Congratulations to the 18 Penguin Random House titles honored on the
2025 Carnegie Medals for Excellence longlist! The six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be chosen from longlist titles and announced on November 12, 2024. The two medal winners will be announced by 2025 selection committee chair Allison Escoto at the Reference and User Services Association’s Book and Media Awards (BMAs) livestreaming event, premiered during LibLearnX in Phoenix on Sunday, January 26th.