Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
Andre Norton – Novel
Arabella of Mars
David D. Levine
Arthur C. Clarke – Novel
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
Bram Stoker – Novel
The Fisherman
John Langan
British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel
Disappearance at Devil’s Rock
Paul Tremblay
British Fantasy Awards – Robert Holdstock Award – Fantasy Novel
The Tiger and the Wolf
Adrian Tchaikovsky
British SF Association – Novel
Europe in Winter
Dave Hutchinson
Costa Book Award – Novel
Reservoir 13
Jon McGregor
Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama
Indian Arm
Hiro Kanagawa
Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction
We’ll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night
Joel Thomas Hynes
Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction
The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
Graeme Wood
Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry
On Not Losing My Father’s Ashes in the Flood
Richard Harrison
Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English)
Readopolis
Oana Avasilichioaei
Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books
When We Were Alone
David Alexander Robertson and Julie Flett
Hugo Awards – Novel
The Obelisk Gate
N. K. Jemisin
International Dublin Literary Award – Novel
A General Theory of Oblivion
José Eduardo Agualusa
John W. Campbell – Novel
Central Station
Lavie Tidhar
Locus – Fantasy Novel
All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders
Locus – SF Novel
Death’s End
Cixin Liu
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography
Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Nancy MacLean
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Sour Heart, Lenny
Jenny Zhang
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel/Comics
Present
Leslie Stein
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller
A Book of American Martyrs
Joyce Carol Oates
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry
Incendiary Art: Poems
Patricia Smith
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Young Adult Fiction
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Caroline Fraser
National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism
You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Trainwrecks, & Other Mixed Messages
Carina Chocano
National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction
Improvement
Joan Silber
National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
Frances FitzGerald
National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry
Whereas
Layli Long Soldier
Nebula – Novel
All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders
Philip K. Dick – Novel
The Mercy Journals
Claudia Casper
Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize – Fiction
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond
Pulitzer Prize – History
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson
Pulitzer Prize – Poetry
Olio
Tyehimba Jess
Shirley Jackson – Novel
The Girls
Emma Cline
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel
The Future is Blue
Catherynne M. Valente
World Fantasy Awards – Novel
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
Claire North
AAFCAYAL – Children/Young Adult
Ada’s Violin
Susan Hood
Agatha – Children/Young Adult
Sydney MacKenzie Knocks ’em Dead
Cindy Callaghan
Agatha – Contemporary Novel
Glass Houses
Louise Penny
Agatha – First Novel
Hollywood Homicide
Kellye Garrett
Agatha – Historical
In Farleigh Field
Rhys Bowen
Agatha – Nonfiction
From Holmes to Sherlock
Mattias Bostrom
Alex – Adult/For Young Adults
Arena
Holly Jennings
AR Diamond – Grades K-3
The Bear Ate your Sandwich
Julia Sarcone-Roach
Audies – Audio Drama
In the Embers
Robin Miles, Edwin Strout, Dean Johnson, Jacquie Maddix and a full cast; music by Mike Wheaton
Audies – Audiobook of the Year
Hamilton: The Revolution
Mariska Hargitay, with the authors
Audies – Biography/Memoir
The Greatest: My Own Story
Dion Graham
Audies – Business Information/Educational
Humans Need Not Apply
John Pruden
Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
David Tennant
Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages Up To 8
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World
Dion Graham, William Jackson Harper, Zainab Jah, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Lizan Mitchell, Jonathan Earl Peck and Carter Woodson Redwood
Audies – Erotica
Marriage Games
Sebastian York and Elena Wolfe
Audies – Fantasy
The Hike
Christopher Lane
Audies – Fiction
Sister of Mine
Bahni Turpin
Audies – History
In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
Mark Boyett
Audies – Humor
I’m Judging You
Luvvie Ajayi
Audies – Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
Risen: The Novelization of the Major Motion Picture
P.J. Ochlan and Alana Kerr Collins
