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 honor 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 were chosen on October 4, and the winners will be selected on November 16, 2022.
The nominees for this year’s National Book Award in the TBP Collection:
Fiction
| RABBIT HUTCH Gunty, Tess DB 109788 IN PRIOCESS |
Nonfiction
| INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS O’Rourke, Meghan DB 107431 |
| SOUTH TO AMERICA Perry, Imani DB 106806; LB 13589 |
| HIS NAME IS GEORGE FLOYD: ONE MAN’S LIFE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Samuels, Robert DBC 26540; LB 14083 |
| LOST & FOUND: A MEMOIR Schulz, Kathryn LB 13617 |
Translated Literature
| SEASONS OF PURGATORY Mandanipour, Shahriar Translated from the Persian by Sara Khalili DB 109146 IN PROCESS |
| WHERE YOU COME FROM Stanišić, Saša Translated from the German by Damion Searls DB 107753 |
Young People’s Literature
| LIFE AND CRIMES OF HOODIE ROSEN Blum, Isaac IN PROCESS |
| SELF-MADE BOYS: A GREAT GATSBY REMIX McLemore, Anna-Marie IN PROCESS |
| ALL MY RAGE: A NOVEL Tahir, Sabaa DB 107414 |
| MAIZY CHEN’S LAST CHANCE Yee, Lisa DB 106799 |