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Rhea Murray Awards Collection

The Rhea Murray Awards Collection is in memory of Rhea Murray, charter member of the Friends of the Petoskey Library. This collection, brought to us by the Friends of the Library, will be stocked with winners from the past three years, including over one dozen awards such as Michigan Notable Books, Booker Prize, Rita (Romance), Spur (Western), National Book Award, Nebula Award (Science-Fiction), Pulitzer Prize, and more. As a retired librarian, Rhea valued outstanding literature and notable works of nonfiction. With each award selected, the Petoskey District Library collection development team has chosen titles that reflect Rhea’s high standards.

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James
a Novel
Everett, Percival,
National Book Award, 2024.
Book, 2024New York : Doubleday, [2024]. — FIC EVER
Orbital
a Novel
Harvey, Samantha,
Booker Prize, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : Grove Press, 2023. — FIC HARV
Some Desperate Glory
Tesh, Emily,
Hugo Award, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — FIC TESH
Master Slave Husband Wife
An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom
Woo, Ilyon,
Pulitzer Prize, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. — BIO CRAFT
How to Say Babylon
a Memoir
Sinclair, Safiya,
National Book Critic's Circle Award, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : 37 Ink/Simon & Schuster, 2023. — BIO SINCLAIR
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
Moore, Lorrie,
National Book Critic's Circle Award, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — FIC MOOR
The Book of Goose
a Novel
Li, Yiyun, 1972-
PEN/Faulkner Award, 2023.
Book, 2023New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — FIC LI
Death in the Tallgrass
a Young Man's Journey Through the Western Frontier
Willerton, Donald,
Spur Award, 2024.
Book, 2023[Los Alamos, New Mexico] : Donald L. Willerton, [2023] — FIC WILL
Blood From the Air
Files, Gemma,
Bram Stoker Award, 2023.
Book, 2023New Orleans, Louisiana : Grimscribe Press, [2023] — FIC FILE
Crime and Parchment
Silver, Daphne,
Agatha Award, 2024.
Book, 2023[Place of publication not identified] : Level Best Books, [2023] — FIC SILV
The Last Man
a Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery /
Goodman, Thomas, 1961-
Spur Award, 2024.
Book, 2023Austin, Texas : Mainsail Books, [2023] — FIC GOOD
Linghun
Jiang, Ai,
Nebula Award, 2023.
Book, 2023[Place of publication not identified] : Dark Matter Ink, 2023 — FIC JIAN
The Saint of Bright Doors
Chandrasekera, Vajra,
Nebula Award, 2023.
Book, 2024New York : Tor Publishing Group, [2024] — FIC CHAN
The Daughters of Block Island
a Novel
Carmen, Christa,
Bram Stoker Award, 2023.
Book, 2023Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2023] — FIC CARM
The Peacock and the Sparrow
a Novel
Berry, I. S. (Ilana S.),
Edgar Award, 2024.
Book, 2024New York : Atria Books, 2024. — FIC BERR
We Were Once a Family
a Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
Asgarian, Roxanna, 1987-
National Book Critics Circle Award, 2023.
Book, 2024New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. — 364.1523 ASGA
Night Watch
Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-
Pulitzer Prize, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — FIC PHIL
Flags on the Bayou
a Novel
Burke, James Lee, 1936-
Edgar Award, 2024.
Book, 2023New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023. — FIC BURK
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
Jimenez, Claire,
PEN/Faulkner Award, 2024.
Book, 2023New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2023. — FIC JIME
Blackouts
a Novel
Torres, Justin, 1980-
2023 National Book Award
Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — FIC TORR

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