Award-winning second-hand books

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Nonfiction (2009)

• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee, Criticism (2003)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Older Readers (2000)

• Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1999),
• Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1999),
• Premio Ignotus for Novela extranjera (2004)

• Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee (2009)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019)

• The Age Book of the Year Award for non-fiction

• Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2001),
• Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2000),
• Borders Original Voices Award for Nonfiction (2000),
• Puddly Award for Memoir (2001)

• Deutscher Krimi Preis for 1. Platz International (2018)

• The Nib Literary Award for People’s Choice (2016)

• James Beard Foundation Book Award for Cookbook Hall of Fame (2010)

• National Book Award for Children’s Fiction (Paperback) (1983),
• National Book Award Finalist for Children’s Book, Fiction (Hardcover) (1981)

• Newbery Medal Nominee (1984),
• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1985),
• California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (1986),
• Margaret A. Edwards Award (1995)

• Whitbread Award for Children’s Book (1976)

• Geffen Award Nominee for Best Translated YA Book (2019)

• Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award for Adult Middle Reader (1995),
• Governor General’s Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Children’s Literature — Text (1994),
• Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award (1995),
• Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award Nominee (1997)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Nonfiction (2012)

• Booker Prize Nominee (1996),
• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (1997),
• Scotiabank Giller Prize (1996),
• James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1996),
• Governor General’s Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général Nominee for Fiction (1996),
• Mikael Agricola -palkinto (1998),
• International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (1998)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (2012),
• Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction (2012),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2012),
• Barbara Jefferis Award (2012),
• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Book of the Year Debut Fiction (2012),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction and for Book of the Year (2012)

• Hugo Award for Best Novel (2014),
• Nebula Award for Best Novel (2013),
• Locus Award for Best First Novel (2014),
• Arthur C. Clarke Award (2014),
• British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (2013),
• Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (2014),
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014),
• Compton Crook Award Nominee (2014),
• Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire for Traduction and Nominee for Roman étranger (2017),
• James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee (2013),
• Premio Ignotus Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera (2016),
• British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) (2014),
• The Kitschies for Golden Tentacle (Debut) (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2013),
• Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Foreign Novel (2016)

• Colin Roderick Award (1998)

• Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997),
• American Booksellers Book Of The Year Award for Adult Trade (1997),
• Audie Award for Nonfiction, Abridged (1997),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1996),
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1997),
• National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography (1996).

• Scotiabank Giller Prize (2000),
• Irish Times International Fiction Prize (2001),
• Prix Médicis Etranger (2000),
• Kiriyama Prize, Fiction (2000),
• International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2002)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2021),
• AudioFile Earphones Award (2021)

• Garden State Book Award for Fiction (Grades 6-8) (2004),
• Massachusetts Children’s Book Award (2003),
• Blue Hen Book Award for Chapter Book (2003),
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2002),
• Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader’s Choice Award for Intermediate (2004)

• Winner Australian Multicultural Children’s Literature Award (1994)

• Locus Award Nominee for Fantasy (1996),
• Compton Crook Award Nominee (1996),
• British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1997)

• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, Kinderbuch (2003)

• California Book Award for Nonfiction (Silver) (1991),
• National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (1991)

• Golden Duck Award for Picture Book (2002),
• Vermont’s Picture Book Awards: Red Clover (2003)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Biography (2010)

• Prix Méditerranée Étranger (2002)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction (2017),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2017),
• The Stella Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017),
• Queensland Literary Awards for Fiction Book (2016)

• American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for Scientist (2006)

• HWA Non-fiction Crown Nominee for Longlist (2020)

• Premio Internacional de Novela Histórica Ciudad de Zaragoza (2010)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award for Literary Fiction (2016)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (2009),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2009),
• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Book of the Year Fiction (2008),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2009)

• Booker Prize (shortlisted)

• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Fiction (2019)

• Booker Prize (2012),
• Costa Book Award for Novel (2012),
• Audie Award for Literary Fiction (2013),
• Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee (2013),
• Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2013),
• Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2012),
• Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2012),
• Costa Book of the Year (2012)

