LibGuides: Literary Awards: 2010- 2019

2019 Winners

BEST FICTION

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Call Number: PS3553.H584T78 2019

ISBN: 9781250309884

Publication Date: 2019-04-09

BEST NONFICTION

The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Call Number: PS3602.R6458Y45 2019

ISBN: 9780802125088

Publication Date: 2019-08-13

BEST POETRY

Sightlines by Arthur Sze
Call Number: PS3569.Z38A6 2019

ISBN: 9781556595592

Publication Date: 2019-04-09

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

1919 the Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler
Call Number: E784.S25 2019

ISBN: 9781681198019

Publication Date: 2019-01-08

2018 Winners

BEST FICTION

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Call Number: PS3564.U485F75 2018

ISBN: 9780735219441

Publication Date: 2018-02-06

BEST NONFICTION

The New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Call Number: E185.97.L79S83 2018

ISBN: 9780195089578

Publication Date: 2018-02-01

BEST POETRY

Indecency by Justin Phillip Reed
Call Number: PS3618.E435653A6 2018

ISBN: 9781566895149

Publication Date: 2018-05-08

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: PZ7.5.A35 Po 2018

ISBN: 9780062662804

Publication Date: 2018-03-06

2017 Winners

BEST FICTION

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Call Number: PS3623.A7323S56 2017

ISBN: 9781501126062

Publication Date: 2017-09-05

BEST NONFICTION

The Future Is History by Masha Gessen
Call Number: DK510.763.G48 2017

ISBN: 9781594634536

Publication Date: 2017-10-03

BEST POETRY

Half-Light by Frank Bidart
Call Number: PS3552.I33 2017

ISBN: 9780374125950

Publication Date: 2017-08-15

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
Call Number: PZ7.B4477 Far 2017

ISBN: 9780062330628

Publication Date: 2017-10-03

2016 Winners

BEST FICTION

The underground railroad : a novel by Colson Whitehead
Call Number: PS 3573 .H4768 U53 2016

ISBN: 9780385542364

Publication Date: 2016-08-02

BEST NONFICTION

Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E 185.61 .K358 2016

ISBN: 9781568584638

Publication Date: 2016-04-12

BEST POETRY

The Performance of Becoming Human by Daniel Borzutzky
Call Number: Not Available--Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781936767465

Publication Date: 2016-04-01

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
Call Number: E 840.8 .L43 A35 2016

ISBN: 9781603094023

Publication Date: 2016-08-02

Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one ofthe key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.

2015 Winners

BEST FICTION

Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Call Number: PS3610.O3A6 2015

ISBN: 9780812997477

Publication Date: 2015-08-18

BEST NONFICTION

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: E185.615.C6335 2015

ISBN: 9780812993547

Publication Date: 2015-07-14

BEST POETRY

Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis
Call Number: PS3612.E98A6 2015

ISBN: 9781101875438

Publication Date: 2015-09-29

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman; Brendan Shusterman (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.S55987 Ch 2015 Juvenile

ISBN: 9780061134111

Publication Date: 2015-04-21

2014 Winners

BEST FICTION

Redeployment by Phil Klay
Call Number: PS3611.L4423A6 2014

ISBN: 9781594204999

Publication Date: 2014-03-04

BEST NONFICTION

Age of Ambition by Evan Osnos
Call Number: DS779.43.O76 2014

ISBN: 9780374280741

Publication Date: 2014-05-13

BEST POETRY

Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück
Call Number: PS3557.L8A6 2014

ISBN: 9780374152017

Publication Date: 2014-09-09

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: PS3573.O64524Z46 2014 Juvenile

ISBN: 9780399252518

Publication Date: 2014-08-28

2013 Winners

BEST FICTION

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Call Number: PS3613.C28G66 2013

ISBN: 1594486344

Publication Date: 2013-08-20

BEST NONFICTION

The Unwinding by George Packer
Call Number: E839.P28 2013

ISBN: 9780374102418

Publication Date: 2013-05-21

BEST POETRY

Incarnadine by Mary Szybist
Call Number: PS3619.Z93A6 2013

ISBN: 9781555976354

Publication Date: 2013-02-05

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata; Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.K1166 Thi 2013 Juvenile

ISBN: 9781416918820

Publication Date: 2013-06-04

2012 Winners

BEST FICTION

The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Call Number: PS3555.R42R68 2012

ISBN: 9780062065247

Publication Date: 2012-10-02

BEST NONFICTION

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Call Number: HV4140.M86B66 2012

ISBN: 9781400067558

Publication Date: 2012-02-07

BEST POETRY

Bewilderment by David Ferry
Call Number: PS3556.E77B49 2012

ISBN: 9780226244884

Publication Date: 2012-09-14

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Goblin Secrets by William Alexander
Call Number: PZ7.A3787 Gob 2012 Juvenile

ISBN: 9781442427266

Publication Date: 2012-03-06

2011 Winners

BEST FICTION

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Call Number: Ebook

ISBN: 9781608196272

Publication Date: 2011-08-30

BEST NONFICTION

The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Call Number: PA6484.G69 2011

ISBN: 0393064476

Publication Date: 2011-09-26

BEST POETRY

Head off and Split by Nikky Finney
Call Number: PS3556.I53H43 2011

ISBN: 9780810152168

Publication Date: 2011-01-27

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
Call Number: PZ7.5.L35 In 2011 Juvenile

ISBN: 9780061962783

Publication Date: 2011-02-22

2010 Winners

BEST FICTION

Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780307946737

Publication Date: 2011-03-08

BEST NONFICTION

Just Kids by Patti Smith
Call Number: Audiobook

ISBN: 9780062111685

Publication Date: 2009

BEST POETRY

Lighthead by Terrance Hayes
Call Number: PS3558.A8378L54 2010

ISBN: 9780143116967

Publication Date: 2010-03-30

BEST YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Call Number: PZ7 .E7388 Moc 2010

ISBN: 9781101148488

Publication Date: 2009