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National Book Awards

Program · United States · Tier 1: Global and Cross-Border Honours

A leading American literary program whose winners are chosen by rotating panels of writers and literary professionals.

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2025

1 books
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Winner
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad · 2025

2024

4 books
Blackouts
Winner
Blackouts
Justin Torres · 2024
James
Winner
James
Percival Everett · 2024
Kareem Between
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Kareem Between
Shifa Saltagi Safadi · 2024
Soldiers and Kings
Winner
Soldiers and Kings
Jason De León · 2024

2023

3 books
A First Time for Everything
Winner
A First Time for Everything
Dan Santat · 2023
The Rediscovery of Americaː Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Winner
The Rediscovery of Americaː Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk · 2023
from unincorporated territory [åmot]
Winner
from unincorporated territory [åmot]
Craig Santos Perez · 2023

2022

4 books
All My Rage
Winner
All My Rage
Sabaa Tahir · 2022
Punks: New & Selected Poems
Winner
Punks: New & Selected Poems
John Keene · 2022
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Winner
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry · 2022
The Rabbit Hutch
Winner
The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty · 2022

2021

2 books
Hell of a Book
Winner
Hell of a Book
Jason Mott · 2021
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Winner
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo · 2021

2020

4 books
Interior Chinatown
Winner
Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu · 2020
Invisible Man
Winner
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison · 2020
The Dead Are Arising
Winner
The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne · 2020
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart · 2020

2019

2 books
Trust Exercise
Winner
Trust Exercise
Susan Choi · 2019
The End of the Myth
The End of the Myth
Greg Grandin · 2019

2018

3 books
The Friend
Winner
The Friend
Sigrid Nunez · 2018
There There
There There
Tommy Orange · 2018
feeld
feeld
Jos Charles · 2018

2017

4 books
Half-light
Winner
Half-light
Frank Bidart · 2017
Sing, Unburied, Sing
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward · 2017
Pachinko
Pachinko
Lee Min Jin · 2017
The Color of Law
The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein · 2017

2016

2 books
March
Winner
March
2016
The Underground Railroad
Winner
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead · 2016

2014

1 books
Nit fidel i virtuosa
Winner
Nit fidel i virtuosa
Louise Glück · 2014

2013

1 books
The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner · 2013

2012

1 books
The Round House
Winner
The Round House
Louise Erdrich · 2012

2011

2 books
Salvage the Bones
Winner
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward · 2011
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Winner
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen Greenblatt · 2011

2010

1 books
Just Kids
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Just Kids
Patti Smith · 2010

2009

1 books
American Salvage
American Salvage
Bonnie Jo Campbell · 2009

2007

2 books
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat · 2007
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick · 2007

2006

1 books
The Echo Maker
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The Echo Maker
Richard Powers · 2006

2005

1 books
The Year of Magical Thinking
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion · 2005

2004

1 books
Luna
Luna
Julie Anne Peters · 2004

1999

1 books
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
Mark Bowden · 1999

1998

1 books
Holes
Winner
Holes
Louis Sachar · 1998

1997

1 books
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Thomas Lynch · 1997

1994

1 books
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
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How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
Sherwin B. Nuland · 1994

1993

1 books
The Shipping News
Winner
The Shipping News
Annie Proulx · 1993

1992

1 books
All the Pretty Horses
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All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy · 1992

1988

1 books
A Bright Shining Lie
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A Bright Shining Lie
Neil Sheehan · 1988

1986

1 books
Arctic Dreams
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Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez · 1986

1985

1 books
White Noise
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White Noise
Don DeLillo · 1985

1983

2 books
Subtle is the Lord
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Subtle is the Lord
Abraham Pais · 1983
The Color Purple
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker · 1983

1982

1 books
The Soul of a New Machine
Winner
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder · 1982

1981

2 books
Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality
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Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality
John Boswell · 1981
The Stories of John Cheever
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The Stories of John Cheever
John Cheever · 1981

1980

1 books
Jem
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Jem
Frederik Pohl · 1980

1979

1 books
The Great Gilly Hopkins
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson · 1979

1977

1 books
The Master Puppeteer
Winner
The Master Puppeteer
Katherine Paterson · 1977

1976

1 books
Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
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Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
John Ashbery · 1976

1975

1 books
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Robert Nozick · 1975

1974

2 books
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
Winner
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1974
Gravity's Rainbow
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Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon · 1974

1973

1 books
The Farthest Shore
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The Farthest Shore
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1973

1970

1 books
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut · 1970

1969

1 books
Steps
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Steps
Jerzy Kosiński · 1969

1963

1 books
Morte d'Urban
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Morte d'Urban
J. F. Powers · 1963

1961

2 books
The Waters of Kronos
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The Waters of Kronos
Conrad Richter · 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · 1961

1960

1 books
Goodbye, Columbus
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Goodbye, Columbus
Philip Roth · 1960

1958

1 books
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand · 1958

1956

1 books
Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 1956

1955

2 books
A Fable
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A Fable
William Faulkner · 1955
Lord Grizzly
Lord Grizzly
Frederick Manfred · 1955

1954

1 books
The Adventures of Augie March
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The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow · 1954

1952

1 books
The Sea Around Us
Winner
The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson · 1952

1951

1 books
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
Winner
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
William Faulkner · 1951

Year unknown

10 books
Leave the World Behind
Winner
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
The Canning Season
Winner
The Canning Season
Polly Horvath
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Winner
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter
The Eight Day
Winner
The Eight Day
Thornton Wilder
The Fixer
Winner
The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
Winner
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
Jeffrey C. Stewart
Victory Over Japan
Winner
Victory Over Japan
Ellen Gilchrist
Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems
Winner
Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems
James Tate
Brutal Imagination
Brutal Imagination
Cornelius Eady
Most Dangerous
Most Dangerous
Steve Sheinkin