The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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.
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The Folded World by Amity Gaige
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.
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Man Booker Prize is awarded for the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Man Booker Prize is sponsored by Man Group plc.
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Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
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.
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LaRose by Louise Erdrich
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.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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."
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A Great Length of Time by Joyce Cherry Cresswell
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers.
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The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
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.
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Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
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.
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
The 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.
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In the Country by Mia Alvar
The PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work — a novel or collection of short stories — represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.
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Deborah Eisenberg
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.
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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.
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A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
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.
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We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Since 1985, the Whiting Awards have been given annually to ten 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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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Powell's is proud to sponsor the annual March madness for book lovers, in which 18 of the best fiction titles duke it out to be named the Rooster.
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