Award category archive

Kirkus Prize – Fiction Winners

Browse Kirkus Prize Fiction winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Kirkus Prize history.

Kirkus Prize Fiction Cross-year archive

2023

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2023 award year.

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Winner

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

McBride, James

Standalone · Historical

Aug-2023 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

The Bee Sting

Murray, Paul

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2023 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Birnam Wood

Catton, Eleanor

Standalone · Psychological Suspense

Mar-2023 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Let Us Descend

Ward, Jesmyn

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2023 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

Link, Kelly

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2023 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Witness: Stories

Brinkley, Jamel

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2023 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2022

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2022 award year.

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Winner

Trust

Diaz, Hernan

Standalone · Historical

May-2022 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

The Books of Jacob

Tokarczuk, Olga

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

God's Children Are Little Broken Things

Ifeakandu, Arinze

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2022 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Mecca

Straight, Susan

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2022 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Scary Monsters

de Kretser, Michelle

Standalone · Literary

May-2022 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Scattered All Over the Earth

Tawada, Yoko

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2022 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2021

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2021 award year.

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Winner

Harrow

Williams, Joy

Standalone · Psychological Suspense

Sep-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

Bolla

Statovci, Pajtim

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

Enriquez, Mariana

Standalone · Psychological Suspense

Jan-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Harlem Shuffle

Whitehead, Colson

Ray Carney Series · Book 1 · Literary

Sep-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Aug-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

My Monticello: Fiction

Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2021 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2019

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2019 award year.

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Winner

The Nickel Boys

Whitehead, Colson

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2019 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

Cantoras

De Robertis, Carolina

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Lost Children Archive

Luiselli, Valeria

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Vuong, Ocean

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2019 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Other Americans

Lalami, Laila

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2019 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Territory of Light

Tsushima, Yuko

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2018

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2018 award year.

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Winner

Severance

Ma, Ling

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

Florida

Groff, Lauren

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Halsey Street

Coster, Naima

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Heads of the Colored People: Stories

Thompson-Spires, Nafissa

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Mourning

Halfon, Eduardo

Standalone · Literary

May-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Tell the Machine Goodnight

Williams, Katie

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2018 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2017

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2017 award year.

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Winner

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories

Arimah, Lesley Nneka

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2017 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

Exit West

Hamid, Mohsin

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2017 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Machado, Carmen Maria

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2017 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Ninth Hour

McDermott, Alice

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2017 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Ward, Jesmyn

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2017 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

White Tears

Kunzru, Hari

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2017 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2016

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2016 award year.

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Winner

The Sport of Kings

Morgan, C.E.

Standalone · Literary

May-2016 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

Barkskins

Proulx, Annie

Standalone · Historical

Jun-2016 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Carousel Court

McGinniss, Joe, Jr.

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2016 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

A Gentleman in Moscow

Towles, Amor

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2016 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Imagine Me Gone

Haslett, Adam

Standalone · Literary

May-2016 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Underground Railroad

Whitehead, Colson

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2016 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2015

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2015 award year.

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Winner

A Little Life

Yanagihara, Hanya

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

The Book of Aron

Shepard, Jim

Standalone · Literary

May-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Fates and Furies

Groff, Lauren

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Incarnations

Barker, Susan

Standalone · Historical

Aug-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

A Little Life

Yanagihara, Hanya

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Berlin, Lucia

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Story of My Teeth

Luiselli, Valeria

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2015 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

2014

Kirkus Prize Fiction results for the 2014 award year.

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Winner

Euphoria

King, Lily

Standalone · Historical

Jun-2014 Kirkus Prize Fiction winner

Finalist

All Our Names

Mengestu, Dinaw

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2014 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Blazing World

Hustvedt, Siri

Standalone · Mystery

Mar-2014 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

Florence Gordon

Morton, Brian

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2014 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Paying Guests

Waters, Sarah

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Sep-2014 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

Finalist

The Remedy for Love

Roorbach, Bill

Standalone · Romantic Suspense

Oct-2014 Kirkus Prize Fiction finalist

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