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Literary Fiction Awards
The 2025 National Book Award for Fiction was awarded to The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine.
The National Book Award is awarded in November of each year. The longlist is revealed in mid-September, and shortlist is announced in early October.
Award Timeline
- September 12: Longlist announced
- October 8: Shortlist announced
- November 19: Winners announced
See the 2025 Longlist and Shortlisted titles >>>
The 2025 Booker Prize has been awarded to Flesh, by David Szalay.
Award Timeline
- Late July - Longlist announced
- Late September - Shortlist Announced
- Early November - Winner revealed
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Previous winners and nominated books >>>
The 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to James, by Percival Everett
Award timeline
- Early May: Winner and finalists revealed
Previous winners and nominated books >>>
The 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction was awarded to The Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden.
Award timeline
- Early March: Longlist announced
- Late April: Shortlist revealed
- Mid-June: Winner announced
Previous winners and shortlisted books >>>
Code Noir, by Canisia Lubrin, is the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction winner.
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is the first major English-language literary prize to celebrate creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States.
Award Timeline:
- Longlist: March
- Shortlist: April
- Winner Announced: May
Previous winners and nominated books >>>
The 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction winner is My Friends, by Hisham Matar.
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction is typically awarded in mid-to-late March and covers books released into the previous calendar year. The finalists are typically revealed in late January.
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Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence finalists have been revealed. This award annually recognizes the best in fiction and nonfiction and is awarded by the American Library Association.
The winner announced on Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Award Timeline:
- Longlist: Mid-October
- Finalists: Mid-November
- Winner Announced: Late January
See the 2026 finalists and longlisted titles >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction was awarded to James, by Percival Everett.
The Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.
Award Timeline
- Longlist Announced: Mid-November
- Finalists Announced: Mid-March
- Winner Revealed: Late April
See the 2026 longlisted titles >>>
Previous winners and nominated books >>>
The Aspen Words Literary Prize 2025 Winner was Wandering Stars, by Tommy Orange.
Kirkus Prize
The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. It was created to celebrate decades of discerning, thoughtful criticism that Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at large.
The 2025 winner for fiction was The Slip, by Lucas Schaefer.
Award Timeline
- August: Finalists announced
- October: Winners revealed
General Nonfiction Awards
The 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction was awarded to One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad.
The National Book Award is awarded in November of each year. The longlist is revealed in mid-September, and shortlist is announced in early October.
Award timeline:
- September: Longlist Announced
- October 8: Shortlist announced
- November 19: Winners announced
See the 2025 longlist and shortlisted titles >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction winner is Challenger: A True Story of Heroism of Disaster on the Edge of Space, by Adam Higginbotham.
The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction is typically awarded in mid-to-late March and covers books released into the previous calendar year. The finalists are typically revealed in late January.
See the the most recent shortlist and longlist >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence longlist has been revealed. This award annually recognizes the best in fiction and nonfiction and is awarded by the American Library Association.
This year's finalists will be announced on Tuesday, November 18, and the winner announced on Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction was awarded to A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon, by Kevin Fedarko.
Award Timeline:
- Longlist: Mid-October
- Finalists: Mid-November
- Winner Announced: Late January
See the 2026 finalists and longlisted titles >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction was awarded to The Story of a Heart, by Rachel Clarke.
Award timeline
- Early February: Longlist announced
- Late March: Shortlist revealed
- Mid-June: Winner announced
See the 2025 shortlist and longlist >>>
Kirkus Prize
The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. It was created to celebrate decades of discerning, thoughtful criticism that Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at large.
This year's nonfiction winner was King of Kings, by Scott Anderson.
Award Timeline
- August: Six finalists announced
- October: Winners announced
Science-Fiction and Fantasy Awards
The 2025 Hugo Award finalists have been revealed. The winners will be announced during Worldcon Festival in August
The 2025 Hugo Award winners were:
- Best Novel: The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Best Novella: The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Nayler
Award Timeline
- April: Finalists announced
- August: Winners Revealed
Best Novel
Best Novella
The winner of the 2024 Nebula Award for best novel (awarded in June 2025) was Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell. The winner for best novella was The Dragonfly Gambit, by A.D. Sui.
Award Timeline
- March: Nominations revealed
- Early June: Winners announced
Best Novel
Best Novella
The 2025 Locus Award for best Science Fiction Novel was The Man Who Saw Seconds, by Alexander Boldizar. The winner for best Fantasy Novel was A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher.
