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Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist 2025

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The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in nonfiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2025.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Nonfiction

STORY OF A HEART by Rachel Clarke (DB 127008)
WHY FISH DON’T EXIST: A STORY OF LOSS, LOVE, AND THE HIDDEN ORDER OF LIFE by Lulu Miller (DB 102031)
RAISING HARE: A MEMOIR by Chloe Dalton (DB 128243 IN PROCESS)
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS: FOUR WOMEN FACE CHINA’S NEW SOCIAL ORDER by Yuan Yang (DB 123818)
EMBERS OF THE HANDS: HIDDEN HISTORIES OF THE VIKING AGE by Eleanor Barraclough (DB 128103 IN PROCESS)
WHAT THE WILD SEA CAN BE: THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN by Helen Scales (DB 123195)
AUTOCRACY, INC.: THE DICTATORS WHO WANT TO RUN THE WORLD by Anne Applebaum (DB 123412, LB 0000705, en español DB 126283)

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025

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The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in fiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2025.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Fiction: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Fiction

DREAM COUNT by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (DB 127672 IN PROCESS, LB 0001494)
TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout (DB 124184)
DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami (DB 127950 IN PROCESS)
PERSIANS by Sanam Mahloudji (IN PROCESS)
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)

2025 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists

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The International Thriller Writers (ITW) is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas. The winners will be announced at the annual ThrillerFest conference in New York City in June 2025.

For more information check out the ITW Thriller Awards website.

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

Best Standalone Thriller

WORST CASE SCENARIO by T. J. Newman (DB 123285)
LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING by Jason Rekulak (DB 124569)
TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS by Lisa Scottoline (DB 120098, LB 0000156)

Best Standalone Mystery Novel

NIGHT WE LOST HIM by Laura Dave (DB 124790)
WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan (DB 122143)

Best Series Novel

TO DIE FOR: 6:20 MAN SERIES by David Baldacci (DB 125480, LB 0001131)
DARK WIVES: A VERA STANHOPE MYSTERY by Ann Cleeves (DB 123656)
FLASHBACK: A KENDRA MICHAELS MYSTERY by Iris Johansen (DB 122169, LB 0000601)

Best First Novel

DEADLY ANIMALS by Marie Tierney (DB 125474)

Best Audiobook

DARLING GIRLS by Sally Hepworth and narrated by Jessica Clarke (DB 120859)
NO ONE CAN KNOW by Kate Alice Marshall and narrated by Karissa Vacker (DB 118656)
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera and narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron (DB 119654)

Best Young Adult Novel

GIRLS LIKE HER by Melanie Sumrow (DB 122609)

L.A. Times Book Prizes Finalists 2025

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Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been dedicated to discovering new voices and celebrating the highest quality of writing across the spectrum of book publishing. The winners of the 2025 L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced on April 25. The ceremony, which was hosted by Times Columnist LZ Granderson, took place at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

For more information check the Awards’ website.

Here are the LA Times Book Prize Finalists for 2025 in the TBP Collection:

Robert Kirsch Award

AFLAME: LEARNING FROM SILENCE by Pico Iyer (DB 127833 IN PROCESS)

The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction

GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER by Joseph Earl Thomas (DB 123249)

Achievement in Audiobook Production, presented by Audible

JAMES by Percival Everett, narrated by Dominic Hoffman, and produced by Linda Korn (DB 120063)

Biography

DRAGON FROM CHICAGO: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN AMERICAN REPORTER IN NAZI GERMANY by Pamela D. Toler (DB 124335)

Current Interest

RENT COLLECTORS: EXPLOITATION, MURDER, AND REDEMPTION IN IMMIGRANT LA by Jesse Katz (DB 125906)
SERVICEBERRY: ABUNDANCE AND RECIPROCITY IN THE NATURAL WORLD by Robin Wall Kimmerer (DB 125771, BR 25692 IN PROCESS, LB 0001439)
BARN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI by Wright Thompson (DB 124993, LB 0001044)

Fiction

HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (DB 124703)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
SEASON OF THE SWAMP by Yuri Herrera and translated by Lisa Dillman (DB 127544)

Mystery/Thriller

HAVOC by Christopher Bollen (DB 126616)
WAITING by Michael Connelly (DB 124746, LB 0001483)
GUIDE ME HOME by Attica Locke (DB 123801)
GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606, en español DB 128180 en proceso)

Poetry

SORROW APARTMENTS by Andrea Cohen (DB 123319)

