Perhaps struggling won't ease my pain! Even in this whirlpool, surviving... may be nothing but a vain hope. [New book release, seeking support from all the experts!]

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Provincial Party Committee team Fiction
Provincial Party Committee team

The leadership team of the provincial committee is Xu Kaizhen.

460.75 Million words | 2020-12-03 04:06Update

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Charm Disaster in an Alternate World Fiction
Charm Disaster in an Alternate World

It is a ball of energy that, unlucky enough, encounters an energy storm while traversing through a time tunnel and ends up in a new world. Born with the misfortune of being deemed a harbinger of disaster by its own father, it is cast out along with its mother. It's fine, I am strong and powerful. Go ahead and sweep me out, for I have nothing in my head except for vast knowledge. Watch how I navigate this new world, establish a kingdom of business and entertainment, and become the most dazzling woman. Xiao Hu, a fox spirit, helps me set up a book group. Interested friends are welcome to join for a chat: (full) Second group: Third group:

78.11 Million words | 2021-01-11 18:00Update

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My Peerless Husband Fiction
My Peerless Husband

"My Peerless Husband" is a thrilling and engrossing novel written by the author Mu Nan. It is available for free reading online on Qidian, showcasing Mu Nan's exceptional storytelling skills and captivating writing style.

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Bride of Light and Shadows Fiction
Bride of Light and Shadows

She, a photography genius, is oppressed by her stepmother and stepsister, unable to showcase her talent. He, the young prince of the Blade Group, cold and forbidding, with thunderous methods, unexpectedly falls for her. With a marriage contract, he forcefully marries her, turning her from a destitute Cinderella into the envy of everyone as Mrs. Lu. He supports her to freely soar in the field of photography. Oppression and counter-oppression, pursuit and escape. He and she are destined to be entangled for a lifetime...

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Tears Fiction
Tears

"If one day I were to disappear, would you be sad?" "I don't know." "Then, if one day I were to die, would you cry?" "I... I don't know!" With a bitter smile, I know that your so-called tears, your so-called attachment, will never... appear on me."

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Elegy of the Hero in the Apocalypse Fiction
Elegy of the Hero in the Apocalypse

In a suddenly unfamiliar world filled with zombies, countless unknowns await exploration. In an era where heroes are most needed yet least valued, he must become a hero. What exactly is a hero? In this brutal world, how can one survive? Is survival about becoming ruthless and heartless or about maintaining hope and pursuing beauty? Perhaps even in the apocalypse, warmth and beauty can exist.

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Fortuitous Love: On the General's Bed Fiction
Fortuitous Love: On the General's Bed

On the wedding night, General Tiejun and Xue Fei lie on opposite sides of the bed, back to back. Xue Fei is in tears. She willingly married a wicked man covered in sores just for him, while he suffered harsh punishment in the palace to plead for her. Yet she still wholeheartedly wants to marry him, even if they can't be true husband and wife. 'Let me kiss you!' the General says, and then he kisses her fiercely, tightly. 'It was just a ruse for the foolish emperor, your husband is still intact,' he smiles mysteriously. 'Alright! Since my husband is unharmed, how can I let you off, Xue Fei. The bed is no different from a battlefield for me, prepare to meet your doom!'... A childish young lady intertwines with numerous beauties, creating a long, beautiful, and enchanting story that is both hilarious and tearful.

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Dark desire Fiction
Dark desire

Zhang Wujian's new book "The Successor of Lu Ban in America" has been uploaded, book number: [insert book number], please support, collect, recommend, and sponsor! Also, seeking publication for "Mystical Desires", interested parties can leave a message in the book review section or join the reader group for negotiation. ************************************** A vagabond of the mystic realm, knowledgeable in feng shui and divination, travels the world and sails the seas, encountering countless bizarre and extraordinary experiences. It goes as follows: Wind, thunder, fire, and earth, the changing hexagram unleashes its power. Who listens to the wind with the same understanding across the four seas? The path of yin and yang, who dares to tread? The boundless heavens and earth, I establish my own sect. Witnessing the birth of phoenixes in thousands of valleys

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Not Yet Married, Rented Wife Fiction
Not Yet Married, Rented Wife

The Fengyue Affairs Agency is officially launched, specializing in services such as 'renting girlfriends' and more. Want to rent a girlfriend, no problem. Rent an unmarried wife? No problem. Rent a wife? No... wait. Xia Dashao: Name your price, and I'll support you long-term. Xiaotaozi: How long is long-term? Xia Dashao: This lifetime, next lifetime, the lifetime after that... If I exist, you exist...

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The Supreme Benefit Fiction
The Supreme Benefit

The Supreme Benefit follows Zhou Meisen.

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After getting rich, I became the pet of all the big shots. Fiction
After getting rich, I became the pet of all the big shots.

[The Fifth Realistic Theme Online Literature Writing Contest] Participating Work - Cloud Ning, Who Returned Cloud Ning, who came back in time, originally planned to show off her skills, seek revenge, and torment scumbags. However, as soon as she returned, she inherited a billion-dollar fortune. Top student fourth brother: Be good, go to sleep, big brother will help you with your homework. Top idol third brother: Be good, enter the entertainment industry, big brother will let you ride on his popularity and win without trying. Business tycoon second brother: Be good, if you like any company, big brother will buy it for you. Lawyer eldest brother: Be good, if anyone dares to bully you, big brother will send them to prison. Group of antagonists seeking death: Besides being rich and having brothers, what other abilities do you have? A certain top-tier school: Meet Miss Cloud Ning, the perfect straight-A student. Sports headline: Get to know Miss Cloud Ning, the esports champion. Entertainment headline: Get to know Miss Cloud Ning, the golden creator. ...

