ALA reveals 2019 Carnegie award shortlist

Does your book club need a fresh set of recommendations?

Well, the American Library Association has announced its shortlist for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

One winner from each category will be announced on January 27. You can see what aspect of each book appealed to the judges on the ALA website.

Nonfiction

• Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, by Beth Macy.

• Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Laymon.

• The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border, by Francisco Cantú 

Fiction

• The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai.

• Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan.

• There There, by Tommy Orange.