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   Featured Awards


Trust by Hernan Diaz

2023 Pulitzer Prize

Trust by Hernan Diaz
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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

2023 Booker Prize

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

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 Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

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.

Blackouts=

2023 National Book Award

Blackouts by Justin Torres

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.

Freewater 

by Amina Luqman Dawson

2023 Newbery Medal

Freewater by Amina Luqman Dawson

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.

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo

2023 Oregon Book Award for Fiction

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo

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

   Literary Fiction


The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

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.

Brisbane by Eugene Vodolazkin and Marian Schwartz

2023 Independent Publisher Book Award for Fiction

Brisbane by Eugene Vodolazkin, Marian Schwartz

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.

Prophet Song

2023 Booker Prize

Prophet Song by Prophet Song

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.

Blackouts

2023 National Book Award

Blackouts by Justin Torres

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.

Bliss Montage

2022 National Book Critics Circle Award

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

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.

Jon Fosse

2023 Nobel Prize for Literature

Jon Fosse

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."

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo

2023 Oregon Book Award

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo

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

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

2023 Women's Prize for Fiction

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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 Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

2023 PEN/Faulkner Award

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

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.

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

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.

Night of the Living Rez

2023 PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

Night of the Living Res by Morgan Talty

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.

Everything Inside Stories by Edwidge Danticat

2023 PEN/Malamud Award

Edwidge Danticat

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.

Demon Copperhead

2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Trust by Hernan Diaz

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 Kids by Hannah Lowe

2021 Costa Book of the Year

The Kids by Hannah Lowe

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. The awards were abruptly terminated in 2022.

No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson

2023 Whiting Award for Fiction

No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson

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.

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

2023 Tournament of Books

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

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


An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

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.

His Name Is George Floyd

2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

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.

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

2022 National Book Critics Circle Award

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler

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.

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

2023 National Book Award

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

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


Hot Dog by Doug Salati

2023 Caldecott Medal

Hot Dog by Doug Salati

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.

Freewater by Amina Luqman Dawson

2023 Newbery Medal

Freewater by Amina Luqman Dawson

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.

A First Time for Everything

2023 National Book Award

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

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.

Freewater by Amina Luqman Dawson

2023 Coretta Scott King Award

Freewater by Amina Luqman Dawson

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.

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

2023 Young Reader's Choice Award

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

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.

All My Rage

2023 Michael L. Printz Award

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

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


A Gardeners Guide to Botany

2023 American Horticultural Society Book Award

A Gardeners Guide to Botany by Scott Zona

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

The Cook You Want to Be by Andy Baraghani

2023 James Beard Book Foundation Book of the Year: General

The Cook You Want to Be by Andy Baraghani

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.

Cheryl Days Treasury of Southern Baking by Cheryl Days

2022 IACP Cookbook of the Year

Cheryl Days Treasury of Southern Baking by Cheryl Day

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


Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

2023 Edgar Award

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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.

The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green

2023 Gold Dagger Award

The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green

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


Nettle & Bone

2023 Hugo Award

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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

2022 Nebula Award

Babel by R. F. Kuang

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


From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]

2023 National Book Award

From Unincorporated Territory [åmot] by Craig Santos Perez

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.

Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020

2023 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 by Carl Phillips

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.

Bluest Nude: Poems by Codjoe Ama

2023 Whiting Award for Poetry

Bluest Nude: Poems by Codjoe Ama

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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