The 2021 National Book Award longlists have been announced, and we have 5 titles in the running! Fiction ZORRIE by Laird HuntABUNDANCE by Jakob Guanzon Nonfiction THE FREE WORLD: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand Poetry THE WILD FOX OF YEMEN by Threa Almontaser Translated Literature THE TWILIGHT ZONE by Nona […]
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Susan Choi Wins the 2019 National Book Award
A huge congratulations goes out to Susan Choi for winning the 2019 National Book Award in Fiction for TRUST EXERCISE! More praise for TRUST EXERCISE: An April Indie Next pick + Kirkus Reviews Most Addictive Book of 2019 So Far + Entertainment Weekly Most Best Book of 2019 So Far + Publishers Weekly Best Book […]
2019 National Book Award Longlist
The 2019 National Book Award longlist has been announced, and Macmillan has seven books in the running! Translated Literature THE COLLECTOR OF LEFTOVER SOULS: Field Notes on Brazil’s Everyday Insurrections by Eliane Brum, translated from the Portuguese by Diane Grosklaus Whitty SPACE INVADERS by Nona Fernández, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer DEATH IS […]
2017 National Book Award Finalists
We’ve got the write stuff: FOUR Macmillan titles are shortlisted for the 2017 National Book Awards! Fiction HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado Poetry HALF-LIGHT: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier DON’T CALL US DEAD: Poems by Danez Smith Winners will be announced on November 15. #FingersCrossed! […]
The 2017 National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado has been longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award in Fiction! Finalists for all awards will be announced on October 4 and the winners will be announced on November 15. […]
NBA Poetry Longlist
Next up from the National Book Awards is the poetry longlist: Frank Bidart, Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 Layli Long Soldier, Whereas Danez Smith, Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems Mai Der Vang, Afterland […]
2016 National Book Awards Longlist
We’ve got five nominees on the 2016 National Book Awards longlist! 2016 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS by Anna-Marie McLemore Poetry BESTIARY by Donika Kelly LOOK by Solmaz Sharif BLACKACRE by Monica Youn Fiction WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell The finalists will be announced on […]
2015 National Book Awards Longlist
We’ve got three nominees on the 2015 National Book Awards longlist! Nonfiction PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC: Approaching Hawai’i by Susanna Moore (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) IF THE OCEANS WERE INK by Carla Power (Henry Holt) Poetry HEAVEN by Rowan Ricardo Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Finalists for the award will be announced on October 14 […]
2014 National Book Award nominees
‘Scuse us while we celebrate: we’ve got TEN nominees on the 2014 National Book Awards longlist! Longlist for Fiction WOLF IN WHITE VAN by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) LILA by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Longlist for Nonfiction CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT by Roz Chast (Bloomsbury) NO GOOD MEN […]
The 2013 National Book Award finalists!
Excuse us while we shout the good news from the rooftops, but we're so happy to have several finalists for the National Book Awards!
Nonfiction
THE UNWINDING: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer
Poetry
METAPHYSICAL DOG by Frank Bidart
INCARNADINE by Mary Szybist
See the full list of nominees here.
Free e-books of excerpts from the finalists are available on the NBA website. Click here to download your copy. Winners will be announced on November 20. Congratulations to all nominees!
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