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Literary Awards: 2010- 2019

This guide gives a listing of some of the literary award winners.

2019 Winners

FICTION

The Overstory by Richard Powers
Call Number: PS3566.O92O94 2019
ISBN: 9780393635522
Publication Date: 2018-04-03

NONFICTION

Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold
Call Number: TD195.G3G747 2018
ISBN: 9780374103118
Publication Date: 2018-06-12

HISTORY

Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight
Call Number: E449.D75B557 2018
ISBN: 9781416590316
Publication Date: 2018-10-16

BIOGRAPHY

The New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Call Number: E185.97.L79S83 2018
ISBN: 9780195089578
Publication Date: 2018-02-01

POETRY

Be With by Forrest Gander
Call Number: PS3557.A47A6 2018
ISBN: 9780811226059
Publication Date: 2018-08-28

2018 Winners

FICTION

Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Call Number: PS3557.R3987L47 2017
ISBN: 9780316316132
Publication Date: 2018-05-22

NONFICTION

Locking up Our Own by James Forman (Contribution by)
Call Number: HV9950.F655 2017
ISBN: 9780374537449
Publication Date: 2018-02-06

HISTORY

The Gulf by Jack E. Davis
Call Number: F296.D38 2017
ISBN: 9780871408662
Publication Date: 2017-03-14

BIOGRAPHY

Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Call Number: PS3545.I342Z6455 2017
ISBN: 9781627792769
Publication Date: 2017-11-21

POETRY

Half-Light by Frank Bidart
Call Number: PS3552.I33 2017
ISBN: 9780374125950
Publication Date: 2017-08-15

2017 Winners

FICTION

The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
Call Number: PS 3573 .H4768 U53 2016
ISBN: 9780385542364
Publication Date: 2016-08-02

NONFICTION

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Call Number: HD7287.96.U6D47 2016
ISBN: 9780553447453
Publication Date: 2017-02-28

HISTORY

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson
Call Number: HV9475.N716T46 2016
ISBN: 9780375423222
Publication Date: 2016-08-23

BIOGRAPHY

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
Call Number: PR6113.A87Z46 2016
ISBN: 9780812994827
Publication Date: 2106-07-05

POETRY

Olio by Tyehimba Jess
Call Number: PS3610.E874A6 2016
ISBN: 9781940696201
Publication Date: 2106-04-05

2016 Winners

FICTION

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Call Number: PS3614.G97S96 2015
ISBN: 0802123457
Publication Date: 2015-04-07

NONFICTION

Black Flags by Joby Warrick
Call Number: HV6433.I722I8593 2015
ISBN: 9780385538213
Publication Date: 2015-09-29

HISTORY

Custer's Trials by T. J. Stiles
Call Number: E467.1.C99S76 2015
ISBN: 9780307592644
Publication Date: 2015-10-27

BIOGRAPHY

Barbarian Days by William Finnegan
Call Number: GV838.F57A3 2015
ISBN: 9781594203473
Publication Date: 2015-07-21

POETRY

Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian
Call Number: PS3552.A443O97 2015
ISBN: 9780226207032
Publication Date: 2015-03-26

2015 Winners

FICTION

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Call Number: PS3604.O34A77 2014
ISBN: 9781476746586
Publication Date: 2014-05-06

NONFICTION

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Call Number: QE721.2.E97K65 2015
ISBN: 9781250062185
Publication Date: 2015-01-06

HISTORY

Encounters at the Heart of the World by Elizabeth A. Fenn
Call Number: E99.M2F46 2015
ISBN: 0374535116
Publication Date: 2015-03-17

BIOGRAPHY

The Pope and Mussolini by David I. Kertzer
Call Number: BX1377.K47 2014
ISBN: 9780812993462
Publication Date: 2014-01-28

POETRY

Digest by Gregory Pardlo
Call Number: PS3616.A737A6 2014
ISBN: 9781935536505
Publication Date: 2014-10-07

2014 Winners

FICTION

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Call Number: PS3570.A657G65 2013
ISBN: 9780316055437
Publication Date: 2013-10-22

NONFICTION

Toms River by Dan Fagin
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9781610915915
Publication Date: 2015-04-07

HISTORY

The Internal Enemy by Alan Taylor
Call Number: E445.V8T38 2013
ISBN: 9780393073713
Publication Date: 2013-09-09

BIOGRAPHY

Margaret Fuller by Megan Marshall
Call Number: PS2506.M37 2013
ISBN: 9780547195605
Publication Date: 2013-03-12

POETRY

3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9781555977160
Publication Date: 2015-01-06

2013 Winners

FICTION

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Call Number: PS3610.O3O76 2012
ISBN: 9780812992793
Publication Date: 2012-01-10

NONFICTION

Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King
Call Number: KF224.G76K56 2012
ISBN: 9780061792281
Publication Date: 2012-03-06

HISTORY

Embers of War by Fredrik Logevall
Call Number: DS553.1.L64 2012
ISBN: 9780375504426
Publication Date: 2012-08-21

BIOGRAPHY

The Black Count by Tom Reiss
Call Number: DC146.D83R46 2012
ISBN: 9780307382467
Publication Date: 2012-09-18

POETRY

Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
Call Number: PS3565.L34S73 2012
ISBN: 9780307959904
Publication Date: 2012-09-04

2012 Winners

NONFICTION

The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Call Number: PA6484.G69 2011
ISBN: 0393064476
Publication Date: 2011-09-26

HISTORY

Malcolm X by Manning Marable; G. Valmont Thomas (Read by)
Call Number: BP223.Z8L57636 2011
ISBN: 9780670022205
Publication Date: 2011-04-04

BIOGRAPHY

George F. Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis
Call Number: E748.K374G34 2011
ISBN: 9781594203121
Publication Date: 2011-11-10

POETRY

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith
Call Number: PS3619.M5955L54 2011
ISBN: 9781555975845
Publication Date: 2011-05-10

2011 Winners

FICTION

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Call Number: PS3555.G292V57 2011
ISBN: 9780307477477
Publication Date: 2011-03-22

NONFICTION

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: RC275.M85 2010
ISBN: 9781439107959
Publication Date: 2010-11-16

HISTORY

The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner
Call Number: E457.2.F66 2010
ISBN: 9780393066180
Publication Date: 2010-10-04

BIOGRAPHY

Washington by Ron Chernow
Call Number: E312.C495 2010
ISBN: 9781594202667
Publication Date: 2010-10-05

POETRY

The Best of It by Kay Ryan
Call Number: PS3568.Y38 B47 2010
ISBN: 9780802119148
Publication Date: 2010-03-23

2010 Winners

FICTION

Tinkers by Paul Harding
Call Number: PS3608.A72535T56 2009
ISBN: 9781934137123
Publication Date: 2009-01-01

NONFICTION

Dead Hand by David Hoffman
Call Number: U264.H645 2009
ISBN: 9780385524377
Publication Date: 2009-09-22

HISTORY

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781440697920
Publication Date: December 29, 2009

BIOGRAPHY

The First Tycoon by T. J. Stiles
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780307271556
Publication Date: 2010-04-20

POETRY

Versed by Rae Armantrout
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9780819570918
Publication Date: 2010-08-01