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National Book Awards

  1. books
    It’s the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35The books follow protagonists who want to become artists in a crumbling economy, inherit second sight in grief, and deal with our grave present.
    By Zoe Guy
  2. scene report
    What’s So Controversial About the National Book Awards?Despite sponsor backlash over nominees’ plan to call for a cease-fire, the evening showed that literature is inextricable from the cause of humanity.
    By Julie Kosin
  3. awards
    Justin Torres Wins National Book Award for FictionWith Ned Blackhawk honored for nonfiction.
    By Zoe Guy
  4. reading is fundamental
    LeVar Burton Is Replacing Drew Barrymore As National Book Awards HostHe’s a national (book awards) treasure.
    By Zoe Guy
  5. awards
    National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Honors Eight Fiction DebutsWe love to see it!
    By Zoe Guy
  6. good books
    Oh Look, It’s the National Book Foundation’s Newest ‘5 Under 35’ ListThis year, the honor given to authors for their debut works goes to four novels and a short-story collection.
    By Hillary Kelly
  7. awards
    Katie Kitamura, Lauren Groff on National Book Award for Fiction LonglistPlus three debut novels.
    By Justin Curto
  8. must reads
    Here Is the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Long ListThe winner’s will be announced at a (virtual, duh) awards ceremony later this fall.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  9. party report
    Sarah M. Broom’s National Book Award Speech Will Make You Want to Call Your MomIt cuts right to the heart.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  10. national book awards
    Here Are Your 2019 National Book Awards FinalistsFeaturing Marlon James, Susan Choi, and more.
    By Justin Curto
  11. national book awards
    Here Are the National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’This year’s list consists of three novels and two collections of short stories.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  12. vulture insiders book club
    Breakout Author Jamel Brinkley on Men, Gentrification, and ‘Safari Literature’His debut collection, Lucky Man, was a fiction finalist for last week’s National Book Awards.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  13. books
    The 69th National Book Awards Reminded Us It’s a Big World Out ThereWith awards to Isabel Allende and Sigrid Nunez and a revived translated-book prize.
    By Lila Shapiro
  14. books
    Isabel Allende Gives Rousing Speech at National Book AwardsThe first-ever Spanish-language author to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award brought the crowd to their feet.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  15. national book awards
    Here Are Your 2018 National Book Awards FinalistsPoet Terrance Hayes gets a second nod.
    By Zoe Haylock
  16. Annie Proulx Gave One of the Best National Book Award Speeches in Recent MemoryAt last night’s 2017 National Book Awards.
    By Boris Kachka
  17. women writers
    The National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’ Are All Women This YearThese five young female writers should definitely be on your radar.
    By Anna Silman
  18. Finding a Resilient Spirit at the 2016 National Book Awards“I hit upon something that was making me feel better,” fiction winner Colson Whitehead said. “‘Be kind to everybody, make art, and fight the power.’”
    By Boris Kachka
  19. quotables
    Some Recommended Reading for Men, Courtesy of Jennifer EganJust a few additions to that Esquire list.
    By Heather Schwedel
  20. speeeech!
    See Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Nat’l. Book Award Speech“I have waited 15 years for this moment.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  21. national book awards
    Here Are the 2015 National Book Award WinnersTa-Nehisi Coates, Adam Johnson, and more.
    By Jackson McHenry
  22. national book awards
    Here Is the Long List for the 2015 National Book Award for FictionIncluding A Little Life and Welcome to Braggsville.
    By Nate Jones
  23. books
    Amazon Jokes and Escapist Fantasy: The 2014 National Book AwardsThe scene at last night’s gala.
    By Boris Kachka
  24. books
    Here Are the 2014 National Book Award WinnersRead ‘em!
    By Nate Jones
  25. books
    Here Are the Finalists for the National Book AwardThe winners will be announced November 19.
    By Nate Jones
  26. books
    Here Is the Longlist for the 2014 National Book Award for FictionThe winner will be announced November 19.
    By Nate Jones
  27. books
    Did the National Book Awards’ Bet on the Bigtime Pay Off Last Night?What’s on the line isn’t the $10,000 prize.
    By Boris Kachka
  28. oops
    The National Book Awards, Accidental Nominations, and How Not to Handle MistakesSorry, we nominated you for a prestigious award by accident. Please withdraw to preserve our integrity.
    By Margaret Lyons
  29. prizes
    Patti Smith Wins National Book Award for NonfictionA novel about horse racing in West Virginia wins the prize for fiction.
    By Avi Zenilman
  30. James Franco Fills the Hiatus by TextingThe actor James Franco was briefly left alone at last night’s National Book Awards. Panic ensued.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. kudos
    McCann, Stiles Win National Book AwardsYeah, those things with pages.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. kudos
    National Book Award Finalists AnnouncedThe winner will be announced on November 18.
    By Lane Brown
  33. kudos
    National Book Awards After-Party: Actually Fun!’It’s like my bar mitzvah. Except I’m not broken out and I actually like my friends.’
    By Boris Kachka
  34. kudos
    Hope, Change, and Upset at National Book Awards CeremonyNaturally, you’d expect it to be Aleksander Hemon’s year, but the winner was … Peter Matthiessen.
    By Boris Kachka
  35. kudos
    National Book Awards Finalists AnnouncedWinners are announced November 19.
    By Lane Brown
  36. kudos
    Denis Johnson Wins the National Book Award That Everyone Expected Him ToThe National Book Awards were last night at the Marriot Marquis, as pretty much everyone predicted, Denis Johnson took home the prize for fiction for his Vietnam War novel Tree of Smoke.
  37. countdown
    How to Win a National Book Award in Five Easy StepsIt’s easy! All you have to do is click on this link, and before you know it, you’ll be a winner!
  38. kudos
    Joshua Ferris, Denis Johnson Among National Book Award Finalists“Currently comatose with disbelief,” writes front-runner Ferris.
  39. it just happened
    National Book Finalists Announced; Apple SnubbedThe National Book Award finalists were announced just moments ago in San Francisco. The list itself leans Californian, too; only a few New Yorkers are among the honorees this year — Bronx-born globe-trotter Ken Kalfus (who lives in Philly), ex-Brooklynite Mark Z. Danielewski (California), and children’s author Patricia McCormick. After the jump, the full slate of finalists.