Literary Awards
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
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
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The Forgotten Waltz
Anne Enright · 2011 · 1 list
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Canada
Richard Ford · 2012 · 1 list
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The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt · 2013 · 9 lists
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr · 2014 · 7 lists
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen · 2015 · 6 lists
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead · 2016 · 8 lists
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Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan · 2017 · 1 list
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The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai · 2018 · 4 lists
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Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli · 2019 · 4 lists
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Deacon King Kong
James McBride · 2020 · 3 lists
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The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
Tom Lin · 2021 · 1 list
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The Swimmers
Julie Otsuka · 2022 · 1 list
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The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters · 2023 · 1 list
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James
Percival Everett · 2024 · 4 lists
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A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar · 2025 · 1 list