1. “The Room Where It Happened” by John Bolton (Simon & Schuster)

2. “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press)

3. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (One World)

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Jason Reynolds, the country's National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, had expected his work to keep him on the road.

NEW YORK (AP) —

A ward-winning children's author Jason Reynolds has taken on a new project: He has been named the country's next National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ling Ma's apocalyptic debut novel "Severance" and Rebecca Solnit's essay collection "Call Them by Their True Names" are among the winners of the Kirkus Prize.

Trade publication Kirkus Reviews announced winners Thursday in fiction, nonfiction and young readers' literature. Each receive $50,000. The other recipients are author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Gordon C. James for the children's book "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut."

NEW YORK (AP) — Angie Thomas' debut novel, "The Hate U Give," a story of police violence that has become one of the year's top-selling works for young people, was among the nominees announced Tuesday for the National Book Awards.

NEW YORK (AP) — Susan Faludi's memoir about her father and a fictional saga about a Southern family have won $50,000 prizes.

Faludi's "In the Darkroom" won the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction Thursday night and C.E. Morgan's "The Sport of Kings" was cited for fiction. A prize for young people's literature, also worth $50,000, was given to Jason Reynolds for "As Brave As You."