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I did something similar several years back. I decided for a couple of years to try to read (or at least check-out) every book available to me that was listed as a nominee for any science fiction and fantasy award. I just used Locus's list of awards.

It was an interesting experiment? I read a lot of really fascinating books that I would never have thought to pick up on my own, much less find. I was not as meticulous as you were in terms of keeping track of which awards hit best for me, but I started following the Kitschies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitschies because a lot of the SFF books they picked were just odd and hit me in a sweet spot.

So, I mean, that is certainly one thing awards like the Hugos do. They lift certain books up into the public view, up out of the flotsam, if you will.