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, check out their website.

The longlist of nominees was announced on September 10-13, the finalists were chosen on October 1, and the winners will be selected on November 20, 2024.

The nominees for this year’s National Book Award in the TBP Collection:

Fiction

MOST by Jessica Anthony (DB 123028 IN PROCESS)

CATALINA by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (DB 122898 IN PROCESS)

JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513, LB 0000436)

CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner (IN PROCESS)

Nonfiction

THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)

OUR MOON: A HUMAN HISTORY by Rebecca Boyle (DB 119114)

SOLDIERS AND KINGS: SURVIVAL AND HOPE IN THE WORLD OF HUMAN SMUGGLING by Jason De León (DB 120057)

KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670, LB 0000205)

WHISKEY TENDER: A MEMOIR by Deborah Jackson Taffa (DB 122374)

Poetry

MODERN POETRY by Diane Seuss (DBC 29783)

Translated Literature

WOODWORM by Layla Martínez Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott (DB 122026 IN PROCESS)

PINK SLIME by Fernanda Trías Translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary (DB 123146 IN PROCESS)

Young People’s Literature

WILD DREAMERS by Margarita Engle (DB 121046)

EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD by Randy Ribay (IN PROCESS)

UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL by Angela Shanté (DB 122085)