Award
Andrew Carnegie Medal
8 years tracked (2012–2019), 90 entries total.
Awarded by the American Library Association to the most distinguished fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the United States. It honors the philanthropic legacy of Andrew Carnegie and emphasizes literary quality and public impact.
2018
2017
2016
2015
All the Light We Cannot See
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
A Brief History of Seven Killings
All My Puny Sorrows
Lila
Orfeo
Station Eleven
The Bone Clocks
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Children Act
The Crane Wife
The Enchanted
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2014
The Goldfinch
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Tale for the Time Being
Americanah
And the Mountains Echoed
Life After Life
The Circle
The Lowland
The Signature of All Things
The Woman Upstairs
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
2013
Fiction
Canada
A Hologram for the King
Arcadia
Beautiful Ruins
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Bring Up the Bodies
Flight Behavior
Half Blood Blues
Home
In One Person
One Last Thing Before I Go
Sweet Tooth
The Dog Stars
The Headmaster's Wager
The Orphan Master's Son
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2012
Nonfiction
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Fiction
Faith
The Art of Fielding
The Marriage Plot
The Sense of an Ending
The Sisters Brothers
The Tiger's Wife
The Tragedy of Arthur
Turn of Mind
We the Animals
When She Woke
Fiction (Shortlist)
Swamplandia!