Literary awards and honors: June 17, 2024

Today's award roundup is a mixture of formal competitions and informal lists.

• The stage adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders has won the Tony Award for best musical (The New York Times). 

• E.J. Koh has won the 24th annual NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award for her debut novel, The Liberators (Literary Hub).

• Yep, there's another list of best books so far this year — this time, from Amazon.

• Here are the seventy-plus books that contemporary horror authors recommend in their genre (Book Riot).

• Libro.fm compiled a list of summer's most pre-ordered audiobooks (Book Riot).