Awards and Honors

A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant

The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist 2026

Announced June 17

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards Gold Medal 2026

Announced June 9

When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan Thomas

San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History by David D. Schmidt

Sacrament by Susan Straight

Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan

Aggie and the Ghost by Matthew Forsythe

Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs

Green Of All Heads by Aracelis Girmay

Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards Silver Medal 2026

Announced June 9

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave by Drew Beckmeyer

A Greek Tragedy by Jeanne Carstensen

Bram Stoker Award Winner 2025

Announced June 6

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist 2026

Announced June 4

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

Luminous by Silvia Park

There Is No Antimemetics Division {Revised} by qntm

When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift

The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson

Mythopoeic Awards Finalist 2026

Announced June 2

Book of Night by Holly Black

Thief of Night by Holly Black

Audition For The Fox by Martin Cahill

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

The West Passage by Jared Pechaček

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba

The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñeiro

The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson

The Great Bear by David A. Robertson

The Portal Keeper by David A. Robertson

The Sleeping Giant by David A. Robertson

The Stone Child by David A. Robertson

The World's End by David A. Robertson

Mapping Middle-earth: Environmental and Political Narratives in J. R. R. Tolkien's Cartographies (Perspectives on Fantasy) by Anahit Behrooz

The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation by Michael D. C. Drout

A Real Taste for Fairy-stories: Essays by Verlyn Flieger (Cormarë) by Verlyn Flieger

Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many by Thomas P. Hillman

Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation by Giuseppe Pezzini

J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics (Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing) by Hamish Williams

Art and Enchantment: How Wonder Works by Patrick Curry

Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author by Sophus Helle

Fantasy: A Short History by Adam Roberts

The archetype of the dying and rising God in world mythology by Paul R. Rovang

Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology by Dennis Wilson Wise

The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum

The Leaving Room by Amber McBride

Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

On the Wings of La Noche by Vanessa L. Torres

Locus Award Winner 2026

Announced May 30

James Tait Black Memorial Prize Winner 2026

Announced May 28

The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe by Marlene L. Daut

On The Greenwich Line by Shady Lewis

Crime Writers' Association Awards Shortlist 2026

Announced May 28

Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse

The Lake by Jørn Lier Horst

Red Water by Jurica Pavičić

Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann

Strange Pictures by Uketsu

The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

The Girl in Cell A by Vaseem Khan

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Shadow of the Bridge: The Delphi Murders and the Dark Side of the American Heartland by Áine Cain

The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB by Gordon Corera

The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and The Golden Age by John Curran

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker

Barvick Falls by Rob McInroy

The Devil's Draper by Donna Moore

Gunner by Alan Parks

A Case of Life and Limb by Sally Smith

The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani

The Big Empty by Robert Crais

A Sting in Her Tale by Mark Ezra

Such Quiet Girls: A Thriller by Noelle W. Ihli

The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter

The Peak by Sam Guthrie

Story Machine The Lost Detective. by Elspeth Latimer

The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin

Coram House: A Novel by Bailey Seybolt

Holy City by Henry Wise

What Happens in the Dark by Kia Abdullah

Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke

Some of us are liars by Fiona Cummins

Scenes from a Tragedy by Carole Hailey

The Bodies by Sam Lloyd

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

The Christmas Cracker Killer by Alexandra Benedict

Etiquette for Lovers and Killers by Anna Fitzgerald Healy

Little Secrets by Victoria Goldman

A Queer Case by Robert Holtom

Bad Influence by CJ Wray

British Fantasy Award Nominee 2026

Announced May 22

Lesbians In Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before by J.S. Fields

This Way Lies Madness (Beyond and Within) by Lee Murray

Blood in the Bricks by Neil Williamson

The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell

Wolf's Path by Joyce Chng

Dark Crescent by Lyndsey Croal

Who Will You Save? by Gareth L. Powell

A Song of Legends Lost by M. H. Ayinde

The outcast mage by Annabel Campbell

Magic, Maps, and Mischief: A Cozy Neurodivergent Adventure (Greton's Marvellous Maps, Band 1) by David Green

Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella

Grave Empire by Richard Swan

Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

The Needfire by M.K. Hardy

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Britain’s Folklore Year (National Trust) by National Trust Books

Futures to Live By by Ana Sun

Writing The Magic Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction: 4 by Dan Coxon

Nigerian Speculative Fiction (Studies in Global Genre Fiction) by Chukwunonso Ezeiyoke

The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed: Bouchercon Anthology 2025 by Don Bruns

