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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

Awards for best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S

Summary

Awards for best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S

FieldValue
nameAndrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
imageLogo of The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction.png
awarded_forBest adult fiction & non-fiction
presenterAmerican Library Association
sponsor
hostAmerican Library Association
date
locationALA annual conference
countryUSA
reward$5,000 (winner)
$1,500 (finalists)
year2012
website

NOTOC $1,500 (finalists) 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. in the previous year. They are named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in recognition of his deep belief in the power of books and learning to change the world.

The award is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the American Library Association (ALA). Booklist and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) cosponsor the awards. The shortlist and winners are selected by a seven-member selection committee of library experts who work with adult readers. The annually appointed selection committee includes a chair, three Booklist editors or contributors, and three former members of RUSA CODES Notable Books Council.

The winners, one each for fiction and nonfiction, are announced at an event in June at the American Library Association Annual Conference; winning authors receive a $5,000 cash award, and two finalists in each category receive $1,500.

Winners and finalists

Fiction

YearWinnerWorkFinalists20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
********Winnerlast=Wyattfirst=Nealdate=May 21, 2012title=Wyatt's World: The Carnegie Medals Short Listurl=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/readers-advisory/wyatts-world-the-carnegie-medals-short-list/url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527134905/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/readers-advisory/wyatts-world-the-carnegie-medals-short-list/archive-date=May 27, 2012access-date=May 23, 2012work=Library Journaldf=mdy-all}}
Lost Memory of SkinFinalist
Swamplandia!
*****Canada*Winnerauthor=Bill Ottdate=June 30, 2013title=Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.url=http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=6266887&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330205034/http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=6266887&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1archive-date=March 30, 2014access-date=March 17, 2014via=Booklistdf=mdy-all}}
This Is How You Lose HerFinalist
********Winnerlast=Italiefirst=Hilleldate=June 30, 2014title=Tartt, Goodwin awarded Carnegie medalsurl=http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2023957398_apxbookscarnegiemedals.htmlurl-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715012821/http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2023957398_apxbookscarnegiemedals.htmlarchive-date=July 15, 2014access-date=July 1, 2014work=Seattle Timesagency=Associated Pressdf=mdy-all}}
AmericanahFinalist
Claire of the Sea Light
*****All the Light We Cannot See*Winnertitle=ALA unveils shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfictionurl=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ala-unveils-shortlist-for-2015-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-300060681.htmllocation=Bostonpublisher=American Library Associationagency=PR Newswiredate=April 6, 2015access-date=January 17, 2016url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025165238/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ala-unveils-shortlist-for-2015-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-300060681.htmlarchive-date=October 25, 2015df=mdy-all}}
On Such a Full SeaFinalist
Nora Webster
********Winnerdate=October 19, 2015title=2016 Carnegie Medals Shortlist Announcedurl=http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2016-carnegie-medals-shortlist-announced/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030618/http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2016-carnegie-medals-shortlist-announced/archive-date=November 17, 2015access-date=November 15, 2015work=American Libraries Magazinedf=mdy-all}}
Finalist
********Winnertitle=Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction Awards & Grantsurl=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadulturl-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221104022/http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/archive-date=February 21, 2017access-date=February 13, 2017website=www.ala.orglanguage=endf=mdy-all}}
MoonglowFinalist
Swing Time
*****Manhattan Beach*Winnertitle=Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfictionurl=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadultaccess-date=10 March 2018website=American Library Associationarchive-date=February 21, 2017archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221104022/http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/url-status=live}}
Sing, Unburied, SingFinalist
Lincoln in the Bardo
********Winnerdate=October 24, 2018title=ALA Unveils 2019 Carnegie Medals Shortlisturl=https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/ala-unveils-2019-carnegie-medals-shortlist/access-date=November 20, 2018work=American Librariesarchive-date=February 23, 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223012600/https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/ala-unveils-2019-carnegie-medals-shortlist/url-status=live}}
There ThereFinalist
Washington Black
*****Lost Children Archive*Winnerlast=SZALUSKYdate=2020-01-26title='Lost Children Archive,' 'Midnight in Chernobyl,' receive 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfictionurl=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/01/lost-children-archive-midnight-chernobyl-receive-2020-andrew-carnegie-medalsaccess-date=2020-09-10website=News and Press Centerlanguage=enarchive-date=June 18, 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618063421/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/01/lost-children-archive-midnight-chernobyl-receive-2020-andrew-carnegie-medalsurl-status=live}}
Feast Your EyesFinalist
*****Deacon King Kong*Winnerlast=first=date=2021-02-09title=Giggs wins ALA Andrew Carnegie Medalurl=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/02/09/162453/giggs-wins-ala-andrew-carnegie-medal/url-status=livearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214012052/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/02/09/162453/giggs-wins-ala-andrew-carnegie-medal/archive-date=February 14, 2021access-date=2021-02-11website=Books+Publishinglanguage=en-AU}}
Homeland ElegiesFinalist
********Winnerlast=Italiefirst=Hilleldate=January 24, 2022title=Hanif Abdurraqib, Tom Lin receive Carnegie literary awardswork=Associated Pressurl=https://apnews.com/a35cf5b0ec8cc0df505c1c8a2b8dffd1access-date=January 24, 2022archive-date=January 24, 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124005213/https://apnews.com/a35cf5b0ec8cc0df505c1c8a2b8dffd1url-status=live}}
Finalist
Matrix
********Winnerlast=JCARMICHAELdate=2022-10-03title=2023 Winnersurl=https://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/carnegie-medals/2023-winnersaccess-date=2023-02-22website=Reference & User Services Association (RUSA)language=en}}
GreenlandFinalist
Night of the Living Rez
********Winner
andDenison AvenueFinalist
Let Us Descend
*****James*Winnertitle=2025 Winnersurl=https://www.ala.org/carnegie-medals/2025-winnerspublisher=American Library Associationaccess-date=December 6, 2025.
Cinema LoveFinalist
Martyr!

