Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and NonfictionWinner

Given by Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

Other Names: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction
26 Works 0 Books
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous show more year. The shortlisted authors and eventual winners reflect the expert judgment and insight of the seven-member selection committee of library professionals who work closely with adult readers. These are the ALA’s first single-book awards for adult trade fiction and nonfiction. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (26), Finalist (78), Longlist (581)
Categories:
All, Fiction (13), Nonfiction (13)
Years:
All, 2024 (2), 2023 (2), 2022 (2), 2021 (2), 2020 (2), 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2016 (2), 2015 (2), 2014 (2), 2013 (2), 2012 (2)
Announced:
January 20: Winner2024 Recent
November 2023: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 26

WorkCategoryYear
The Berry Pickers by Amanda PetersFiction2024
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna AsgarianNonfiction2024
The Swimmers by Julie OtsukaFiction2023
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed YongNonfiction2023
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom LinFiction2022
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif AbdurraqibNonfiction2022
Deacon King Kong by James McBrideFiction2021
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca GiggsNonfiction2021
Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliFiction2020
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam HigginbothamNonfiction2020
The Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiFiction2019
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese LaymonNonfiction2019
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer EganFiction2018
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman AlexieNonfiction2018
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadFiction2017
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew DesmondNonfiction2017
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenFiction2016
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally MannNonfiction2016
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrFiction2015
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonNonfiction2015
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttFiction2014
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns GoodwinNonfiction2014
Canada by Richard FordFiction2013
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy EganNonfiction2013
The Forgotten Waltz by Anne EnrightFiction2012
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. MassieNonfiction2012

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The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year. The shortlisted authors and eventual winners reflect the expert judgment and insight of the seven-member selection committee of library professionals who work closely with adult readers. These are the ALA’s first single-book awards for adult trade fiction and nonfiction.

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://rusaupdate.org/awards/carnegie/
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction was named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The Medals were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year (English, Member-written)

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