Shadow Jack by CL Hellisen

Dublin Literary Award Winner 2026

Announced May 21

Gliff by Ali Smith

Australian Book Industry Awards Winner 2026

Announced May 21

British Book Awards Winner 2026

Announced May 11

Anthony Award Nominee 2026

Announced May 11

Whatever Kills the Pain by CW Blackwell

Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons by John Copenhaver

Hollywood Kills by Adam Meyer

On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology by Rock and a Hard Place Press

Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide to New England by Dawn M. Barclay

L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood by Anne Soon Choi

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy

Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida by Gilbert King

Whiskey Business by Adrian Andover

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove

The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs

Voices of the Elysian Fields: A Jonathan Gray, M.D. Mystery by Michael Rigg

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang

Crooks by Lou Berney

Death of an Ex: A Vandy Myrick Mystery by Delia Pitts

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

All This Could Be Yours: A Novel by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History: A Funderburke and Kaiming Mystery by Chris Chan

The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala

Risky Pursuit by Nancy G. West

Miles in Time (Miles in Time, #1)

Tricks of Fortune: A Play the Fool Mystery by Lina Chern

Edge (Detective Harriet Foster) by Tracy Clark

Crimson Thaw (Detective Justice Book 1) by Bruce Robert Coffin

River of Lies (A Detective Emily Hunter Mystery) by James L'Etoile

This Violent Heart by Heather Levy

Donna Andrews Presents Mystery Most Humorous by Donna Andrews

Myopic Duplicity: Do the Ends Ever Justify the Means? by Jeff Circle

Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim (The Inspired by Anthologies) by Josh Pachter

Thurber Prize for American Humor Winner 2026

Announced May 7

Feh: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander

Pulitzer Prize Winner 2026

Announced May 4

Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill

Liberation by Bess Wohl

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Ars Poeticas by Juliana Spahr

Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2026

Announced May 4

The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford by James McWilliams

True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen by Lance Richardson

Audition by Katie Kitamura

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children by Haley Cohen Gilliland

Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church by Kevin Sack

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation by Scott Anderson

Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City by Bench Ansfield

I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir by Hala Alyan

Clam Down: A Metamorphosis by Anelise Chen

Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya

I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always (Wave Books, 121) by Douglas Kearney

The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith

Locus Award Finalist 2026

Announced April 23

We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope by Karen Lord

Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow

The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor

We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue

On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle

In My Country by Thomas Ha

Starstrike (Moonstorm) by Yoon Ha Lee

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 by John Joseph Adams

The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories by Andre M. Carrington

The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1 by Kay Chronister

Night & Day by Ellen Datlow

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology by Julie C. Day

The End of the World as We Know It by Christopher Golden

Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo

As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories by Terese Mason Pierre

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell

Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss

Bright Dead Star by Caitlín R. Kiernan

The Essential Patricia A. McKillip by Patricia A. McKillip

One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed

Crows and Silences by Lucius Shepard

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan

Queen Demon by Martha Wells

A Song of Legends Lost by M. H. Ayinde

Red Rabbit Ghost by Jen Julian

When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur

Luminous by Silvia Park

Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.

North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford

Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su

Song of Spores by Bogi Takács

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

Never Flinch by Stephen King

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest

The Crimson Road by A. G. Slatter

The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

The invisible parade by Leigh Bardugo

Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu

Frank Frazetta: Fine Lines Art Book by Sara Frazetta

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld by Paul Kidby

Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, a Prose Rendering: A Text-Faithful Translation of the 1590s Epic Poem by Rebecca K. Reynolds

Sunset at Zero Point by Simon Stålenhag

Faraway Dreaming by Ulla Thynell

Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from The Korshak Collection by Amanda T. Zehnder

The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers by Terry Bisson

Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling by Henry Lien

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris

Black Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at the End of the World by Tavia Nyong'o

Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet by Tochi Onyebuchi

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction by Becky Siegel Spratford

Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!: Interviews with Science Fiction Legends by Richard Wolinsky

Octavia E. Butler: H is for Horse by Chi-ming Yang

The Witch and the Wyrm: A Tor Original by Elizabeth Bear

Barnacle: A Tor Original by Kate Elliott

Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha

The Tin Man's Ghost by Ray Nayler

The Millay Illusion by Sarah Pinsker

When He Calls Your Name by Catherynne M. Valente

Wolf Moon, Antler Moon: A Tor Original by A.C. Wise

Phantom View: A Tor Original by John Wiswell

The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher

Cinder House by Freya Marske

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Making History by K. J. Parker

Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce

Lives of Bitter Rain by Adrian Tchaikovsky

A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory

All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu

Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler

Slow Gods by Claire North

The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

In The Halls Of The Makeshift King by Tobias S. Buckell

Wire Mother {short story} by Isabel J. Kim

The Shape of Stones: A Tor Original by Hildur Knútsdóttir

Landline: A Tor Original by Kelly Robson

Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

Woolly by Carrie Vaughn

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

The Midnight Shift by Seon-ran Cheon

The Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung

Red Sword by Bora Chung

Ice by Jacek Dukaj

Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-il Kim

Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata

Dengue Boy: A Novel by Michel Nieva

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn

The Singular Life of Aria Patel by Samira Ahmed

Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron

Costumes for Time Travelers by A. R. Capetta

The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard

The Underwood Tapes by Amanda DeWitt

Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman

Sky on Fire by E. K. Johnston

I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

Hugo Award Nominee 2026

Announced April 21

Sinners [2025 film] by Ryan Coogler

Frankenstein [2025 film] by Guillermo del Toro

Star Wars Andor (Season 2) by Tony Gilroy

Superman [2025 film] by James Gunn

Mickey 17 [2025 film] by Bong Joon-Ho

KPop Demon Hunters [2025 film] by Maggie Kang

Doctor Who Episode 205 Script: "The Story & the Engine" by Inua Ellams

Severance Epsiode 210 Script: "Cold Harbor" by Dan Erickson

Wheel of Time Episode 304 Script: "The Road to the Spear" by Rafe Lee Judkins

Murderbot Epsiode 110 Script: "The Perimeter" by Chris Weitz

Murderbot Episode 109 Script: "All Systems Red" by Paul Weitz

The invisible parade by Leigh Bardugo

The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers by Kieron Gillen

A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor

A Girl and Her Fed: 2026 Hugo Packet by K.B. Spangler

Absolute Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman

Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C. B. Lee

Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For by Cameron Reed

Kaiju Agonistes by Scott Lynch

Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak

The Millay Illusion by Sarah Pinsker

When He Calls Your Name by Catherynne M. Valente

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - novelette by Martha Wells

How to become a sea witch by Theodora Goss

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher

Cinder House by Freya Marske

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Summer War by Naomi Novik

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

The World To Come by Jennifer Hudak

The Mourning Robot by Angela Liu

Hex Supply Customer Support Log by Elis Montgomery

Care for Lightning by Mari Ness

Landing: Seattle by Brandon O'Brien

Ragnarök vs The Long Night by History of Westeros Podcast

Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris

Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age by Ada Palmer

The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (2026) by Renay

The Cuddled Little Vice by Elizabeth Sandifer

Six People to Revise You by J.R. Dawson

In My Country by Thomas Ha

Wire Mother {short story} by Isabel J. Kim

10 Vision of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days by Samantha Mills

Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by Effie Seiberg

Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner 2025

Announced April 17

Australian Book Industry Awards Shortlist 2026

Announced April 8

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks

Once I was a Giant by Zeno Sworder

The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations About a Triple Murder Trial by Helen Garner

The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love? by Kaylene Whiskey

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin

Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni

Sundays under the Lemon Tree by Julia Busuttil Nishimura

A Piece of Red Cloth by Leonie Norrington

Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles by Corey Tutt

Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton

How They Get You: Sneaky Everyday Economics and Smart Ways to Hold on to Your Money by Chris Kohler

The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan

Unstuck by Emily Musgrove

Average at Best: A memoir from the creator of Pub Choir® by Astrid Jorgensen

Always Home, Always Homesick: A Love Letter to Iceland by Hannah Kent

Guts: A memoir of food, failure and taking impossible chances by Melissa Leong

Destination moon by Kate Reid

Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath by S. Shakthidharan

Dropbear by Philip Bunting

How to help when you really want to help by Davina-Bell

Here Come the Cousins by Maggie Hutchings

The Train at the End of My Street by Tom Jellett

Where would you go? by Alison Lester

Last One Out by Jane Harper

The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey

One Hundred Years of Betty by Debra Oswald

The Detective by Matthew Reilly

The Power of Choice by Neale Daniher

The Australian Wars by Rachel Perkins

Broken Brains by Jamila Rizvi

She Shapes History: Guided Walks and Stories About Great Australian Women by Sita Sargeant

Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies: How to Create a Garden That Attracts Australian Wildlife by Jaclyn Crupi

Baking and the Meaning of Life: How to find joy in 100 recipes by Helen Goh

A Woman's Eye, Her Art by Drusilla Modjeska

Wild by Design: Naturalistic Gardening for Modern Australian Landscapes by Tim Pilgrim