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman (DB 122990, LB 0001160)
BOOK OF LOVE by Kelly Link (DB 119492)
ABSOLUTION: A SOUTHERN REACH NOVEL by Jeff VanderMeer (DB 125532)

Science & Technology

OUR MOON: A HUMAN HISTORY by Rebecca Boyle (DB 119114)
BECOMING EARTH: HOW OUR PLANET CAME TO LIFE by Ferris Jabr (DB 122717)
TWELVE TREES: THE DEEP ROOTS OF OUR FUTURE by Daniel Lewis (DB 120510)
LIGHT EATERS: HOW THE UNSEEN WORLD OF PLANT INTELLIGENCE OFFERS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH by Zoë Schlanger (DB 121476)

Young-Adult Literature

LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K. A. Cobell (DB 122293)
BRIGHT RED FRUIT by Safia Elhillo (DB 119614)

Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2024

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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement. The HWA is the premier writers’ organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, and they have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on June 14.

For more information check out the Bram Stoker Awards Website.

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

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

MOTHER KNOWS BEST: TALES OF HOMEMADE HORROR Edited by Lindy Ryan (DB 121509)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez and translated by Megan McDowell (DB 124501)
DEAD SPOT: STORIES OF LOST GIRLS by Angela Sylvaine (DB 122027)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

MIDNIGHT ROOMS: A NOVEL by Donyae Coles (DB 123362)
THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer (DB 118975)
EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim (DB 123143)
BLESS YOUR HEART by Lindy Ryan (DB 120250)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

REST STOP by Nat Cassidy (DB 127384)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

HORROR FOR WEENIES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FILMS YOU’RE TOO SCARED TO WATCH by Emily C. Hughes (DB 126004 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE by Eden Royce (DB 127129 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN: A BARRIO NOIR by Gabino Iglesias (DB 123652)
I WAS A TEENAGER SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 123048, BR 25572 IN PROCESS)
INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman (DB 122458)
HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay (DB 122459, BR 25520 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 3: CHURCH OF FRENDO by Adam Cesare (DB 124274, BR 25687 IN PROCESS)
PLACE FOR VANISHING by Ann Fraistat (DB 125643)
LOSTING FOUNTAIN by Lora Senf (DB 126838 IN PROCESS)

2025 Libby Award Finalists

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Celebrating the best in digital reading, the Libby Awards recognize outstanding e-books and audiobooks across a variety of genres, highlighting the most compelling, thought-provoking, and widely loved titles of the year. The winners were announced by OverDrive on March 5.

For more information, check out the OverDrive website.

Book of the Year – Adult Fiction

WOMEN by Kristin Hannah (DB 118896, LB 0000104)
GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (DB 122522, LB 0000694)
PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (DB 124700)

Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction

DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson (DB 120675, LB 0000516)
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096, LB 0000857)
REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: OVERSTORIES, SUPERSPREADERS, AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING by Malcolm Gladwell (DB 124574)
THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)

Book of the Year – YA Fiction

HEIR by Sabaa Tahir (DB 124830)
LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K. A. Cobell (DB 122293)
TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW: A LOVE STORY by Jason Reynolds (DB 125122)

Audiobook of the Year

DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson (DB 120675, LB 0000516)
LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP by Sylvie Cathrall (DB 121335)
SIPSWORTH by Simon Van Booy (DB 127199)
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST by Alina Grabowski (DB 121433)

Debut Author of the Year

MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)
HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (DB 124703)
I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL by Natalie Sue (DB 122045)
SWIFT RIVER by Essie Chambers (DB 122116, LB 0000783)

Best Book Club Book

MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe (DB 122178)
MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich (DB 124843)
REAL AMERICANS by Rachel Khong (DB 121156, LB 0000332)
SHRED SISTERS by Betsy Lerner (DB 125379)

Best Fantasy

SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst (DB 123077)
BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman (DB 122990, LB 0001160)
FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo (DB 120225, LB 0000404)
FATE INKED IN BLOOD by Danielle L. Jensen (DB 119679)
IMMORTAL DARK by Tigest Girma (DB 124126)

Best Historical Fiction

JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
HEART IN WINTER by Kevin Barry (DB 122515)
SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 123369)
THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud (DB 121644)

Best Memoir & Autobiography

KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670, LB 0000205, en español DB124142)
GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE by Sloane Crosley (DB 119523, LB 0000797)
WE LOVED IT ALL: A MEMORY OF LIFE by Lydia Millet (DB 121020)

