Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize2017

Given by Brooklyn Public Library

Other Names: Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize (2015-2016), Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize (2017-2021)
16 Works / 19 Items 17,236 Books 875 Reviews ½ 3.9
Each year Brooklyn Public Library honors outstanding works of nonfiction and fiction with a prize given in the fall. Selected by librarians and library staff, who draw on their broad knowledge of show more literature and the many populations they serve, the BPL Book Prize recognizes writing that captures the spirit of Brooklyn, one of the most socially and culturally diverse communities in the country.

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Stages:
All, Winner (18), Shortlist (58), Longlist (180)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (24), 2022 (24), 2021 (24), 2020 (16), 2019 (8), 2018 (18), 2017 (19), 2016 (26), 2015 (29)

Winner 2

WorkCategoryYear
IRL by Tommy PicoFiction & Poetry2017
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinNonfiction2017

Shortlist 6

WorkCategoryYear
IRL by Tommy PicoFiction & Poetry2017
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahFiction & Poetry2017
Exit West by Mohsin HamidFiction & Poetry2017
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinNonfiction2017
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David GrannNonfiction2017
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-FeinNonfiction2017

Longlist 19

WorkCategoryYear
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahFiction2017
Exit West by Mohsin HamidFiction2017
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBrideFiction2017
IRL by Tommy PicoFiction2017
Black Wave by Michelle TeaFiction2017
Reputations by Juan Gabriel VásquezFiction2017
The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han YujooFiction2017
The Book of Joan by Lidia YuknavitchFiction2017
IRL by Tommy PicoFiction & Poetry2017
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahFiction & Poetry2017
Exit West by Mohsin HamidFiction & Poetry2017
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard RothsteinNonfiction2017
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David GrannNonfiction2017
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-FeinNonfiction2017
Hostage by Guy DelisleNonfiction2017
In the Darkroom by Susan FaludiNonfiction2017
Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj MishraNonfiction2017
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe RobinsonNonfiction2017
Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah SchulmanNonfiction2017

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