THAI: Anywhere and Everywhere by Nat Thaipun

A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir by Jacinda Ardern

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

Alchemised by SenLinYu

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena

Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray

Pissants by Brandon Jack

Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan

Eros: Queer Myths for Lovers by Zoe Terakes

The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage

Very Impressive For Your Age by Eleanor Kirk

Wait Here by Lucy Nelson

This Dream Will Devour Us by Emma Clancey

Cruel Is the Light by Sophie Clark

A Murder Is Going Down by Kate Emery

This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern

Sonny & Tess by Nova Weetman

The Rot by Evelyn Araluen

Defiance (Navy Justice, Book 3) by Don Brown

Ankami: Stolen children, shattered families, silenced histories by Debra Dank

Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place by Kate Grenville

Nock Loose: Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets Kill Bill meets The Simpsons by Patrick Marlborough

A Savage Turn by Luke Patterson

Hello Cocky : a stickybeak at the cockatoo by Hilary Bell

Little Bones by Sandy Bigna

The first sunrise by Nessa Stevens

Between by Anna Walker

Ningaloo by Tim Winton

The Power of Choice by Julian Kingma

There's a Prawn in Parliament House by Annabel Crabb

Oceanforged 1: The Wicked Ship by Amelia Mellor

Inked by Jake A. Minton

Mega Rich Guinea Pigs by Kate and Jol Temple

Spirit of the Crocodile by Michelle Scott Tucker

Dublin Literary Award Shortlist 2026

Announced April 7

Gliff by Ali Smith

Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet

In Late Summer by Magdalena Blažević

What I Know About You by Éric Chacour

Live Fast by Brigitte Giraud

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner 2026

Announced April 6

Small Scale Sinners by Mahreen Sohail

British Science Fiction Association Award Winner 2025

Announced April 5

Blood in the Bricks by Neil Williamson

Doctro Who: The Robot Revolution by Una McCormack

Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid

When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift

The Apologists by Tade Thompson

James Tait Black Memorial Prize Shortlist 2026

Announced March 18

Lambda Literary Award Finalist 2026

Announced March 18

Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories by Demree McGhee

Reading the Waves: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch

The Garbage Poems by Anna Swanson

Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter

Take My Name But Say It Slow: Essays by Thomas Dai

It Was Never Supposed to Be by Ben Klein

A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins (Black Power) by Mary Frances Phillips

pleasureis amiracle (Nightboat Books) by Bianca Rae Messinger

Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti

Queer Lens: A History of Photography by Paul Martineau

JIM!: Six True Stories about One Great Artist: James Marshall by Jerrold Connors

Gaysians by Mike Curato

Ain't No Mo' by Jordan E Cooper

Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet

A Queer Case by Robert Holtom

Guest Privileges by Gaar Adams

A Gentleman's Gentleman: A Novel by TJ Alexander

Beings: A Novel by Ilana Masad

Queer Lasting: Ecologies of Care for a Dying World (Sexual Cultures, 63) by Sarah Ensor

Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate

The Lilac People: A Novel by Milo Todd

Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us by Jennifer Finney Boylan

YEET! by Jason B Crawford

Algarabía: The Song of Cenex, Natural Son of the Isle Alarabíyya / La canción de Cenex, hijo natural de la Ínsula Alarabíyya by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen

Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!: Stories by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

The Salvage: A Novel by Anbara Salam

And I'll Take Out Your Eyes: A Novel by A. M. Sosa

Look Ma, No Hands: A Chronic Pain Memoir by Gabrielle Drolet

The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey

unMothered, unTongued: Lyric Essays (The Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction) by Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh

The Maps They Gave Us: One Marriage Reimagined by Scott Wayne

Moon as Salted Lemon by Clayre Benzadon

Hover by Liza Flum

antibody: poems by Rebecca Salazar

Blue Opening: Poems by Chet'la Sebree

The South by Tash Aw

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett

The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman

The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin by Daniel Brook

Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar Gomez

Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin

boy maybe: poems (Raised Voices) by W.J. Lofton

Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir

Kitchen Hymns by Padraig Ó Tuama

He's to Die For by Erin Dunn

Disco Witches of Fire Island: A Novel by Blair Fell

milktooth by Jaime Burnet

A Sharp Endless Need: A Novel by Marisa Crane

A Language of Limbs: A Novel by Dylin Hardcastle

Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee

The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex by Melissa Febos

The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade

The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland―A True Account of Her Fight Against Art theft and Tyranny in WWII Paris by Michelle Young

