Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and NonfictionLonglistNonfiction2020

Given by Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

Other Names: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction
22 Works 18,387 Books 665 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 (22)
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 22

WorkYear
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham2020
Figuring by Maria Popova2020
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer2020
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning by Elliot Ackerman2020
Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story by Marie Arana2020
Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson2020
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley2020
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom2020
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep2020
Parkland by Dave Cullen2020
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination by Brian Jay Jones2020
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe2020
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz2020
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane2020
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado2020
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison2020
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez2020
Losing Earth: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich2020
In the Country of Women: A Memoir by Susan Straight2020
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina2020
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal2020
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells2020

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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.

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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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