2023 Kirkus Prize Winners

Awards List

Fiction

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Winner)
James McBride

Aug-2023
/ Historical

Birnam Wood (Finalist)
Eleanor Catton

Mar-2023
/ Psychological Suspense

White Cat, Black Dog: Stories (Finalist)
Kelly Link

Apr-2023
/ General Fiction

The Bee Sting (Finalist)
Paul Murray

Aug-2023
/ Literary

Witness: Stories (Finalist)
Jamel Brinkley

Aug-2023
/ General Fiction

Let Us Descend (Finalist)
Jesmyn Ward

Oct-2023
/ Literary

Young Readers

America Redux (Winner)
Ariel Aberg-Riger

May-2023
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Julia and the Shark (Finalist)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Sep-2021
/ General Fiction

Joao by a Thread (Finalist)
Roger Mello

Nov-2022
/ General Fiction

The Eternal Return of Clara Hart (Finalist)
Louise Finch

Jun-2023
/ General Fiction

The Skull (Finalist)
Jon Klassen

Jul-2023
/ General Fiction

Together We Swim (Finalist)
Valerie Bolling

Aug-2023
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Fiction

Young Readers

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

2023 Kirkus Prize (Awarded by Kirkus)

Awards List

Fiction

Young Readers

Award Categories

Award Years