Awards search:Kirkus Prize

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Elizabeth Kolbert
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Literature, Natural History, Ecology, Biology, Climate Change, Global Warming, Evolution, Extinction — 18 more, Animal Extinction, Fossils, Dinosaurs, Birds, Amazon Rainforest, Endangered Species, Natural Habitats, Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, Pulitzer Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medals Nonfiction Shortlist, ALA Notable Books for Adults, Audiobook, Narrated by Anne Twomey, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Read in 2015, Completed November 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Natural History, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
576.8

The Blazing World

by Siri Hustvedt
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
21st Century, Fiction, American Literature, Contemporary Fiction, Biographical, Art, Artists, Contemporary Art, Feminism, New York, America — 7 more, Booker Prize Longlist, Audiobook, Narrated by Patricia Rodriguez, Narrated by Eric Meyers, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

by Roz Chast
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Author, Graphic Novel, Graphic Memoir, Memoirs, Autobiographical, Aging, Relationships, Couples — 19 more, Family, Aging Parents, Death, Dying, Parents, Jews, Brooklyn, New York, Depressing, National Book Award Finalist, Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, Slate Top Ten Book of the Year, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, eBook, Library Book, OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed February 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Graphic Novels, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
20th Century, 1920s, 1922, 21st Century Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Lodgers, Interwar, Spinsters, Old Maids, Lesbians — 13 more, Relationships, Friendship, Marriage, Couples, London, England, Bailey's Prize Longlist, Audiobook, Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2014, Completed September 2014
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2014
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Euphoria: A Novel

by Lily King
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
20th Century, 1930s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Margaret Mead, Relationships — 9 more, Love Triangle, Papua New Guinea, The New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Audiobook, Narrated by Simon Vance, Narrated by Xe Sands, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Daily Deal, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

H is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, Memoirs, Falconry, Hawks, Natural History, Animals, Birds, Birds of Prey — 29 more, Raptors, Goshawks, Training, Bird Training, Ornithology, Nature Writing, Death, Grief, Depression, Isolation, Fathers & Daughters, Biography, T. H. White, The Goshawk, Books About Books, Cambridge, England, Rec'd by NPR Books, Rec'd by msf59, Audiobook, Narrated by Helen MacDonald, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Daily Deal, Acquired in 2015, Picked by msf59, Picked for Me 2016, Read in 2016, Completed January 2016, Favourites of 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Natural History, Read in 2016, Picked for Me 2016
Status
Available
Call number
598.944

H is for Hawk (The Birds and the Bees) (Vintage Classics)

by Helen Macdonald
Paperback, 2016
Tags
The Birds and the Bees, Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2016, To Reread
Status
Available
Call number
598.944

The Book of Aron: A Novel

by Jim Shepard
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
20th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Childhood, Jews, War, WWII, Holocaust, Nazis, Ghettos — 8 more, Warsaw, Poland, Rec'd by Chatterbox, Audiobook, Narrated by Michael Goldstrom, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Echo

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Narrated by David de Vries, Narrated by Andrews MacLeod, Narrated by Rebecca Soler, Purchased from Audible.com, 3 for 2, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Relationships, Friendship, Abuse, Trauma, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse — 14 more, Suicide, New York City, America, Booker Prize Shortlist, Bailey's Prize Shortlist, National Book Award Finalist, Andrew Carnegie Medals Fiction Shortlist, Rec'd by msf59, Audiobook, Narrated by John Lee, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, $4.95, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

by Lucia Berlin
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 21st Century Publication, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Relationships, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mexico, Chile — 15 more, Posthumous, The New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, Library Book (National), Audiobook, Narrated by Thom Rivera, Narrated by Dawn Harvey, Narrated by Carol Monda, Narrated by Hillary Huber, Narrated by Bernadette Dunne, Narrated by Kyla Garcia, OverDrive, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed May 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Relationships, Marriage, Love, Sex, He Said She Said, Mothers & Sons — 16 more, Playwrights, Theatre, Actors, New York City, America, National Book Award Finalist, The New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Rec'd by NPR Books, Audiobook, Narrated by Will Damron, Narrated by Julia Whelan, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2016, Completed January 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Story of My Teeth

by Valeria Luiselli
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
20th Century, 21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Mexican Literature, Latin American Literature, Experimental Writing, Conceptual, Translation, Teeth, Auctions — 15 more, Auctioneers, Art, Artists, Collaboration, Mexico, The New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Rec'd by NPR Books, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Audiobook, Narrated by Armando Duran, Narrated by Thom Rivera, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2016, Completed February 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
863.7

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Literature, Memoirs, African Americans, American History, Race, Racism, Race Relations, Slavery — 12 more, Current Affairs, American Life, National Book Award, Andrew Carnegie Medals Nonfiction Longlist, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Audiobook, Narrated by the Author, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed November 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

by Simon Winchester
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
Current Affairs, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Audiobook, Narrated by Simon Winchester, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
909.09823

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

by Andrea Wulf
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
18th Century, 19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, Natural History, Biography, Naturalists, Alexander von Humboldt, Science, Scientists, History of Science — 34 more, Exploration, Travel, Nature, Botany, Ecology, Environment, Environmentalism, Politics, Influential, Napoleonic Wars, Goethe, Thomas Jefferson, Simon Bolivar, Buffon, Charles Darwin, HMS Beagle, Henry David Thoreau, Walden or Life in the Woods, George Perkins Marsh, Man and Nature, Ernst Haeckel, Art Forms in Nature, John Muir, Paris, France, Latin America, Germany, Audiobook, Narrated by David Drummond, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Daily Deal, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed June 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Natural History, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
509.2

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
Pulitzer Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction, ALA Notable Books for Adults, Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
339.4

Barkskins

by Annie Proulx
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, American History — 20 more, Saga, Colonization, Colonialism, Nouvelle France, Native Americans, Micmac People, Trees, Forests, Logging, Loggers, Deforestation, Family Dynasty, Greed, Hubris, Audiobook, Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed June 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, African American, Historical Fiction, Alternate History, Slavery, Racism, Race Relations, Underground Railroad — 12 more, Fugitives, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, New York Times Best Books of the Year, Andrew Carnegie Medals Fiction Shortlist, Audiobook, Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2017, Completed January 2017
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2017
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2016, 20th Century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 21st Century Literature — 21 more, Fiction, American Literature, Historical Fiction, Gentlemen, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Prisoners, Political Prisoners, House Arrest, Hotels, Grand Hotels, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union, Fathers & Daughters, Friendship, Food, Wine, Books About Books, Casablanca, Read in 2017, Completed January 2017
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2017
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by J. D. Vance, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
305.5

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas
CD audiobook, 2017
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, 2010s, Fiction, American Literature, African American, Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Coming of Age, Teenagers, Discrimination — 36 more, Murder, Police Brutality, Police, Shootings, Guns, Gun Violence, Race, Racism, Race Relations, Black Lives Matter, Black Panthers, Social Issues, Civil Rights, Relationships, Family, Friendship, School, Private Schools, Ghettos, Crime, Gangs, Street Gangs, Drugs, Drug Dealers, Poverty, Violence, National Book Award Longlist, Printz Honor, Coretta Scott King Honor, Audiobook, Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2017, Read in 2018, Completed March 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Series
THUG (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward
Digital audiobook, 2017
Tags
National Book Award, Audiobook, Narrated by Kelvin Harrison Jr., Narrated by Chris Chalk, Narrated by Rutina Wesley, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2017
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Bois Sauvage (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Children of Blood and Bone

by Tomi Adeyemi
Digital audiobook, 2018
Tags
21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Nigerian Author, African American, Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure, Oppression, Oppressive Fathers, Magic — 18 more, Mythology, Relationships, Family, Siblings, Sibling Rivalry, Romance, Social Commentary, Genocide, Survival, Kitchen Sink, Nigeria, Audiobook, Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2018, Read in 2018, Completed December 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Series
Legacy of Orïsha (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline
Ebook, 2017
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Young Adult, Native Americans, Indigenous People, Dreams — 8 more, Survival, Canada, Canada Reads Nominee, Kirkus Prize for Young People's Fiction, Library Book (National), eBook, Read in 2019, Completed October 2019
Collections
Read, Read in 2019, eBooks
Series
The Marrow Thieves (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Florida

by Lauren Groff
Digital audiobook, 2018
Tags
National Book Award Longlist, Audiobook, Narrated by the Author, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2018
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

On the Come Up

by Angie Thomas
Digital audiobook, 2019
Tags
Young Adult, African American, rapping, Music, Race, Audiobook, Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2019
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Other Americans

by Laila Lalami
Digital audiobook, 2019
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by Mozhan Marno, Narrated by P. J. Ochlan, Narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2019
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead
Digital audiobook, 2019
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by JD Jackson, Library Book (National), Acquired in 2019
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54
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