• Jhalak Prize Nominee (2019),
• AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books for Young Adult Science Book (2019)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children’s (2011)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (1996),
• Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1996),
• ALS Gold Medal (1996)

• Zilveren Penseel (1994),
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (1994),
• Hea Lasteraamat (2014)

• Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞 for Best Translated Novel (2011)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Picture Book of the Year (2004)

• Locus Award Nominee, Best Young Adult Book (2010),
• Golden Duck Award, Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) (2010),
• Soaring Eagle Book Award (2011),
• Children’s Choice Book Award,
• Teen Choice Book of the Year (2010),
• Indies Choice Book Award, Young Adult (2010),
• Teen Read Award Nominee, Best Read (2010),
• DABWAHA Romance Tournament, Best Young Adult (2010),
• Goodreads Choice Award, Favorite Book and Young Adult Series (2009) and Nominee for Best of the Best (2018),
• Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee, Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga (2010)

• Premio Euskadi de Plata for Best Spanish Novel (2006),
• Qué leer for Best Spanish Book (2006),
• Premio Fundación José Manuel Lara for novela más vendida (2006),
• Prix Fulbert de Chartres (2009)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (1989)

• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Read Aloud (1992),
• North Dakota Children’s Choice Award (1985)

• James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (1998),
• Bad Sex in Fiction Award (1998)

• Short-listed for the CBCA’s Book of the Year

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award Nominee for Early Childhood Book of the Year – Honour Book (2007),
• Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) for Picture Book (2007),
• Young Australians’ Best Book Award (YABBA) for Section 1 – Picture Storybook (2007)

• WH Smith Literary Award (1960)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Younger Children (ages 0-8) (2015)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (1992),
• National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction (1991)

• Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction (2014),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction (2014),
• Voss Literary Prize Nominee (2014)

• Edgar Award for Best Juvenile (1993)

• National Book Award for Fiction (1997),
• American Booksellers Book Of The Year Award for Adult Trade (1998),
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1998),
• Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (1998),
• Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (1997),
• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1997),
• Weatherford Award (1997),
• Lillian Smith Book Award (1997),
• Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award (1997)

• Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2004),
• Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2005)

• CWA Gold Dagger (1993)

• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee (2006)

• Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2001),
• ALA Alex Award (2001),
• Aurealis Award Nominee for Fantasy Novel (1999)

• Colin Roderick Award (1995)
• Nita B. Kibble Literary Award (1996)

• Nita B. Kibble Literary Award Nominee (1998)

• CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award Nominee (2003),
• CWA New Blood Dagger Nominee (2003),
• Waverton Good Read Award Nominee (2003)

• Lincoln Award Nominee (2010),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Older Children (ages 8-14) (2006)

• Goodreads Choice Award, Children’s Book (2009)

• Bill Condon’s young adult novels Dogs (2001) and No Worries (2005) were Honour Books in the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Awards. No Worries was also shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize in the 2005 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

• Agatha Award Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2012),
• Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2012)

• Winner, The Nib, Waverley Library Award for Literature (2012)
• Short-listed, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize (non-fiction) (2013)
• Short-listed, The Age Book of the Year Award, Non-Fiction (2012)
• Short-listed, Queensland Literary Awards (2012)

• Национална награда „Христо Г. Данов“ for Преводна художествена литература (2015)

• Kate Greenaway Medal (1978)

• Premi Llibreter de narrativa (2000)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2013)

• American Book Award (1989)

• World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1989)

• Mythopoeic Scholarship Award Nominee for Inklings Studies (2000)

• Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2006),
• PEN Translation Prize for Tim Wilkinson (2005),
• Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize (2006),
• Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (1997)

• Premi de Traducció Vidal Alcover (2005)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2000)

• Qld Premier’s Lit. Award 2007

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Picture Book (2008)

• Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986),
• Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Foreign Novel (1989)

• Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel (1999)

• Margaret A Edwards Award (1996)

• Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1987)

• Hugo Award for Best Novel (1983),
• Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1982),
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1983)

