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The national book foundation presented the 59th annual national book awards for best book in each of the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature. Click here for a list of winners from 2000 to the present. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. The contenders for the 2016 national book award for fiction include novels about american slavery, mental illness, terrorism, postcivil war america, and a book about a. National book award one of the nations most prestigious literary prizes, the national book award is given by the national book foundation. The 10 nominated works include two books about world war ii, a coming book from walter isaacson about technological innovation and, for the first time in the nonfiction category, a graphic memoir, from the new yorker cartoonist roz chast. Check winners and nominations of 2011 national book award. This years nominees had some in the publishing industry wondering about the. Includes images and points of issue to assist collectors in the identification of first editions. The original goal of the national book awards was to enhance americas. With all the works submitted by publishers, the judges for this years national book awards have had their hands and bookshelves full the past few months.
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