On October 6, 2016 the National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the National Book Award. Established in 1950, the literary prize is awarded in four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. To be eligible a book must have been written by an American citizen and published by an American publisher between December 1. 2015 and November 30, 2016. Winners receive $10,000.
This year’s finalists are as follows:
Fiction
- The Throwback Special
by Chris Bachelder
- News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
- The Association of Small Bombs
by Karan Mahajan
- The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
- Another Brooklyn
by Jacqueline Woodson
Nonfiction
- Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi
- Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
by Andrés Reséndez
- Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
by Heather Ann Thompson
Poetry
- The Performance of Becoming Human
by Daniel Borzutzky
- Collected Poems 1974–2004
by Rita Dove
- Archeophonics
by Peter Gizzi
- The Abridged History of Rainfall
by Jay Hopler
- Look
by Solmaz Sharif
Young People’s Literature
- Raymie Nightingale
by Kate DiCamillo
- March: Book Three
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illus. by Nate Powell
- When the Sea Turned to Silver
by Grace Lin
- Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
- The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
The winners will be announced on November 16.
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