Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2023

by American Library Association
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21 books
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.
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Winner
Finalists
Longlist

Ducks

Two Years in the Oil Sands
Kate Beaton, 2022

By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners

Margaret A. Burnham, 2022

Also a Poet

Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
Ada Calhoun, 2022

The Vortex

A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
Scott Carney, Jason Miklian, 2022

The Impossible City

A Hong Kong Memoir
Karen Cheung, 2022

Every Good Boy Does Fine

A Love Story, in Music Lessons
Jeremy Denk, 2022

The Third Person

Emma Grove, 2022

Indigenous Continent

The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, 2022

Stay True

A Memoir
Hua Hsu, 2022

Paradise Falls

The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
Keith O'Brien, 2022

The Invisible Kingdom

Reimagining Chronic Illness
Meghan O'Rourke, 2022

The Treeline

The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
Ben Rawlence, 2022

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, 2022

The Man Who Could Move Clouds

A Memoir
Ingrid Rojas Contreras, 2022

Lost & Found

A Memoir
Kathryn Schulz, 2022

The Viral Underclass

The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
Steven W. Thrasher, 2022

Sandy Hook

An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth
Elizabeth Williamson, 2023

Solito

A Memoir
Javier Zamora, 2022