Audies – Inspirational/Spiritual
The Awakening of HK Derryberry
Milton Bagby
Audies – Literary Fiction
Homegoing
Dominic Hoffman
Audies – Multi-Voiced Performance
Small Great Things
Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, and Ari Fliakos
Audies – Mystery
The Crossing
Titus Welliver
Audies – Narration by the Author or Authors
A Life in Parts
Bryan Cranston
Audies – Non-Fiction
Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance
Audies – Original Work
The Dispatcher
Zachary Quinto
Audies – Paranormal
Ghost Gifts
Nicol Zanzarella
Audies – Romance
Dirty
Andi Arndt
Audies – Science Fiction
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Marc Thompson
Audies – Short Stories/Collections
The Brink: Stories
Austin Bunn, Luke Daniels, Tanya Eby, Ralph Lister, Amy McFadden, Mikael Naramore, and Nick Podehl
Audies – Solo Narration—Female
Be Frank with Me
Tavia Gilbert
Audies – Solo Narration—Male
Jerusalem
Simon Vance
Audies – Thriller/Suspense
Cross Justice
Ruben Santiago Hudson and Jefferson Mays
Audies – Young Adult
Salt to the Sea
Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, and Michael Crouch
Baileys – Fiction
The Power
Naomi Alderman
Bard – Emerging Writer
The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan
Beehive – Fiction
Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson
Beehive – Informational
I’m Trying to Love Spiders
Bethany Barton
Beehive – Picture Book
The Book with No Pictures
B.J. Novak
Beehive – Young Adult
A Night Divided
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Black Caucus – Fiction
Another Brooklyn
Jacqueline Woodson
Black Caucus – First Novel
Grace
Natashia Deon
Black-Eyed – Grades 4-6
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown
Black-Eyed – Grades 6-9
A Night Divided
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Black-Eyed – High School
The Sun is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon
Black-Eyed – Picture Book
Best Frints in the Whole Universe
Antoinette Portis
Bluebonnet – Children’s
Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson
Boston Globe – Fiction & Poetry
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Boston Globe – Nonfiction
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman
Boston Globe – Picture Book
Freedom Over Me
Ashley Bryan
Bram Stoker – Anthology
Borderlands 6
Thomas F. Monteleone
Bram Stoker – Fiction Collection
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
Joyce Carol Oates
Bram Stoker – First Novel
Haven
Tom Deady
Bram Stoker – Graphic Novel
Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe
James Chambers
Bram Stoker – Long Fiction
The Winter Box
Tim Waggoner
Bram Stoker – Nonfiction
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Ruth Franklin
Bram Stoker – Poetry Collection
Brothel
Stephanie M. Wytovich
Bram Stoker – Young Adult
Snowed
Maria Alexander
Buckaroo – Children’s
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story
Patrick McDonnell
Buckeye – Grades 3-5
Pax
Sara Pennypacker
Buckeye – Grades 6-8
Ghost
Jason Reynolds
Buckeye – Grades K-2
Ninjabread Man, The
C.J. Leigh
Buckeye – Teen
Everything Everything
Nicola Yoon
Caldecott – Picture Book
Radiant Child
Javaka Steptoe
Carnegie – Fiction
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
Carnegie Medal – Children’s
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys
Charlotte Huck – Children’s Fiction
Ghost
Jason Reynolds
Charlotte Zolotow – Picture Book Text
Freedom in Congo Square
Carole Boston Weatherford
Colorado Blue Spruce – Young Adult
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
Coretta Scott King – Author
March Book: Three
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Coretta Scott King – Illustrator
Radiant Child
Javaka Steptoe
Costa – Book of the Year
Inside the Wave
Helen Dunmore
Costa – Children’s
The Explorer
Katherine Rundell
Costa – First Novel
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
Dayton – Fiction
The Veins of the Ocean
Patricia Engel
Dragon – Fantasy Novel
Grunge
Larry Correia
Dragon – Graphic Novel
Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Wild Card
Jim Butcher
Dragon – Horror Novel
The Changeling
Victor D. Lavalle
Dragon – Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
Iron Dragoons
Richard Fox
Dragon – Science Fiction Novel
Babylon’s Ashes
James S.A. Corey
Dragon – Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
The Hammer of Thor
Rick Riordan
Dylan Thomas – Literary Excellence
The High Places
Fiona McFarlane
Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel
Under the Harrow
Flynn Berry
Edgar Allan Poe – Juvenile
Ocdaniel
Wesley King
Edgar Allan Poe – Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Shattered Tree
Charles Todd
Edgar Allan Poe – Novel
Before the Fall
Noah Hawley
Edgar Allan Poe – Paperback Original
Rain Dogs
Adrian McKinty
Geisel Medal – Children’s Literature
We Are Growing!
