2024 National Book Awards

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The 75th National Book Awards, presented at a ceremony and benefit dinner by the National Book Foundation, took place on November 20, 2024, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. [1] During the gala, the National Book Foundation presented awards in 5 competitive categories and 2 special categories honoring books released between December 1, 2023 and November 30, 2024. [2] [3] Author Barbara Kingsolver and publisher Paul Coates received special recognitions. Comedian Kate McKinnon hosted the show alongside musician Jon Batiste. [1]

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Winners and nominees

The longlisted nominees were announced between September 13, 2024 [4] and the shortlisted nominees were announced on October 1, 2024 [5]

CategoryWinnerShortlistLonglist
Fiction Percival Everett, James
Nonfiction Jason De León, Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
  • Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
  • Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
  • Rebecca Boyle, Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
  • Ernest Scheyder, The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
  • Richard Slotkin, A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America
Poetry Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Something About Living
Translated Literature Yang Shuang-zi, Taiwan Travelogue (translated from Mandarin by Lin King)
  • Bothayna El Essa (as Bothayna Al-Essa), The Book Censor's Library (translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain)
  • Linnea Axelsson, Ædnan (translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel)
  • Fiston Mwanza Mujila, The Villain's Dance (translated from French by Roland Glasser)
  • Samar Yazbek, Where the Wind Calls Home (translated from Arabic by Leri Price)
  • Nasser Abu Srour, The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom (translated from Arabic by Luke Leafgren)
  • Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) (translated from Danish by Barbara J. Haveland)
  • Layla Martínez, Woodworm (translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott)
  • Fernanda Trías, Pink Slime (translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary)
  • Fernando Vallejo, The Abyss (translated from Spanish by Yvette Siegert)
Young People's Literature Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between
  • Violet Duncan, Buffalo Dreamer
  • Josh Galarza, The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
  • Erin Entrada Kelly, The First State of Being
  • Angela Shanté, The Unboxing of a Black Girl
  • Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train
  • Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers
  • Randy Ribay, Everything We Never Had
  • Ali Terese, Free Period
  • Alicia D. Williams, Mid-Air

Special Recognitions

Author Barbara Kingsolver received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a lifetime achievement award, while publisher W. Paul Coates was recognized with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service. [6]

Judges

The judges in each category are as follows: [7]

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Translated Literature

Young People's Literature

References

  1. 1 2 "Kate McKinnon to Host at 75th National Books Awards, Jon Batiste to Perform (Exclusive)".
  2. ↑ "Meet the Winners of the 2024 National Book Awards". www.msn.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ "National Book Foundation - Submissions". National Book Foundation. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "The 2024 National Book Awards Longlist". The New Yorker. September 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ "The US National Book Awards' 2024 Shortlists". October 2024.
  6. ↑ Mulroy, Clare. "Percival Everett, Barbara Kingsolver wow at National Book Awards: 'Truth is like gravity'". USA TODAY. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "2024 National Book Awards Judges". National Book Foundation. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
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