The American Library Association selected Deacon King Kong (Riverhead Books) by James McBride as the winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Simon & Schuster) by Rebecca Giggs as the winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The selections were announced February 4 at the Reference and User Services Association’s Book and Media Awards virtual event, sponsored by NoveList.