The prize-winning books of 1970
In 1970, the prizes ReadingRate follows named 9 winners. The most approachable is them by Joyce Carol Oates (difficulty 56/100, about 9.3 hours); the hardest is The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens (71/100).
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — difficulty 58/100
- Booker Prize: The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens — difficulty 71/100, about 8.4 hours
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
- National Book Award for Fiction: them by Joyce Carol Oates — difficulty 56/100, about 9.3 hours
- Hugo Award for Best Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin — difficulty 57/100, about 7.3 hours
- Nebula Award for Best Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin — difficulty 57/100, about 7.3 hours
- Prix Goncourt: The Erl-King by Michel Tournier
- Albert J. Beveridge Award: "Gentlemen of Property and Standing" by Leonard L. Richards — joint winner
- Albert J. Beveridge Award: Populism to Progressivism in Alabama by Sheldon Hackney — joint winner
Earlier: 1969 · Every year · Later: 1971
Other prizes: Nobel Prize in Literature, Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, International Booker Prize, National Book Award for Fiction, Women's Prize for Fiction, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Prix Goncourt, Dublin Literary Award, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Costa Novel Award, Albert J. Beveridge Award, Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. Every literary prize; every winner of 2026.