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General Fiction Award Winners
The Man Booker Prize for fiction is awarded to an outstanding original novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom. Pulitzer Prizes are awarded in several categories to recognize outstanding writing. National Book Awards (NBA) are presented annually by the National Book Foundation. The Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction is awarded by the American Library Association.
 | 2021 Pulitzer | The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich |
 | 2021 Carnegie | Deacon King Kong by James McBride |
 | 2020 Booker | Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart |
 | 2020 NBA | Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu |
 | 2020 Pulitzer | Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |
 | 2020 Carnegie | The Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli |
 | 2019 Booker | The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (co-winner) |
 | 2019 Booker | Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (co-winner) |
 | 2019 NBA | Trust Exercise by Susan Choi |
 | 2019 Pulitzer | The Overstory by Richard Powers |
 | 2018 NBA | The Friend by Sigrid Nunez |
 | 2018 Pulitzer | Less by Andrew Sean Greer |
 | 2017 Booker | Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders |
 | 2017 NBA | Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward |
 | 2017 Pulitzer, 2016 NBA | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
 | 2016 Booker | The Sellout by Paul Beatty |
 | 2016 Pulitzer | The Sympathizer by Viet Thank Nguyen |
 | 2015 Booker | A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James |
 | 2015 NBA | Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson |
 | 2014 Booker | The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan |
General Nonfiction Award Winners
Pulitzer Prizes are awarded in several categories to recognize outstanding writing. National Book Awards (NBA) are presented annually by the National Book Foundation.
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2021 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino |
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2020 NBA - Nonfiction | The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne |
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2020 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care by Anne Boyer |
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2020 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin |
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2019 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold |
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2019 Pulitzer - Biography | The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C Stewart |
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2019 Pulitzer - History | Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W Blight |
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2018 NBA | The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C Stewart |
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2018 NBA - Young People's Literature | The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo |
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2018 Pulitzer - Biography | Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser |
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2018 Pulitzer - History | The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E Davis |
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2018 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. |
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2017 NBA | The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen |
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2017 NBA - Young People's Literature | Far from the Tree by Robin Benway |
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2017 Pulitzer - Biography | The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar |
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2017 Pulitzer -History | Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson |
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2017 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond |
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2016 NBA | Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi |
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2016 NBA - Young People's Literature | March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell |
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2016 Pulitzer - Biography | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan |
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2016 Pulitzer - History | Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by TJ Stiles |
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2016 Pulitzer - Nonfiction | Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick |
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2015 NBA | Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates |
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2015 NBA - Young People's Literature | Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman |
Black Author Award Winners
The NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature is an annual award presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding literature. Black Caucus American Library Association Literary Awards acknowledge outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by African American authors.
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2021 Image Fiction | The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley |
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2021 Image Nonfiction | A Promised Land by Barack Obama |
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2021 BCALA Fiction | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett |
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2021 BCALA Nonfiction | Begin Again by Eddie S Glaude, Jr. |
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2020 Image Fiction | The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton |
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2020 Image Nonfiction | The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison |
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2020 BCALA Fiction | Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |
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2020 BCALA Nonfiction | Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day |
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2019 Image Fiction & 2019 BCALA Fiction | An American Marriage by Tayari Jones |
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2019 Image Nonfiction | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics by Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore, with Veronica Chambers |
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2019 BCALA Nonfiction | The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart |
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2018 Image Fiction | The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar |
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2018 Image Nonfiction | Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory |
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2018 BCALA Fiction | Difficult Women by Roxane Gay |
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2018 BCALA Nonfiction | Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson |
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2017 Image Fiction | The Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFadden |
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2017 Image Nonfiction & 2017 BCALA Nonfiction | Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly |
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2017 BCALA Fiction | Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson |
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2016 Image Fiction | Stand Your Ground by Victoria Christopher Murray |
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2016 Image Nonfiction & 2016 BCALA Nonfiction | Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk |
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2016 BCALA Fiction | God Help the Child by Toni Morrison |
Bram Stoker Awards
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for superior achievement in dark fantasy and horror writing. For more information, visit the Horror Writers Association website.
