Posted on December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Today's news of literary awards and honors is a mix of the formal and informal.
Formal awards
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Stephen Narain has won the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature for his novel The Church of Mastery (Literary Hub).
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The Whiting Foundation has revealed the ten winners of the 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress (Literary Hub).
Informal awards
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Kelly Jensen analyzed a number of best-of lists to see which books appeared most often, along with comparing the results to some of the summer's best-so-far lists (Book Riot).
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The New York Times highlighted its favorite hidden gem books as well as its favorite mystery novels of 2025.
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Fifty-two book cover designers declared these book covers the best of 2025 (Literary Hub).
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Meanwhile, voting is still going on for the readers' choice of best book cover design (Electric Literature).
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