As the year draws to a close we reflect back on goals achieved and goals left unrealized. For many of us, the wish list of unread books just kept growing. So many wonderful books were published in 2022 that choosing became a daunting challenge. Which ones to read? Why not start with the literary prize winners - the best of the best! Learn more about these prestigious literary awards and check out lists of the 2022 prize winners at these sites (click on name to be taken to the website): the Pulitzer Prize; the Booker Prize; the Nobel Prize for Literature; the National Book Awards; the PEN America Literary Awards and the Windham Campbell Prizes. For a partial sampling of the brilliant 2022 prize winners, click on the book jackets below to be taken to links in our catalog.
"The book that changed my life, I came across it because of a National Book Award sticker.” Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street