Kirkus Best Books of the Year Winners Fiction

Awards List

2022

Bliss Montage: Stories

Bliss Montage: Stories (*)
Ling Ma

Sep-2022
/ Literary

Dr. No

Dr. No (*)
Percival Everett

Nov-2022
/ Literary

2020

The Last Taxi Driver

The Last Taxi Driver (*)
Lee Durkee

Mar-2020
/ Literary

Rest and Be Thankful

Rest and Be Thankful (*)
Emma Glass

Mar-2020
/ Literary

The Prettiest Star

The Prettiest Star (*)
Carter Sickels

May-2020
/ Literary

The Pull of the Stars

The Pull of the Stars (*)
Emma Donoghue

Jul-2020
/ Historical

What Are You Going Through

What Are You Going Through (*)
Sigrid Nunez

Sep-2020
/ Women's Fiction

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (*)
V.E. Schwab

Oct-2020
/ Science Fiction

Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind (*)
Rumaan Alam

Oct-2020
/ Literary

One Night Two Souls Went Walking

One Night Two Souls Went Walking (*)
Ellen Cooney

Nov-2020
/ Literary

Award Categories

Affirming Picture Books

Beginning Readers

Book Club Fiction

Books for Beginning Readers

Empowering Picture Books

Environmental Fiction

Fiction in Translation

Fictional Families

Fictional Voices

Funniest Picture Books

Historical Fiction

Informational Picture Books

Joyous Picture Books

Middle-Grade About Speaking Up

Middle-Grade Activist

Middle-Grade Adventures

Middle-Grade Family Stories

Middle-Grade Fantasy and SF

Middle-Grade Fiction

Middle-Grade Friendship Stories

Middle-Grade Graphic Fiction

Award Years