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National Book Award Short List Winners for Fiction and Nonfiction (2023-2000)

The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in the United States.
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Blackouts (Justin Torres)
Blackouts
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Justin Torres
Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Chain-Gang All-Stars
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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Temple Folk (Aaliyah Bilal)
Temple Folk
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Aaliyah Bilal
This Other Eden (Paul Harding)
This Other Eden
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Paul Harding
The End of Drum-Time (Hannah Pylvainen)
The End of Drum-Time
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Hannah Pylvainen
The Rediscovery of America (Ned Blackhawk)
The Rediscovery of America
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Ned Blackhawk
Liliana's Invincible Sumer: A Sister's Search for Justice (Cristina Rivera Garza)
Liliana's Invincible Sumer: A Sister's Search for Justice
7
Cristina Rivera Garza
Ordinary Notes (Christina Sharpe)
Ordinary Notes
8
Christina Sharpe
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I (Raja Shehadeh)
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
9
Raja Shehadeh
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World (John Vaillant)
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World
10
John Vaillant
The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty)
The Rabbit Hutch
11
Tess Gunty
The Birdcatcher (Gayl Jones)
The Birdcatcher
12
Gayl Jones
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak (Jamil Jan Kochai)
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak
13
Jamil Jan Kochai
All This Could Be Different (Sarah Thankam Mathews)
All This Could Be Different
14
Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Town of Babylon (Alejandro Varela)
The Town of Babylon
15
Alejandro Varela
South to America (Imani Perry)
South to America
16
Imani Perry
The Man Who Could Move Clouds (Ingrid Rojas Contreras)
The Man Who Could Move Clouds
17
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
The Invisible Kingdom (Meghan O'Rourke)
The Invisible Kingdom
18
Meghan O'Rourke
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus (David Quammen)
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
19
David Quammen
His Name Is George Floyd (Robert Samuels & Toulouse Olorunnipa)
His Name Is George Floyd
20
Robert Samuels & Toulouse Olorunnipa
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
Hell of a Book
21
Jason Mott
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
22
Anthony Doerr
Matrix (Lauren Groff)
Matrix
23
Lauren Groff
Zorrie (Laird Hunt)
Zorrie
24
Laird Hunt
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
The Prophets
25
Robert Jones Jr.
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
26
Tiya Miles
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
27
Hanif Abdurraqib
Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains (Lucas Bessire)
Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
28
Lucas Bessire
Tastes Like War (Grace M. Cho)
Tastes Like War
29
Grace M. Cho
Covered With Night (Nicole Eustace)
Covered With Night
30
Nicole Eustace
Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)
Interior Chinatown
31
Charles Yu
Leave the World Behind (Rumaan Alman)
Leave the World Behind
32
Rumaan Alman
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
33
Lydia Millet
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
34
Deesha Philyaw
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
35
Douglas Stuart
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Les Payne and Tamara Payne)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
36
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Unworthy Republic (Claudio Saunt)
Unworthy Republic
37
Claudio Saunt
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir (Jenn Shapland)
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir
38
Jenn Shapland
The Undocumented Americans (Karla Cornejo Villavicencio)
The Undocumented Americans
39
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays (Jerald Walker)
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
40
Jerald Walker
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