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Book Award Winners
September 2024 |
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
- Charles William Eliot
This quarterly newsletter provides reading suggestions of celebrated titles both new and old. All titles are available in print through the Forsyth County library system, and some are available for immediate download in e-book or audiobook format on your phone or tablet. Download the Libby and Hoopla apps or ask a librarian about our NC Digital Library for more information. |
A Council of Dollsby Susan PowerFrom the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.
Nautilus Book Award Gold Winner for Fiction
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Brotherless Night
by V. V. Ganeshananthan
A 16-year-old Sri Lankan woman, Sashi, is hoping to become a doctor but instead watches her four beloved brothers get caught up in violent political ideologies that result in a devastating civil war.
2024 Women's Prize for Fiction
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Cahokia Jazz
by Francis Spufford
A detective and his indigenous jazz pianist partner investigate a seemingly ordinary murder that ultimately threatens to unravel the peace and reveal hidden secrets in an alternate history version of 1920's America where Native American populations have thrived.
2023 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History
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Fire weather : a True Story from a Hotter World
by John Vaillant
Vaillant takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America’s oil industry and the birth of climate science, to the unprecedented devastation wrought by modern forest fires, and into lives forever changed by these disasters. John Vaillant’s urgent work is a book for—and from—our new century of fire, which has only just begun.
2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction
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The Mermaid of Black Conch
by Monique Roffey
In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a mermaid by the name of Aycayia. After the mermaid is caught by American tourists, David rescues and hides her away in his home, finding that, once out of the water, she begins to transform back into a woman. Now David must work to win Aycayia’s trust while she relearns what it is to be human, navigating not only her new body but also her relationship with others on the island—a difficult task after centuries of loneliness.
2020 Costa Novel Award
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Elevation
by Stephen King
A timely tale about the power of finding common ground traces the story of Scott Carey, whose mysterious affliction unites the small community of Castle Rock, Maine. Soon unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
2018 Goodreads Choice Award for Horror
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The Bully Pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Focusing on the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin revisits the Progressive Era during which Roosevelt wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses and corrupt money brokers only to see it compromised by Taft.
2015 Audie Award for a Historical Audiobook
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