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Kirkus Prize 2015

The 2015 Kirkus Prize went to A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Fiction), Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Nonfiction) and Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Dinara Mirtalipova (Young Readers' Literature). 18 books were finalists across 3 categories.

Winners

Fiction

  1. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagiharasource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coatessource (opens in a new tab)

Young Readers' Literature

  1. Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Dinara Mirtalipovasource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Fiction

  1. A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlinsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groffsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Book of Aron by Jim Shepardsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Incarnations by Susan Barkersource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli, translated by Christina MacSweeneysource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonaldsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Pacific by Simon Winchestersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Deluge by Adam Toozesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulfsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Whirlwind by John Ferlingsource (opens in a new tab)

Young Readers' Literature

  1. Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuhsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Lillian's Right to Vote by Jonah Winter and Shane W. Evanssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Shadowshaper by Daniel José Oldersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbroughsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The New Small Person by Lauren Childsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Kirkus Prize

The Kirkus Prize began in 2014. Each year has six finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature, one of which wins; source is kirkusreviews.com/prize/<year>/. Young Readers' Literature author is writer plus illustrator; translators are separate. Titles are main titles, title-cased from Kirkus's all-caps listing.

Organization: Kirkus Reviews. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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