Kirkus Prize

Given by Kirkus Reviews

Other Names: Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, Kirkus Prize for Young People's Literature
46 Works 37,848 Books 1,940 Reviews 4.1
Stages:
All, Winner (27), Nominee (19)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (17), 2022 (3), 2021 (3), 2020 (3), 2019 (3), 2018 (3), 2017 (3), 2016 (3), 2015 (3), 2014 (4)
Announced:
August 30: Nominee2023 Recent

Winner 27

WorkCategoryYear
Trust by Hernan DiazFiction2022
In Sensorium: Notes for My People by AS TANNonfiction2022
Himawari House by Harmony BeckerYoung Readers' Literature2022
Harrow by Joy WilliamsFiction2021
Punch Me Up To The Gods: A Memoir by Brian BroomeNonfiction2021
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina SoontornvatYoung Readers' Literature2021
Luster by Raven LeilaniFiction2020
Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel SmithNonfiction2020
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick BarnesYoung Readers' Literature2020
The Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadFiction2019
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed JonesNonfiction2019
New Kid by Jerry CraftYoung Readers' Literature2019
Severance by Ling MaFiction2018
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) by Rebecca SolnitNonfiction2018
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick BarnesYoung Readers' Literature2018
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahFiction2017
The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea by Jack E. DavisNonfiction2017
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineYoung Readers' Literature2017
The Sport of Kings by C. E. MorganFiction2016
In the Darkroom by Susan FaludiNonfiction2016
As Brave As You by Jason ReynoldsYoung Readers' Literature2016
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaFiction2015
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesNonfiction2015
Echo by Pam Muñoz RyanYoung Readers' Literature2015
Euphoria by Lily KingFiction2014
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir by Roz ChastNonfiction2014
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual by Kate SamworthYoung Readers' Literature2014

Nominee 19

WorkCategoryYear
Birnam Wood by Eleanor CattonFiction2023
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly LinkFiction2023
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideFiction2023
The Bee Sting by Paul MurrayFiction2023
Let Us Descend: A Novel by Jesmyn WardFiction2023
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution by Tania BraniganNonfiction2023
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century by Jennifer HomansNonfiction2023
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind by Clancy MartinNonfiction2023
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya SinclairNonfiction2023
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” by Héctor TobarNonfiction2023
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon WooNonfiction2023
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-RigerYoung Readers' Literature2023
Together We Swim by Valerie BollingYoung Readers' Literature2023
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise FinchYoung Readers' Literature2023
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood HargraveYoung Readers' Literature2023
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon KlassenYoung Readers' Literature2023
João by a Thread by Roger MelloYoung Readers' Literature2023
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre MaskNonfiction2020
Mending Horses by M. P. Barker2014

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