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Award Winning Books!: General

General Winners

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction

Established in 2012, The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence recognize the best Fiction and Nonfiction books for adult readers published in the United States the previous year. Awards are announced at the the Reference and User Services Association event at The American Library Association Midwinter meeting in January.

2025 Fiction Winner

2025 Nonfiction Winner

2025 Fiction Finalist

2025 Nonfiction Finalist

The Booker Prize

The leading literary award in the English speaking world, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. The Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. Awards are announced in October.

link to orbital by samantha harvey in the catalog

2024 Winner

link to creation lake by rachel kushner in the catalog

2024 Short List

link to james by percival everett in the catalog

2024 Short List

link to the safekeep by yael van der wouden in the catalog

2024 Short List

The Kirkus Prize

The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. leading literary award in the English speaking world, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years.  Awards are announced in October.

 

2024 Fiction Winner

2024 Nonfiction Winner

2024 Teen Winner

National Book Awards

Established in 1950, the National Book Awards are American literary prizes administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. The annual awards honor the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature. Awards are announced in November.

link to james by percival everett in the catalog

2024 Fiction Winner

link to Soldiers and kings by jason de leon in the catalog

2024 Nonfiction Winner

link to ghostroads by pemi aguda in the catalog

2024 Fiction Finalist

link to martyr by kaveh akbar in the catalog

2024 Fiction Finalist

Pulitzer Prize

Established in 1917, by Joseph Pulitzer and now administered by Columbia University, the literature categories of the Pulitzer Prize recognize distinguished books by American authors and/or dealing with American life, published during the preceding calendar year. The prizes are awarded annually in the categories of Fiction, History, Biography, Poetry and Nonfiction and are announced during the spring.

2024 Fiction Winner

2024 Nonfiction Winner

2024 Memoir Winner

2024 Biography Winner