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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or Ireland.The winner for 2012 was Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

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The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) celebrate crime and thriller writing.

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The Book Awards were created by Whitbread in 1971 and encouraged, promoted and celebrated the enjoyment of reading. The winners for 2012 have been announced and a selection of the books are shown above.

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The Specsavers National Book Awards, previously known as the Galaxy National Book Awards, recognise the best new books of the year from UK authors or non-British nationals who hold a British passport or who have had a permanent home in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for more than two years. Some of the winners for 2012 are shown below.

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Each year the Romantic Novelists' Association run these awards to celebrate romance writing. The winners have just been announced for 2013 and are shown above.

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The Prize formerly known as the Orange Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing throughout the world. Madeline Miller won the award in 2012 for her novel The Song of Achilles. The shortlist for this year has just been announced. Kate Atkinson, A M Homes, Barbara Kingsolver, Hilary Mantel, Maria Semple and Zadie Smith have all been shortlisted.

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The Desmond Elliott Prize is given to an author who has had their first novel published in English in the United Kingdom.The winner for 2012 was Grace McCleen

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Thrillers, tales of crime and romance are all featured in the ten titles that make up this seasons selection of summer reads from Richard and Judy.