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CHICAGO- On Sunday, January 23, 2022, during the 91��ýLibLearnX, the RUSA Book & Media Awards Ceremony announced the year’s best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, audiobook narration, and reference materials and the long-awaited Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. This highly anticipated event is sponsored by , Booklist and RUSA. Winners are hand-picked by our expert selection committees that work closely with adult readers. Their tireless efforts narrow down hundreds of finalists to curate the highly regarded “Best of” lists used by librarians, publishers and booksellers nationwide.

Below is a list of the awards that were announced at the ceremony:

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

“The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu,” by Tom Lin, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, as the winner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

"A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance," by Hanif Abdurraqib, published by Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.

The Notable Books Council, first established in 1944, has announced the 2022 selections of the Notable Books List, an annual best-of list composed of 25 titles written for adult readers and published in the US including fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The full list of winners and annotations may be found .

The Reading List Council has announced the 2022 selections of the Reading List, an annual best-of list comprised of eight different fiction genres for adult readers. A shortlist of honor titles, up to 4 per genre was also announced. The full list of winners, read-alikes and short list may be found .

The Listen List Council of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has announced the 2022 selections of the Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration. The full list of winners may be found .

The 2022 Sophie Brody Medal winner is Jane Yolen for Kaddish Before the Holocaust and After: Poems, published by Holy Cow Press. Yolen takes the reader on a heartbreaking and breathtaking journey, breaking new ground in the rich, diverse genre known as Holocaust poetry. Using a variety of poetic forms to distill the reality of the Holocaust into words, Yolen’s poems dazzle in their simplicity, power, beauty, and accessibility. Additional information may be found .

The winner of the 2022 Dartmouth Medal for most outstanding reference work, an annual award presented by the expert reference and collection development librarians of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of 91��ý, is the The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich with Noah Rothbaum and published by Oxford University Press. Additional information may be found .

The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2021 have been named to the 2022 Outstanding References Sources List, an annual list selected by experts of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of 91��ý. The 2022 selections may be found .

Essential Cookbooks: The CODES List, a committee of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), has announced the 2022 selection of essential cookbooks for public libraries. The 2022 selections may be found .

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the 91��ý, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers’ advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need. Learn more at www.rusaupdate.org.