• Golden Duck Award for Middle Grades (Eleanor Cameron Award) (2016),
• Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2018),
• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee (2018)

• The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2008),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2009),
• The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2008),
• Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Translated Long Form (2011)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction (1995),
• Nita B. Kibble Literary Award Nominee (1995)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2015),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Fiction (2015),
• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Fiction (2015),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2015),
• The Stella Prize Nominee for Longlist (2015)

• Missouri Truman Readers Award Nominee (2011)

• Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Nominee (2010)

• William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2011),
• Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel (2010),
• Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2011),
• Australian Shadows Award Nominee for Long Fiction (2010),
• CYBILS Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2010),
• The Inky Awards Shortlist for Gold Inky (2010)

• New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award Nominee for Picture Book (1998)

• Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2001)

• Booktrust Teenage Prize Nominee (2010),
• Carnegie Medal Nominee (2011)

• Winner of the 1998 Smarties Gold Award

• Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2006),
• udie Award for Audiobook of the Year (2006),
• British Book of the Year (2006)

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature (2008),
• British Book Award for Children’s Book of the Year (1998),
• Kate Greenaway Medal Nominee (2017),
• Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury for 6-9 jaar en 10-12 jaar (2002),
• American Booksellers Book Of The Year Award for Children (1999),
• Audie Award (2000),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (2000),
• South Carolina Book Award for Junior Book Award (2001),
• Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (2000),
• Charlotte Award (2000),
• Nene Award (2000),
• Massachusetts Children’s Book Award (2000),
• Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2001),
• Blue Hen Book Award for Chapter Book (2001),
• Nevada Young Readers’ Award for Young Reader Category (2000),
• Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2000),
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (2000),
• Hotze de Roosprijs (2002),
• Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for 9–11 years (1997),
• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2001),
• Kinderboekwinkelprijs (1999),
• Parenting Book of the Year Award (1998),
• North East Teenage Book Award (1999),
• Specsavers National Book Award for Children’s Book of the Year (1998),
• Washington State Sasquatch Award (2000),
• Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser for Kinderbuch (1999),
• Carnegie Medal Nominee (1997),
• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award (2001),
• Premi Protagonista Jove for Categoria 12-13 anys (2000)

• Hammett Prize Nominee (1999)

• Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2022)

• Governor General’s Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Children’s Literature — Text (1992),
• Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award Nominee (1995)

• Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and Nominee for Biography (2023),
• Audie Award Nominee for History/Biography (2023),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Biography (2022),
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction (2023),
• National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2022),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2022)

• Booker Prize Nominee (2017),
• PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018),
• Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (2018),
• Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018),
• International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019)

• Orwell Prize Nominee (2011),
• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography (2010),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir and Autobiography (2010)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Younger Readers (2000)

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature (1998)

• Orange Prize Nominee for New Writers (2005),
• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (2004),
• Michael L. Printz Award (2005),
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2006),
• Branford Boase Award (2005),
• Boston Author’s Club Young Reader Award (2005),
• North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2005),
• Bronzener Lufti (2006).

• French-American Foundation Translation Prize Nominee for Non-fiction (2007)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee, Young Adult Series (2009)

• Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2003)

• Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2016)

• Booker Prize Nominee (1985),
• World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986),
• National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction (1985),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (1986),
• The Age Book of the Year (1985).

• Hawthornden Prize (1977)

National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (1994), Alabama Author Award for Nonfiction (1995)

• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2003)

• Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller (2013)

• Jhalak Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)

• Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga (2011)

• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2000),
• PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award (2000),
• Puddly Award for Short Stories (2001)

• Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work) (2001),
• British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Best Novel (1998)

• Steele Rudd Award (1988)

• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2000),
• California Young Readers Medal for Middle School/Junior High (2002),
• Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children’s Literature Nominee (1999),
• Washington State Sasquatch Award (2001),
• National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature (1998)

• The Other Award (1985),
• Best Children’s Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) (1986)

• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (1997),
• Carnegie Medal (1996)

• Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards for Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers (2003),
• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Younger Readers (2004)

• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1967)

• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Younger Readers (2000)

• Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1997)

• Ambassador Book Award for Fiction (1986),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1986)

• Costa Book Award for Novel (2013),
• Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2015),
• Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee (2013),
• Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014),
• Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2014),
• Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2013),
• Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2013),
• Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2014),
• Blogistanian Globalia (2014)

• Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (1984),
• Premio literatura rusa en España (2010),
• Κρατικό Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης for Μετάφραση Έργου Ξένης Λογοτεχνίας στην Ελληνική Γλώσσα (2014)

• Booker Prize (2002),
• Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee, Comic Fiction (2003),
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2003),
• Governor General’s Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général Nominee, Fiction (2001),
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2005),
• Deutscher Bücherpreis, Belletristik (2004),
• CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2003),
• Luisterboek Award Nominee (2015),
• QWF (Quebec Writer’s Federation) Award, Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction (2001),
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Adult Fiction (2003)

• Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award (1984),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (1995)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy, and for Favourite Book and for Goodreads Author (2010)

• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sachbuch (1988),
• Vlag en Wimpel Griffeljury (1988)

• Barry Award Nominee, Best Novel (2013),
• Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award Nominee (2013),
• Edgar Award, Best Novel (2013),
• Florida Book Award, General Fiction – Gold (2012)

• Deutscher Krimi Preis for 2. Platz International (1988),
• CWA Gold Dagger (1986)

• Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee for General Prize (1997)

• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2005),
• Michael L. Printz Award (2006),
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2007),
• Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2006),
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2008),
• The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2007),
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2009),
• Bronzener Lufti (2007),
• Green Mountain Book Award (2008),
• The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2007),
• Alabama Author Award for Young Adult (2006),
• Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2014)

• New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Script Writing Award (2000),
• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Older Readers (1993),
• Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) for Secondary (1993),
• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (2000),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (1994),
• South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2002),
• W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA) (1994),
• Fairlight Talking Book of the Year NSW for Best Book (2000),
• Australian Multicultural Children’s BOTY Award (1993)

• Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2006)

• RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Paranormal Romance (2007)

• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2006),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2006)

• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography (2005)

• Puddly Award for Nonfiction (2007)

• National Biography Award Nominee (2021)

• Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) (2012),
• Young Australians’ Best Book Award (YABBA) (2012),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) Nominee, Younger Readers (2012)

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature (1998),
• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1999)

• Aurealis Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1995)

• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2008)

• J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (1993)

• National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1999),
• The Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction (2000)

• New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature (1995)

• Hea Lasteraamat (2018)

• Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (1996)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year (2017),
• Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction (2016),
• Voss Literary Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)

• William Hill Sports Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2015),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2015)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Biography (2013)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award Nominee for Younger Readers (2014),
• Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Nominee for Children’s Fiction (2014),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Writing for Young Adults (2014),
• Children’s Peace Literature Award for Older Readers (2013),
• The Inky Awards for Gold Inky (2013)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Eve Pownall Award for Information Books & Book of the Year: Younger Readers (1988)

• Shamus Award Nominee for Best PI Novel (2010)

• Booker Prize Nominee (1988),
• Sunday Express Book of the Year (1988)

• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (1984),
• British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1985)

• World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novella (2009),
• Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2010),
• CYBILS Award Nominee for Middle Grade Fantasy & Science Fiction (2009)

• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee, Fiction (1987),
• Soaring Eagle Book Award, 10-12 (1990)

• Winner of the Alan Marshall award

• Michael L. Printz Award (2009),
• Queensland Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2007),
• W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA) for Older Readers (2008),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Older Children (2007),
• CYBILS Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2008)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2013)

• Booker Prize (1988),
• Miles Franklin Literary Award (1989),
• National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction (1989),
• Colin Roderick Award (1988),
• The Best of the Booker Nominee (2008)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Illustrated Book (2011)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2000),
• Colin Roderick Award (1999)

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature (1998),
• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1998)

• Warwick Prize for Writing Nominee for Shortlist (2013)

