Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction 2017 Finalists

Fiction

Michael Chabon
Moonglow
(Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zadie Smith
Swing Time
(Penguin Press, Penguin Random House LLC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad
(Doubleday, Penguin Random House LLC)

 

 

 

Nonfiction

Patricia Bell-Scott
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
(Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Random House LLC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Desmond
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
(Crown, Penguin Random House LLC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick Phillips
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
(W. W. Norton)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winners will be announced at the RUSA Book and Media Awards Ceremony, Sunday, January 22, 5-7:00 p.m. EST, at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta.

As always, RUSA will also unveil the Reading List, Notable Books List and Listen List selections, the Sophie Brody Medal and many more! Selections are made by library professionals who work closely with adult readers, and offer an excellent guide to quality reading and library collection enhancement. Readers are sure leave with their To-Be-Read lists full!
For those who cannot attend, information about this year’s winners will be posted on RUSA Update and Tweeted via @ala_rusa during and immediately after the event using the hashtag #alabma.

The literary winners announced at this event will shape the author panel for RUSA’s Literary Tastes program at ALA’s 2017 Annual Conference in Chicago. Immediately following the panel, authors will be available for book signings and further discussion of their work. More information about the award winners and the Literary Tastes will be available on RUSA Update following the January event.