Six books have been shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence—three in fiction, and three in nonfiction. I'm guessing that all will be familiar to you--many of these writers have come through the Cities in recent years, for Talking Volumes or other events.

Here are the finalists, with links to Star Tribune reviews:

• "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner," by Daniel Ellsberg, published by Bloomsbury. (This book will be published Dec. 5; we have a review planned.)

• "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI," by David Grann, published by Doubleday.

• "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir," by Sherman Alexie, published by Little, Brown.

And the fiction shortlist:

• "Lincoln in the Bardo," by George Saunders, published by Random House, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize.

• "Manhattan Beach," by Jennifer Egan, published by Scribner.

• "Sing, Unburied, Sing," by Jesmyn Ward, published by Scribner.

Winners will be announced Feb. 11, 2018, and each winner will receive $5,000.