• CBCA’s Notable Younger Reader’s Book (2022)

• Audie Award for Children’s Titles Ages 8-12 (2005),
• Grand Canyon Reader Award for Intermediate Book (2006),
• Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award for Grades 6-8 (2007),
• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2006),
• Sunshine State Young Readers Award for Grades 6-8 (2006),
• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee (2007)

• Winner of the V&A Illustration Award

• Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2008)

• Wanda Gag Read Aloud Book Award (2016)

• Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2006),
• RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for First Book (2006),
• Compton Crook Award (2006)

• Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (1991),
• Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1991),
• CWA New Blood Dagger (1990),
• Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1991),
• John Creasey Memorial Award (1990),
• Prix du roman d’aventures (1992)

• IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award (1986),
• California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (1989),
• Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children’s Literature (1986),
• Spur Award for Best Juvenile (1985),
• Society of Midland Authors Award for Children’s Fiction (1986)

• RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Contemporary Single Title (1994)

• ECPA Christian Book Award for Christian Book of the Year (2003)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019)

• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1980),
• National Book Award Finalist for Children’s Literature (1979)

• RUBY Award by Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Nominee for Book of the Year (2013)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction Prize (2010),
• The Inky Awards Nominee for Gold Inky (2010),
• The Inky Awards Shortlist for Gold Inky (2010)

• Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Nominee for Children’s Fiction (2013)

• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Criticism (2012)

• Booker Prize Nominee (1993),
• New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (1993),
• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (1994),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1994),
• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific (1994),
• International Dublin Literary Award (1996)

• Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Nominee for Nonfiction (2014),
• Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction (2014)

• 1 of the 50 Books You Can’t Put Down (2009)

• Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Nominee for Children’s Audio (Finalist) (1999),
• Grand Canyon Reader Award for Intermediate Book (1998),
• Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for Grade 6-9 (1998),
• California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (1998),
• Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for YA (1998)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (1986)

• Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Nominee, Environment/Ecology/Nature (Finalist) (2003)

• Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2010),
• CYBILS Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2009)

• Booker Prize (1982),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1983)

• Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2020),
• CWA New Blood Dagger (2019)

• Royal Zoological Society NSW Whitley Award for Best Children’s Book (1985)

• Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire for Roman étranger (2007)

• Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2013)

• The Age Book of the Year (1986)

• CBI Book of the Year (1997)

• CWA International Dagger Nominee for Jonathan Lloyd-Davis (2016),
• このミステリーがすごい！ for 国内編 1st place (2013),
• 本屋大賞 Nominee (2013)

• CWA Silver Dagger (1994),
• Dilys Award (1994),
• Glass Key Award (1993),
• Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (1994),
• Deutscher Krimi Preis for 2. Platz International (1995),
• Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen (1992)

• Mythopoeic Scholarship Award Nominee for Inklings Studies (2006)

• Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller and Nominee for Goodreads Author (2011)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Older Readers (1988),
• Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards for Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers (1996)

• Caldecott Medal (2001),
• Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award for Grades 3-6 (2002),
• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2002)

• Specsavers National Book Award Nominee for Magic FM Autobiography/Biography of the Year (2014)

• Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee for Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12) (2014)

• Audie Award for Inspirational (1999)

• Nautilus Book Award for Audio Books & Spoken Word (2010),
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2010)

• Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1981)

• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1995)

• Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2007),
• Gouden Lijst for vertaald boek (2011),
• Carnegie Medal (2005)

• Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2007),
• Locus Award for Best First Novel (2007),
• Compton Crook Award (2007)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Younger Children (ages 0-8) (2014)

• Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury for 6-9 jaar (2017),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Younger Children (ages 0-8) (2016)

• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1967)

• Royal Society Science Book Prize (2009),
• American Book Award (2009),
• National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (2009),
• Best Book of Ideas Prize Nominee (2009),
• Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2009)

• Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1995),
• Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Romans étrangers (1996),
• Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Men’s Mystery (1995),
• Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen (1997)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (1993),
• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book Overall (1993)

• The Arts Council National Book Award for Children’s literature in (1980)

• Davitt Award for True Crime (2019),
• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Non-Fiction (2019)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (2002)

• California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (1974)

• Obie for Best Foreign Play (1960)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Younger Readers (1993)

• Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2021),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2020)

• Zilveren Griffel (1984),
• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Read Aloud, Read Alone (1991),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1985),
• Red House Children’s Book Award (1983),
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (1985)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee, Illustrated Book (2017)

• NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2000 Winner

• National Biography Award Nominee (2018)

• Hea Lasteraamat (2014)

• Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards for Section 2 Fiction for Younger Readers (1992)

• Barry Award for Best Thriller (2020),
• ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel (2020),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2019),
• RUSA CODES Reading List Nominee for Adrenaline (2020)

• Aurealis Award Nominee for Young Adult Novel (2008)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Fiction (2018),
• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Fiction (2018),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2018),
• The Stella Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018),
• Voss Literary Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018)

• Runciman Book Prize (2006)

• Booker Prize Nominee (2008),
• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2008)

• Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Sachbuch (2001)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (1997)

• Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002),
• National Book Award for Fiction (2001),
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2002),
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2002),
• Audie Award for Fiction, Abridged (2002),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2001),
• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2001),
• Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2003)

• The Book of the Year: Early Childhood – Honours (2016)

• Mary Higgins Clark Award (2011),
• Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2010)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Biography (2014)

• Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2003),
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2003),
• Whitbread Award for Novel and Book of the Year (2003),
• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (2003),
• McKitterick Prize (2004),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (2003),
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2004),
• ALA Alex Award (2004),
• Zilveren Zoen (2004),
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2006),
• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book Overall (2004),
• North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2004),
• Carnegie Medal Nominee (2003),
• Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award (2004),
• Premi Protagonista Jove for Categoria 15-16 anys (2006)

• Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel and for Best Young Adult Novel (2019)

• Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Young Adult Fiction (2001)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2022)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction (2021),
• Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Shortlist (2021),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2021)

• Barry Award for Best First Novel (2018),
• Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction (2017),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript (2015),
• Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel (2017),
• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Debut Fiction (2017),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Book of the Year, for General Fiction and Nominee for The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year (2017),
• CWA Gold Dagger (2017),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller & for Debut Goodreads Author (2017)

• BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2009),
• Prix des Libraires (2007),
• Brive-La-Gaillarde Readers Prize (2007),
• French-American Foundation Translation Prize Nominee for Fiction (2008),
• Prix Georges Brassens (2006),
• International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2010)

• Nordic Council Literature Prize (Nordisk Raads Litteraturpris) Nominee (2010),
• Augustpriset for Fiction (2009),
• Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2012),
• Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Shortlist (2013)

• Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Nonfiction (NZ Book Awards) & 1st (Goodman Fielder Wattie) (1985) (1986)

• Costa Book Award for Children’s Book (2017),
• Leeds Book Awards Nominee for 9-11 (2018)

• Nebula Award for Best Novel (1987),
• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee (1988)

• Barry Award Nominee for Best British Crime Novel (2002),
• Deutscher Krimi Preis for 2. Platz International (2003)

• Booker Prize (1991),
• Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (1994)

• Deutscher Krimi Preis for 2. Platz International (1999),
• Svenska Deckarakademins pris för bästa svenska kriminalroman Nominee (1996)

• Booker Prize (2010),
• Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Nominee (2011),
• International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2012)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Fiction (2010)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Fiction (2010)

• WH Smith Literary Award (1970)

• Phoenix Award (Children’s Literature Association) (2013)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2015)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction and for Audiobook (2017),
• Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)

• Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2004),
• National Book Award for Fiction (2003),
• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2004),
• William Dean Howells Medal (2005),
• Miles Franklin Literary Award (2004),
• Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2004),
• International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2005)

• Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album (2003),
• Long Island Reads (2002)

• Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2013),
• CYBILS Award Nominee for Middle Grade Fiction (2011),
• Washington State Sasquatch Award Nominee (2014),
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Children (2011)

