National Book Award Winners

National Book Awards

Over a half-century since its inception, the National Book Awards continues to recognize the best of American literature, raising the cultural appreciation of great writing in the country while advancing the careers of both established and emerging writers like Richard Powers, Jonathan Franzen, and Lily Tuck.

The 2021 National Book Award Winners are listed below.

Hell of a Book: A Novel Cover Image

Hell of a Book: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jason Mott
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593330968
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Published: Dutton - June 29th, 2021

2021 National Book Award Winner for Fiction

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Cover Image

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (Hardcover)

By Tiya Miles
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984854995
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Published: Random House - June 8th, 2021

2021 National Book Award Winner for Non-Fiction

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Floaters: Poems (Hardcover)

By Martín Espada
$26.95
ISBN: 9780393541038
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 19th, 2021

2021 National Book Award Winner for Poetry

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Hardcover)

By Malinda Lo
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525555254
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - January 19th, 2021

2021 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature

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Winter in Sokcho (Paperback)

By Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Translator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781948830416
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Published: Open Letter - April 27th, 2021

2021 National Book Award Winner for Translated Literature

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) Cover Image

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Charles Yu
$16.00
ISBN: 9780307948472
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Published: Vintage - November 17th, 2020

2020 National Book Award Winner for Fiction

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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X Cover Image

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Hardcover)

By Les Payne, Tamara Payne
$35.00
ISBN: 9781631491665
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Published: Liveright - October 20th, 2020

2020 National Book Award Winner for NonFiction

Tokyo Ueno Station: A Novel Cover Image

Tokyo Ueno Station: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Yu Miri, Morgan Giles (Translated by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9780593088029
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 23rd, 2020

2020 National Book Award Winner for Translated Literature

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DMZ Colony (Paperback)

By Don Mee Choi
$20.00
ISBN: 9781940696959
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Published: Wave Books - April 7th, 2020

2020 National Book Award Winner for Poetry

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King and the Dragonflies (Hardcover)

By Kacen Callender
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338129335
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Published: Scholastic Press - February 4th, 2020

2020 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature