Tonight, in a digital ceremony hosted by Phoebe Robinson, the National Book Foundation announced the winners of its 2021 National Book Awards in Young People’s Literature, Translated Literatu…

The winners were revealed at the 67th National Book Awards ceremony. View Entire List ›

The winners were revealed at the 66th National Book Awards ceremony.

Which books took home the top honors?

The National Book Award has been one of the most celebrated prizes since 1950. Rediscover our fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature award winners through the years!

The 2019 National Book Award winners have been announced! Hosted by LeVar Burton, the 70th National Book Award ceremony was a night of storytelling!

17 book award winners that you'll want to add to your reading list. #books #bestbooks #reading

Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He’s merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production.

The New Yorker announces the ten contenders in the 2019 National Book Awards category of Fiction.