• Prismas Casa de las Ciencias a la Divulgación for Libro editado (2010)

• The Stella Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018)

• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1968

• RSL Encore Award (1993)

• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2010),
• Audie Award for Fiction (2010),
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2009),
• SIBA Book Award for Fiction (2010),
• Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut (2010),
• Puddly Award for Fiction (2011), Lincoln Award Nominee (2013),
• Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle for roman (2011),
• Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2009),
• Nominee for Best of the Best (2018),
• Townsend Prize for Fiction (2010)

• Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade & Children’s (2016)

• SFX Award for Best Novel (2003)

• Locus Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2013),
• Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work) (2015),
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2012)

• Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2018),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (2017),
• Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee (2018)

• Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Fiction (2007),
• James Fenimore Cooper Prize (2007)

• Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Debut Fiction (2013),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction, for Newcomer, and for Book of the Year (2013),
• Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2012),
• HWA Debut Crown (2013)

• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography (2002),
• Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2003)

• Barry Award for Best First Novel (2023),
• Anthony Award for Best First Novel and Nominee for Best Hardcover Novel (2023),
• Audie Award Nominee for Mystery (2023),
• Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2023),
• Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller and Nominee for Debut Novel (2022)

• Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (1999),
• Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (1999)

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children’s Literature (1996),
• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (1994),
• Zilveren Zoen (1997),
• Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser for Kinderbuch (2000)

• John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1966)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2013)

• Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards for Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers (2000),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2000),
• Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (1998)

• Macavity Award Nominee for Best First Mystery Novel (2009),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (2008),
• ALA Alex Award (2009),
• Sakura Medal Nominee for High School Book (2010)

• Martin Beck Award (2004)

• Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction (2013)

• Booker Prize Nominee (2018),
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2019),
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2019),
• William Dean Howells Medal (2020),
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Fiction (2019),
• Chautauqua Prize Nominee (2019),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2018),
• PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019),
• Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2020)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History and Biography (2010)

• Royal Society Science Book Prize (2013)

• Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2011),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Favourite Book and for Science Fiction (2010)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction (2016)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Honour Book Winner (1994)

• Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee (2014)

• National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (2006),
• Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2007),
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (2006),
• Boston Author’s Club Young Reader Award (2007),
• Margaret A. Edwards Award (2019)

• Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award for Adult Middle Reader (2007)

• New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature (2007)

• Penderyn Music Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2015)

• NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Nominee (2005)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Fiction (2015)

• Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel (1994),
• Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (1994),
• Dilys Award Nominee (1994),
• Edgar Award for Best Novel (1994),
• このミステリーがすごい！ for Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year in Japan (1996),
• Marlowe for Best Crime Novel (International) (1994)

• ASJA Outstanding Book Award (1982)

• Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

• Booker Prize Nominee (2006),
• New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Christina Stead Prize for Fiction & Community Relations Commission Award (2006),
• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (2006),
• Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2006),
• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book Overall (2006),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction and for Book of the Year (2006),
• Nita B. Kibble Literary Award Nominee (2006).

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children’s Literature (2005),
• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (2001)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (1998),
• Nita B. Kibble Literary Award Nominee (1998)

• Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek Nominee (2002)

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction and Nominee for Newcomer (2007)

• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1994)
• National Book Award for Fiction (1993)
• Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1993)
• Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction (1993)
• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1993)

• Costa Book Award for First Novel (2013),
• Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuurprijs Nominee (2014),
• Specsavers National Book Award for Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year (2014),
• Costa Book of the Year (2013),
• Betty Trask Prize (2014)

• WH Smith Literary Award (1981)

• Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile (2016)

• Premio Herralde de Novela (1985)

• Nero Award Nominee (2012),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2011)

• Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1943),
• New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play (1943)

• Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2010),
• Exclusive Books Boeke Prize Nominee (2011),
• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2009),
• Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2009),
• Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2008),
• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book Overall (2009),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction and for Book of the Year (2009)

