At an awards ceremony last week, the winners of the National Book Awards were announced. The National Book Foundation recognizes achievements in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry and Young People’s Literature. For the full list, visit the National Book Awards website.
Fiction:
Winner: Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
Finalists:
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
Great House by Nicole Krauss
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver
I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita
Non-Fiction
Winner:
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Finalists:
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq by John W. Dower
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward by Justin Spring
Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War by Megan K. Stack
Poetry
Winner:
Lighthead by Terrance Hayes
Finalists:
The Eternal City by Kathleen Graber
By the Numbers by James Richardson
One with Others by C.D. Wright,
Ignatz by Monica Youn
Young People’s Literature
Winner:
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Finalists:
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Dark Water by Laura McNeal
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia