National Book Awards 2021

2021 National Book Awards

Congratulations to the 2021 National Book Awards winners and finalists! 

 

 

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Hell of a Book: A Novel By Jason Mott 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

Winner
National Book Awards 2021 for Fiction

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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake By Tiya Miles 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

Winner
National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction

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Floaters: Poems By Martín Espada Cover Image

Floaters: Poems (Hardcover)

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

Winner
National Book Awards 2021 for Poetry

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Winter in Sokcho By Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Translator) Cover Image

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

Winner
National Book Awards 2021 for Translated Literature

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club By Malinda Lo Cover Image

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

Winner
National Book Awards 2021 for Young People's Literature

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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel By Anthony Doerr Cover Image

Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Anthony Doerr
$30.00
ISBN: 9781982168438
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Published: Scribner - September 28th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Fiction

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Matrix: A Novel By Lauren Groff Cover Image

Matrix: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lauren Groff
$28.00
ISBN: 9781594634499
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 7th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Fiction

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Zorrie By Laird Hunt Cover Image

Zorrie (Hardcover)

By Laird Hunt
$26.00
ISBN: 9781635575361
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - February 9th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Fiction

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The Prophets By Robert Jones, Jr. Cover Image

The Prophets (Large Print / Paperback)

By Robert Jones, Jr.
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593295502
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Published: Random House Large Print - January 5th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Fiction

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance By Hanif Abdurraqib Cover Image

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hardcover)

By Hanif Abdurraqib
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984801197
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Published: Random House - March 30th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction

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Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains By Lucas Bessire Cover Image

Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains (Hardcover)

By Lucas Bessire
$27.95
ISBN: 9780691212647
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Published: Princeton University Press - May 18th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction

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Tastes Like War: A Memoir By Grace M. Cho Cover Image

Tastes Like War: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Grace M. Cho
$17.95
ISBN: 9781952177941
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Published: Feminist Press - May 18th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction

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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America By Nicole Eustace Cover Image

Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (Hardcover)

By Nicole Eustace
$29.95
ISBN: 9781631495878
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Published: Liveright - April 27th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Nonfiction

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What Noise Against the Cane (Yale Series of Younger Poets #115) By Desiree C. Bailey, Carl Phillips (Foreword by) Cover Image

What Noise Against the Cane (Yale Series of Younger Poets #115) (Paperback)

By Desiree C. Bailey, Carl Phillips (Foreword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780300256536
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Published: Yale University Press - April 13th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Poetry

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Sho By Douglas Kearney Cover Image

Sho (Paperback)

By Douglas Kearney
$18.00
ISBN: 9781950268153
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Published: Wave Books - April 6th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Poetry

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A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure By Hoa Nguyen Cover Image

A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure (Paperback)

By Hoa Nguyen
$18.00
ISBN: 9781950268177
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Published: Wave Books - April 6th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Poetry

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The Sunflower Cast a Spell To Save Us From The Void By Jackie Wang Cover Image

The Sunflower Cast a Spell To Save Us From The Void (Paperback)

By Jackie Wang
$16.95
ISBN: 9781643620367
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Published: Nightboat Books - February 2nd, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Poetry

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Peach Blossom Paradise By Ge Fei, Canaan Morse (Translated by) Cover Image

Peach Blossom Paradise (Paperback)

By Ge Fei, Canaan Morse (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681374703
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Published: NYRB Classics - December 8th, 2020

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Translated Literature

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The Twilight Zone: A Novel By Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer (Translated by) Cover Image

The Twilight Zone: A Novel (Paperback)

By Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer (Translated by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450475
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Published: Graywolf Press - March 16th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Translated Literature

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When We Cease to Understand the World By Benjamin Labatut, Adrian Nathan West (Translated by) Cover Image

When We Cease to Understand the World (Paperback)

By Benjamin Labatut, Adrian Nathan West (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681375663
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Published: New York Review Books - September 28th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Translated Literature

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Planet of Clay By Samar Yazbek, Leri Price (Translator) Cover Image

Planet of Clay (Paperback)

By Samar Yazbek, Leri Price (Translator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781642861013
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Published: World Editions - October 5th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Translated Literature

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The Legend of Auntie Po By Shing Yin Khor Cover Image

The Legend of Auntie Po (Paperback)

By Shing Yin Khor
$13.99
ISBN: 9780525554899
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Published: Kokila - June 15th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Young People's Literature

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Too Bright to See By Kyle Lukoff Cover Image

Too Bright to See (Hardcover)

By Kyle Lukoff
$16.99
ISBN: 9780593111154
Availability: Available for Immediate Order
Published: Dial Books - April 20th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Young People's Literature

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People By Kekla Magoon Cover Image

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People (Hardcover)

