Living Canon

Carnegie Medal

The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, awarded by the American Library Association, honors an outstanding book of fiction each year. Explore recent winners and discover notable finalists.

• The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
  2024 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
  2023 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin
  2022 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• Deacon King Kong by James McBride
  2021 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
  2020 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  2019 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
  2018 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  2017 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  2016 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  2015 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  2014 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• Canada by Richard Ford
  2013 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction
• The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
  2012 · Carnegie Medal · Fiction

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