The 2022 winners were

Xochitl Gonzalez, Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel (Flatiron Books)

Shanté Paradigm Smalls, Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City (NYU Press)

Jarrod Shanahan, Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage (Verso)

John Wood Sweet, The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America (Henry Holt and Co.)

THE HORNBLOWER AWARD FOR A FIRST BOOK
Sidik Fofana, Stories from the Tenants Downstairs (Scribner)

Photos by Karen Smul.

Winner Xochitl Gonzalez; winner John Wood Sweet; presenter Jonathan Soffer; winner Sidik Fofana

Head Librarian Carolyn Waters with winner Shanté Paradigm Smalls; presenter Debby Applegate hugs winner John Wood Sweet

Member Anthony Gronowicz with Sidik Fofana and his wife Lindsay Strachan; presenter Nikhil Iyengar with Shanté Paradigm Smalls; Xochitl Gonzalez greets guests

Past NYC Book Awards jury chair Lucienne Bloch with the awards' sponsor, Library trustee Ellen M. Iseman; this year's awards jury chair, Bianca Calabresi

The 2022-2023 New York City Book Awards are generously underwritten by Ellen M. Iseman. The 2022-2023 Hornblower Award is generously underwritten by Jenny Lawrence.