25 finalists of the National Book Awards 2024, have been revealed by the National Book Foundation and New York Times.
The National Book Foundation has named the finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards, from a total of 1,917 books submitted for this year’s competition.
These awards recognize outstanding books in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.
A panel of judges chose the five finalists in each category from the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist announced in September in cooperation with The New Yorker.
One writer and one translator have previously been honored by the National Book Foundation: Leri Price and Samar Yazbek. All of this year’s finalists in the Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature categories are being honored for the first time.
It’s also worth noting that five of the 25 finalists are debut authors.
The 2024 Finalists will read from their work at the National Book Awards Finalist Reading on the evening of Tuesday, November 19 at NYU Skirball, an annual in-person, ticketed event that is open to the public and livestreamed for readers everywhere.
The Winners of the 2024 National Book Award will be announced live on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at the 75th National Book Awards Ceremony.
At the gala, two lifetime achievement awards will also be presented:
– Barbara Kingsolver, Pulitzer Prize winning author, will receive NBF’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
– W. Paul Coates, publisher and founder of Black Classic Press, will be recognized with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community
What are the prizes for the 2024 National Book Award winners and finalists?
– Winners of the National Book Awards receive $10,000, a bronze medal, and statue
– Finalists receive $1,000 and a bronze medal
The New York Times has the full coverage of the 2024 National Book Awards Finalists.
National Book Awards 2024 finalists
Fiction
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
James by Percival Everett
All Fours by Miranda July
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Nonfiction
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church by Eliza Griswold
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa
Poetry
Wrong Norma by Anne Carson
[…] by Fady Joudah
mother by m.s. RedCherries
Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss
Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Translated Literature
The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa
Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson
The Villain’s Dance by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
Where the Wind Calls Home by Samar Yazbek
Young People’s Literature
Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté
You can read book blurbs of all the 2024 National Book Awards finalists at the official announcement page.
Source: National Book Foundation
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