Exceptional books that received prestigious awards in 2024

Exceptional books that received prestigious awards in 2024
As 2024 comes to an end, here we mention a few exceptional books that have received prestigious awards in the past year. From Booker Prize winners, to the Agatha award, these are the perfect books for your to-be-read list.
-The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Han Kang for her book ‘Vegetarian’ which talks about personal choice, human relationships, and the struggles of identity in societies.
-The Booker Prize for 2024 was won by ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey. It is a story about astronauts from different countries as they spend a single day in the International Space Station.
-Percival Everett’s ‘James’ became the Winner of the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize for Fiction. It is a retelling of ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ from the perspective of Jim, the man Huck meets on his run.
-The Pulitzer Prize in Fiction was awarded to ‘Night Watch’ by Jayne Anne Phillips, and is the story of a mother and daughter in a mental asylum during the Civil War in West Virginia.
-The Pulitzer Prize Winner in Nonfiction was awarded to Nathan Thrall's ‘A Day in the Life of Abed Salama’. It is an intimate book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of one man’s personal tragedy of losing his son and being embroiled in conflicts.
-‘Kairos’ won the Inter​national Booker Prize for its themes of love, time, and history in East Germany.
-The Aga​tha Award for 2024 was awarded to ‘The Weekend Retreat’ by Tara Laskowski. It features a family, 3 siblings, and their annual ritual of visiting the winery. But soon the cheer and fun goes down South.
-Set during a Civil war and struggle for a homeland, 'Brotherless Night' by V. V. Ganeshananthan recieved the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2024.
-Naomi Klein’s ‘Doppelganger’ won the first-ever Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, and the book is on the themes of identity, politics, and the surreal parallels in a divided world.
-An initiative of The Times of India, AutHer awards is to commemorate and celebrate the works of women authors across 5 genres. The awards are for the genres of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Best Debut, Best Children's author, and Popular Choice award.