The National Book Awards shortlists — for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people's literature — were announced October 15 onMorning Edition by Mitchell Kaplan, co-founder of Miami Book Fair International and former president of the American Booksellers Association. On November 18, finalists for the National Book Awards read from their nominated works at The New School in New York City. The National Book Foundation will announce the winners Wednesday night. Read more about each of the finalists — and hear the authors read from their works — below.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Young People's Literature
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