The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, established in 2012, recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year and serve as a guide to help adults select quality reading material. They are the first single-book awards for adult books given by the American Library Association and reflect the expert judgment and insight of library professionals who work closely with adult readers.

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Fiction:

Red Dress in Black and White by Elliot Ackerman [book] [ebook] [eaudiobook]

The author of Waiting for Eden presents a timely novel set in the course of a single day in Istanbul that depicts how an American woman’s efforts to leave her influential Turkish husband become complicated by political corruption

Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar [book] [ebook] [audiobook] [eaudiobook]

A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett [book] [large print] [ebook] [eaudiobook]

Twin sisters, inseparable as children, ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.

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