Best Business Book

BRAVE NEW WORDS: HOW AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION (AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING) by Salman Khan (DB 121228)

Best Mystery

WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman (DB 124180, LB 0001031)
BRIGHT OBJECTS by Ruby Todd (DB 125727)
CAHOKIA JAZZ by Francis Spufford (DB 120113)
HUNTER by Tana French (DB 119649, en español DB 124088)

Best Romance

FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry (DB 120998, BR 25494, LB 0000348, en español DB 127872 en proceso)
THIS COULD BE US by Kennedy Ryan (DB 119709)
TRUTH ACCORDING TO EMBER by Danica Nava (DB 123626)

Best Romantasy

HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW by Sarah J. Maas (DB 120413)
FIVE BROKEN BLADES by Mai Corland (DB 121635)

Best Science Fiction

MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino (DB 119680)
HUM by Helen Phillips (DB 125970)
MERCY OF GODS by James S. A. Corey (DB 124053)
STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei (DB 122183)

Best Horror

HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay (DB 122459, BR 25520 IN PROCESS)
I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 123048, BR 25572 IN PROCESS, LB 0001332)
SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez (DB 124501)

Best Thriller

ANNA O by Matthew Blake (DB 120089)
HERO by Thomas Perry (DB 120529)
WHERE YOU END by Abbott Kahler (DB 118737)
YOU WILL NEVER BE ME by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 123710, LB 0002365)

Best Picture Book

GO FORTH AND TELL: THE LIFE OF AUGUSTA BAKER, LIBRARIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER by Breanna McDaniel (DB 119558)

Best Middle Grade Book

IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell (DB 127961)
FERRIS by Kate DiCamillo (DB 120489, LB 0000177)

2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists

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Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards have honored outstanding voices in translation, fiction, poetry, science writing, essay, sports writing, biography, children’s literature, and drama. The longlist of finalists was announced on March 21, and the winners will be announced on May 8.

For more information check out the Pen Literary Awards website.

PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalists

SOLDIERS AND KINGS: SURVIVAL AND HOPE IN THE WORLD OF HUMAN SMUGGLING by Jason De León (DB 120057)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
ON FREEDOM by Timothy Snyder (DB 125451, LB 0001066)
BARN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI by Wright Thompson (DB 124993, LB 0001044)

PEN Open Book Award

BLUEPRINT: A NOVEL by Rae Giana Rashad (DBC 30655)

PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

GOODBYE PROCESS: STORIES by Mary Jones (DB 124440)

PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

EARLY SOBRIETIES: A NOVEL by Michael Deagler (DB 126685)
FIRE EXIT: A NOVEL by Morgan Talty (DB 122119)
CATALINA: A NOVEL by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (DB 122898)

PEN Translation Prize

EMPUSIUM: A HEALTH RESORT HORROR STORY by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Natasha Soudek (DB 124960)

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

LEDE: DISPATCHES FROM A LIFE IN THE PRESS by Calvin Trillin (DB 119098)

PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

BURNING EARTH: A HISTORY by Sunil Amrith (DB 126403)
PLAYING WITH REALITY: HOW GAMES HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD by Kelly Clancy (DB 122208)
AGE OF DEER: TROUBLE AND KINSHIP WITH OUR WILD NEIGHBORS by Erika Howsare (DB 119228)
EVERY LIVING THING: THE GREAT AND DEADLY RACE TO KNOW ALL LIFE by Jason Roberts (DB 120621)
WAVES IN AN IMPOSSIBLE SEA: HOW EVERYDAY LIFE EMERGES FROM THE COSMIC OCEAN by Matt Strassler (DB 119998)

PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND by Max Boot (DB 125355)
CHARLIE HUSTLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF PETE ROSE, AND THE LAST GLORY DAYS OF BASEBALL by Keith O’Brien (DB 120390)
SHOWMAN: INSIDE THE INVASION THAT SHOOK THE WORLD AND MADE A LEADER OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY by Simon Shuster (DB 119252)
WIDE WIDE SEA: IMPERIAL AMBITION FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL, FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by Hampton Sides (DB 120831, LB 0000158)

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

ACHILLES TRAP: SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C. I. A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S INVASION OF IRAQ by Steve Coll (DB 119811)
ANXIOUS GENERATION: HOW THE GREAT REWIRING OF CHILDHOOD IS CAUSING AN EPIDEMIC OF MENTAL ILLNESS by Jonathan Haidt (DB 121023, en español DB 124344)
RENT COLLECTORS: EXPLOITATION, MURDER, AND REDEMPTION IN IMMIGRANT LA by Jesse Katz (DB 125906)

2025 British Book Awards Book of the Year Shortlist

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The British Book Awards, aka The Nibbies, is a celebration of books: it affirms, connects, and energizes the world of reading by showcasing those who create stories and everyone who plays a role in bringing those stories to life.

The Books of the Year spotlight the titles that have stirred imaginations, started conversations, and been part of book clubs and bestseller lists. The winners will be chosen on May 12.

For more information check out the British Book Awards Website.

Here are the Book of the Year Shortlisted books for 2025 that are in the TBP collection.

Book of the Year – Fiction

INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney (DB 124516, en español DB 125537, BR 25681
IN PROCESS)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436)
LONG ISLAND by Colm Tóibín (DB 121434, en español DB 123317)
YOU ARE HERE by David Nicholls (DB 122159)

Book of the Year – Pageturner

DAYDREAM by Hannah Grace (DB 124185)
HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW by Sarah J. Maas (DB 120413)
SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes (DB 112338, BR 25197, LB 14576)
CHRISTMAS TREE FARM by Laurie Gilmore (DB 125088)

Book of the Year – Crime and Thriller

ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK by Chris Whitaker (DB 122210, LB 0000688)
HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER by Nicci French (LB 0000437)
HUNTED by Abir Mukherjee (DB 120968)
WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman (DB 124180, LB 0001031)

Book of the Year – Début Fiction

BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki and translated by Polly Barton (DB 121229)
GLORIOUS EXPLOITS by Ferdia Lennon (DB 125459)
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS)
WHEN THE MOON HATCHED by Sarah A. Parker (IN PROCESS)

Book of the Year – Non-Fiction: Narrative

PATRIOT: A MEMOIR by Alekseĭ Navalʹnyĭ and translated by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel (DB 125530)
UNLEASHED by Boris Johnson (DB 126270)

Book of the Year – Non-Fiction: Lifestyle & Illustrated

WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR by Stanley Tucci (DB 125284)

Book of the Year – Discover

AN AFRICAN HISTORY OF AFRICA by Zeinab Badawi (IN PROCESS)
OUT ON A LIMB by Hannah Bonam-Young (DB 123689)

Book of the Year – Children’s Fiction

TEMPEST OF TEA by Hafsah Faizal (DB 119619)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: HOT MESS by Jeff Kinney (DB 127010 IN PROCESS, LB 0001145)
RECKLESS by Lauren Roberts (DB 123147, en español DB 123437)
REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE by Holly Jackson (DB 120240)

Book of the Year – Audiobook Non-Fiction

NEXUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFORMATION NETWORKS FROM THE STONE AGE TO AI by Yuval N. Harari and narrated by Vidish Athavale (DB 123839, LB 0001427,en español DB 124345)
SOCIOPATH: A MEMOIR written and narrated by Patric Gagne (DB 120977, LB 0001397)
UNLEASHED written and narrated by Boris Johnson (DB 126270)

Book of the Year – Audiobook Fiction

LIFE IMPOSSIBLE by Matt Haig and narrated by Joanna Lumley (DB 123847, LB 0001349)
YOU ARE HERE by David Nicholls and narrated by Lee Ingleby and Lydia Leonard (DB 122159)

2025 Texas Topaz Adult Nonfiction Reading List

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The Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding nonfiction published during the past three years that stimulates reading for pleasure and personal learning. This list is the Texas Topaz Reading List. Here are the items from the 2025 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information check out the Texas Library Association’s Website.

AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING: NOTES ON MODERN IRRATIONALITY by Amanda Montell (DB 123290)
AMERICAN GIRLS: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY INTO THE ISLAMIC STATE AND HER SISTER’S FIGHT TO BRING HER HOME by Jessica Roy (DB 119214)
BIRDGIRL: A YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALIST LOOKS TO THE SKIES IN SEARCH OF A BETTER FUTURE by Mya-Rose Craig (DB 118312)
CHAMBER DIVERS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE D-DAY SCIENTISTS WHO CHANGED SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOREVER by Rachel Lance (DB 120888)
EYELINER: A CULTURAL HISTORY by Zahra Hankir (DB 119371)
FOUR THOUSAND PAWS: CARING FOR THE DOGS OF THE IDITAROD: A VETERINARIAN’S STORY by Lee Morgan (DB 122275)
HIDDEN POTENTIAL: THE SCIENCE OF ACHIEVING GREATER THINGS by Adam Grant (DB 117392, LB 0000582)
HIS MAJESTY’S AIRSHIP: THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FLYING MACHINE by S. C. Gwynne (DB 123529)
HOW TO BE PERFECT: THE CORRECT ANSWER TO EVERY MORAL QUESTION by Michael Schur (DB 106773)
HOW TO SURVIVE HISTORY: HOW TO OUTRUN A TYRANNOSAURUS, ESCAPE POMPEII, GET OFF THE TITANIC, AND SURVIVE THE REST OF HISTORY’S DEADLIEST CATASTROPHES by Cody Cassidy (DB 118800)
MAKING IT SO by Patrick Stewart (DB 116785)
MAN OF TWO FACES: A MEMOIR, A HISTORY, A MEMORIAL by Viet Thanh Nguyen (DB 122406, BR 25523 IN PROCESS)
ONE IN A MILLENNIAL: ON FRIENDSHIP, FEELINGS, FANGIRLS, AND FITTING IN by Kate Kennedy (DB 118984)
ROGUES: TRUE STORIES OF GRIFTERS, KILLERS, REBELS AND CROOKS by Patrick Radden Keefe (DB 108725, LB 14056)
SAYS WHO?: A KINDER, FUNNER USAGE GUIDE FOR EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT WORDS by Anne Curzan (DB 120286)
SWANS OF HARLEM: FIVE BLACK BALLERINAS, FIFTY YEARS OF SISTERHOOD, AND THEIR RECLAMATION OF A GROUNDBREAKING HISTORY by Karen Valby
(DB 120913, LB 0000347)
TWELVE TREES: THE DEEP ROOTS OF OUR FUTURE by Daniel Lewis (DB 120510)
UNCLAIMED: ABANDONMENT AND HOPE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS by Pamela Prickett (DB 120500)
WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY, AND MURDER by David Grann
(DB 113965, BR 25435 IN PROCESS, LB 14399)
WALK IN THE PARK: THE TRUE STORY OF A SPECTACULAR MISADVENTURE IN THE GRAND CANYON by Kevin Fedarko (DB 122177)
WALKING WITH SAM: A FATHER, A SON, AND FIVE HUNDRED MILES ACROSS SPAIN by Andrew McCarthy (DB 114419)
YOU NEVER KNOW: A MEMOIR by Tom Selleck (DB 125747, LB 0000518)

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists 2024

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The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature. Each March, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English the previous calendar year. These are the only national literary awards chosen by critics themselves. The finalists were announced January 19, and the winners were announced on March 20.

For more information check out the National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Here are the NBCC Award Finalists for the 2024 publishing year that are in the TBP collection.

Fiction

ANTHROPOLOGISTS by Ayşegül Savaş (DB 123838)
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino (DB 119680)
GODWIN by Joseph O’Neill (DB 121915)
GREAT EXPECTIONS by Vinson Cunningham (DB 121347)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436)
MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (DB 124799)

Autobiography

LAST FIRE SEASON: A PERSONAL AND PYRONATURAL HISTORY by Manjula Martin (DB 119115)
PATRIOT: A MEMOIR by Alekseĭ Navalʹnyĭ (DB 125530)

Biography

JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE by David Greenberg (DB 125436, BR 25696 IN PROCESS)
MONET: THE RESTLESS VISION by Jackie Wullschläger (DB 124423 IN PROCESS)
REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND by Max Boot (DB 125355)
TRUE BELIEVER: HUBERT HUMPHREY’S QUEST FOR A MORE JUST AMERICA by James Traub (DB 120753)

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, LB 0000857)
KENT STATE: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Brian VanDeMark (DB 124654)
LIGHT EATERS: HOW THE UNSEEN WORLD OF PLANT INTELLIGENCE OFFERS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH by Zoë Schlanger (DB 121476)
THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)

Translation

HERSCHT 07769: Florian Herscht’s Bach novel by László Krasznahorkai and translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (DB 125872 IN PROCESS)
V13: CHRONICLE OF A TRIAL by Emmanuel Carrère and translated from the French by John Lambert (DB 127283 IN PROCESS, en español DB 121177)