A novel about brothers in Nigeria whose lives are altered by a prophecy and the gradual breaking of family bonds.

A childhood game drifts toward a tragic chain of events that cannot be undone.

A biography of Isamu Noguchi that traces his life and work and places him within twentieth-century art.

It digs into Noguchi’s path across sculpture, gardens, and design through letters, interviews, and archival material.

A nonfiction study of how corruption undermines national security, built from case studies around the world.

It reframes corruption not as isolated wrongdoing but as a structure that destabilizes societies.

A novel centered on the raconteur-auctioneer Highway that playfully asks what gives objects, stories, and value their worth.

A whimsical tale of teeth and storytelling comes alive in the industrial outskirts of Mexico City.

A graphic memoir that recounts a childhood spent moving between Syria, Libya, and France from a child’s perspective.

A childhood shaped by family ambition and political pressure is rendered in vivid drawings and sharp detail.

A history book that follows the political tensions leading to Rabin’s assassination and the people involved in the murder.

It traces how one assassination reshaped Israel’s political landscape.

A novel centered on a DEA agent’s war with a cartel, dramatizing the violence and corruption of the Mexican drug war.

The conflict expands into a system too vast and complex to be halted by one man’s obsession.

A selected volume that revisits four decades of Jorie Graham’s poetry and traces the evolution of her voice and form.

From early work to new poems, the book reveals how the poet’s thinking and sensibility have changed over time.

A biography of Alexander von Humboldt that shows how he helped recast nature as an interconnected system.

Humboldt’s life as explorer and thinker leads directly into the roots of modern environmental thought.

A poetry collection that gives voice to the residents of Seneca Village and reconstructs the memory of a lost community.

It joins historical record and imagination to bring the vanished life of the village back into view.

This Innovator’s Award recognizes James Patterson’s career achievements rather than a single book.

There is no single matching title here; the award honors the author’s overall body of work.

This recognition honors Juan Felipe Herrera’s overall literary contribution, so no single book is identified.

The award recognizes a career as a poet and writer rather than one title.