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National Book Awards

Discover National Book Awards winners for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more.

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2023 Fiction Finalists

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Chain Gang All Stars Add to Wishlist
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Chain Gang All Stars
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
This Other Eden Add to Wishlist
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This Other Eden
by Paul Harding
The End of Drum-Time Add to Wishlist
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The End of Drum-Time
by Hanna Pylväinen
Blackouts: A Novel Pre-Order Now Add to Wishlist
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Blackouts: A Novel
by Justin Torres
Temple Folk Add to Wishlist
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Temple Folk
by Aaliyah Bilal

2023 Nonfiction Finalists

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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History Add to Wishlist
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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
by Ned Blackhawk
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Add to Wishlist
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
by John Vaillant
Ordinary Notes Add to Wishlist
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Ordinary Notes
by Christina Sharpe
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice Add to Wishlist
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Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
by Cristina Rivera Garza
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir Add to Wishlist
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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
by Raja Shehadeh

2023 Translated Literature Finalists

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Cursed Bunny: Stories Add to Wishlist
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Cursed Bunny: Stories
by Bora Chung, Anton Hur (Translator)
Beyond the Door of No Return: A Novel Add to Wishlist
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Beyond the Door of No Return: A Novel
by David Diop, Sam Taylor (Translator)
Abyss Add to Wishlist
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Abyss
by Pilar Quintana, Lisa Dillman (Translator)
The Words That Remain Add to Wishlist
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The Words That Remain
by Stênio Gardel, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Translator)
On a Woman's Madness Add to Wishlist
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On a Woman's Madness
by Astrid Roemer, Lucy Scott (Translator)

2023 Poetry Finalists

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From From: Poems Add to Wishlist
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From From: Poems
by Monica Youn
How to Communicate Add to Wishlist
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How to Communicate
by John Lee Clark
suddenly we Add to Wishlist
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suddenly we
by Evie Shockley
Tripas Add to Wishlist
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Tripas
by Brandon Som
From Unincorporated Territory [åmot] Add to Wishlist
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From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]
by Craig Santos Perez

2023 Young People’s Literature Finalists

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Big Add to Wishlist
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Big
by Vashti Harrison
A First Time for Everything Add to Wishlist
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A First Time for Everything
by Dan Santat
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine Add to Wishlist
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The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine
by Katherine Marsh
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Huda F Cares
by Huda Fahmy
Gather Add to Wishlist
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Gather
by Kenneth M. Cadow

National Book Awards Winners by Year

2022 National Book Award Winners
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All National Book Awards Winners

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Holes Add to Wishlist
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Holes
by Louis Sachar
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Add to Wishlist
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
The Rabbit Hutch (B&N Discover Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner) Add to Wishlist
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The Rabbit Hutch (B&N Discover Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
by Tess Gunty
Bendigo Shafter (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel Add to Wishlist
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Bendigo Shafter (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel
by Louis L'Amour
The Color Purple: A Novel Add to Wishlist
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The Color Purple: A Novel
by Alice Walker
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Add to Wishlist
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Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
by Thanhhà Lai
Brown Girl Dreaming Add to Wishlist
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Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
The Poet X Add to Wishlist
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Between the World and Me Add to Wishlist
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Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Invisible Man Add to Wishlist
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
All My Rage (National Book Award Winner) Add to Wishlist
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All My Rage (National Book Award Winner)
by Sabaa Tahir
Last Night at the Telegraph Club (National Book Award Winner) Add to Wishlist
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club (National Book Award Winner)
by Malinda Lo
All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy #1) Add to Wishlist
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All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy #1)
by Cormac McCarthy
The Year of Magical Thinking Add to Wishlist
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The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Just Kids Add to Wishlist
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Just Kids
by Patti Smith

The National Book Awards are the nation's preeminent literary prizes, honoring outstanding Fiction, Young People's Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Translated Literature. The 2023 National Book Award Longlist for Fiction includes Chain Gang All Stars, This Other Eden, A Council of Dolls, Night Watch, Loot, The End of Drum-Time, Blackouts, Ponyboy, Holler, Child, and Temple Folk. Find all the books from National Book Award finalists and winners at Barnes & Noble. The 2023 Longlist for Nonfiction includes:

  • King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
  • The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
  • I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
  • When Crack Was King: A People's History of a MIsunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey
  • A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever by Prudence Peiffer
  • Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
  • Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza
  • Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
  • We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh