All 2018 Book Awards

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Arthur C. Clarke – Novel

Dreams Before the Start of Time

Anne Charnock

Bram Stoker – Novel

Ararat

Christopher Golden

British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel

The Changeling

Victor LaValle

British Fantasy Awards – Robert Holdstock Award – Fantasy Novel

The Ninth Rain

Jen Williams

British SF Association – Novel

The Rift

Nina Allan

Costa Book Award – Novel

Normal People

Sally Rooney

Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama

Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom

Jordan Tannahill

Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

The Red Word

Sarah Henstra

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

Darrel J. McLeod

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

Wayside Sang

Cecily Nicholson

Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

They Say Blue

Jillian Tamaki

Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster

Jonathan Auxier

Hugo Awards – Novel

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

International Dublin Literary Award – Novel

Solar Bones

Mike McCormack

John W. Campbell – Novel

The Genius Plague

David Walton

Locus – Fantasy Novel

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

Locus – SF Novel

The Collapsing Empire

John Scalzi

National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography

Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous

Christopher Bonanos

National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism

Feel Free: Essays

Zadie Smith

National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction

Milkman

Anna Burns

National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afganistan

Steve Coll

National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry

The Carrying

Ada Limón

Nebula – Novel

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

Philip K. Dick – Novel

Bannerless

Carrie Vaughn

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Caroline Fraser

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

Less

Andrew Sean Greer

Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

James Forman Jr.

Pulitzer Prize – History

The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea

Jack E. Davis

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016

Frank Bidart

Shirley Jackson – Novel

The Hole

Hye-young Pyun

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel

Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue

Charlie Jane Anders

World Fantasy Awards – Novel

Jade City

Fonda Lee

AAFCAYAL – Children/Young Adult

American Street

Ibi Zoboi

Agatha – Children/Young Adult

Potion Problems

Cindy Callaghan

Agatha – Contemporary Novel

Mardi Gras Murder

Ellen Byron

Agatha – First Novel

A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder

Dianne Freeman

Agatha – Historical

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Sujata Massey

Agatha – Nonfiction

Mastering Plot Twists

Jane Cleland

Alex – Adult/For Young Adults

All Systems Red

Martha Wells

Anthony – Critical Nonfiction

Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann

Anthony – First Novel

Hollywood Homicide

Kellye Garrett

Anthony – Novel

Bluebird, Bluebird

Attica Locke

Anthony – Paperback Original

The Day I Died

Lori Rader-Day

Anthony – Short Stories/Collection

The Obama Inheritance

Gary Phillips

AR Diamond – Grades K-3

Madeline Finn and the Library Dog

Lisa Papp

Audies – Achievement In Production

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen Fry

Audies – Audio Drama

Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi

Paul McCusker

Audies – Audiobook of the Year

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

Audies – Biography/Memoir

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen

Audies – Business Information/Educational

Peak Performance

Brad Stullberg and Steve Magness

Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12

See You in the Cosmos

Jack Cheng

Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages Up To 8

Trombone Shorty

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews

Audies – Erotica

Claim & Protect

Rhenna Morgan

Audies – Fantasy

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter

Theodora Goss

Audies – Fiction

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

Audies – History

Loving Vs. Virginia

Patricia Hruby Powell

Audies – Humor

Carpet Diem: Or…How to Save the World by Accident

Justin Lee Anderson

Audies – Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction

Catching the Wind

Melanie Dobson

Audies – Inspirational/Spiritual

Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace

Kim Phuc Phan Thi

Audies – Literary Fiction

House of Names

Colm Toibin

Audies – Multi-Voiced Performance

Restart

Gordon Korman

Audies – Mystery

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye

David Lagercrantz

Audies – Narration by the Author or Authors

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

Audies – Non-Fiction

American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

Nate Blakeslee

Audies – Original Work

Romeo and Juliet: A Novel

David Hewson

Audies – Paranormal

Curse on the Land: Soulwood, Book 2

Faith Hunter

Audies – Romance

The Duchess Deal

Tessa Dare

Audies – Science Fiction

Provenance

Ann Leckie

Audies – Short Stories/Collections

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

Leigh Bardugo

Audies – Solo Narration—Female

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Audies – Solo Narration—Male

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

Audies – Thriller/Suspense

The Fourth Monkey

J.D. Barker

Audies – Young Adult

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Baileys – Fiction

Home Fire

Kamila Shamsie

Bard – Emerging Writer

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

Beehive – Fiction

Some Kind of Courage

Dan Gemeinhart

Beehive – Informational

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

Chris

Beehive – Picture Book

Mother Bruce

Ryan T. Higgins

Beehive – Young Adult

Booked

Kwame Alexander

Black Caucus – Fiction

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay

Black Caucus – First Novel

A Kind of Freedom

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Bluebonnet – Children’s

The Last Kids on Earth

Max Brallier

Boston Globe – Fiction & Poetry

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Boston Globe – Nonfiction

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide

Isabel Quintero

Boston Globe – Picture Book

They Say Blue

Jillian Tamaki

Bram Stoker – Anthology

Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders

Doug Murano

Bram Stoker – Fiction Collection

Strange Weather

Joe Hill

Bram Stoker – First Novel

Cold Cuts

Robert Payne Cabeen

Bram Stoker – Graphic Novel

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler

Bram Stoker – Long Fiction

Mapping the Interior

Stephen Graham Jones

Bram Stoker – Nonfiction

Paperbacks from Hell

Grady Hendrix

Bram Stoker – Poetry Collection

A Collection of Nightmares

Christina Sng

Bram Stoker – Young Adult

The Last Harvest

Kim Liggett

Buckaroo – Children’s

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors

Drew Daywalt

Buckeye – Grades 3-5

Mustaches for Maddie

Chad Morris

Buckeye – Grades 6-8

Refugee

Alan Gratz

Buckeye – Grades K-2

Ballet Cat Dance! Dance! Underpants!

