Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and NonfictionLonglistNonfiction2015

Given by Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

Other Names: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction
19 Works 18,907 Books 767 Reviews 4.2
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, Nonfiction (19)
Years:
All, 2024 (23), 2023 (23), 2022 (21), 2021 (21), 2020 (22), 2019 (22), 2018 (21), 2017 (21), 2016 (20), 2015 (19), 2014 (21), 2013 (24), 2012 (20)
Announced:
January 20: Winner2024 Recent

Longlist 19

WorkYear
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson2015
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert2015
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp by Lawrence Wright2015
The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us by Diane Ackerman2015
The most dangerous book: the battle for James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham2015
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum2015
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story by Rick Bragg2015
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis2015
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig2015
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald2015
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs2015
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson2015
Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris by Eric Jager2015
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary by Fred Kaplan2015
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore2015
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town by Beth Macy2015
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE – 1492 CE by Simon Schama2015
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides2015
Pandora's DNA: Tracing the Breast Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree by Lizzie Stark2015

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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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