Glove Money by Sophia Dahlin

The Natural Order of Things: Poems by Donika Kelly

savings time: Poems by Roya Marsh

Cactus Flowers: Selected Poems by Judith Teixeira

Bed and Breakup by Susie Dumond

House of Rayne by Harley Laroux

The Woman from the Waves by Roslyn Sinclair

The New Lesbian Pulp by Sarah Fonseca

Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing by Alden Jones

Come Out and Play : The Queer Sports Project by Meghan Kemp-Gee

Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes) by Alex D. Ketchum

A Year of Pride and Joy: LGBTQ+ Voices Share Their Life Passions (Year of Joy) by Simon James Green

The Bi Book by AJ Irving

O.K. Is Gay: A Picture Book by Vincent X. Kirsch

Devin's Gift by Alana Tyson

Tales From Beyond the Rainbow: Ten LGBTQ+ fairy tales proudly reclaimed by Pete Jordi Wood

Love, Misha by Askel Aden

Spent by Alison Bechdel

Precious Rubbish by Kayla E.

Soften the Blow by Bread Tarleton

Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill

It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango

The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu

A Song for You and I by K. O'Neill

Pasta Girls by Taylor Tracy

Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter: A Novel by Samantha Crewson

The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders by Sarah Aziza

Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs

Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney

Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt

Fanboy in the Falls by J.E. Birk

It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram

Single Player by Tara Tai

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho

Two Truths and a Lie: A Novel by Cory O'Brien

Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen

Sodomy's Solicitations: A Right to Queerness (Sexuality Studies) by Joseph J. Fischel

Lessons in drag : a queer manual for academics, artists, and aunties by Kareem Khubchandani

Abolitionist Intimacies: Queer and Trans Migrants against the Deportation State by Eithne Luibhéid

Intersex: A Manifesto Against Medicalization by Iain Morland

An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys by Rob Costello

The Transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner

He's So Possessed with Me by Corey Liu

Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters by Miriam Zoila Pérez

Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color―A Moving Anthology Celebrating Joy, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery by Denne Michele Norris

Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming by Eli Clare

Non-Prophet by Qurat Dar

Reprise: Poems and Photographs by Golden

Local Woman by jzl jmz

Death of the First Idea: Poems by Rickey Laurentiis

Wayward creatures by Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes

a body more tolerable by jaye simpson

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner 2025

Announced March 16

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy

A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled by Alex Green

Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right by Quinn Slobodian

We Do Not Part by Kang Han

Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno

Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao

Night Watch: Poems by Kevin Young

PEN/Hemingway Award Winner 2026

Announced March 16

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Nebula Award Nominee 2025

Announced March 15

Mary Shelley's School for Monsters: The Killing Stone by Jessica Maison

Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha

Laser Eyes Ain't Everything by Effie Seiberg

Murderbot: Season One by Apple TV

Second Shift by Kit Anderson

Carmilla : The Eternal by Amy Chu

Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King

Fishflies by Jeff Lemire

Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries

The Flip Side: A Graphic Novel by Jason Walz

The Stoneshore Register by G. Willow Wilson

When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue

Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell

The Name Ziya: A Tor Original by Wen-yi Lee

Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak

Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle by Renan Bernardo

The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo

Descent by Wole Talabi

Sinners [2025 film] by Ryan Coogler

Pluribus, season 1 by Vince Gilligan

Superman [2025 film] by James Gunn

KPop Demon Hunters [2025 film] by Maggie Kang

Six People to Revise You by J.R. Dawson

In My Country by Thomas Ha

Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction Finalist 2025

Announced March 15

Into the Wild Magic by Michelle Knudsen

The Tower by David Anaxagoras

Gemini Rising (Gemini Twins) by Jonathan Brazee

Wishing Well, Wishing Well by Jubilee Cho

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Goblin Girl by K. A. Mielke

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing Shortlist 2026

Announced March 10

Ghostlines by Katya Balen

Not Going to Plan by Tia Fisher

Popcorn by Rob Harrell

The Boy I Love by William Hussey

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness

Wolf Siren by Beth O'Brien

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... by Jason Reynolds

Birdie by J.P. Rose

British Book Awards Shortlist 2026

Announced March 6

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen

A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith

The Names by Florence Knapp

The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson

Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory

Bunny vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business! by Jamie Smart

Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Luke Sherlock

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Alchemised by SenLinYu

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

One of Us by Elizabeth Day

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer

The Rose Field by Philip Pullman

Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference by Rutger Bregman

A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke

When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between: A Story of Love and Friendship by James Corden

Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by Andrew Lownie

The Deep Magic of Daily Consistency: A Life Changing Way to Set Your Greatness Free by Robin Sharma

The Adventures of Rap Kid by MC Grammar

Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls by Katie Kirby

Fearless by Lauren Roberts

Skandar and the Spirit War by A. F. Steadman

A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson

Fold-Out + Play: Doll's House by Ingela P. Arrhenius

My Rice is Best by Selina Brown

You and Your Body: A First Look Inside the Human Body by Punam Krishan

Sammy Feels Shy by Tom Percival

The Wizard's Guide to Magical Experiments by A. J. Wood

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall

The Tenant by Freida McFadden

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr

Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell

The House of Wolf by Tony Robinson

The Artist by Lucy Steeds

Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

Beyond / Tu Hwnt - Anthology of Welsh Deaf and Disabled Writers by Bethany Handley

The Other Father Christmas by Serena Holly

Human, Animal by Seth Insua

The Age of Olive Trees by Haia Mohammed

The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know but Probably Don’t―Yet by Keon West

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Who Killed Nessie?: The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster by Paul Cornell

InvestiGators: Case Files by John Patrick Green

Dog Man: Big Jim Believes by Dav Pilkey

This Slavery by Sophie Rickard

Ginseng Roots: A Memoir by Craig Thompson

To the Women: Wise Words Every Woman Needs by Donna Ashworth

Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm by Charlie Mackesy

Eat Yourself Healthy: Jamie’s Ultimate Cookbook for Everyday Healthy Eating - With a 2-Week Health Kickstart Plan by Jamie Oliver

Padella: Iconic Pasta at Home by Tim Siadatan

Protein in 15: 80 Delicious Recipes For Quick, Tasty, Unprocessed Meals by The Body Coach by Joe Wicks

Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore

Our Sweet Violet by Rosie Goodwin

King of Envy by Ana Huang

An Almost Perfect Summer by Jill Mansell

All Together for Christmas by Sarah Morgan

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

Ice by Jacek Dukaj

Brimstone by Callie Hart

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Finalist 2026

Announced March 3

The Children's Book Award Shortlist 2026

Announced March 2

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist 2026

Announced March 2

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

The White Hot: A Novel by Quiara Alegría Hudes

The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Small Scale Sinners by Mahreen Sohail

Audie Award Winner 2026

Announced March 2

CCBC Choices 2026

Announced February 25

How Sweet the Sound by Kwame Alexander

Here Is a Book: A Picture Book by Elisha Cooper

Mary Oliver, Holding on to Wonder by Erin Frankel

The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World (A Picture Book Biography) by James Howe

Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps by Sandra Nickel

Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham by Elizabeth Partridge

Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by Lisa Rogers

Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins--The First Lady of Children's Music by Traci N. Todd

His Fairytale Life: A Book About Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen

JIM!: Six True Stories about One Great Artist: James Marshall by Jerrold Connors

Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story) by Deborah Heiligman

Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly

Hick: The trailblazing journalist who captured Eleanor Roosevelt's heart by Sarah Miller

Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson

The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe by Uri Shulevitz

Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg―A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines by Catherine Thimmesh

I Wish I Didn't Have to Tell You This: A Graphic Memoir by Eugene Yelchin

Henry’s Picture-Perfect Day: Book 3 by Jenn Bailey

Bulldozer Goes to School (Bulldozer and Friends, 2) by Elise Broach

Bulldozer's Big Rescue (Bulldozer and Friends, 1) by Elise Broach

Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day (Orca Echoes) by Lana Button

The Beach Day: Three-and-a-Half Stories (3) (Bat, Cat & Rat) by Ame Dyckman

Night Light by Michael Emberley

Pickle on Wheels (I Like to Read Comics) by Sylvie Kantorovitz

Duck and Cat Ride the Riverboat (I Like to Read Comics) by Drew Panckeri

Earl & Worm #1: The Bad Idea and Other Stories (Earl and Worm) by Greg Pizzoli

Earl & Worm #2: The Big Mess and Other Stories (Earl and Worm) by Greg Pizzoli

Earl & Worm #3: Snow Problem and Other Stories (Earl and Worm) by Greg Pizzoli

Owlets and Tarts: Ready-to-Read Level 2 (Mouse and Spoon) by Cynthia Rylant

Stella & Marigold (Stella and Marigold) by Annie Barrows

Orris and Timble: Lost and Found by Kate DiCamillo

The Summer of the Bone Horses: A Chapter Book by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

The Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route by Debbie Fong

A Mystery in Pocketville by Sylvie Kantorovitz

Your turn Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

Have a Good Trip, Mousse! by Claire Lebourg

Whales in the City by Nancy F. Castaldo

Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault by Megan Clendenan

The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit by Kelly Crull

Ablaze: The Story of America's First Female Smokejumper by Jessica Lawson

Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

Parks: A Nonfiction Picture Book About Parks Around the World by Majewski Marc

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights by Ashley Hope Pérez

Bird brothers, a delhi story by Rina Singh

Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate

It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Sea Legs by Jules Bakes

Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland

The Enemy's Daughter by Anne Blankman

Scattergood by H. M. Bouwman

Rabbit Rabbit by Dori Hillestad Butler

The Zuzu Secret by Miriam Chernick

The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls by J. Anderson Coats

The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall by Charis Cotter

Lost Evangeline by Kate DiCamillo

Growing Home by Beth Ferry

Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz

The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser

A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila

Oasis by Guojing

Dream On by Shannon Hale

The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba

Benny on the Case by Wesley King

The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon by Grace Lin

Dreki: My Icelandic Dragon by Mary Logue

Graciela in the Abyss by Meg Medina

The Trouble with Secrets by Naomi Milliner

How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares

The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri

At Home in a Faraway Place by Lynne Rae Perkins

Halfway to Somewhere: (A Graphic Novel) by Jose Pimienta

Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Midwatch by Judith Rossell

Biggest Fake in the Universe by Johan Rundberg

The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell

The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz

The Experiment by Rebecca Stead

The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel by Raina Telgemeier

All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson

Bad Badger: A Love Story by Maryrose Wood

Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz

Butterfly Heart by Moa Backe Åstot

If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray

Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard

Reasons We Break by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi

Hekate by Nikita Gill

I Am the Cage by Allison Sweet Grant

And the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis

The Butterfly’s Sting by Abbie Harlow

If I Could Go Back by johnsonbriana

Biology Lessons by Melissa Kantor

Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman

Persephone's Curse by Katrina Leno

A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim

Under a Fire-Red Sky: A Novel by Geraldine McCaughrean

Bird of a Thousand Stories (Once There Was) by Kiyash Monsef

Angelica and the Bear Prince: A Graphic Novel by Trung Le Nguyen

Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick

All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk

This Moth Saw Brightness by A. A. Vacharat

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

Daughter of Doom by Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape by Amy Alznauer

White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum

Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America's Fight for Freedom by Karen Blumenthal

A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

The House on the Canal: The Story of the House that Hid Anne Frank by Thomas Harding

White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-Ups (Medical Fiascoes) by Gail Jarrow

Lady of the Lines: How Maria Reiche Saved the Nazca Lines by Sweeping the Desert by Michaela MacColl

Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph That Changed the Way We See Our Planet by Leonard S. Marcus

The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis by Erin McGuire

Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus

American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad that Haunted a Nation by Barb Rosenstock

Returning the Sword: How a Japanese Sword of War Became a Symbol of Friendship and Peace by Caren Stelson

The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi

Tíos and Primos by Jacqueline Alcántara

Elsa's Chessboard by Jenny Andrus

Wind Watchers by Micha Archer

The Three-Year Tumble: Based on a Korean Folktale by Dayeon Auh

Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan

Fish Fry Friday: A Picture Book by Winsome Bingham

The Playdate by Uje Brandelius

The Moving Book by Lisa Brown

Fireworks by Matthew Burgess

Mama Car by Lucy Catchpole

To See an Owl by Matthew Cordell

Twigs and Stones by Joy Cowley

A Song for Two Homes by Michael Datcher

It's Corn Picking Time! by Jill Esbaum

All by Myself: (But Sometimes I Need a Little Help!) by Elizabeth Everett

Broken by X. Fang

My Friend May by Julie Flett

Island Storm by Brian Floca

Trouble Dog: From Shelter Dog to Conservation Hero (Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers (SSCR)) by Carol A. Foote

Taro Gomi’s Big Book of Verbs by Tarō Gomi

The House That Floated by Guojing

Let's Be Bees by Shawn Harris

Sunflower Seeds by Ellen Heck

A Book of Maps for You by Lourdes Heuer

Teeny Tiendas: The Hardware Store/La ferretería by Lourdes Heuer

Where the Deer Slip Through by Katey Howes

Late Today by Jungyoon Huh

Pee and Poo. A Manual for How To Go To the Bathroom: A Manual for How To Go To the Bathroom (Somos8) by Susanna Isern

