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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, administered by the Cleveland Foundation

An annual American literary prize recognizing books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and diversity, with the fiction category honoring outstanding novels or story collections addressing these themes.

Latest winner · 2026

Search through 7,609 books

2022

  1. The Trees

    Percival Everett

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

2021

  1. Deacon King Kong

    James McBride

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2020

  1. The Old Drift

    Namwali Serpell

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2019

  1. There There

    Tommy Orange

    Nominated for 4 more awards

    Won

2018

  1. Sing, Unburied, Sing

    Jesmyn Ward

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 6 more awards

    Won

2017

  1. The Association of Small Bombs

    Karan Mahajan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. The Fortunes

    Peter Ho Davies

    Won

2016

  1. The Jazz Palace

    Mary Morris

    Won

2015

  1. A Brief History of Seven Killings

    Marlon James

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

2010

  1. Burnt Shadows

    Kamila Shamsie

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2009

  1. The Boat

    Nam Le

    Won
  2. The Plague of Doves

    Louise Erdrich

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2008

  1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    Junot Díaz

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    Mohsin Hamid

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

2007

  1. Half of a Yellow Sun

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Won 1 more award

    Won

2006

  1. On Beauty

    Zadie Smith

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2005

  1. The Dew Breaker

    Edwidge Danticat

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2004

  1. The Known World

    Edward P. Jones

    Won 3 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

2003

  1. The Emperor of Ocean Park

    Stephen L. Carter

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

1997

  1. Autobiography of My Mother

    Jamaica Kincaid

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

1996

  1. All Souls' Rising

    Madison Smartt Bell

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

1993

  1. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

    Sandra Cisneros

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won

1988

  1. A Sport of Nature

    Nadine Gordimer

    Won
  2. Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

1985

  1. Mouroir: Mirrornotes of a Novel

    Breyten Breytenbach

    Won

1962

  1. The Forbidden Man

    Gina Allen

    Won

1954

  1. Simple Takes a Wife

    Langston Hughes

    Won

1951

  1. The Wall

    John Hersey

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction in 2026?
“Make Your Way Home” by Carrie R. Moore won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction in 2026.
Who are the most recent Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction winners?
2026: “Make Your Way Home” by Carrie R. Moore; 2025: “Colored Television” by Danzy Senna; 2024: “Tremor” by Teju Cole; 2023: “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks and “The Family Chao” by Lan Samantha Chang; 2022: “The Trees” by Percival Everett.