Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award Winners First Novel

Awards List

2020

The Water Dancer (Winner)
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep-2019
/ Literary

2019

They Come in All Colors (Winner)
Malcolm Hansen

Jun-2018
/ Literary

2018

A Kind of Freedom (Winner)
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Aug-2017
/ General Fiction

2017

Grace (Winner)
Natashia Deon

Jun-2016
/ Literary

2016

The Turner House (Winner)
Angela Flournoy

Apr-2015
/ Literary

2015

Forty Acres (Winner)
Dwayne Alexander Smith

Jul-2014
/ Thriller

2011

Wench (Winner)
Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Jan-2010
/ Literary

2009

Orange Mint and Honey (Winner)
Carleen Brice

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

2006

Freshwater Road (Winner)
Denise Nicholas

Aug-2005
/ Science Fiction

2005

The Darkest Child (Winner)
Delores Phillips

Jan-2005
/ General Fiction

2004

The Known World (Winner)
Edward P. Jones

Sep-2003
/ General Fiction

2003

The Emperor of Ocean Park (Winner)
Stephen L. Carter

Jun-2002
/ Suspense

2002

Gabriel's Story (Winner)
David Anthony Durham

Jan-2001
/ Historical

2001

Where I'm Bound (Winner)
Allen B. Ballard

Oct-2001
/ General Fiction

2000

Inner City Blues (Winner)
Paula L. Woods

Jan-1999
/ Police Procedural

1998

The View from Here (Winner)
Brian Keith Jackson

Feb-1997
/ General Fiction

1997

Push (Winner)
Sapphire

May-1997
/ General Fiction

1995

Serpent's Gift (Winner)
Helen Elaine Lee

Oct-1995
/ General Fiction

1994

Losing Absalom (Winner)
Alexs D. Pate

Apr-2005
/ Science Fiction

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Fiction

First Novel

Nonfiction

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Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award - First Novel (Awarded by Black Caucus of the American Library Association)

Awards List

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