Award year

2022 Kirkus Prize Winners

Browse the 2022 Kirkus Prize winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

Kirkus Prize Awarded by Kirkus 2 categories shown

Fiction

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Kirkus Prize Fiction category.

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Winner

Trust

Diaz, Hernan

Standalone · Historical

May-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize winner

Finalist

The Books of Jacob

Tokarczuk, Olga

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2021 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

God's Children Are Little Broken Things

Ifeakandu, Arinze

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

Mecca

Straight, Susan

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

Scary Monsters

de Kretser, Michelle

Standalone · Literary

May-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

Scattered All Over the Earth

Tawada, Yoko

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Young Readers

Winner and nominees for the 2022 Kirkus Prize Young Readers category.

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Winner

Himawari House

Becker, Harmony

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2021 2022 Kirkus Prize winner

Finalist

Coffee, Snowdrop, Rabbit, Lost

Birkjaer, Betina

Standalone · General Fiction

Dec-2021 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

The Golden Hour

Smith, Niki

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2021 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

How You Grow Wings

Onoseta, Rimma

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

Ursu, Anne

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2021 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

Finalist

The Year We Learned to Fly

Woodson, Jacqueline

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2022 2022 Kirkus Prize finalist

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