Nonfiction

YearWinnerWorkFinalistsRefs.2012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
*****Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman*Winner
The Information: A History, a Theory, a FloodFinalist
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
*****Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis*Winner
The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and DeathFinalist
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
********Winner
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year HistoryFinalist
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
*****Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption*Winner
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryFinalist
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David
*****Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs*Winner
H is for HawkFinalist
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
*****Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City*Winner
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a FriendshipFinalist
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
No award given title=Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction 2018 Finalistsurl=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/short-listsaccess-date=10 March 2018website=American Library Associationarchive-date=March 8, 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308035528/http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/short-listsurl-status=live}}
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War PlannerFinalist
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
*****Heavy: An American Memoir*Winner
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted AmericaFinalist
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
*****Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster*Winner
FiguringFinalist
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
*****Fathoms: The World in the Whale*Winner
Just Us: An American ConversationFinalist
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir
*****A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance*Winner
Keisha N. Blain
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019Finalist
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
*****An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us*Winner
Constructing a Nervous SystemFinalist
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
*****We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America*Winner
Finalist

Notes

  • The 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction was originally awarded to Sherman Alexie for his book, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir, but Alexie declined the award amid sexual harassment allegations. In response, ALA said in a statement that "We acknowledge his decision and will not award the Carnegie nonfiction medal in 2018."

References

References

  1. "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction (official website)".
  2. (March 5, 2012). "Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association Announce New Literary Prizes". carnegie.org.
  3. Wyatt, Neal. (May 21, 2012). "Wyatt's World: The Carnegie Medals Short List". [[Library Journal]].
  4. Kellogg, Carolyn. (June 25, 2012). "First-ever Carnegie Awards in Literature go to Enright, Massie". Los Angeles Times.
  5. Bill Ott. (June 30, 2013). "Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.".
  6. Annalisa Pesek. (July 3, 2013). "2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". [[Library Journal]].
  7. (April 22, 2013). "ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals". [[Publishers Weekly]].
  8. Italie, Hillel. (June 30, 2014). "Tartt, Goodwin awarded Carnegie medals". Seattle Times.
  9. (April 6, 2015). "ALA unveils shortlist for 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". American Library Association.
  10. (June 28, 2015). "Anthony Doerr wins Carnegie Medal for fiction". Midcontinent Communications.
  11. (October 19, 2015). "2016 Carnegie Medals Shortlist Announced". American Libraries Magazine.
  12. . (January 10, 2016). [""The Sympathizer," "Hold Still," receive 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction"](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-sympathizer-hold-still-receive-2016-andrew-carnegie-medals-for-excellence-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-300201923.html). *American Library Association*.
  13. "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction {{!}} Awards & Grants".
  14. (January 30, 2017). "'The Underground Railroad,' 'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,' receive 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction".
  15. "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction".
  16. "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction 2018 Finalists".
  17. (October 24, 2018). "ALA Unveils 2019 Carnegie Medals Shortlist". [[American Libraries]].
  18. (2019-01-27). "'The Great Believers,' 'Heavy: An American Memoir,' receive 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction".
  19. SZALUSKY. (2020-01-26). "'Lost Children Archive,' 'Midnight in Chernobyl,' receive 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction".
  20. "2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced".
  21. (2021-02-09). "Giggs wins ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal".
  22. (2021-02-04). "2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced".
  23. Italie, Hillel. (January 24, 2022). "Hanif Abdurraqib, Tom Lin receive Carnegie literary awards". [[Associated Press]].
  24. (2021-02-04). "2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced".
  25. JCARMICHAEL. (2022-10-03). "2023 Winners".
  26. Hillel Italie, [https://www.airdriecityview.com/lifestyle/roxanna-asgarians-we-were-once-a-family-and-amanda-peters-the-berry-pickers-win-library-medals-8139073 "Roxanna Asgarian's 'We Were Once a Family' and Amanda Peters' 'The Berry Pickers' win library medals"]. ''Airdrie City View'', January 20, 2024.
  27. Rosean, Grace. (2023-11-14). "ALA unveils shortlist for 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction".
  28. "2025 Winners". American Library Association.
  29. "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction 2018 Finalists".
  30. (March 9, 2018). "Beset By Sexual Harassment Claims, Sherman Alexie Declines Literary Prize".
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