Looking for a great science fiction read? These Hugo Award winners have been voted as being the best in their genre.

• 1996 The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
• 1997 Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 1998 Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
• 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
• 2000 A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
• 2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K.

Dance at the slaughterhouse (Men in scarlet aprons) : a Matthew Scudder crime novel by Lawrence Block

The delicate storm by Giles Blunt

Cimarron rose by a novel by James Lee Burke

Bones : an Irene Kelly mystery by Jan Burke

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the finalists in the 2010 Audies competition, the only awards program devoted entirely to honoring spoken word entertainment. Who is going to win? We will have to wait until the winners are announced at the Audies Gala on May 25th, 2010, at the Museum of the City of New York. Wolf Hall, Anne Frank Remembered, True Compass, Viral Loop, and Elegance of the Hedgehog are among the nominees.