Posted on October 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Today's news of literary awards and honors is a mix of the formal and informal.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards, which honor outstanding LGBTQ+ writing, and to the winners of the 2025 Anthony Awards, which celebrate the best in crime fiction.
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The finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards have been announced, along with news that George Saunders and Roxane Gay will receive lifetime achievement awards at the November 19 prize ceremony (NPR).
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And here are the ten poetry collections on the shortlist for the TS Eliot Prize; the winner will be announced in January (The Guardian).
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Beloved Reading Rainbow host and literary activist LeVar Burton has been named the 2026 indie bookstore ambassador (American Booksellers Association).
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And now for a list that authors don't want to be on ... the twenty most confusing books according to Goodreads users (Book Riot).
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