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As November’s chill settles in and daylight fades early, it’s the perfect season to curl up with a story that captivates and challenges. For readers seeking this year’s standout literary gems, the newly announced Kirkus Prize winners offer a ready-made reading list led by Lucas Schaefer, who took home the fiction prize for his remarkable debut, The Slip.

Today the Swedish Academy has announced the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025, which was awarded to a Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art."

The excitement surrounding the literary world intensifies as the 25 Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards have been revealed today. This prestigious event honors outstanding works in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.

Autumn brings back the most prestigious literary awards into a spotlight. Although the final announcements are yet to come, selection of the most probable candidates is already on the way. The 2025 Booker Prize judging panel, led by the renowned writer and 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle, has selected a shortlist of six novels.

The International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has already announced its winner 2025. This year it is Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.

On May 5 Columbia University announced the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

On April 8, the International Booker Prize announced its shortlist 2025. Six books were selected from 154 submitted by publishers - the highest number since the prize was launched in its current format in 2016.

Yesterday the National Book Awards 2024 announced the winners. Percival Everett's novel James has won the award for fiction by retelling Mar

The Booker Prize 2024 went into space for the first time! Well, not literally, but by annoucing yesterday evening at a ceremony held at Old

While we're still waiting for the winner of the Booker Prize 2024 to be announced, let's reflect on another prestigious British literary awa