It seems I can't resist challenges sponsored by 3M at 1MoreChapter. The Book Awards III Challenge runs from July 1 to December 1, 2009.  The book awards challenges are a favorite of mine, and 3M is just devious enough to "raise the bar" each time, encouraging us all to rise to new heights in reading prizewinners.  And I keep taking the bait ... In the original Book Awards Reading Challenge , any 12 award-winners would do, and I read Booker and Pulitzer winners like there was no tomorrow.  For Book Awards II , 3M expected us to read 10 books representing 5 different awards.  Well, OK, still plenty of options there , and plenty of room for overlap with long-term challenges. 

Book Awards III is a shorter challenge than the first two, but this time we must read 5 books from 5 different awards.  This required a bit of thinking, but I found some books in my reading plan and on my shelves that fit the bill:

1. Home, by Marilynne Robinson (Orange Prize) - review
   
2. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout (Pulitzer Prize) - review
   
3. The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler (Edgar Award) - review
   
4. Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee (Booker Prize, Commonwealth Writers' Prize) - review
   
5. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (Booker Prize) - review
   

Book Awards III is just a warmup to 2010, when Book Awards IV will come along and require 10 books from 10 awards.  Bring it on ... !