Books

• Project Gutenberg - over 19,000 free online books.
• Great Literature Online - Classic poetry and fiction online with author biographies.
• Internet Public Library - links to online books from Aesop's Fables to cowboy poetry.
• Librivox Audio Books - listen to books online. 

Award-winning Books

From the Lists of Bests site: a compendium of book lists, including award-winners:

Children and Young Adults

For award winning books for children and young adults, visit our “Kids and Teens” section.

United States Awards

Colorado Book Award
Administered annually by the Colorado Center for the Book, honoring Colorado authors writing in a variety of categories.

Edgar Award
Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best fiction and nonfiction mystery writing.

National Book Award
Five-member panels select the highest achievement in United States writing - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Fiction.

National Book Critics Award
Awards from the best books and best reviews published in English.

Romance Writers of America RITA Award
Awarded annually by a panel of members of the Romance Writers of America.

Spur Award
Awarded annually by the Western Writers of America for distinguished writing about the American West.

International Awards

British Book Awards
Awarded annually by members of the publishing trade in Great Britain.

Giller
Canadian literary prize for fiction.

Governor General's Literary Awards
From the Canadian Council for the Arts, awarded to Canadian literature in 14 different categories.

The Man Booker Prize
Highlighting the best novel of the year, written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.

Nobel Prize in Literature
International award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.

Pulitzer Prize
Awarded at Columbia University each May for achievement in Fiction, Biography, Nonfiction, History, and Poetry.

Current best selling fiction and non-fiction via Book Sense.