Overview

• The finalists span Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature, with winners in each category receiving $50,000.
• Fiction finalists: Kiran Desai, Angela Flournoy, Allegra Goodman, Megha Majumdar, Lucas Schaefer, and David Szalay.
• Nonfiction finalists: Scott Anderson, Nicholas Boggs, Sophie Elmhirst, Greg Grandin, Imani Perry, and Arundhati Roy.
• Young Readers’ Literature finalists include Brian Floca and Thao Lam (picture books), Derrick Barnes and Triinu Laan (middle grade), and Moa Backe Åstot and Candace Fleming (young adult).
• The winners will be announced Oct. 8 at a TriBeCa ceremony in New York City, with a 7:30 p.m. ET livestream on Kirkus’ YouTube channel; this year’s contenders were chosen from 7,653 books reviewed, of which roughly 10% earn a star.