Readworthy by BookBub This Month’s Best New Award Winners In a sea of outstanding new releases, which literary prize winners and finalists stood out this year? We’ve rounded up 2024’s biggest, buzziest award contenders that deserve a spot on your TBR list. ---------------------------------- James by Percival Everett The smash-hit that earned two of the literary world’s biggest awards (and a deal with Steven Spielberg) - Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction - Reimagines <i>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i> from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man who accompanies Huck Finn down the river - “A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature” (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>) Media Praise: The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Bustle, Elle, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Variety, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1628?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/james-by-percival-everett-2023-06-2... Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips Tayari Jones calls the dazzling winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ‘a tour de force’ - In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a mother and daughter seek refuge at a psychiatric institution in West Virginia - “With this excellent novel, Phillips has brought a little more of this foundational American episode into the light” (<i>The Guardian</i>) - A compelling family saga told in luminous prose Media Praise: The New Yorker, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1629?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/night-watch-by-jayne-anne-phillips?... Soldiers and Kings by Jason De León ‘Will shock you, move you, and leave you changed’ (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Matthew Desmond) - Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction - Through seven years of rigorous reporting, Jason De León sheds light on the hidden, billion-dollar industry of human smuggling - Penned by a MacArthur “genius grant” recipient - “De León offers a glimpse into a world rarely seen or understood” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>) Media Praise: Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1630?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/soldiers-and-kings-by-jason-de-leon... Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout A moving Oprah’s Book Club pick from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author - A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Fiction - After a shocking crime rocks Crosby, the community finds solace in storytelling and friendship - “Achingly moving and exhilarating” (<i>The Boston Globe</i>), from a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Media Praise: Oprah's Book Club, CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1631?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/tell-me-everything-by-elizabeth-str... Greek Lessons by Han Kang The latest stunner from the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature - A <i>New York Times</i> Editors’ Choice with rave reviews from <i>Time</i>, <i>The New Yorker</i>, and more - In South Korea, a struggling single mother who has lost her voice forges a powerful connection with her Greek language teacher, who is losing his sight - “Reading a Han Kang book is a pleasure like no other” (Angie Kim) Media Praise: The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1632?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/greek-lessons-by-han-kang?granted_a... Orbital by Samantha Harvey The 2024 Booker Prize winner is ‘hard to put down and even harder to forget’ (<i>Booklist</i>) - Follows a group of astronauts as they circle the earth over the course of one fateful day - “I made the final chapters last for weeks because I didn’t want the book to end” (Emily St. John Mandel) - A profound meditation on humanity, loneliness, and our changing planet Media Praise: The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, New Scientist, Oprah Daily, People, The Economist, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, The Times Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1633?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/orbital-by-samantha-harvey-2024-01-... The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave Read this twisty Goodreads Choice Award finalist before it hits Netflix - An instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller from a Reese’s Book Club alum - Two estranged siblings reunite to find the truth behind their father’s mysterious death - Trust Harlan Coben: “You won’t want to miss this one” Media Praise: Book of the Month, Time Magazine, TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Oprah Daily, People, Parade, New York Post, Indie Next List, Kirkus Reviews Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1634?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/the-night-we-lost-him-by-laura-dave... Challenger by Adam Higginbotham Witness the catastrophic 1986 failure of the space shuttle <i>Challenger</i> - This riveting must-read won the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction - “It manages to be a whodunit that stretches hundreds of pages, a heart-pounding thriller even though readers already know the ending” (<i>The Atlantic</i>) - Meticulous reporting and new archival research enhance this <i>New York Times</i> bestseller Media Praise: The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, The Guardian, The Times, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1635?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/challenger-by-adam-higginbotham-202... The Reformatory by Tananarive Due A masterpiece that swept up the biggest awards in speculative fiction - Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the World Fantasy Award - In Jim Crow–era Florida, 12-year-old Robbie is sent to a reformatory school — where he faces ghosts, missing boys, and the horrors of racism - Stephen King raves: “You’re in for a treat… One of those books you can’t put down” Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1636?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... Learn More: Amazon https://www.bookbub.com/readworthy/books/the-reformatory-by-tananarive-due?g... Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza 2024’s Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography went to this ‘searing, propulsive’ read (<i>Oprah Daily</i>) - Decades after her sister’s murder, Cristina Rivera Garza set out to finally bring the killer to justice - Selected as a National Book Award finalist and a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book - “Reading this astounding, lyrical, and brilliant book will open your heart and break it” (Julie Carr) - Penned by “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem) Media Praise: The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Economist, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews Buy Now: Amazon https://r.bookbub.com/et_active_check/1637?affiliate_variant=readworthy-emai... 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