Award Timeline:
- Finalists Revealed: May
- Winners Announced: June
Best Fantasy Novel
Best Science Fiction Novel
The 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction has been awarded to Rakesfall, by Vajra Chandrasekera. The award is given annually to recognize those writers Ursula spoke of in her 2014 National Book Awards speech—realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now.
Award Timeline
- Late June: Shortlist announced
- Late October: Winner revealed
See the 2025 shortlist and longlist >>>
Previous winners and nominated books >>>
Mystery, Thriller, and Horror Awards
The 2025 Edgar Award winners are:
- Best Novel: The In Crowd, by Charlotte Vassell
- Best First Novel: Holy City, by Henry Wise
The Edgar Awards are awarded annually by the Mystery Writers of America.
Award timeline
- Nominees Revealed: Mid-to-late January
- Winners Announced: Early May
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Previous winners and finalists - Best Novel >>>
Previous winners and finalists - Best First Novel >>>
The winner of the 2024 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achivement in a Novel (awarded in June 2025) was The Haunting of Velkwood, by Gwendolyn Kiste.
Award Timeline
- Late January: Preliminary ballot revealed
- Late February: Finalists announced
- Mid-June: Winners revealed
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Previous winners and finalists >>>
The winner of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel (awarded in 2025) is Curdle Creek, by Yvonne Battle-Felton.
The Shirly Jackson Award is awarded for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
Award Timeline
- Mid-June: Finalists announced
- Mid-July: Winners revealed.
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Previous winners and nominees >>>
The most recent winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Science and Technology is Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are, by Rebecca Boyle.
Award Timeline
- Nominees revealed: Mid-February
- Winner announced: Late April
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Previous winners and nominees >>>
The 2025 winner of the Cundill History Prize was awarded to Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War, by Lyndal Roper.
The prize is awarded annually to the book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.
Award Timeline
- Longlist: August
- Shortlist: September
- Finalists: Early October
- Winner: Late October
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Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2025 winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography was Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, by Keith O'Brien
Award Timeline
- Longlist Announced: Mid-to-late March
- Finalists Announced: Early-to-mid April
- Winner Revealed: Early-to-mid May
See the most recent winner and finalists >>>
The FT/Schroders Business Book of the Year is typically awarded in December of each year. It is awarded to to the book that is judged to have provided the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues.
Award Timeline:
- Longlist: August
- Shortlist: September
- Winner Announced: December
See the 2025 short list and longlist >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2024 FT/Schroders Business Book of the Year was awarded to Supremacy, by Parmy Olson.
The 2025 Edgar Award winner for best Fact Crime is The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective, by Steven Johnson.
The Edgar Awards are awarded annually by the Mystery Writers of America.
Award timeline
- Nominees Revealed: Mid-to-late January
- Winners Announced: Early May
See the most recent finalists >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
Children's Book Awards
The National Book Award is awarded in November of each year. The longlist is revealed in mid-September, and shortlist is announced in early October.
Award timeline:
- September: Longlist Announced
- October 8: Shortlist announced
- November 19: Winners announced
See the 2025 longlist and shortlisted titles >>>
Previous winners and finalists >>>
The 2024 National Book Award for Young People's Literature was awarded to Kareem Between, by Shifa Saltagi Safadi.
The 2025 winner of the Newbery Medal was The First State of Being, by Erin Entrada Kelly.
The winner and honor books are announced annually in January.
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The 2025 winner of the Caldecott Medal was Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz and written Andrea L. Rogers.
The winner and honor books are announced annually in January.
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The 2025 winners of the Coretta Scott King Award were:
- Author: Twenty-four Seconds from Now, by Jason Reynolds
- Illustrator: My Daddy is a Cowboy, illustrated by C.G. Esperanza
- Steptoe Author (new talent): Kwame Crashes the Underworld, by Craig Kofi Farmer
- Steptoe Illustrator (new talent): Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin, illustrated by Jamiel Law
The winner and honor books are announced annually in January
See the most recent winner and honor books >>>
Previous winners and honor books >>>
Kirkus Prize
The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. It was created to celebrate decades of discerning, thoughtful criticism that Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at large.
The 2025 Prize for Children's Literature was awarded to Everybelly, by Thao Lam.
Award Timeline
- August: Six finalists announced
- October: Winners announced