Bob Shea

Buckeye – Teen

Hate U Give, The

Angie Thomas

Caldecott – Picture Book

Wolf in the Snow

Matthew Cordell

Carnegie – Fiction

Manhattan Beach

Jennifer Egan

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

Where the World Ends

Geraldine McCaughrean

Charlotte Huck – Children’s Fiction

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again

Dan Santat

Charlotte Zolotow – Picture Book Text

A Different Pond

Bao Phi

Colorado Blue Spruce – Young Adult

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Coretta Scott King – Author

Piecing Me Together

Renee Watson

Coretta Scott King – Illustrator

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Ekua Holmes

Costa – Book of the Year

The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found

Bart van Es

Costa – Children’s

The Skylarks’ War

Hilary McKay

Costa – First Novel

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

Dayton – Fiction

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

Dragon – Fantasy Novel

Oathbringer

Brandon Sanderson

Dragon – Graphic Novel

Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand, Volume 1

Brandon Sanderson

Dragon – Horror Novel

Sleeping Beauties

Stephen King

Dragon – Media Tie-In Novel

Leia, Princess of Alderaan

Claudia Gray

Dragon – Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

A Call to Vengeance

David Weber and Timothy Zahn

Dragon – Science Fiction Novel

Artemis

Andy Weir

Dragon – Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

Dylan Thomas – Literary Excellence

Kumukanda

Kayo Chingonyi

Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

She Rides Shotgun

Jordan Harper

Edgar Allan Poe – Juvenile

Vanished!

James Ponti

Edgar Allan Poe – Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Widow’s House

Carol Goodman

Edgar Allan Poe – Novel

Bluebird, Bluebird

Attica Locke

Edgar Allan Poe – Paperback Original

The Unseeing

Anna Mazzola

Geisel Medal – Children’s Literature

Charlie & Mouse

Laurel Snyder

Golden Archer – Intermediate

Sisters

Raina Telgemeier

Golden Archer – Middle/Junior High

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

R. J. Palacio

Golden Archer – Primary

This Book Just Ate My Dog!

Richard Byrne

Grand Canyon – Intermediate

Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood

Liesl Shurtliff

Grand Canyon – Picture Book

Memoirs of a Hamster

Devlin Scillian

Great Stone Face – Grades 4-6

The Trail

Meika Hashimoto

Greenaway Medal – Illustrator

Town Is by the Sea

Joanne Schwartz

Hemingway – PEN

Chemistry

Weike Wang

Hurston/Wright – Fiction

Black Moses

Alain Mabanckou

L.A. Times – Fiction

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

L.A. Times – First Fiction

Heads of the Colored People: Stories

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

L.A. Times – Graphic Novel

On A Sunbeam

Tillie Walden

L.A. Times – Mystery/Thriller

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

L.A. Times – Young Adult Literature

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Ladybug – Children’s Picture

Not Quite Narwhal

Jessie Sima

Macavity – First Mystery

The Lost Ones

Sheena Kamal

Macavity – Mystery Novel

Magpie Murders

Anthony Horowitz

Macavity – Nonfiction

The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books

Martin Edwards

Macavity – Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

In Farleigh Field

Rhys Bowen

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Hello, Universe

Erin Entrada Kelly

PEN/Faulkner – Fiction

Improvement

Joan Silber

RWA PRISM – Best First Book

Soulmated

Shaila Patel

RWA PRISM – Best of the Best

Soulbound

Bec McMaster

RWA PRISM – Dark Paranormal

The Last True Hero

Bec McMaster

RWA PRISM – Fantasy

Must Love More Kilts

Angela Quarles

RWA PRISM – Futuristic

Victorious Dead

Marie Andreas

RWA PRISM – Light Paranormal

Twisted Truths

Rebecca Zanetti

RWA PRISM – Novella

A Trace of Copper

Anne Renwick

RWA PRISM – Steampunk

Soulbound

Bec McMaster

RWA PRISM – Urban Fantasy

Keep Me Close

Elizabeth Cole

RWA PRISM – Young Adult

Soulmated

Shaila Patel

Scott O Dell – Historical Fiction

Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

Shamus – First P.I. Novel

The Last Place You Look

Kristen Lepionka

Shamus – P.I. Novel

The Room of White Fire

T. Jefferson Parker

Thriller Award – E-Book Original

Second Chance

Sean Black

Thriller Award – First Novel

The Freedom Broker

K.J. Howe

Thriller Award – Novel

Final Girls

Riley Sager

Thriller Award – Paperback Original

Grievance

Christine Bell

Thriller Award – Short Story

Charcoal and Cherry

Zoe Z. Dean

Thriller Award – Young Adult

The Rains

Gregg Hurwitz

Translation – Fiction

The Invented Part

Rodrigo Fresán

William C. Morris – Young Adult Literature

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas