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 longlist of nominees were announced on September 13-15, the finalists were chosen on October 3, and the winners will be selected on November 15, 2023.
The nominees for this year’s National Book Awards in the TBP Collection:
Fiction
| THIS OTHER EDEN by Paul Harding (DB 113243, BR 24845 IN PROCESS) |
| LOOT by Tania James (DB 115153 IN PROCESS) |
| CHAIN-GANG ALL STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (DB 114336) |
Nonfiction
| REDISCOVERY OF AMERICA: NATIVE PEOPLES AND THE UNMAKING OF U.S. HISTORY by Ned Blackhawk (DB 115217 IN PROCESS) |
| KING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig (DB 115189) |
| LILIANA’S INVINCIBLE SUMMER: A SISTER’S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE by Cristina Rivera Garza (DB 115091) |
| ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Elizabeth Sharpe (DB 114934 IN PROCESS) |
| FIRE WEATHER: A TRUE STORY FROM A HOTTER WORLD by John Valliant (IN PROCESS) |
| I SAW DEATH COMING: A HISTORY OF TERROR AND SURVIVAL IN THE WAR AGAINST RECONSTRUCTION by Kidada E. Williams (DB 114200 IN PROCESS) |
Translated Literature
| THIS IS NOT MIAMI by Fernanda Melchor Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (IN PROCESS) |
| ABYSS by Pilar Quintana Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman (DB 115593 IN PROCESS) |
Poetry
| HOW TO COMMUNICATE: POEMS by John Lee Clark (DB 113879 IN PROCESS, BR 24891 IN PROCESS) |
| PROMISES OF GOLD / PROMESAS DE ORO by José Olivarez (DB 114551 IN PROCESS) |
Young People’s Literature
| SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow (DB 113782) |
| FORGET ME NOT by Alyson Derrick (DB 115486 IN PROCESS) |
