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Kirkus Prize by year

Kirkus Prize in our archive: 216 books across 12 years, 2014 to 2025.

  1. 202518 books · 3 winners
  2. 202418 books · 3 winners
  3. 202318 books · 3 winners
  4. 202218 books · 3 winners
  5. 202118 books · 3 winners
  6. 202018 books · 3 winners
  7. 201918 books · 3 winners
  8. 201818 books · 3 winners
  9. 201718 books · 3 winners
  10. 201618 books · 3 winners
  11. 201518 books · 3 winners
  12. 201418 books · 3 winners

About the Kirkus Prize

The Kirkus Prize began in 2014. Each year has six finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature, one of which wins; source is kirkusreviews.com/prize/<year>/. Young Readers' Literature author is writer plus illustrator; translators are separate. Titles are main titles, title-cased from Kirkus's all-caps listing.

Organization: Kirkus Reviews. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)