The Sleeper Train by Mick Jackson

While We Wait by Bee Johnson

Saturday Morning at the 'Shop by Keenan Jones

Our Lake by Angie Kang

Home is a heartbeat by Laekan Zea Kemp

Blue Sky Morning by Jihyun Kim

Diggers, Dozers, and Dumpers by Ole Könnecke

Rez Kid by Andrew Landry

Call Me Gray by Andrew Larsen

A Pocket Full of Rocks by Kristin Mahoney

A Magician's Flower by Marika Maijala

The Riding Lesson by Jennifer K. Mann

Dawn: Friends. Changes. Together. Alone. by Ann M. Martin

Our Mothers' Names: Love in Many Languages by Uma Menon

Changing Tides: A Story of new beginnings by Júlia Moscardó

Let's Rumble!: A Rough-and-Tumble Book of Play by Rachel G. Payne

This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color by Rachel Poliquin

The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

A Place for Us by James Ransome

Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen

Hornbeam by and large by Cynthia Rylant

Next to Me by Daniel Salmieri

How To Reach the Moon by Nicolás Schuff

Freya and the Snake by Fredrik Sonck

Raven's Ribbons by Tasha Spillett

Anything by Rebecca Stead

Make new friends by Joshua David Stein

Smelly Peggy by Helen Stephens

So Tired, So Wide Awake by Susanne Straßer

Hilwa's Gifts by Safa Suleiman

Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor

We Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

We Are the Scrappy Ones by Rebekah Taussig

Across the Ice: How We Saved the Ojibwe Horse by Darcy Whitecrow

Picking Tea with Baba by Bin Xu

Go, Sloth, Go! by Toni Yuly

In the Desert by David Elliott

How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects by Mary Ann Hoberman

Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman

Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes by Sean Taylor

This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets by Traci N. Todd

Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn't by Sarah Albee

I Am We: How Crows Come Together to Survive by Leslie Barnard Booth

The Secret Life of a Sea Turtle by Maddalena Bearzi

Hurricane by Jason Chin

Mighty: The Story of an Oak Tree Ecosystem by Henry Cole

In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito

Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru's Famed Scientist and Potato Expert by Sara Andrea Fajardo

Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe by Amy S. Hansen

Poo Pile on the Prairie (Tiny Habitats) by Amy Hevron

Toes, teeth, and tentacles : a curious counting book by Steve Jenkins

Who Owns the Moon?: And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space by Cynthia Levinson

The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle by Sy Montgomery

Sun Bird: The Amazing Journey of the Arctic Tern by Lindsay Moore

Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery by Colleen Paeff

The Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II Army by Penny Parker Klostermann

Behold the Chameleon by Suzanne Slade

The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest by Lynn Street

3 Weeks in the Rainforest: A Rapid Inventory in the Amazon by Jennifer Swanson

My Presentation Today is about the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon Tak

The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur: A Graphic Novel Based on a True Story by Allan Wolf

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

Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability by Danna Zeiger

This Year, a Witch! by Zoey Abbott

Gather Grateful by Megan Litwin

Slow Down, Shoshi: It's Shabbat in Uganda by Rabbi Shoshana Nambi

One Spring Up North by JohnOwens

The 13th Day of Christmas by Adam Rex

Shabbat Is... by A. J. Sass

Where Are You, Brontë? by Tomie dePaola

My Brother by Laura Djupvik

And They Walk On by Kevin Maillard

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist 2025

Announced February 18

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Strangers by Ekow Eshun

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Palaver by Bryan Washington

Ibis by Justin Haynes

Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection by Jaime Hernandez

Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City by Bench Ansfield

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

A Magnificent Loneliness by Allison Benis White

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao

Luminous by Silvia Park

Angelica and the Bear Prince: A Graphic Novel by Trung Le Nguyen

How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast

People Like Us by Jason Mott

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance by Joe Dunthorne

The Many Lives of Anne Frank (Jewish Lives) by Ruth Franklin

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy

Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill

A Greek Tragedy by Jeanne Carstensen

Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary by Stefan Fatsis

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris

When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan Thomas

Only Way Out: A Novel by Tod Goldberg

The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

Gloria by Andrés Felipe Solano

Plum by Andy Anderegg

Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi

Milk White Steed by Michael Kennedy

Cannon by Lee Lai

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams

Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters by Jennifer Clapp

Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950 by Eli Erlick

High School Students Unite!: Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America by Aaron G. Fountain Jr.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins

Crooks by Lou Berney

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Blue Opening: Poems by Chet'la Sebree

I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken

Lazarus Species by Devon Walker-Figueroa

They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals by Mariah Blake

The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World by Peter Brannen

Strata: Stories from Deep Time by Laura Poppick

The Death of Mountains by Jordan Kurella