Even despite the second coming of the NYC blizzard, we made it back from San Diego! Now that we’re home, we’d like to congratulate our library-award winners on the Adult side. (We figured you’d probably already heard about our Kids Group’s Newbery!) The list is below:
The Alex Award (full list)
The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To by D.C. Pierson
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (full)
Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada; Illus. Jamar Nicholas
Arisa 1 by Natsumi Ando
The Unwritten, Vol 1 by Mike Carey; Illus. Peter Gross
Sweet Tooth, Vol 1 by Jeff Lemire
The Stuff of Legend, Book 1 by Mike Raicht and Brian Smith; Illus. Charles Wilson
Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka; Illus. JH Williams III
Superman: Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski; Illus. Shane Davis and Sandra Hope
7 Billion Needles, Vol 1 by Nobuaki Tadano
Twin Spica, Vol 1 by Kou Yaginuma
ALA Notable Books (Fiction) (full)
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) (full)
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Citizens of London by Lynne Olson
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Tiger by John Vaillant
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Sophie Brody Medal for Jewish Literature (full)
The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz
The Stonewall Book Award (Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award) (full)
Inseparable by Emma Donoghue
Black Caucus of ALA Literary Award
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore (Winner: Nonfiction)
In the Place of Justice by Wilbert Rideau (Honor Book)
Amelia Bloomer List (full)
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
Women Aviators: From Amelia Earhart to Sally Ride, Making History in Air and Space by Bernard Marck