The National Book Awards are American literary prizes given out annually to one book in each of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, and young people's literature. The National Book Foundation gives out the awards in order to celebrate the best literature published in the United States. This year's group of winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 15th.
Need something to read while you wait for this year's winners to be announced? Check out some of these previous winners today!
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Nonfiction:
Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Poetry:
Sight Lines by Arthur Sze
Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck
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Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin; translated by Megan McDowell
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri; translated by Morgan Giles
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Laszlo Krasznahorkai; translated by Mulzet Ottilie
Young People's Literature:
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
March: Book Three by John Lewis
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin Sandler
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
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