By Kekla Magoon
$24.99
ISBN: 9781536214185
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Published: Candlewick - November 8th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Young People's Literature

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Me (Moth) By Amber McBride Cover Image

Me (Moth) (Hardcover)

By Amber McBride
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250780362
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Published: Feiwel & Friends - August 17th, 2021

Finalist
National Book Awards 2021 for Young People's Literature

On the Origin of Species and Other Stories By Bo-Young Kim, Sunyoung Park (Editor), Joungmin Lee Comfort (Translator) Cover Image

On the Origin of Species and Other Stories (Paperback)

By Bo-Young Kim, Sunyoung Park (Editor), Joungmin Lee Comfort (Translator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781885030719
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Published: Kaya Press - May 25th, 2021

Longlist
2021 National Book Awards

The Mirror Season By Anna-Marie McLemore Cover Image

The Mirror Season (Hardcover)

By Anna-Marie McLemore
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250624123
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Published: Feiwel & Friends - March 16th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah's Book Club Pick By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Cover Image

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062942937
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Published: Harper - August 24th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

An Inventory of Losses By Judith Schalansky, Jackie Smith (Translated by) Cover Image

An Inventory of Losses (Paperback)

By Judith Schalansky, Jackie Smith (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780811231411
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Published: New Directions - December 21st, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

Rabbit Island By Elvira Navarro, Christina Macsweeney (Translator) Cover Image

Rabbit Island (Hardcover)

By Elvira Navarro, Christina Macsweeney (Translator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781949641097
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Published: Two Lines Press - February 9th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

Intimacies: A Novel By Katie Kitamura Cover Image

Intimacies: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Katie Kitamura
$26.00
ISBN: 9780399576164
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Published: Riverhead Books - July 20th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

In Memory of Memory By Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translated by) Cover Image

In Memory of Memory (Paperback)

By Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translated by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9780811228831
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Published: New Directions - February 9th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America By Clint Smith Cover Image

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Hardcover)

By Clint Smith
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316492935
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 1st, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

A Snake Falls to Earth By Darcie Little Badger Cover Image

A Snake Falls to Earth (Hardcover)

By Darcie Little Badger
$18.99
ISBN: 9781646140923
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Published: Levine Querido - November 23rd, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

Home Is Not a Country By Safia Elhillo Cover Image

Home Is Not a Country (Hardcover)

By Safia Elhillo
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593177051
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Published: Make Me a World - March 2nd, 2021

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The Souvenir Museum: Stories By Elizabeth McCracken Cover Image

The Souvenir Museum: Stories (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth McCracken
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062971289
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Published: Ecco - April 13th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together By Heather McGhee Cover Image

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (Hardcover)

By Heather McGhee
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525509561
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Published: One World - February 16th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice By Scott Ellsworth Cover Image

The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Hardcover)

By Scott Ellsworth
$28.00
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ISBN: 9780593182987
Published: Dutton - May 18th, 2021

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2021 National Book Awards

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement By Paula Yoo Cover Image

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement (Hardcover)

By Paula Yoo
$19.95
ISBN: 9781324002871
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Published: Norton Young Readers - April 20th, 2021

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The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War By Louis Menand Cover Image

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War (Hardcover)

By Louis Menand
$35.00
ISBN: 9780374158453
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 20th, 2021

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Twice Alive By Forrest Gander Cover Image

Twice Alive (Paperback)

By Forrest Gander
$16.95
ISBN: 9780811230292
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Published: New Directions - May 4th, 2021

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The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship By Deborah Willis Cover Image

The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship (Hardcover)

By Deborah Willis
$43.75
ISBN: 9781479809004
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Published: New York University Press - January 26th, 2021

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Bewilderment: A Novel By Richard Powers Cover Image

Bewilderment: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Richard Powers
$27.95
ISBN: 9780393881141
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 21st, 2021

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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre By Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) Cover Image

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (Hardcover)

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781541581203
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Published: Carolrhoda Books (R) - February 2nd, 2021

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Waiting for the Waters to Rise By Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator) Cover Image

Waiting for the Waters to Rise (Paperback)

By Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox (Translator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781642860733
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Published: World Editions - August 5th, 2021

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Abundance: A Novel By Jakob Guanzon Cover Image

Abundance: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jakob Guanzon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450468
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Published: Graywolf Press - March 2nd, 2021

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The Wild Fox of Yemen: Poems By Threa Almontaser Cover Image

The Wild Fox of Yemen: Poems (Paperback)

By Threa Almontaser
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450505
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Published: Graywolf Press - April 6th, 2021

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The Vault By Andrés Cerpa Cover Image

The Vault (Paperback)

By Andrés Cerpa
$17.95
ISBN: 9781948579186
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Published: Alice James Books - June 15th, 2021

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