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Our Carnegie Medal Winner – James McBride – & More ALA Adult Award Winners We Publish

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Having bestowed its Midwinter Meeting Awards — including the Newbery Medal for WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER by Tae Keller (Random House Books for Young Readers) – last month, on February 4 the ALA announced its awards and honors in the Adult sector.

DEACON KING KONG by James McBride (Riverhead) is the winner of the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

More PRH Adult winners and honorees:

ALA Notable Books

Fiction:

THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)

THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS by Danielle Evans (Riverhead)

DEACON KING KONG by James McBride (Riverhead)

HAMNET by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf)

LITTLE EYES by Samantha Schweblin (Riverhead)

Nonfiction:

A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT: A Story of Hope, Justice and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett (Crown)

HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker (Doubleday)

OAK FLAT: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by Lauren Redniss (Random House)

CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)

Poetry: OWED by Joshua Bennett (Penguin)

RUSA Reading List

Adrenaline winner: THE HOLDOUT by Graham Moore (Random House)

Historical Fiction winner: CONJURE WOMEN by Afia Atakora (Random House)

Mystery winner: FORTUNE FAVORS THE DEAD by Stephen Spotswood (Doubleday)

Science Fiction: THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS by Micaiah Johnson (Del Rey)

Alex Award (Best Adult Books for Young Adults)

WE RIDE UPON STICKS by Quan Barry (Pantheon)

Listen List (Outstanding Audiobook Narration)

A BURNING by Megha Majumdar; read by Vikas Adam, Priya Ayyar, Deepti Gupta, Ulka Simone Mohanty, Soneela Nankani and Neil Shah (Books on Tape)

THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE by Abi Daré; read by Adjoa Andoh (Books on Tape)

TINY IMPERFECTIONS by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans; read by Bahni Turpin (Books on Tape)

THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett; read by Shayna Small (Books on Tape)

WOW, NO THANK YOU. by Samantha Irby; read by the author (Books on Tape)

The CODES List (Best Cookbooks)

CHAAT: Recipes from the Kitchens, Markets and Railways of India by Maneet Chauhan and Judy Eddy (Clarkson Potter)DINNER IN FRENCH by Melissa Clark (Clarkson Potter)
THE GOOD BOOK OF SOUTHERN BAKING by Kelly Fields and Kate Heddings (Lorena Jones Books)
IN BIBI’S KITCHEN by Hawa Hassan, with Julia Turshen (Ten Speed Press)
THE HONEYSUCKLE COOKBOOK by Dzung Lewis (Rodale)
DESSERT PERSON by Claire Saffitz (Clarkson Potter)
FALASTIN by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley(Ten Speed Press)
VEGETABLE KINGDOM by Bryant Terry (Ten Speed Press)

Stonewall: Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor Books (exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience):

THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI by Akwaeke Emezi (Riverhead)

MEMORIAL by Bryan Washington (Riverhead)

APALA Award for Adult Fiction (Asian Pacific Literature):

HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD: A Novel (Riverhead)


Posted: February 8, 2021