Kirkus Best Books of the Year Winners Fictional Voices

Awards List

2023

Sterling Karat Gold (*)
Isabel Waidner

Jun-2021
/ General Fiction

Biography of X (*)
Catherine Lacey

Mar-2023
/ Literary

Chain-Gang All-Stars (*)
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

May-2023
/ Literary

The Five-Star Weekend (*)
Elin Hilderbrand

Jun-2023
/ Women's Fiction

Ripe (*)
Sarah Rose Etter

Jul-2023
/ Literary

Monica (*)
Daniel Clowes

Oct-2023
/ Graphic Novel

The Vulnerables (*)
Sigrid Nunez

Nov-2023
/ General Fiction

2022

My Volcano (*)
John Elizabeth Stintzi

Mar-2022
/ Literary

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English (*)
Noor Naga

Apr-2022
/ Literary

Young Mungo (*)
Douglas Stuart

Apr-2022
/ General Fiction

2 A.M. in Little America (*)
Ken Kalfus

May-2022
/ Literary

Scary Monsters (*)
Michelle de Kretser

May-2022
/ Literary

More Than You'll Ever Know (*)
Katie Gutierrez

Jun-2022
/ Literary

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (*)
Gabrielle Zevin

Jul-2022
/ Literary

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta (*)
James Hannaham

Sep-2022
/ General Fiction

Now Is Not the Time to Panic (*)
Kevin Wilson

Nov-2022
/ General Fiction

The Passenger (*)
Cormac McCarthy

Nov-2022
/ Literary

Award Categories

Affirming Picture Books

Books for Beginning Readers

Debut Fiction

Empowering Picture Books

Environmental Fiction

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

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

Kirkus Best Books of the Year - Fictional Voices (Awarded by Kirkus)

Awards List

2023

2022

Award Categories

Award Years