Literary awards and honors: November 24, 2025

Today's news of literary awards and honors is a mix of the formal and informal.

• The championship round of the best of literary Twitter pits Joyce Carol Oates against "Cat Person" — catch up on it and/or cast your vote (Literary Hub). 

• NPR has released its best books of 2025, which you can filter by genre.

• Electric Literature also has some best picks, but for nonfiction specifically.

• Listen to book critics analyze literary award season (The New York Times).