Andrew Carnegie Medal Shortlist
The finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction have been announced.
The three fiction picks are:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press; OverDrive Sample)
The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard (PRH/Knopf; OverDrive Sample)
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (PRH/Doubleday; Brilliance Audio; OverDrive Sample)
The three nonfiction picks are:
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Grove Press; Blackstone Audio; OverDrive Sample)
Hold Still by Sally Mann (Hachette/Little, Brown; Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio; OverDrive Sample)
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf (PRH/Knopf; HighBridge audio; OverDrive Sample)
The titles are selected by a committee consisting of members of the Reference and User Services Association of ALA and staff from Booklist magazine. The winners will be announced during the ALA Midwinter meeting along with the Notable Book List, The Reading List, The Listen List, the Dartmouth Medal, the Sophie Brody Medal, and other RUSA book awards.