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2020 Novel | The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones |
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2020 Fiction Collection | Grotesque: Monster Stories by Lee Murray |
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2020 Nonfiction | Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner |
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2019 Novel | Coyote Rage by Owl Goingback |
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2019 Fiction Collection | Growing Things: and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay |
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2019 Nonfiction | Monster, She Wrote: the Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson |
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2018 Novel | The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay |
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2018 Fiction Collection | That Which Grows Wild by Eric J. Guignard |
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2018 Nonfiction | It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life by Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson |
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2017 Novel | Ararat by Christopher Golden |
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2017 Fiction Collection | Strange Weather by Joe Hill |
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2016 Novel | The Fisherman by John Langan |
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2016 Fiction Collection | The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates |
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2015 Novel | A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay |
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2015 Fiction Collection | While the Black Stars Burn by Lucy A Snyder |
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2014 Novel | Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem |
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2014 Fiction Collection | Soft Apocalypses by Lucy A Snyder |
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2013 Novel | Doctor Sleep by Stephen King |
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2013 Fiction Collection | The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron |
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2012 Novel | The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan |
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2012 Fiction Collection | Black Dahlia and White Rose by Joyce Carol Oates |
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Award Winners
The Hugo Awards, named for author Hugo Gernsback, are a set of literary awards given annually at the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year. The Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
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2020 Nebula Award | A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker |
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2020 Hugo Award | A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine |
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2019 Hugo Award & 2019 Nebula Award | The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal |
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2018 Hugo Award & 2018 Nebula Award | The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin |
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2017 Nebula Award | All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jan Anders |
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2017 Hugo Award | The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin |
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2016 Nebula Award | Uprooted by Naomi Novik |
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2016 Hugo Award | The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin |
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2015 Nebula Award | Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer |
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2015 Hugo Award | The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu |
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2014 Nebula and Hugo Awards |Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie |
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2013 Nebula Award | 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson |
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2013 Hugo Award | Redshirts by John Scalzi |
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2012 Nebula Award | Among Others by Jo Walton |
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2013 Hugo Award | Among Others by Jo Walton |
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2011 Nebula and Hugo Awards | All Clear by Connie Willis |
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2011 Nebula and Hugo Awards | Blackout by Connie Willis |
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2010 Nebula and Hugo Awards | Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi |
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2010 Hugo Award | The City & The City by China Mieville |
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2009 Nebula Award | Powers by Ursula K LeGuin |
Mystery Award Winners
The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective). The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.
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2021 Edgar Award | Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara |
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2020 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | The Long Call by Ann Cleeves |
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2020 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | Charity's Burden by Edith Maxwell |
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2020 Edgar Award | The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths |
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2019 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | The Long Call by Ann Cleeves |
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2019 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | Charity's Burden by Edith Maxwell |
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2019 Edgar Award | Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley |
| 2018 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron | |
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2018 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey |
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2018 Edgar Award | Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke | 2018 |
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2017 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | Glass Houses by Louise Penny |
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2017 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen |
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2017 Edgar Award | Before the Fall by Noah Hawley |
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2016 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny |
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2016 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson |
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2016 Edgar Award | Let Me Die in His Footsteps by Lori Roy |
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2015 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron |
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2015 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | Dreaming Spies by Laurie R King |
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2015 Edgar Award | Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King |
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2014 Contemporary Novel, Agatha Award | Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan |
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2014 Historical Novel, Agatha Award | Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen |
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2014 Edgar Award | Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger |
The Rita Vivian Awards
These awards are presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) to recognize outstanding romance novels and novellas. The final Rita awards were given in 2019. No awards were given in 2020, and the award was rebranded "Vivian" for 2021. For more information, visit the Romance Writers of America website.
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2021 Contemporary: Long | False Start by Jessica Ruddick |
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2021 Historical: Long | Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase |
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2021 Suspense: Long | Hail Mary by Hope Anika |
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2021 Best First Book | Love Me Like a Love Song by Annmarie Boyle |
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2019 Contemporary: Long | Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan |
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2019 Historical: Long | A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy |
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2019 Paranormal | Dearest Ivie by J.R. Ward |
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2019 Suspense | Fearless by Elizabeth Dyer |
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2019 First Book | Lady in Waiting by Marie Tremayne |
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2019 Inspirational | The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano |
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2018 Contemporary: Long | Falling Hard by Lexi Ryan |
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2018 Historical: Long | Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen |
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2018 Paranormal | Hunt the Darkness by Stephanie Rowe |
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2018 Suspense | The Fixer by HelenKay Dimon |
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2018 First Book | Take the Lead by Alexis Daria |
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2018 Inspirational | Then There Was You by Kara Isaac |
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2017 Contemporary: Long | Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan |
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2017 Historical: Long | No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke |
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2017 Paranormal | Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy |
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2017 Suspense | Repressed by Elisabeth Naughton |
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2017 First Book | Once and for All by Cheryl Etchison |
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2017 Inspirational | My Hope Next Door by Tammy L Gray |
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2016 Contemporary: Long | Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates |
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2016 Historical: Long | Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist |
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2016 Paranormal | Must Love Chainmail by Angela Quarles |
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2016 Suspense | Flash Fire by Dana Marton |
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2016 First Book | Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn |
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2016 Inspirational | A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter |
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