• Buckeye Children’s Book Award for 6-8 (2012),
• Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade & Children’s and Nominee for Favourite Book (2011)

• IODE Jean Throop Award (1985)

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (1992)

• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (1999),
• Carnegie Medal Nominee (1998)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2013)

• Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel (2014)

• Buxtehuder Bulle (1999),
• Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards for Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers (1999),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (1998),
• Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (1995)

• PEN Translation Prize for Ralph Manheim (1964),
• Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1962),
• Schlegel-Tieck Prize for Breon Mitchell (2010),
• Preis der Gruppe 47 (1958)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019)

• World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987)

• Zilveren Griffel (1982),
• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Early Readers (2009)

• California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Primary (1976)

• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1963)

• New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing (2006),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Nonfiction (2006),
• Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Shortlist (2010),
• Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Futurepreis (2006),
• J. A. Hollon palkinto (2007)

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children’s (2014)

• Whitbread Award for Children’s Novel (1983),
• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Read Alone (1993),
• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1986)

• New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Award for Children’s Choice (2010)

• Newbery Medal Nominee (2014),
• Elizabeth Burr / Worzalla Award (2014)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (2020),
• Adelaide Festival Award for Premier’s Award and Fiction (2022),
• The Stella Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2020),
• Reading Women Award Nominee for Fiction (2020)

• Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2007),
• PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Nominee (2008),
• Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2007),
• National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2007),
• PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel (2008)

• The Age Book of the Year (1998),
• Betty Trask Award (1999)

• National Book Award for Fiction (2002)

• PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award (2016)

• Prix Julia Verlanger (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Paranormal Fantasy (2012)

• Miles Franklin Literary Award (1978),
• Australian Natives’ Literature Award

• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Nonfiction (2007)

• Children’s Peace Literature Award (2001)

• Audie Award for Classic (2008),
• Prêmio Jabuti Nominee for Adaptação (2017)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee, Mystery & Thriller (2020)

• Audie Award for Children’s Titles Ages 8-12 (2003),
• North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2001)

• Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award (2005),
• Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2007)

• Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (2008),
• Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Nominee for Roman jeunesse étranger (2010),
• Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit Jeunesse (2010),
• Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Translated Long Form (2011)

• West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1992)

• Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize for Nonfiction (2002)

• Booker Prize Nominee (2002),
• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2003),
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002),
• Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2002),
• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (2003)

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction (2007),
• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Newcomer and Nominee for Biography (2007)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2009)

• Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children’s Illustrated (2005)

• Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2000),
• National Book Award for Fiction (1999),
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2000),
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1999)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Picture Book of the Year (1971)

• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)

• Ned Kelly Award Nominee for Best First Fiction (Shortlist) (2012),
• Barbara Jefferis Award Nominee (2012)

• NBDB National Book Awards for Fiction (1999)

• WH Smith Literary Award (1967),
• W.H. Heinemann Award (1966)

• NCR Book Award (1992),
• British Book Award (1993)

• Stonewall Book Award Nominee, Children’s and Young Adult Literature (2011),
• Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award (RT Award) Nominee, Best Young Adult Novel (2010),
• Odyssey Award Nominee (2011),
• Milwaukee County Teen Book Award (2011),
• Children’s Choice Book Award, Teen Choice Book of the Year (2011),
• The Inky Awards Nominee, Silver Inky (2010),
• Lincoln Award Nominee (2013),
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee, Young Adult Fiction (2010),
• The Inky Awards Shortlist, Silver Inky (2010)

• Booker Prize (2009),
• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2010),
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2009),
• Costa Book Award Nominee for Novel (2009),
• Magnesia Litera Nominee for Translation (Litera za překladovou knihu) (2011),
• Audie Award for Literary Fiction (2010),
• National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2009),
• Walter Scott Prize (2010),
• Golden Man Booker Prize Nominee (2018),
• The Rooster — The Morning News Tournament of Books (2010)

• Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Older Readers (2001)

• Anticena Skřipeček (neliterární překlad) (1999)

• Honour Book CBCA awards (2020)

• Ditmar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2016)

• Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1954)