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2023 Kirkus Prize Finalists and Winners

The Kirkus Prize was created in 2014 to celebrate the discerning, thoughtful criticism that Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at large since it was founded in 1933. Each winner is awarded $50,000.

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride.
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Fiction Winner

Our migrant souls
Héctor Tobar.
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Nonfiction Winner

Witness
Jamel Brinkley.
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Fiction Finalist

Birnam Wood

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Fiction Finalist

White Cat, Black Dog

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Fiction Finalist

The bee sting
Paul Murray.
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Fiction Finalist

How to Say Babylon

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Nonfiction Finalist

How not to kill yourself
Clancy Martin.
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Nonfiction Finalist