Congratulations to the 20 Penguin Random House titles honored on the 2026 Carnegie Medals for Excellence longlist!
And we celebrate our shortlist of Andrew Carnegie finalists—three PRH titles—(chosen on Nov 18th) from this initial list of longlist titles: A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF, WE DO NOT PART, and THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US. The two medal winners, 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction, will be announced on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
Browse the complete list of Penguin Random House LibraryReads Top Ten, Hall of Fame, and Bonus Picks, and learn more about how you can vote at LibraryReads.org.
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