In the spirit of staff picks, this month we’ll be offering books chosen by librarians across the nation! The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction was established in 2012 to recognize the best of the books published in the U.S. during the previous year: the shortlist is pulled from selections made by the library professionals’ magazine Booklist and the Reference and User Services Association’s “Notable Books List”.
The prize will be awarded in June so, while you’re waiting for the recipient to be announced, read a few of the finalists’ works and decide for yourself who should win the 2013 Carnegie Medal! The staff picks display will include both 2012 and 2013 fiction nominees (the non-fiction nominees will be on display on the 3rd floor), with staff writing recommendations of their favorite books from amongst the honorees.
Here’s the full list of Carnegie Medal fiction nominees in the Mechanics’ Institute Library collection:
2013 nominees
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig
Astray by Emma Donoghue
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Canada by Richard Ford
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
In One Person by John Irving
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Home by Toni Morrison
Dear Life by Alice Munro
The Cove by Ron Rash
The Lower River by Paul Theroux
The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
2012 nominees
The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright (WINNER - 2012 Fiction)
Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
Faith by Jennifer Haigh
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Philips
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Luminarium by Alex Shakar
We the Animals by Justin Torres
American Boy by Larry Watson
