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THE NIGHTWATCHMAN By Louise Erdrich

Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer for Fiction

Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the first factory near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota and a Chippewa Council member trying to understand the consequences of a new “emancipation” bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress.

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States.

THE CITY WE BECAME By N.K. Jemisin

Winner of the 2021 Audie Award for Fantasy

People feel the moods of the cities they live in. Sometimes the cities themselves become living things, connected to all the lives within their limits. New York City has been born, but an otherworldly and dark force is determined to destroy those connections and overlay itself. It will take the soul of the city to deal with the enemy.

The Audie Awards are given by the American Audio Publishers Association for audiobooks and spokenword entertainment.

WILMINGTON’S LIE By David Zucchino

Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction

“Wilmington’s Lie” details a tragic story of being denied civil rights. Two years after the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), emboldened white supremacists staged a governmental coup in Wilmington, NC, setting back civil rights for decades to come.

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States.

DJINN PATROL ON THE PURPLE LINE By Deepa Anappara

Winner of the 2021 Edgar Award for Best Novel

In this debut based on true events, Jai, a 9-year-old reality-television enthusiast in India uses crimeshow approaches to investigate the disappearance of a classmate, before additional abductions shatter life in his sprawling city home and the lives of Jai and his friends will never be the same again.

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.

DEACON KING KONG By James McBride

Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction

In the aftermath of a 1969 Brooklyn church deacon’s public shooting of a local drug dealer, the community’s African-American and Latinx witnesses find unexpected support from each other when they are targeted by violent mobsters.

The Andrew Carnegie Medals are awarded by the Library Association of America for Excellence in Fiction and Non-Fiction

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS By Stephen Graham Jones

Winner of the 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel

The lives of four American Indian men and their families are haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

The Bram Stoker Awards are presented every year by the Horror Writer’s Association.

FATHOMS: THE WORLD IN THE WHALE

By Rebecca Giggs

Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction

Blending together natural history, philosophy, and science, this stunning meditation on the extraordinary lives of whales takes readers on an exploration of the natural world to reveal what whales can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship to other species.

The Andrew Carnegie Medals are awarded by the Library Association of America for Excellence in Fiction and Non-Fiction

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY By Matt Haig

Winner of the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction

Somewhere beyond the edge of the universe, there is a library containing an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives be better?