All 2019 Book Awards

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Arthur C. Clarke – Novel

Rosewater

Tade Thompson

Bram Stoker – Novel

The Cabin at the End of the World

Paul Tremblay

British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel

Little Eve

Catriona Ward

British Fantasy Awards – Robert Holdstock Award – Fantasy Novel

The Bitter Twins

Jen Williams

British SF Association – Novel

Embers of War

Gareth L. Powell

Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

Five Wives

Joan Thomas

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

To the River: Losing My Brother

Don Gillmor

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

Holy Wild

Gwen Benaway

Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English)

Birds of a Kind

Linda Gaboriau

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

Small in the City

Sydney Smith

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

Stand on the Sky

Erin Bow

Hugo Awards – Novel

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal

International Dublin Literary Award – Novel

Idaho

Emily Ruskovich

John W. Campbell – Novel

Blackfish City

Sam J. Miller

Locus – Fantasy Novel

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

Locus – SF Novel

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal

Nebula – Novel

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal

Philip K. Dick – Novel

Theory of Bastards

Audrey Schulman

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Jeffrey C. Stewart

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

The Overstory

Richard Powers

Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

Eliza Griswold

Pulitzer Prize – History

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Be With

Forrest Gander

Shirley Jackson – Novel

Little Eve

Catriona Ward

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial – Novel

When Robot and Crew Saved East St. Louis

Annalee Newitz

World Fantasy Awards – Novel

Witchmark

C. L. Polk

AAFCAYAL – Children/Young Adult

Islandborn

Junot Díaz

Alex – Adult/For Young Adults

Circe

Madeline Miller

Anthony – First Novel

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Anthony – Novel

November Road

Lou Berney

Anthony – Paperback Original

Under a Dark Sky

Lori Rader-Day

Anthony – Short Stories/Collection

The Grass Beneath My Feet

S.A. Cosby

Audies – Audio Drama

The Martian Invasion of Earth

HG Wells, dramatised by Nicholas Briggs

Audies – Audiobook of the Year

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

Audies – Biography/Memoir

Educated

Tara Westover

Audies – Business Information/Educational

How to Be Heard

Julian Treasure

Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12

Sunny

Jason Reynolds

Audies – Children’s Titles for Ages Up To 8

Before She Was Harriet

Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome

Audies – Fantasy

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

Audies – Fiction

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

Audies – History

Darkest Hour

Anthony McCarten

Audies – Humor

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

Audies – Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction

The Man on the Mountaintop

Susan Trott, adapted by Libby Spurrier, published by Audible Studios

Audies – Literary Fiction

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Audies – Multi-Voiced Performance

Dreamland Burning

Jennifer Latham

Audies – Mystery

The Punishment She Deserves

Elizabeth George

Audies – Narration by the Author or Authors

The Secret of Nightingale Wood

Lucy Strange

Audies – Non-Fiction

The Perfectionists

Simon Winchester

Audies – Original Work

Spin

Harvey Edelman and Neil Fishman, adapted for audio by David B. Coe

Audies – Romance

His Viking Bride

Olivia Norem

Audies – Science Fiction

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase

Eoin Colfer and Douglas Adams

Audies – Short Stories/Collections

Heads of the Colored People

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Audies – Solo Narration—Female

Educated

Tara Westover

Audies – Solo Narration—Male

Watchers

Dean Koontz

Audies – Thriller/Suspense

Crimson Lake

Candice Fox

Audies – Young Adult

Sadie

Courtney Summers

Baileys – Fiction

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

Bard – Emerging Writer

Prodigals

Greg Jackson

Beehive – Fiction

Restart

Gordan Korman

Beehive – Informational

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist

Jess Keating

Beehive – Picture Book

The Legend of Paper Rock Scissors

Drew Daywalt

Black Caucus – Fiction

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

Black Caucus – First Novel

They Come in All Colors

Malcolm Hansen

Bluebonnet – Children’s

Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero

Patricia McCormick

Boston Globe – Fiction & Poetry

The Season of Styx Malone

Kekla Magoon

Boston Globe – Nonfiction

This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality

Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy

Boston Globe – Picture Book

The Patchwork Bike

Maxine Beneba Clarke

Bram Stoker – Anthology

The Devil and the Deep

Ellen Datlow

Bram Stoker – Fiction Collection

That Which Grows Wild

Eric J. Guignard

Bram Stoker – First Novel

The Rust Maidens

Gwendolyn Kiste

Bram Stoker – Graphic Novel

Victor LaValle’s Destroyer

Victor D. Lavalle

Bram Stoker – Long Fiction

The Devil’s Throat

Rena Mason

Bram Stoker – Nonfiction

It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life

Joe Mynhardt & Eugene Johnson

Bram Stoker – Poetry Collection

The Devil’s Dreamland

Sara Tantlinger

Bram Stoker – Young Adult

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Kiersten White

Buckaroo – Children’s

Shark Lady

Jess Keating

Buckeye – Grades 3-5

Collector, The

K.R. Alexander

Buckeye – Grades 6-8

Restart

Gordon Korman

Buckeye – Grades K-2

Not Quite Narwhal

Jessie Sima

Buckeye – Teen

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

Caldecott – Picture Book

Hello Lighthouse

Sophie Blackall

Carnegie – Fiction

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Charlotte Huck – Children’s Fiction

