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   Featured Awards


The Netanyahus

Pulitzer Prize

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University each spring since 1917. The awards are chosen by a board of jurors for Journalism, Letters, Music, and Drama. The awards for Letters include Nonfiction, Poetry, Biography or Autobiography, History, and Fiction.

The Promise

Booker Prize

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Booker Prize for Fiction promotes the finest in literary fiction by rewarding the very best novel of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

Deacon King Kong

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence are awarded to the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. They are the library community's first national awards for adult trade books, and the winners are chosen by a committee of library professionals from across the country.

The Rabbit Hutch=

National Book Award

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

The National Book Awards are awarded each fall by the National Book Foundation. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People's Literature, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

The Last Cuentista

Newbery Medal

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barbra Higuera

The Newbery Medal is awarded to the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The medal is presented by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

What Strange Paradise

Oregon Book Award

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers.

   Literary Fiction


Deacon King Kong

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

First established in 2012 as a joint initiative of Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence are awarded to the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. They are the library community's first national awards for adult trade books, and the winners are chosen by a committee of library professionals from across the country.

Day for Night

Independent Publisher Book Award for Fiction

Day for Night by Jean McNeil

The Independent Publisher Book Awards were established in 1996 to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers.

The Promise

Booker Prize

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Booker Prize for Fiction promotes the finest in literary fiction by rewarding the very best novel of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

The Rabbit Hutch

National Book Award

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

The National Book Awards are awarded each fall by the National Book Foundation. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People's Literature, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

National Book Critics Circle Award

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Every year, the National Book Critics Circle of over 700 book reviewers from all parts of the country present awards for the finest books published in English. Categories include: Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.

Annie Ernaux

Nobel Prize for Literature

Annie Ernaux

Based on the recipient's entire body of published work, the Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded "to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency."

What Strange Paradise

Oregon Book Award

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers.

The Book of Form and Emptiness

The Women's Prize for Fiction

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

The Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize) was created in 1995 in response to a growing awareness that often the considerable achievements of women novelists were frequently being passed over by the major literary awards. The Women's Prize for Fiction is judged exclusively by women, who choose the year's best novel in English written by a woman.

The Wrong End of the Telescope

PEN/Faulkner Award

The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

The PEN/Faulkner Award was founded by writers in 1980 to honor their peers and is now the largest juried award for fiction in the United States. The award was named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers, and is affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists), the international writers' organization.

What Strange Paradise

Scotiabank Giller Prize

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. The Giller Prize is named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller and was founded in 1994 by her husband, Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch.

Further News of Defeat

PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

Further News of Defeat by Michael X. Wang

The PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

PEN/Malamud Award

Lydia Davis

The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading was established by the family of the late Bernard Malamud to honor excellence in the art of the short story.

The Netanyahus

Pulitzer Prize

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University each spring since 1917. The awards are chosen by a board of jurors for Journalism, Letters, Music, and Drama. The awards for Letters include Nonfiction, Poetry, Biography or Autobiography, History, and Fiction.

The Volunteer

Costa Book of the Year

The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather

The Costa awards are given annually in five categories — Poetry, Biography, First Novel, Novel, and Children's Literature — to authors who exemplify the best of contemporary British writing and who have lived in Great Britain or Ireland for at least three years. Out of these four winners, one book is chosen as the Costa Book of the Year.

Severance

Whiting Award for Fiction

Severance by Ling Ma

Since 1985, the Whiting Awards have been given annually to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.

Klara and the Sun

Tournament of Books

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The annual March madness for book lovers, in which 18 of the best fiction titles duke it out to be named the Rooster.



   General Nonfiction


Midnight in Chernobyl

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs

First established in 2012 as a joint initiative of Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence are awarded to the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. They are the library community's first national awards for adult trade books, and the winners are chosen by a committee of library professionals from across the country.

Invisible Child

Pulitzer Prize

Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University each spring since 1917. The awards are chosen by a board of jurors for Journalism, Letters, Music and Drama. The awards for Letters include Fiction, Poetry, Biography or Autobiography, History, and Nonfiction.

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

National Book Critics Circle Award

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

Every year, the National Book Critics Circle of over 700 book reviewers from all parts of the country present awards for the finest books published in English. Categories include: Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

National Book Award

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

The National Book Awards are awarded each fall by the National Book Foundation. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People's Literature, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

   Children's Books


Watercress

Caldecott Medal

Watercress by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin

The Caldecott Medal is awarded each year to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

The Last Cuentista

Newbery Medal

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barbra Higuera

The Newbery Medal is awarded to the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The medal is presented by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

All My Rage

National Book Award

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

The National Book Awards are awarded each fall by the National Book Foundation. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People's Literature, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Coretta Scott King Award

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper

Though not recognized as an association award by the ALA until 1982, the Coretta Scott King Award had its inception in the late sixties. The award, commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and honoring his widow, Coretta Scott King, honors African American writers and illustrators and celebrates the African American experience through artistic expression. It is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table.

Roller Girl

Young Reader's Choice Award

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

The YRCA was established in 1940 to promote reading for enjoyment. Children and young adults of Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington select the winners from nominees submitted by librarians, teachers, students and others. Books must be published within the previous 3 years to be eligible.

The Firekeeper's Daughter

Michael L. Printz Award

The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian who was a longtime active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.


   Cooking and Gardening


Fruit Trees for Every Garden An Organic Approach to Growing Apples Pears Peaches Plums Citrus & More

The American Horticultural Society Book Award

Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples Pears Peaches Plums Citrus & More by Orin Martin, Manjula Martin, and Alice Waters

Each year the American Horticultural Society (AHS) honors great gardening literature through the AHS Book Award Program.

Cocktail Codex

James Beard Book of the Year Award

The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat, and Think by Josh Niland

The James Beard Foundation Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their field. The Awards are presented by the James Beard Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation and practice of fine food and beverage.

Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking

IACP Cookbook of the Year

Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin

The IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Cookbook Awards annually celebrate the year's most outstanding food and beverage publications. The awards program was created to encourage and promote quality and creativity in cookbook writing and publishing and to expand awareness of culinary literature.


   Mystery


The Stranger's Diaries

Edgar Award

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

The Edgar Award, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, is given by The Mystery Writers of America to the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The first Edgar was awarded in 1954.

Good Girl, Bad Girl

Gold Dagger Award

Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham

The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards are Britain's most important crime fiction awards. The Gold Dagger is awarded to the year's best crime novel.

   Sci-Fi/Fantasy


Desolation Called Peace Teixcalaan

Hugo Award

Desolation Called Peace Teixcalaan by Arkady Martine

The Hugo Award is awarded by the current members of the World Science Fiction Convention. Though Hugos are given in dozens of categories, we present the winners in the Novel category.

A Master of Djinn

Nebula Award

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

The Nebula Awards are chosen by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in the following categories: Novella, Novellette, Short Story, Script, and Novel.

   Poetry


Punks

National Book Award

Punks: New & Selected Poems by Martín Espada

The National Book Awards are awarded each fall by the National Book Foundation. Other categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Young People's Literature, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

frank: sonnets

Pulitzer Prize

frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University each spring since 1917. The awards are chosen by a board of jurors for Journalism, Letters, Music and Drama. The awards for Letters include Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography or Autobiography, History, and Poetry.

What Runs Over

Whiting Award for Poetry

What Runs Over by Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Since 1985, the Whiting Awards have been given annually to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000 each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.


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