National Book Awards Winners

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2019 Awards

Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Awards winners. Honorees include Susan Choi for Fiction, Sarah M. Broom for Nonfiction, and Martin W. Sandler for Young People’s Literature.

Trust Exercise
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
The Yellow House
The Yellow House
by Sarah M. Broom
1919 The Year That Changed America
1919 The Year That Changed America
by Martin W. Sandler
Sight Lines
Sight Lines
by Arthur Sze
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
by László Krasznahorkai

2019 Fiction Finalists

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
by Marlon James
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth
by Julia Phillips
Trust Exercise: A Novel
Trust Exercise: A Novel
by Susan Choi
The Other Americans
The Other Americans
by Laila Lalami
Sabrina & Corina
Sabrina & Corina
by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

2019 Nonfiction Finalists

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The Yellow House
The Yellow House
by Sarah M. Broom
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
by David Treuer
Thick: And Other Essays
Thick: And Other Essays
by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Solitary
Solitary
by Albert Woodfox
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
by Carolyn Forché

2019 Poetry Finalists

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The Tradition
The Tradition
by Jericho Brown
Deaf Republic
Deaf Republic
by Ilya Kaminsky
Sight Lines
Sight Lines
by Arthur Sze
I: New and Selected Poems
I: New and Selected Poems
by Toi Derricotte
Be Recorder
Be Recorder
by Carmen Giménez Smith

2019 Translated Literature Finalists

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The Memory Police
The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
Death Is Hard Work: A Novel
Death Is Hard Work: A Novel
by Khaled Khalifa
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
by László Krasznahorkai
Crossing: A Novel
Crossing: A Novel
by Pajtim Statovci
The Barefoot Woman
The Barefoot Woman
by Scholastique Mukasonga

2019 Young People's Literature Finalists

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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Signed Book)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Signed Book)
by Jason Reynolds
Patron Saints of Nothing
Patron Saints of Nothing
by Randy Ribay
Pet
Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
by Laura Ruby
1919 The Year That Changed America
1919 The Year That Changed America
by Martin W. Sandler

All National Book Awards Winners

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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by Colson Whitehead
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
The Poet X
The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Inside Out and Back Again
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhhà Lai
The Yellow House
The Yellow House
by Sarah M. Broom
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara W. Tuchman
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones
by Jesmyn Ward