Literary Fiction Awards & Books

Literary fiction prizes celebrate novels that push the boundaries of form, language, and storytelling.

Awards for Literary Fiction

Booker Prize

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Flesh

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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction)

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James

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International Booker Prize

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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

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National Book Award for Fiction

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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

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Nobel Prize in Literature

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Satantango

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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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James

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Women's Prize for Fiction

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The Safekeep

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Akutagawa Prize

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サンショウウオの四十九日 (Sanshōuo no Shijūkunichi)

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Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

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James

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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award – Fiction

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Colored Television

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Costa Book of the Year

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The Kids

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Dayton Literary Peace Prize – Fiction

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Martyr!

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Desmond Elliott Prize

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Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

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Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

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Swift River

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Goodreads Choice Awards – Fiction

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My Friends

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Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction

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Small Ceremonies

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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Debut Fiction)

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Grown Women

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Indies Choice Book Award – Adult Fiction

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Circe

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International Dublin Literary Award

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The Adversary

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International Prize for Arabic Fiction

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صلاة الخوف

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James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction

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My Heavenly Favourite

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Joyce Carol Oates Prize

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Say Hello to My Little Friend

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Kirkus Prize (Fiction)

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The Slip

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Lambda Literary Award for Fiction

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Henry Henry

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Miles Franklin Literary Award

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Ghost Cities

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

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Death of the Author

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National Book Award for Translated Literature

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We Are Green and Trembling

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National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)View all years →

National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

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Lincoln in the Bardo

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Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Ève de ses décombres

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Orwell Prize for Political Fiction

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Heart, Be at Peace

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

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Small Rain

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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

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Small Rain

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PEN/Jean Stein Book Award

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Dr. No

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Premio Cervantes

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Y retiemble en sus centros la tierra

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Rathbones Folio Prize

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The Wren, The Wren

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Scotiabank Giller Prize

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Pick a Colour

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Stonewall Book Award

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Some Strange Music Draws Me In

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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

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The Land in Winter

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Waterstones Book of the Year

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The Artist

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Whiting Award

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Fiction — Elwin Cotman (Whiting Award 2025)

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Most Acclaimed Literary Fiction Books

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JamesPercival Everett
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The New LifeTom Crewe
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Lost Children ArchiveValeria Luiselli
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Hungry GhostsKevin Jared Hosein
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My FriendsHisham Matar
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Our Wives Under the SeaJulia Armfield
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The GallopersJon Ransom
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BelliesNicola Dinan
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ClearCarys Davies
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Exit WestMohsin Hamid
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Small Things Like TheseClaire Keegan
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The Nickel BoysColson Whitehead
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