Han Kang, Megha Majumdar and Yiyun Li are among finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals
November 18, 2025
Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “We Do Not Part” and Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals. These fiction and nonfiction awards are presented by the American Library Association. Majumdar’s book, an Oprah Winfrey book club pick, is the only finalist originally written in English. Yiyun Li’s memoir about the suicides of her two sons is also a finalist. Winners will be announced on Jan. 27 and will receive $5,000. The awards were established in 2012 with help from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.