Posted on November 10, 2024
The winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prizes have been announced. The categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature. The winners were chosen from 9,957 titles. Of these, 1,444 titles received a Kirkus starred review and were evaluated by the prize jurors.
Kirkus Editor-in-chief Tom Beer says in a statement, “This year’s prize-winning books—each written with elegance and lucidity—illuminate tragedies both personal and historical, helping us to better understand our world and the spirit of human resilience.”
2024 Kirkus Prize Winners and Finalists
Fiction
- Winner: James by Percival Everett
- Finalists:
- Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet
- The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
- Playground by Richard Powers
- Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Nonfiction
- Winner: Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
- Finalists:
- The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll
- Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls
- The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing
- Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra
- Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace
Young Readers’ Literature
- Winner: Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow
- Finalists:
- We Who Produce Pearls by Joanna Ho; illustrated by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya
- There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds; illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey
- Safiyyah’s War by Hiba Noor Khan
- Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
- Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
A video from the prizes event can be found on YouTube.com.
Past prize winners can be found on kirkusreviews.cm.