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Dote on Wife: Lord Pampers Online Fiction
Dote on Wife: Lord Pampers Online

"Husband, my classmates bully me." "Husband, my friends bully me." "Husband, my stepmother bullies me." "Husband, you bully me." His indifference turns passionate when faced with her, his coldness turns affectionate. Pampering his wife in every way, she deserves to exclusively possess the extraordinary school grass husband.

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Superpower Nickname Fiction
Superpower Nickname

Intro: Otaku Lin Bing is searching for a job on a recruitment website when an old classmate, whom he hasn't been in touch with for years, suddenly shares an unknown webpage with him. On this website, registering with different pseudonyms will grant different superpowers. Lin Bing's worldview collapses in an instant. [Ps: Penguin Group: , welcome all ACG enthusiasts to join!]

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Don't Lie to Me in the Next Life Fiction
Don't Lie to Me in the Next Life

【[CloudRise Chinese Literature Writing Contest] Entry】 We all have had such experiences. No matter how much we miss someone, no matter how much we can't forget about them, it's useless. They are gone, forever. She was like that, said she would leave, resolutely. Although she was heartless, I don't hate her. I know her wish, she said it herself. 'When I turn seventy, let's travel around the world together, don't lie to me and make excuses not to go, I won't lie to you.' How could I deceive her after she said that? But, she lied to me...

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The Sky-high Abandoned Concubine Fiction
The Sky-high Abandoned Concubine

If people don't offend me, I consider letting them live a good life. But if they do, I will make sure their whole family is annihilated. This motto has always been the creed and standard of behavior for Mu Yan. When the queen of the underworld, who everyone fears and avoids, transmigrates into a world where she is constantly bullied and humiliated, everything will be overturned. Looking down on everyone, she smiles contemptuously, 'You are not worthy!'. The cunning and deceitful prince who feigns madness and acts stupid, she smiles indifferently, 'If you want to play, I'll accompany you to the end.' The infatuated rich young master who relentlessly pursues her, she shakes her head helplessly, 'Sorry, I am a married woman!' He is the cunning and deceitful prince who feigns madness and acts stupid, as well as the ruthless and unscrupulous killer who has slain thousands in the martial arts world. He makes corrupt officials sleepless at night in the government and makes the martial arts world tremble. The words 'Xia Yifeng, I'm divorcing you' make him the laughingstock of the world. He swears to remain indifferent to everything, only to reclaim what is rightfully his, but there is always a figure in his heart that he cannot let go of...

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Supreme Concubine of the Cold-Hearted Heaven Fiction
Supreme Concubine of the Cold-Hearted Heaven

She is the twenty-eighth daughter of the Heavenly Emperor, an illegitimate princess with an infamous reputation in Heaven. Bearing the curse of legends, she lives a humble life in the shadows, facing an uncertain fate. In the forbidden realm of Heaven, with black hair and black eyes, cursed to die at sixteen, she unexpectedly crosses paths with a weakened demon prince. How dare he break her hand! This grudge has been formed! Joining the Frost Reading Group: "Why don't you marry me? Follow me, and I'll provide you with chicken legs every day until you're full!" A certain someone, with enchanting eyes and a captivating appearance, tempts her with chicken legs. "Xue'er is this young master's wife!" Another person smiles gently, displaying a celestial beauty. "Xue'er, are you willing to marry me and become my empress? I will make you the only consort!" The demonic prince's handsome face shows both tenderness and resentment. The supreme plan sacrifices countless dimensions to the heavens, and with the heart of a ruler, it decimates countless lives. Rising in rebellion with the power of the interface, pulling the threads of reincarnation! Destroying the rules of heaven and earth, challenging the limits of supremacy! "Her fate lies in my hands, not in the heavens!"

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The Young Master of the Bayun Family Fiction
The Young Master of the Bayun Family

As the forever seventeen-year-old voyeur... no, it's the younger brother of the forever seventeen-year-old monster sage Yukari Yakumo, Yakumo Ink felt immense pressure. Although he didn't have to worry about his elder sister rolling her face on the keyboard or anything... "Ink, you were definitely thinking something impolite just now, right!? The boundary between waves and particles!" "Please, elder sister..." Boom... Yakumo Ink was blasted away to the Magic Forest, looking at the black and white scene before him, feeling both lost and amused. "Hey, little brother from the Yakumo family, let's have a bang, da☆Ze!" What the hell is this "bang" you're talking about! PS: This book is actually just a daily story about the newfound transcendent monster status

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Wangfu Fiction
Wangfu

Crossing over is not scary, but the lack of culture before crossing is. In the previous life, she was a grass, but in the next life, she was cherished by her husband. Escaping poverty, becoming rich and living a comfortable life, achieving success in career, my dear husband, having me, isn't it like finding a treasure? Xiao Xiao's story of prospering her husband... The new book 'Prospering the Family' will be uploaded starting from the 1st of the month, continuing the warm style of 'Wangfu'. It's a historical supernatural farming novel. Welcome, everyone, to enthusiastically jump into the pit...

191.57 Million words | 2021-02-17 01:53Update

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Extraterrestrial black technology. Fiction
Extraterrestrial black technology.

In the year when everyone lived in the smart apartments of Heavenly Tech Company, drove their fully automated cars from Heavenly Tech Company, and wore the holographic suits from Heavenly Tech Company, when the entire human race kneeled on the ground and cried out, "Father Gao Jue, please stop us from going bankrupt!" Gao Jue stood on the top floor of the tallest building on the moon, holding a glass of red wine and said, "I'm sorry, I'm just a personal traitor."

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