First Edition Club Notable Picks

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2022

JANUARY
2022

2022 Nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal 

FEBRUARY
2022

2022 Barack Obama's Reading List 

APRIL
2022

2022 Nominated for the National Book Award 

MAY
2022

2022 Nominated for the Booker Prize

JUNE
2022

2022 Nominated for the Booker Prize

AUGUST
2022

2022 Winner of the National Book Award

SEPTEMBER
2022

2022 Nominated for the National Book Award 

2021

JANUARY
2021

2021 Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction

JUNE
2021

2021 Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 

SEPTEMBER
2021

Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize

NPR Best Book of the Year

NOVEMBER
2021

Nominated for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

NPR Best Book of the Year

OCTOBER
2021

CALIBA Golden Poppy Award Finalist

Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist

DECEMBER
2021

2022 Nominated for the Booker Prize

Winner of the Orwell Prize

2020


MAY
2020

2020 Frank O'Connor International Prize Nominee


JUNE 2020

2020 Carnegie Medal for Fiction Shortlist


NOVEMBER 2020

2020 National
Book Award

Finalist

MARCH 2020

WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL 

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020

 

APRIL 2020

Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize

 

 

 

 

JULY 2020

Winner of the PEN/Open Book Award
Winner of The Story Prize Spotlight Award

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 2020

Longlisted for the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize

Longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Prize

OCTOBER 2020

Top 10 Books of 2020 by The New York Times & Washington Post

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020

Finalist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

2019


FEBRUARY
2019

MacArthur
Fellowship

American
Book Award

Man Booker
Prize

Longlist


MAY 2019

NAIBA 2019 Award for Best Fiction


JUNE 2019

National
Book Award

Finalist

New York Times Top 10 Books of 2019


JULY 2019

MacArthur
Fellowship

2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

National
Book Award

Longlist

Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2019


DECEMBER 2019

2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018


MARCH 2018

Women's Prize
for Fiction


MAY 2018

Costa Book
Awards

Shortlist


JUNE 2018

Puliter Prize
Finalist

American
Book Award


JULY 2018

New York's
One Book, One
New York Pick


AUGUST
2018

National Books
Critics Circle
John Leonard
Award

Finalist

2017


JANUARY
2017

National
Book Award

Finalist


MARCH 2017

Man
Booker Prize

Shortlist

New York
Times Top 10

2017


MAY 2017

PEN/Bellwether
Prize

National
Book Award

Finalist


AUGUST
2017

National
Book Award

Longlist


SEPTEMBER
2017

New York
Times Notable
Book

2017


OCTOBER
2017

PEN/Robert W.
Bingham Prize
for Debut Fiction

Semi-Finalist


DECEMBER
2017

PEN/Faulkner
Award for Fiction

National Book
Critics Circle
Award for Fiction

2016


JANUARY
2016

National
Book Award

Longlist


JUNE 2016

PEN/Hemingway
Prize

Winner


JULY 2016

John Leonard
Award from the
National Book
Critics Circle

Shortlist


OCTOBER
2016


NOVEMBER
2016

 

2015


JANUARY
2015

National Book
Foundation
5 Under 35


FEBRUARY
2015

Scotiabank
Giller Prize

Longlist


APRIL 2015

National
Book Award

Finalist

Man Booker
Prize

Longlist


MAY 2015

Pulitzer Prize
Winner

Carnegie Medal
for Excellence


SEPTEMBER
2015

Man Booker
Prize

Longlist

National
Book Award

Longlist

OCTOBER
2015

National
Book Award

Finalist


DECEMBER
2015

PEN/Faulkner
Finalist

         

2014


FEBRUARY
2014

National
Book Award

Finalist


MARCH 2014

National
Book Award

Finalist


APRIL 2014


MAY 2014

Pulitzer Prize
Winner

Carnegie Medal
for Excellence


JULY 2014

SEPTEMBER
2014

Commonwealth
Writers' Prize

Asia Region

2013


APRIL 2013

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Honorable
Mention


MAY 2013

National Book
Critics Circle
Award

Anisfield-Wolf
Book Award


JUNE 2013

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Winner


JULY 2013

Pulitzer Prize
Finalist


SEPTEMBER
2013

National Book
Awards (UK)

International
Author of
the Year
Finalist

2012


FEBRUARY
2012

Pulitzer Prize
Winner

National Book
Critics Award

Finalist


MARCH 2012

Kirkus Best
Books of
the Year


APRIL 2012

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Finalist

California
Book Award


JUNE 2012

National
Book Award

Finalist

National
Book Critics
Award


AUGUST
2012

Women's Prize
for Fiction

2011


FEBRUARY
2011


MARCH 2011

Orange Prize
Fiction

National
Book Award

Finalist


APRIL 2011

Scotiabank
Giller Prize

Shortlist


SEPTEMBER
2011

Locus Award
Best First
Novel

NOVEMBER
2011

California
Book Award

DECEMBER
2011

California
Book Award

2010


MAY 2010


JULY 2010

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Winner


SEPTEMBER
2010

Commonwealth
Writers' Prize

Man Booker
Prize

Shortlist

Orange Prize
Shortlist


DECEMBER
2010

National
Book Award

Fiction

2009


JANUARY
2009

Pulitzer Prize
Winner


FEBRUARY
2009

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Finalist

 


MARCH 2009

Pulitzer Prize
Finalist

National
Book Award

Finalist


APRIL 2009

Commonwealth
Writers' Prize

Nomination

Costa Book
Awards

Nomination


SEPTEMBER
2009

National Book
Critics Award

Finalist


NOVEMBER
2009

Dublin
Literary Award

Longlist

2008


JANUARY
2008

Orange Prize
for New Writers


FEBRUARY
2008

Commonwealth
Writers' Prize

Best First Book


JUNE 2008

Man Booker
Prize

Longlist

 


AUGUST
2008

National
Book Award

Finalist


NOVEMBER
2008

Man Booker
Prize

Longlist

2007


JANUARY
2007

National Book
Critics Circle
Award

Longlist


MARCH 2007

New York Times
Notable Book


The Guardian
First Book Prize


JUNE 2007

 


AUGUST
2007

Scotiabank
Giller Prize


OCTOBER
2007

Pulitzer Prize
for Fiction

Winner

National Book
Critics
Circle
Award

2006


JANUARY
2006

San Francisco
Chronicle

Best Books
of 2006

New York
Times

Editors' Choice


MARCH 2006

Man Booker
Prize

Winner

National Book
Critics Circle

Fiction Award


MAY 2006

Bard Fiction Prize

Guggenheim
Fellow


JUNE 2006

Quill Award


SEPTEMBER
2006

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Winner

2005


FEBRUARY
2005

Commonwealth
Writers Prize

Shortlist


MARCH 2005

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Finalist

Guggenheim
Fellow


MAY 2005

Roger Writers'
Trust Prize

Fiction Winner


JUNE 2005

Orange Prize
Fiction


JULY 2005

Quill Award
Debut Author of
the Year


AUGUST
2005

Guggenehim
Fellow


DECEMBER 2005

PEN/Hemingway
Award

Winner


2004


APRIL 2004

 


MAY 2004


OCTOBER
2004

Time
Best Novel
of the Year

Man Booker
Prize

Longlist


NOVEMBER
2004

Betty Trask
Award (UK)

 

2003


MAY 2003

San Francisco
Chronicle

Best Book
of the Year


AUGUST
2003

Agatha Award
Best First Novel


OCTOBER
2003

New York Times
Notable Book