2025 RUSA Awards

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Congratulations to all of the incredible Macmillan authors who won awards or were selected for RUSA’s various reading lists this year!


The Sophie Brody Medal, an annual honor bestowed by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of RUSA has announced its selection for 2025.

Winner: COLD CREMATORIUM: REPORTING FROM THE LAND OF AUSCHWITZ by József Debreczeni, with contributions by Jonathan Freedland, and translated by Paul Olchváry

Honorable mention: 10/7: 100 HUMAN STORIES by Lee Yaron, with contributions by Joshua Cohen


The Reading List is an annual best-of list comprising eight different fiction genres for adult readers.

Fantasy
Winner: THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo
Shortlist: A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher

Horror
Winner: BURY YOUR GAYS by Chuck Tingle
Shortlist: DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne, THE NIGHT GUEST by Hildur Knútsdóttir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal

Science Fiction
Winner: THE STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei
Shortlist: LOST ARK DREAMING by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, SERVICE MODEL by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Historical Fiction
Shortlist: MASQUERADE by O.O. Sangoyomi

Mystery
Shortlist: A NEW LEASE ON DEATH by Olivia Blacke, TROUBLE IN QUEENSTOWN by Delia Pitts

Relationship Fiction
Shortlist: FAMILY FAMILY by Laurie Frankel, THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach


Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. 

Fiction
ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez

Nonfiction
SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: THE ETERNAL LIFE OF AUDRE LORDE by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Poetry
BLUFF by Danez Smith


The Listen List Council has announced the 2024 selections for Outstanding Audiobook Narration. This year’s committee evaluated 257 titles with a total listening time of more than 2,724 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. 

I’M STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS BLACK BOX OF DOOM by Jason Pargin, narrated by Ari Fliakos

THE SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst, narrated by Caitlin Davies

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