Award Winning Indigenous Fiction

November is National Native American Heritage Month, and in order to celebrate, we’ve composed a list of award-winning fiction novels in our collection by indigenous authors. Some of the awards won by books on this list are: Alex Award, Shirley Jackson Award, Bram Stoker Award, American Book Award, PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, and even the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

BIRDIE by Tracey Lindberg (DBE 00023, BRG 03835)
BREAK by Katherena Vermette (DB 91006, BRG 03920)
CEREMONY by Leslie Marmon Silko (DB 13366, BR 03484)
FIVE LITTLE INDIANS by Michelle Good (DB 112115, LB 0000088)
GREEN GRASS, RUNNING WATER by Thomas King (DB 37393)
INDIAN HORSE by Richard Wagamese (DBC 27578, BRG 03820)
MONKEY BEACH by Eden Robinson (DB 63141, BRG 00386)
MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW by Waubgeshig Rice (DB 95719)
NIGHT WANDERER: A NATIVE GOTHIC NOVEL by Drew Hayden Taylor (DBC 24723)
NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich (DB 98896, BR 23078, LB 12937)
ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 100116)
ROUND HOUSE by Louise Erdrich (DB 75641)
THERE THERE by Tommy Orange (DB 91321, BR 22564)
WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED by Angeline Boulley (DB 114761)

Booker Prize Longlist 2024

For more than 50 years, the Booker Prize has been the leading literary award in the English-speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward, and readership to outstanding fiction. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. The longlist was announced on July 30, the shortlist was announced on September 16, and the winner will be announced on November 12. Here are some of the books longlisted for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

For more information check out the Booker Prize website.

CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner (DB 124304 IN PROCESS)
HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (IN PROCESS)
HELD by Anne Michaels (DB 119169)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS)
MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (IN PROCESS)
ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey (DB 119203)
PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (DB IN PROCESS)
THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud (DB 121644)
WANDERING STARS by Tommy Orange (DB 119674)
WILD HOUSES by Colin Barrett (DB 123389)

2024 Texas Writer Award – Naomi Shihab Nye

San Antonio-based poet, educator, and editor Naomi Shihab Nye has been named the 2024 Texas Writer Award recipient. The award honors a writer who has made outstanding contributions to Texas literature. Nye will be honored with a custom pair of handmade boots from renowned El Paso-based bootmaker, Rocketbuster, during a special Texas Book Festival Weekend ceremony. Learn more about Nye’s work and life in her interview with TBF Literary Director Hannah Gabel. Check out the interview on the Texas Book Festival’s website.

Included are all of Nye’s books in the NLS Collection:

Adult

HUGGING THE JUKEBOX (DBC 26934)

Juvenile

A MAZE ME: POEMS FOR GIRLS (DB 95437) Grades 6-9
CAST AWAY: POEMS FOR OUR TIME (DB 98613, BR 23778) Grades 6-9
EVERYTHING COMES NEXT: COLLECTED & NEW POEMS (DB 101676) Grades 3-6
HONEYBEE: POEMS & SHORT PROSE (DB 109497) Grades 4-7
SPACE BETWEEN OUR FOOTSTEPS: POEMS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST (DB 50238) Grades 6-9
THIS SAME SKY: COLLECTION OF POEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD (DB 48296) Grades 5-8
TURTLE OF MICHIGAN: A NOVEL (DB 108881) Grades 3-6
TURTLE OF OMAN (DB 109496) Grades 3-6
VOICES IN THE AIR: POEMS FOR LISTENERS (DB 90690) Grades 6-9
WHAT HAVE YOU LOST? POEMS (DB 50773) Grades 6-9

Kirkus Prize Finalists 2024

Since 2014, the Kirkus Prize has been given annually by Kirkus Reviews to books of exceptional merit. The finalists were announced on August 28, and the winners were announced via livestream on the Kirkus Reviews YouTube page on Wednesday, October 16. Here are some of the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

For more information check out the Kirkus Prize website.

Fiction

JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS)
MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich (IN PROCESS)
PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (IN PROCESS)
PROPHET SONG by Paul Lynch (DB 119629)

Nonfiction

ACHILLES TRAP: SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C.I.A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S INVASION OF IRAQ by Steve Coll (DB 119811)
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096)
GARDEN AGAINST TIME: IN SEARCH OF A COMMON PARADISE by Olivia Laing (DB 123842 IN PROCESS)

Young Adult

BRIGHT RED FRUIT by Safia Elhillo (DB 119614)
GATHER by Kenneth Cadow (DB 116996, BR 25292 IN PROCESS)

Middle Grade

SHARK TEETH by Sherri Winston (DB 123474)
WE WHO PRODUCE PEARLS by Joanna Ho (DB 123617 IN PROCESS)

Younger Readers

THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON by Jason Reynolds (DB 119850, BR IN PROCESS)

Nobel Prize in Literature Winner 2024 – Han Kang

South Korean author Han Kang took the Nobel Prize in literature this year for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” according the Swedish Academy. For more information, check out the Nobel Prize website.

Books by Han Kang in the TBP Collection:

GREEK LESSONS (DB 114737)
Original Date: 2023
HUMAN ACTS (DB 87312)
Original Date: 2017
VEGETARIAN (DB 83452, español DBG 19990)
Original Date: 2016
WHITE BOOK (DB 94272)
Original Date: 2019

National Book Award Nominees 2024

The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in America. Since 1989, they have been overseen by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate the best literature in America, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture. Although other categories have been recognized in the past, the Awards currently honor the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature published each year. For more information on the National Book Awards, check out their website.

The longlist of nominees was announced on September 10-13, the finalists were chosen on October 1, and the winners will be selected on November 20, 2024.

