Crow’s Reads: Crow Recommends, prizes, lists and reviews
Crow Recommends
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Prizes
21- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Librarians’ choice of the year’s best fiction for adult readers 2026
- Aspen Words Literary Prize Fiction that takes on a vital social issue 2026
- Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize The best Canadian novel or story collection of the year 2026
- Booker Prize Best novel in English published in the UK or Ireland 2026
- Center for Fiction First Novel Prize The year’s best debut novel by an American writer 2026
- Desmond Elliott Prize A first novel published in the UK or Ireland 2022
- Dublin Literary Award Nominated by libraries worldwide; often in translation 2026
- Giller Prize Best Canadian novel or story collection 2026
- Goldsmiths Prize Fiction that breaks the mould of the novel form 2025
- International Booker Prize Fiction translated into English; author and translator share it 2026
- Kirkus Prize for Fiction Fiction with a starred Kirkus review, judged by a panel 2026
- Lost Man Booker Prize A one-off Booker, given in 2010 for novels of 1970 2010
- Miles Franklin Literary Award Australian novel presenting Australian life 2026
- National Book Award for Fiction Fiction by US writers, from the National Book Foundation 2026
- National Book Award for Translated Literature Translated fiction or nonfiction published in the US 2026
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Fiction chosen by American book critics 2025
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction American fiction, judged by fellow writers 2026
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Distinguished fiction by an American author 2026
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Historical fiction from the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth 2026
- Women’s Prize for Fiction Fiction in English by women, from anywhere 2026
- The Writers’ Prize The year’s best writing in any form, judged by writers 2024
Lists
9- American Library Association Notable Books: librarians choose 25 books for adult readers 2025
- The Guardian Guardian and Observer critics’ books of the year, by section 2025
- Lit Hub The list of lists: the books named on the most year-end lists 2025
- The New Yorker 24 main picks and about 300 more recommendations 2025
- NPR Books We Love: NPR staff and critics’ picks, fiction and nonfiction 2025
- Publishers Weekly The trade magazine’s reviewers pick the year’s best fiction 2025
- The TLS Each contributor names their books of the year 2025
- Dua Lipa Service95 Book Club picks, one a month since 2023 2026
- Natalie Portman Natalie’s Book Club picks, one a month since 2019 2026
Reviews
7- The Guardian Reviews from the Guardian and the Observer 2026
- Literary Review Britain’s monthly of reviews, for readers more than for scholars 2026
- London Review of Books Long essays on new books, twice a month 2026
- The New York Review of Books Essay-reviews by writers and scholars 2026
- The New York Times The Book Review and the daily critics 2026
- The New Yorker Reviews and critics’ notes from the weekly 2026
- The TLS The Times Literary Supplement’s weekly reviews 2026
