Congratulations to all of the amazing Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for RUSA’s various reading lists this year!
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, established in 2012, recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year and serve as a guide to help adults select quality reading material. For the full list, please click here.
Winner: WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY: A Story Of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian
The Reading List is an annual best-of list comprising eight different fiction genres for adult readers. A shortlist of honor titles, up to 4 per genre, was also announced. For the full list, please click know more
Fantasy
Shortlist: STARLING HOUSE by Alix. E. Harrow, THORNHEDGE by T. Kingfisher, UNTETHERED SKY by Fonda Lee
Relationship Fiction
Shortlist: THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER by Mikki Brammer, MAAME by Jessica George
Science Fiction
Shortlist: THE SCOURGE BETWEEN STARS by Ness Brown
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a best-of-list comprised of twenty-six titles written for adult readers and published in the US including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the full list, please click know more.
FICTION
BIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine Lacey
HANGMAN by Maya Binyam
OPEN THROAT by Henry Hoke
NONFICTION
KING: A Life by Jonathan Eig
OUR MIGRANT SOULS: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” by Héctor Tobar
THE TALK by Darrin Bell
POETRY
PROMISES OF GOLD / PROMESAS DE ORO by José Olivarez
The Listen List Council has announced the 2024 selections for Outstanding Audiobook Narration. This year’s committee evaluated 251 titles with a total listening time of more than 3,161 hours. The final deliberation produced a list of 12 winners. This award highlights extraordinary narrators and listening experiences that merit special attention by a general adult audience and the librarians who advise them. For the full list, please click know more.
Winner: FRACTAL NOISE by Christopher Paolini. Narrated by Jennifer Hale.
Winner: KING: A Life by Jonathan Eig. Narrated by Dion Graham.
Listen-Alikes: KING OF THE ARMADILLOS by Wendy Chin-Tanner. Narrated by Feodor Chin.
Listen-Alikes: MRS. PLANSKY’S REVENGE by Spencer Quinn. Narrated by Petrea Burchard.
Listen-Alikes: THE PLOT by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Narrated by Kirby Heyborne.
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