Laurie Keller
Golden Archer – Intermediate
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Jeff Kinney
Golden Archer – Middle/Junior High
Booked
Kwame Alexander
Golden Archer – Primary
The Day the Crayons Came Home
Drew Daywalt
Grand Canyon – Intermediate
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
Liesl Shurliff
Grand Canyon – Picture Book
Monsters Love Underpants
Claire Freedman
Great Stone Face – Grades 4-6
Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier
Greenaway Medal – Illustrator
There Is a Tribe of Kids
Lane Smith
Hemingway – PEN
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Hurston/Wright – Fiction
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
L.A. Times – Fiction
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
L.A. Times – First Fiction
Sour Heart: Stories
Jenny Zhang
L.A. Times – Graphic Novel
Present
Leslie Stein,
L.A. Times – Mystery/Thriller
A Book of American Martyrs
Joyce Carol Oates
L.A. Times – Young Adult Literature
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
Ladybug – Children’s Picture
Woodpecker Wants a Waffle
Steve Breen
Macavity – First Mystery
IQ
Joe Ide
Macavity – Mystery Novel
A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny
Macavity – Nonfiction
Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
Margaret Kinsman
Macavity – Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
Heart of Stone
James W. Ziskin
Newbery Medal – Children’s
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill
PEN/Faulkner – Fiction
Behold the Dreamers
Imbolo Mbue
RWA PRISM – Best First Book
The Golden Spider
Anne Renwick
RWA PRISM – Best of the Best
Must Love Kilts
Angela Quarles
RWA PRISM – Dark Paranormal
Mated in Mist
Carrie Ann Ryan
RWA PRISM – Erotica/Romantica
The Spirit
Harper Jameson
RWA PRISM – Fantasy
Must Love Kilts
Angela Quarles
RWA PRISM – Futuristic
Warrior Wench
Marie Andreas
RWA PRISM – Historical
Hexbound
Bec McMaster
RWA PRISM – Light Paranormal
Warrior Untamed
Shannon Curtis
RWA PRISM – Novella
Rock Hard
Kathy Lyons
RWA PRISM – Steampunk
The Golden Spider
Anne Renwick
RWA PRISM – Urban Fantasy
Skin Deep
Marissa Doyle
RWA PRISM – Young Adult
Traveller
Abigail Drake
Scott O Dell – Historical Fiction
Full of Beans
Jennifer L. Holm
Shamus – First P.I. Novel
IQ
Joe Ide
Shamus – P.I. Novel
Where It Hurts
Reed Farrel Coleman
Thriller Award – E-Book Original
Romeo’s Way
James Scott Bell
Thriller Award – First Novel
The Drifter
Nick Petrie
Thriller Award – Novel
Before the Fall
Noah Hawley
Thriller Award – Paperback Original
The Body Reader
Anne Frasier
Thriller Award – Short Story
Big Momma
Joyce Carol Oates
Thriller Award – Young Adult
Steeplejack
A.J. Hartley
Translation – Fiction
Chronicle of the Murdered House
Lúcio Cardoso
William C. Morris – Young Adult Literature
