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River Lights Bookstore
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Dubuque, IA 52001

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TH & F: 10 to 9

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Book Awards

National Book Awards | Pulitzer Prize | NY Times 10 Best Books | Nobel Prize in Literature | Academy Awards

NY Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2009
Fiction
	Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
	A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
	Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
	Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls
	A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
Non-Fiction
	The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
	The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
	Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr
	Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
	Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka

Nobel Prize in Literature
2009	Herta Mueller

National Book Awards 2009
Fiction
	Let the Great World Spin by Colum Mccann
Non-Fiction
	The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles
Poetry
	Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop
Young People’s Literature
	Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

Pulitzer Prize 2010
Biography
	The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles
Drama
	Nex to Normal Music by Tom Kitt Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Fiction
	Tinkers by Paul Harding
History
	Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
Non-Fiction
	The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman
Poetry
	Versed by Rae Armantrout

2010 Academy Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees
	Precious Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher Based on the novel Push by Sapphire 2010 Award Winner
	District 9 Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
	An Education Screenplay by Nick Hornby Based on the autobiographical memoir An Education by Lynn Barber
	In the Loop Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche
	Up in the Air Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Based on the novel Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
Original Screenplay Nominees
	The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal Directed by Kathryn Bigelow 2010 Award Winner
	Inglourious Bastards Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
	The Messenger Written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman Directed by Alessandro Camon
	A Serious Man Written and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
	Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy Directed by Pete Docter Also see The Art of Up by Pete Docter and Tim Hauser