The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in America. Since 1989, they have been overseen by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate the best literature in America, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture. Although other categories have been recognized in the past, the Awards currently honors the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature published each year. For more information on the National Book Awards: https://www.nationalbook.org/
The finalists will be chosen on October 8th and the winners will be selected on November 13th, 2009.
The nominees for this year’s National Book Award in the TBP Collection:
Fiction
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE
BRODESSER-AKNER, TAFFY
DB 95416
TRUST EXERCISE
CHOI, SUSAN
DB 94561
BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF
JAMES, MARLON
DB 93771
OTHER AMERICANS
LALAMI, LAILA
DB 94629; BR 22697 IN PROCESS
NEED
PHILLIPS, HELEN
DB 96164
DISAPPEARING EARTH
PHILLIPS, JULIA
DB 95554; LB 11258
ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS
VUONG, OCEAN
DB 95459
NICKEL BOYS
WHITEHEAD, COLSON
DB 95925
Nonfiction
THICK: AND OTHER ESSAYS
COTTOM, TRESSIE MCMILLAN
DB 93913
WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD IS TRUE: A MEMOIR OF WITNESS AND RESISTANCE
FORCHE, CAROLYN
DB 94625
SAY NOTHING: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
KEEFE, PATRICK RADDEN
DB 94329; LB 11261
HEARTBEAT OF WOUNDED KNEE: NATIVE AMERICA FROM 1890 TO THE PRESENT
TREUER, DAVID
DB 93988
SOLITARY: UNBROKEN BY FOUR DECADES IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: MY STORY OF TRANSFORMATION AND HOPE
WOODFOX, ALBERT
DB 94597
Poetry
DEAF REPUBLIC: POEMS
KAMINSKY, ILYA
DB 94920; BR 22694
Translated Literature
MEMORY POLICE
OGAWA, YOKO
DB 95999
DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD
TOKARCZUK, OLGA
DB 96156
Young People’s Literature
UNDEFEATED
ALEXANDER, KWAME
BR 22617
SHOUT: A POETRY MEMOIR
ANDERSON, LAURIE HALSE
DB 94454; LB 11417
PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING
RIBAY, RANDY
DB 96003
1919: THE YEAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA
SANDLER, MARTIN W.
DB 94368