The nominees for this year’s National Book Award in the TBP Collection:

Fiction

MOST by Jessica Anthony (DB 123028 IN PROCESS)
CATALINA by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (DB 122898 IN PROCESS)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513, LB 0000436)
CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner (IN PROCESS)

Nonfiction

THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)
OUR MOON: A HUMAN HISTORY by Rebecca Boyle (DB 119114)
SOLDIERS AND KINGS: SURVIVAL AND HOPE IN THE WORLD OF HUMAN SMUGGLING by Jason De León (DB 120057)
KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670, LB 0000205)
WHISKEY TENDER: A MEMOIR by Deborah Jackson Taffa (DB 122374)

Poetry

MODERN POETRY by Diane Seuss (DBC 29783)

Translated Literature

WOODWORM by Layla Martínez
Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott
(DB 122026 IN PROCESS)
PINK SLIME by Fernanda Trías
Translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary
(DB 123146 IN PROCESS)

Young People’s Literature

WILD DREAMERS by Margarita Engle (DB 121046)
EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD by Randy Ribay (IN PROCESS)
UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL by Angela Shanté (DB 122085)

Hugo Award Finalists 2024

The Hugo Awards, science fiction’s most prestigious awards, were established by the World Science Fiction Society in 1953. The Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), which is also responsible for administering them. The awards were presented in Glasgow, Scotland earlier this month.

For more information, check the Awards’ Website.

Here are the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Novel

ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI by S. A. Chakraborty (DB 114852, BR 25276 IN PROCESS)
STARTER VILLAIN by John Scalzi (DB 118263)
WITCH KING by Martha Wells (DB 114938)

Best Novella

THORNHEDGE by T. Kingfisher (DB 116446, BR 25269)

Best Series

Final Architecture Series by Adrian Tchaikovsky
SHARDS OF EARTH (DB 116209)
Imperial Radch Series by Ann Leckie
ANCILLARY JUSTICE (DB 79102, BR 23440, LB 07931)
Laundry Files Series by Charles Stross
ATROCITY ARCHIVES (DB 91650)
October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire
ROSEMARY AND RUE (DB 71567, BR 24909)
Universe of Xuya Series by Aliette de Bodard
TEA MASTER AND THE DETECTIVE (DB 91608)

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book

UNRAVELLER by Frances Hardinge (DB 112713)

Dagger Awards Longlist 2024

The Dagger Awards were established by the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) in 1955. The 2024 longlist was announced on April 20, the shortlist was announced on May 10, and awards will be presented in London on July 4, 2024.

For more information check the Awards’ website.

Here are the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Gold Dagger

SMALL MERCIES by Dennis Lehane (DB 114456, LB 14406)
VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto
(DB 113039, LB 14540)
HOMECOMING by Kate Morton (DB 113914, BR 24840, LB 14824)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

SIMPLY LIES by David Baldacci (DB 114114, LB 14300)
LIE MAKER by Linwood Barclay (DB 116519)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby (DB 115237)
OZARK DOGS by Eli Cranor (DB 114798)
EVERYBODY KNOWS by Jordan Harper (DB 112340)
DROWNING: THE RESCUE OF FLIGHT 1421 by T. J. Newman (DB 116859)
AFTER THAT NIGHT by Karin Slaughter (DB 116356, BR 25334, LB 0000210)

ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua (DB 116781, LB 0000040)
SCORCHED GRACE by Margot Douaihy (DB 115165)
GOLDEN SPOON by Jessa Maxwell (DB 117207)
OTHER HALF by Charlotte Vassell (DB 117397)

Historical Dagger

LOCK-UP by John Banville (DB 115375, LB 14762)
FLAGS ON THE BAYOU by James Lee Burke (DB 117205, LB 14778)
HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT by Louise Hare (DB 116941)

ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

ART THIEF: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, CRIME, AND A DANGEROUS OBSESSION by Michael Finkel (DB 115367, LB 14518)
G-MAN: J EDGAR HOOVER AND THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY by Beverly Gage (DB 111434)
MANY LIVES OF MAMA LOVE: A MEMOIR OF LYING, STEALING, WRITING, AND HEALING by Lara Love Hardin (DB 120534, LB 14917)
SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MERCY by Alex Mar
(DB 115183)

Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation

RED QUEEN written by Juan Gómez-Jurado and translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor (DB 113173, LB 14817)

2024 International Booker Prize Longlist

The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

The winner was announced by Eleanor Wachtel, Chair of the 2024 judges, at a ceremony sponsored by Maison Valentino and held at London’s Tate Modern on May 21.

For more information check out the International Booker Prize website.

Here are the books longlisted for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

HOUSE ON VIA GEMITO by Domenico Starnone and translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky
DB 115668
DICTATOR CALLS by Ismail Kadare and translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson
IN PROCESS
KAIROS by Jenny Erpenbeck and translated from the German by Michael Hofmann
DB 117426

2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Longlist

Founded in 2009, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction celebrates quality, innovation, and ambition of writing for books published in the previous year in the UK, Ireland, or the Commonwealth. To qualify, the majority of the storyline must have taken place at least 60 years ago. The winner, HUNGRY GHOSTS, was announced at the Borders Book Festival on June 13.

For more information check out the Prize’s website.

Longlisted titles in the NLS Collection are:

NEW LIFE by Tom Crewe (DB 114042)
HUNGRY GHOSTS by Kevin Jared Hosein (DB 114849)
FRAUD by Zadie Smith (DB 116592)
HOUSE OF DOORS by Twan Eng Tan (DB 117570)
IN THE UPPER COUNTRY by Kai Thomas (DB 112118)