Award-winners don’t always yield a can’t-put-down book pace even if they make the critic’s best books of the year list. This episode is here to deliver on fast-paced reads with big themes.

Discover what makes a book qualify for these award categories (like the Alex Awards, Hugo Award, or Edgar Award) and get the book reviews you need to make the most notable award-winning choices for your reading life.

Today’s stack offers the best in thrillers, science fiction, contemporary literature, and even suggestions you can enjoy with your young adult. So whether you are looking for fiction or nonfiction, we have you covered.

Fables Books brings their favorite award-winners as we continue to work our way through their Storygraph reading challenge.

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Gang Podcast Episode 25: How The StoryGraph Can Enhance Your Reading Life

MomAdvice Book Club

Fables Books

Book Gang Podcast Episode 22: Books About Books with Fables Books

Fables Books 2022 Reading Challenge

Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

Maus Volume 1 by Art Spiegelman

Maus Volume 2 by Art Spiegelman

The Pulitzer Prize

Alex Awards

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot by Marianne Cronin

Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison

MomAdvice Interview with Jonathan Evison

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Indiana Authors Awards

National Book Critics Circle Awards

Evicted by Matthew Desmond

The Hugo Awards

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Edgar Awards

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Nebula Awards

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

Lambda Literary Awards

Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Annabel by Kathleen Winter

National Book Awards

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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