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Our Dual 2017 Carnegie Medal Winners and More ALA Awards Honorees

The American Library Association selected THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) as the winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and EVICTED: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Crown) as the winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. More of our children’s, YA and adult authors and books were honored at this week’s ALA Midwinter meeting. As a follow-up to our earlier Igloo coverage, Our 2017 ALA Award Honorees, we recognize and celebrate these honorees:

Andrew Carnegie Medal

For Excellence in Fiction

• THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)

For Excellence in Nonfiction

• EVICTED: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Crown; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

Penguin Young Readers author Nikki Grimes, for her substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.

Schneider Family Book Award

• SIX DOTS: A Story of Young Louis Braille, written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Boris Kulikov (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers), for embodying an artistic expression of the disability experience.

APALA Award for Young Adult Fiction

• OUTRUN THE MOON by Stacey Lee (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers), from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association.

Stonewall Award

• MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD, BOOK TWO: THE HAMMER OF THOR by Rick Riordan (Listening Library)

Alex Awards

For the best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

• THE REGIONAL OFFICE IS UNDER ATTACK! by Manuel Gonzales (Riverhead; Penguin Audio/Books on Tape)
• ARENA by Holly Jennings (Ace; Penguin Audio/Books on Tape)
• ROMEO AND/OR JULIET: A Choosable-Path Adventure by Ryan North (Riverhead)
• THE WASP THAT BRAINWASHED THE CATERPILLAR by Matt Simon (Penguin Books)

Notable Books Council’s 2017 Notable Books List

Fiction

• BEHOLD THE DREAMERS: A Novel by Imbolo Mbue (Random House; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• HOMEGOING: A Novel by Yaa Gyasi (Alfred A. Knopf; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• THE NIX: A Novel by Nathan Hill (Alfred A. Knopf; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)

Nonfiction

• EVICTED: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Crown; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• BLOOD AT THE ROOT by Patrick Phillips (Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• THE FIREBRAND AND THE FIRST LADY: Portrait of a Friendship — Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott (Alfred A. Knopf)
• LOUISA: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas (Penguin Press)
• VALIANT AMBITION: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking; Penguin Audio/Books on Tape)

Poetry

• THE RAIN IN PORTUGAL: Poems by Billy Collins (Random House)

The Reading List Council’s Best in Genre Fiction for Adult Readers

Historical Fiction

• THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT: A Novel by Graham Moore (Random House; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)

Women’s Fiction

• I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU by Terry McMillan (Crown; Random House Audio/Books on Tape)

The Listen List Council’s Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners

• EVICTED: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. Narrated by Dion Graham. (Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• RAZOR GIRL: A Novel by Carl Hiaasen. Narrated by John Rubinstein. (Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• SLEEPING GIANTS by Sylvain Neuvel (Random House Audio/Books on Tape)
• THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead. Narrated by Bahni Turpin. (Random House Audio/Books on Tape)

Zora Neale Hurston Award

• Trevor Noah, author of BORN A CRIME(Spiegel & Grau/Random House) and host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, as an individual who has demonstrated leadership in promoting African American literature.

Congratulations to all of our honorees. Check back for further Penguin Random House ALA Awards news.