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster

Jonathan Auxier

Charlotte Zolotow – Picture Book Text

Little Brown

Marla Frazee

Colorado Blue Spruce – Young Adult

Scythe

Neal Shusterman

Coretta Scott King – Author

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Claire Hartfield

Coretta Scott King – Illustrator

The Stuff of Stars

Ekua Holmes

Costa – Book of the Year

The Volunteer

Jack Fairweather

Costa – Children’s

Asha & the Spirit Bird

Jasbinder Bilan

Costa – First Novel

The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Sara Collins

Dayton – Fiction

What We Owe

Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde

Dragon – Fantasy Novel

House of Assassins

Larry Correia

Dragon – Graphic Novel

X-Men: Grand Design

Ed Piskor

Dragon – Horror Novel

Little Darlings

Melanie Golding

Dragon – Media Tie-In Novel

Alliances

Timothy Zahn

Dragon – Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

Uncompromising Honor

David Weber

Dragon – Science Fiction Novel

A Star-Wheeled Sky

Brad R. Torgersen

Dragon – Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel

Bloodwitch

Susan Dennard

Dylan Thomas – Literary Excellence

In Our Mad and Furious City

Guy Gunaratne

Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

Bearskin

James A. McLaughlin

Edgar Allan Poe – Juvenile

Otherwood

Pete Hautman

Edgar Allan Poe – Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Sujata Massey

Edgar Allan Poe – Novel

Down the River Unto the Sea

Walter Mosley

Edgar Allan Poe – Paperback Original

If I Die Tonight

Alison Gaylin

Geisel Medal – Children’s Literature

Fox the Tiger

Corey Tabor

Golden Archer – Intermediate

Pax

Sara Pennypacker

Golden Archer – Middle/Junior High

Projekt 1065

Alan Gratz

Golden Archer – Primary

Creepy Pair of Underwear

Aaron Reynolds

Grand Canyon – Intermediate

A Handful of Stars

Cynthia Lord

Grand Canyon – Picture Book

The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

Drew Daywalt

Great Stone Face – Grades 4-6

New Kid

Jerry Craft

Greenaway Medal – Illustrator

The Lost Words

Robert Macfarlane

Hemingway – PEN

There, There

Tommy Orange

L.A. Times – Fiction

The Topeka School

Ben Lerner

L.A. Times – First Fiction

The Old Drift

Namwali Serpell

L.A. Times – Graphic Novel

The Hard Tomorrow

Eleanor Davis

L.A. Times – Mystery/Thriller

Your House Will Pay

Steph Cha

L.A. Times – Young Adult Literature

When the Ground is Hard

Malla Nunn

Ladybug – Children’s Picture

Can I be Your Dog?

Troy Cummings

Macavity – First Mystery

Dodging and Burning

John Copenhaver

Macavity – Mystery Novel

November Road

Lou Berney

Macavity – Nonfiction

The Real Lolita

Sarah Weinman

Macavity – Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Sujata Massey

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Merci Suarez Changes Gears

Meg Medina

PEN/Faulkner – Fiction

Call Me Zebra

Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi

RWA PRISM – Best First Book

Hunt the Moon

Kari Cole

RWA PRISM – Best of the Best

Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon

Kerrelyn Sparks

RWA PRISM – Dark Paranormal

The Boss

Abigail Owen

RWA PRISM – Erotica/Romantica

Fate’s Fools

Ophelia Bell

RWA PRISM – Fantasy

Thalgor’s Witch

Nancy Holland

RWA PRISM – Futuristic

Cyborg

Anna Hackett

RWA PRISM – Light Paranormal

Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon

Kerrelyn Sparks

RWA PRISM – Novella

Sentinel of Darkness

Katie Reus

RWA PRISM – Steampunk

How to Seduce a Spy

Catherine Stein

RWA PRISM – Urban Fantasy

Storm Crossed

Dani Harper

RWA PRISM – Young Adult

Navigating the Stars

Maria V. Snyder

Scott O Dell – Historical Fiction

Finding Langston

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Shamus – First P.I. Novel

The Best Bad Things

Katrina Carrasco

Shamus – P.I. Novel

What You Want to SeeMinotaur Books

Kristen Lepionka

Thriller Award – E-Book Original

Pray for the Innocent

Alan Orloff

Thriller Award – First Novel

The Chalk Man

C.J. Tudor

Thriller Award – Novel

Jar of Hearts

Jennifer Hillier

Thriller Award – Paperback Original

The Lost Man

Jane Harper

Thriller Award – Short Story

Nana

Helen Smith

Thriller Award – Young Adult

Girl at the Grave

Teri Bailey Black

Translation – Fiction

Slave Old Man

Patrick Chamoiseau

William C. Morris – Young Adult Literature

Darius the Great is Not Okay

Adib Khorram