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The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year. For more information about the finalists, look on the American Library Association website.Winners will be announced on June 24th.

Finalists for Fiction

• Russell Banks, Lost Memory of Skin
  
• Anne Enright, The Forgotten Waltz
  
• Karen Russell, Swamplandia!

Finalists for Non-Fiction

• James Gleick, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
• Manning Marable, Malcom X: A Life of Reinvention
  
• Robert Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman