Booker Prize
Started in 1969, the Booker Prize is awarded to the best novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2023 Winner
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
For the 2023 Booker Prize shortlist and longlist as well as a list of winners from previous years, please click here.
National Book Award
Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Fiction
2023 Winner
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Nonfiction
2023 Winner
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
Poetry
2023 Winner
Amot by Craig Santos Perez
National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Awards are chosen by over 700 book reviewers and given in six categories.
Fiction
2023 Winner
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
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General Nonfiction
2023 Winner
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian
For the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award nonfiction short list and long list as well as a list of winners from previous years, please click here.
Biography
2023 Winner
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg
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New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded since 1901 to the “person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.”
2023 Winner
PEN/Faulkner Award
The PEN/Faulkner Award was founded by writers to honor their peers and is now the largest juried award for fiction in the United States. The award was named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers.
2024 Winner
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez
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Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University each spring since 1917 for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition.
Fiction
2024 Winner
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
For the 2024 Pulitzer Prize fiction finalists as well as a list of winners from previous years, please click here.
General Nonfiction
2024 Winner
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall
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Biography
2024 Winners
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig; Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
For the 2024 Pulitzer Prize biography finalists as well as a list of winners from previous years, please click here.
Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The Women’s Prize is judged exclusively by women, who choose the year’s best novel in English written by a woman.
2024 Winner
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
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