Presenting Rebecca's Book Awards for 2003!
I've looked very carefully over the lists of books for 2003 and handed out the following awards. To keep the awards from getting repetitive, the rule is that no book can win twice.
Book Awards of 2003
Overall Best Book of 2003: The Goats, by Brock Cole.
Overall Worst Book of 2003: The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand.
Best Fiction: Waiting for Christopher, by Louise Hawes.
Best Fiction Runner-Up: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King.
Worst Fiction: The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole.
Worst Fiction Runner-Up: The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold.
Best School-Required Book: Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson.
Best School-Required Book Runner-Up: All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren.
Worst School-Required Book: Candide, by Voltaire.
Worst School-Required Book: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte.
Best Nonfiction: Skipping Towards Gomorrah, by Dan Savage.
Best Nonfiction Runner-Up: Lies, by Al Franken.
Best Play: The Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen.
Best Play Runner-Up: Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw.
Most Anticipated Book of 2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling. Most Anticipated Runner-Up: A Sporting Proposition, by James Aldridge.
Breakout Author of 2003: Henrik Ibsen.
and...
All Books of 2003
1) A Sporting Proposition, by James Aldridge
2) Forever, by Judy Blume
3) Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
4) The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
5) The Goats, by Brock Cole
6) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
7) My Brother Sam Is Dead, by Christopher & James Collier
8) The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
9) The True Story of Fala, by Alice Dagliesh & Margaret Suckley
10) The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright
11) The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
12) Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken
13) Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden
14) The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson
15) Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
16) Waiting for Christoher, by Louise Hawes
17) Sable, by Karen Hesse
18) The Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen
19) An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen
20) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King
21) The BSC in the USA, by Ann M. Martin
22) The Baby-Sitters at Shadow Lake, by Ann M. Martin
23) Dawn's Big Move, by Ann M. Martin
24) Jessi Ramsey, Pet Sitter, by Ann M. Martin
25) Kristy and the Secret of Susan, by Ann M. Martin
26) Starring the Baby-Sitters Club! by Ann M. Martin
27) Like Family, by Paula McLain
28) Bed-knob and Broomsticks, by Mary Norton
29) The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
30) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling
31) Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar
32) Wayside School Is Falling Down, by Louis Sachar
33) Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, by Louis Sachar
34) Skipping Towards Gomorrah, by Dan Savage
35) The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
36) The Good Master, by Kate Seredy
37) Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
38) Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw
39) Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back, by Shel Silverstein
40) Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
41) I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
42) Antigone, by Sophocles
43) Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, by Mel Stuart
44) Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman
45) Candide, by Voltaire
46) All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren
47) By the Shores of Silver Lake, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
48) On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Book Awards of 2003
Overall Best Book of 2003: The Goats, by Brock Cole.
Overall Worst Book of 2003: The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand.
Best Fiction: Waiting for Christopher, by Louise Hawes.
Best Fiction Runner-Up: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King.
Worst Fiction: The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole.
Worst Fiction Runner-Up: The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold.
Best School-Required Book: Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson.
Best School-Required Book Runner-Up: All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren.
Worst School-Required Book: Candide, by Voltaire.
Worst School-Required Book: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte.
Best Nonfiction: Skipping Towards Gomorrah, by Dan Savage.
Best Nonfiction Runner-Up: Lies, by Al Franken.
Best Play: The Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen.
Best Play Runner-Up: Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw.
Most Anticipated Book of 2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling. Most Anticipated Runner-Up: A Sporting Proposition, by James Aldridge.
Breakout Author of 2003: Henrik Ibsen.
and...
All Books of 2003
1) A Sporting Proposition, by James Aldridge
2) Forever, by Judy Blume
3) Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
4) The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
5) The Goats, by Brock Cole
6) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
7) My Brother Sam Is Dead, by Christopher & James Collier
8) The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
9) The True Story of Fala, by Alice Dagliesh & Margaret Suckley
10) The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright
11) The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
12) Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken
13) Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden
14) The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson
15) Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
16) Waiting for Christoher, by Louise Hawes
17) Sable, by Karen Hesse
18) The Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen
19) An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen
20) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King
21) The BSC in the USA, by Ann M. Martin
22) The Baby-Sitters at Shadow Lake, by Ann M. Martin
23) Dawn's Big Move, by Ann M. Martin
24) Jessi Ramsey, Pet Sitter, by Ann M. Martin
25) Kristy and the Secret of Susan, by Ann M. Martin
26) Starring the Baby-Sitters Club! by Ann M. Martin
27) Like Family, by Paula McLain
28) Bed-knob and Broomsticks, by Mary Norton
29) The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
30) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling
31) Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar
32) Wayside School Is Falling Down, by Louis Sachar
33) Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, by Louis Sachar
34) Skipping Towards Gomorrah, by Dan Savage
35) The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
36) The Good Master, by Kate Seredy
37) Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
38) Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw
39) Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back, by Shel Silverstein
40) Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
41) I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
42) Antigone, by Sophocles
43) Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, by Mel Stuart
44) Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman
45) Candide, by Voltaire
46) All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren
47) By the Shores of Silver Lake, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
48) On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder