Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
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About this list
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, 23 Books
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. They are the first single-book awards for adult books given by the American Library Association and reflect the expert judgment and insight of library professionals who work closely with adult readers.
This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14901 | The Forgotten Waltz | Anne Enright | 2011 | Irish | English | |
| 14165 | Catherine The Great | Robert K. Massie | 2011 | American | English | |
| 5594 | Canada | Richard Ford | 2012 | American | English | |
| 14901 | Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher | Timothy Egan | 2012 | American | English | |
| 740 | The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | 2013 | American | English | |
| 12261 | The Bully Pulpit | Doris Kearns Goodwin | 2013 | American | English | |
| 1431 | All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | 2014 | American | English | |
| 3585 | Just Mercy | Bryan Stevenson | 2014 | American | English | |
| 921 | The Sympathizer | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 2015 | American | English | |
| 6528 | Hold Still | Sally Mann | 2015 | American | English | |
| 769 | The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | 2016 | American | English | |
| 1392 | Evicted | Matthew Desmond | 2016 | American | English | |
| 14165 | Manhattan Beach | Jennifer Egan | 2017 | American | English | |
| 2086 | The Great Believers | Rebecca Makkai | 2018 | American | English | |
| 2605 | Heavy | Kiese Laymon | 2018 | American | English | |
| 2703 | Lost Children Archive | Valeria Luiselli | 2019 | Mexican | English | |
| 8874 | Midnight In Chernobyl | Adam Higginbotham | 2024 | British | English | |
| 4610 | Deacon King Kong | James McBride | 2020 | American | English | |
| 14901 | Fathoms | Rebecca Giggs | 2020 | Australian | English | |
| 17008 | The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu | Tom Lin | 2021 | American | English | |
| 14901 | A Little Devil In America | Hanif Abdurraqib | 2021 | American | English | |
| 17008 | The Swimmers | Julie Otsuka | 2022 | American | English | |
| 9242 | An Immense World | Ed Yong | 2022 | British | English |