The 2024 Kirkus Prize Winner and Finalists for Fiction
What do authors Hernan Diaz (Trust), Colson Whitehead (The Nickel Boys) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) have in common? They're all previous winners of the Kirkus Prize, whose impressive $50,000 purse makes it one of the literature world's richest awards. The jurors, a distinguished panel of critics and authors, just announced the winner for the 11th annual edition: James by Percival Everett. Here are all six books that made the cut for the 2024 Kirkus Prize in Fiction, along with a quote from their starred Kirkus Review!
6 books
WINNER of the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Fiction
Barack Obama & Ron Charles
James
Percival Everett“Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as told from the perspective of a more
resourceful and contemplative Jim than the one you remember...One of the noblest
characters in American literature gets a novel worthy of him.” - Kirkus Review
Barack Obama & Ron CharlesHardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Finalist
Ron Charles & Rumaan Alam
The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich“The Red River of the North cuts a vivid track through the hardscrabble lives that anchor
Erdrich’s surpassing North Dakota fiction...In this tender and capacious story, love and
tragedy mingle along the river and into the world.” - Kirkus Review
Ron Charles & Rumaan AlamHardcover, 2024
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Finalist
KJ Dell'Antonia & MJ Franklin
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Rufi Thorpe“A college freshman finds out that everyone was right: Her decision to have her English
professor’s baby really does ruin her life. Until it doesn’t....Terrific characters, rich
worldbuilding, deep thoughts about fiction and morality, a love story, and a happy ending.” - Kirkus Review.
KJ Dell'Antonia & MJ FranklinHardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Finalist
Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal Boost & Ron Charles
Prophet Song: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Paul Lynch“As Ireland devolves into a brutal police state, one woman tries to preserve her family in this
stark fable...Captivating, frightening, and a singular achievement.” - Kirkus Review
Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal Boost & Ron CharlesHardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Finalist
Ron Charles & Mark Athitakis
Playground
Richard Powers“A story of friendship, technology, oceans, and a small island...An engaging, eloquent
message for this fragile planet.” - Kirkus Review
Ron Charles & Mark AthitakisHardcover, 2024
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Finalist
scaachi
Say Hello to My Little Friend
Jennine Capó Crucet“The author of Make Your Home Among Strangers (2015) delivers a stunning second novel...
Unclassifiable and unforgettable.” - Kirkus Review
scaachiHardcover, 2024
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book