| Award: | Website: | Description: | Announced: | ||
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction | https://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/carnegie-medals/2023-winners | established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year | Annually based on works of the preceding year; announced at the Reference and User Services Association’s Book and Media Awards during ALA LibLearnX in January. | ||
| Booklist Top of the List | https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Top-of-the-List/pid=9758974 | Annually in January. | |||
| Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books | https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice-Adult-Books-2021-/pid=9757866 | Annually in January. | |||
| Stonewall Book Awards | https://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/stonewall/honored | The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books | Annually and announced in January/February. | ||
| National Book Award | https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/years/ | National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best literature published in the United States | Annually in November. | ||
| Pulitzer Prize | https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year | Annually and announced usually in May. | |||
| Booker Prize | https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years | Founded in the UK in 1969, it initially rewarded Commonwealth writers and now spans the globe: it is open to anyone regardless of origin. | Annually in October; international prize in May. | ||
| National Book Critics Circle Awards | https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/past/ | National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism. | Annually in March. | ||
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https://therainbowawards.in/#categories |
Non-Fiction winner - This includes memoirs, biographies, history and anything that doesn’t fall under Fiction, which means poetry too. |
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| Alex Award | The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults. | After LibLearnX | |||