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Nobel Prize for Literature In a surprise early announcement, the Swedish Academy has awarded German author Günter Grass the highest honor in the world of letters. Grass is most famous for The Tin Drum, a scathing portrait of prewar and wartime Germany as seen through the eyes of Oskar Matzerath, whose monstrous intelligence remains frozen in the body of a 3-year-old child. For a list of past Nobel winners and links to their works, visit our Nobel Prize page.

Upcoming Awards In October: Watch the fur fly when the winner of the U.K.'s Booker Prize is announced on October 25. In November: Happy birthday, National Book Awards! A gala dinner and awards ceremony on November 17 will commemorate 50 years of America's preeminent literary prize. Watch this space for nominees, news, and more. Amazon.com Delivers Award Winners Sign up, and we'll e-mail you when new award winners are announced.

The Booker Prize  The Booker shortlist is here! As usual, nominees for the U.K.'s most prestigious literary prize are a mixed bag--some surprising, some not so surprising, all guaranteed to spark lively debate. Check out this year's contenders, then be sure to give your London bookie a call. Winners will be announced in a ceremony on Monday, October 25.

Books of the Century  It's almost 2000--do you know where your reading list is? The clock is ticking down to the millennium, and Amazon.com is celebrating with a roundup of the century's greatest hits--fiction and nonfiction, as well as mystery, romance, kids' books, and sci-fi. Don't let Y2K make you hide your head in the sand--hide it in a book instead! Besides, just think how embarrassed you'll be if you're the only one in the compound who's never read My Dog Tulip.