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Gotham Book Prize

The Gotham Book Prize is awarded annually to a fiction or non-fiction work judged the best about or set in New York City. The award was founded by Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson.[1][2]

Gotham Book Prize
DateDecember
Reward(s)$50,000
First awarded2020
Last awardedActive
Websitegothambookprize.org

Recipients

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Gotham Book Prize winners and finalists
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2021 James McBride Deacon King Kong Winner [3][4]
Rumaan Alam Leave the World Behind Finalist [5]
Christopher Beha The Index of Self-Destructive Acts Finalist [6]
David Goodwillie Kings County Finalist [6]
Debra Jo Immergut You Again Finalist [6]
N. K. Jemisin The City We Became Finalist [5]
David Paul Kuhn The Hard Hat Riot: Nixon, New York City, & the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution Finalist [6]
Raven Leilani Luster Finalist [6]
Amy Poeppel Musical Chairs Finalist [6]
Jerry Seinfeld Is This Anything? Finalist [6]
2022 Andrea Elliott Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City Winner [3]
Tom Dyja New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess and Transformation Finalist [7][8]
Kaitlyn Greenidge Libertie Finalist [7][8]
Zakiya Dalila Harris The Other Black Girl Finalist [7][8]
Jim Lewis Ghosts of New York Finalist [7][8]
Torrey Peters Detransition, Baby Finalist [7][8]
Sarah Schulman Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 Finalist [7][8]
Natalie Standiford Astrid Sees All Finalist [7][8]
Elisabet Velasquez When We Make It Finalist [7][8]
Colson Whitehead Harlem Shuffle Finalist [7][8]
2023 Sidik Fofana Stories from the Tenants Downstairs Winner (tie) [3]
John Wood Sweet The Sewing Girl’s Tale
Jill Bialosky The Deceptions Finalist [9][10]
Hernan Diaz Trust Finalist [9][10]
Xochitl Gonzalez Olga Dies Dreaming Finalist [9][10]
James Hannaham Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta Finalist [9][10]
Lisa Hsiao Chen Activities of Daily Living Finalist [9][10]
Dwyer Murphy An Honest Living Finalist [9][10]
Bushra Rehman Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion Finalist [9][10]
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Big Girl Finalist [9][10]
Martha Anne Toll Three Muses Finalist [9][10]
2024 Colson Whitehead Crook Manifesto Finalist [11]
Reuven Blau Rikers: An Oral History, Graham Rayman Finalist [12][13]
Patrick Brinkley All the Beauty in the World Finalist [12][13]
Aisha Abdel Gawad Between Two Moons Finalist [12][13]
Patricia Park Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim Finalist [12][13]
Prudence Peiffer The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever Finalist [12][13]
Melissa Rivero Flores and Miss Paula Finalist [12][13]
Joshunda Sanders Women of the Post Finalist [12][13]
Maria Smilios The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis Finalist [12][13]
Alexander Stille The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune Finalist [12][13]
Tyriek White We Are a Haunting Finalist [12][13][14]

References

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  1. ^ Bussel, Rachel Kramer. "Gotham Book Prize To Award Winning Author $50,000 For Book About Or Set In New York City". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ "New writer's prize aims to keep mistique of NYC alive through literature". PIX11. 2020-07-30. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ^ a b c Temple, Emily (2023-04-24). "Two New York City books will split this year's $70,000 Gotham Book Prize". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. ^ McBride, James (6 April 2021). "James McBride's 'Deacon King Kong' wins inaugural Gotham prize". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Inaugural Gotham Book Prize Finalists". Locus Online. 2021-01-20. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Gotham Book Prize Announces Inaugural Finalists". Publishers Weekly. 2021-01-19. Archived from the original on 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Schaub, Michael (2022-01-29). "Finalists for the 2022 Gotham Book Prize Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mechler, Anita (2022-01-28). "2022 Gotham Book Prize Finalists Announced | Book Pulse". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Culgan, Rossilynne Skena (2023-02-13). "The 2023 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced; add these NYC books to your list". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Temple, Emily (2023-02-13). "Here are the finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  11. ^ Schaub, Michael (2024-06-05). "Winner of the Gotham Book Prize Is Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Gallery 3". Gotham Book Prize. Archived from the original on 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Schaub, Michael (2024-04-16). "Finalists for the Gotham Book Prize Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  14. ^ "2024 Gotham Book Prize Finalists". Locus Online. 2024-04-16. Archived from the original on 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
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