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Kirkus Prize finalists include Angela
Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar
[August 28, 2025]
NEW YORK (AP) — Novels
by Angela Flournoy,Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar and a memoir by
Arundhati Roy are among the finalists for the 12th annual Kirkus Prize,
which comes with a $50,000 cash award for winners in fiction, nonfiction
and young readers' literature.
Kirkus, the long-running trade publication, announced six nominees in
each of the three categories Wednesday. |
This combination of images shows "King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution:
A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation" by Scott
Anderson, left, "Mother Mary Comes to Me" by Arundhati Roy, center, and
"The Wilderness" by Angela Flournoy. (Doubleday/Scribner/Mariner via AP) |
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Desai's “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny,” in which an
Associated Press reporter is a featured character, is also on
the shortlist for the Booker Prize. Flournoy's “The Wilderness"
is her first novel since she debuted with “The Turner House” a
decade ago, and Majumdar's “A Guardian and a Thief” is her first
book since her celebrated debut, “A Burning,” was published in
2020.
Allegra Goodman's “Isola,” Lucas Schafer's “The Slip” and David
Szalay's "Flesh" are the other finalists.
Roy's “Mother Mary Comes to Me” is a nonfiction nominee, along
with Nicholas Boggs' biography of James Baldwin, “Baldwin: A
Love Story;" Imani Perry's “Black in Blues;” Scott Anderson's
“King of Kings;” Sophie Elmhurst's “A Marriage at Sea;” and Greg
Gandin's “America, America.”
The young readers' finalists are Brian Floca's “Island Storm,”
Thao Lam's “Everybelly,” Derrick Barnes' “The Incredibly Human
Henson Blayze,” Triinu Laan's “John the Skeleton,” Moa Backe
Astot's “Butterfly Heart” and Candace Fleming's “Death in the
Jungle.”
Winners will be announced Oct. 8. Previous recipients include
Percival Everett, Susan Faludi and Colson Whitehead.
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