STRANGERS TO OURSELVES by Rachel Aviv was shortlisted for the 2023 Anthony Lukas Prize, which was established in 1998 to honor "the best in American nonfiction writing.” Finalists and winners will be announced on March 21, and the awards will be presented at a ceremony at Columbia Journalism School on May 3. FSG published the book on September 13, 2023.

AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong is a finalist for the 2023 PEN/E.O Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. The winner will be announced at the 2023 PEN American Literary Awards Ceremony on March 2 at 8pm at The Town Hall in New York City. Random House published AN IMMENSE WORLD on June 21, 2022.

SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM by Laura Warrell was longlisted for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The finalists will be announced in March, and the winner will be announced in April. Pantheon published the book on September 27, 2022.

THE HIGH DESERT by James Spooner received the American Library Association's Alex Award, which honors “books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.” Harper published the book on May 17, 2022.

AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong is the Nonfiction Winner of the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Stephen Sposato, chair of the selection committee, said: “[S]tanding out even during a recent golden age of nature writing, Ed Yong dazzles with a deeply considered exploration of the many modes of sensory perception that life has evolved to navigate the world, written with exhilarating freshness.” The book was also selected as a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the New School in New York City on March 23. Random House published AN IMMENSE WORLD on June 21, 2022.

STRANGERS TO OURSELVES by Rachel Aviv was selected as a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the New School in New York City on March 23. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

THE FURROWS by Namwali Serpell was selected as a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the New School in New York City on March 23. It was published by Hogarth on September 27, 2022.

THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton is the winner of the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2022. The award will be presented at The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Celebration Dinner at the Mark Twain Museum Center on November 4. 37 Ink published the novel on March 31, 2021.

HEAVY, HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELVES IN AMERICA, and LONG DIVISION author Kiese Laymon is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. The MacArthur Foundation’s bio of Laymon reads: “Kiese Laymon is a writer bearing witness to the myriad forms of violence that mark the Black experience. Laymon’s writing across genres is grounded in radical honesty and his perspective as a Black Southern man. He exemplifies a commitment to revision in his writing practice and through his capacity for frank self-reflection.” Scribner published HEAVY on October 16, 2018, HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELVES AND OTHERS IN AMERICA on November 10, 2020, and LONG DIVISION on June 1, 2021.

AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong has been longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The shortlist will be announced on November 15, and the winners will be announced on January 29. Random House published the book on June 21, 2022.