Books Honored by the National Book Foundation
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of great writing in America. National Book Awards are given five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.
Here we highlight the winners of African descent. The first African-American writer to win a National Book Award was Ralph Ellison, in 1953, for Invisible Man.
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11 Books Honored by the National Book Foundation in 2016
Finalist - Fiction
Another Brooklyn: A Novel
by Jacqueline Woodson
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2017 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Publication Date: Aug 09, 2016
List Price: $22.99
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062359988
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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Winner - Fiction
The Underground Railroad: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books of the 21st Century” Category
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2017)
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2016
- A 2016 Oprah Book Club Selection
- 2017 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Publication Date: Aug 02, 2016
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385542364
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Longlist - Nonfiction
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
by Patricia Bell-Scott
Publication Date: Feb 02, 2016
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780679446521
Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Winner - Nonfiction
Stamped from the Beginning (Revised): The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi
Publication Date: Aug 15, 2015
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 608 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781568585987
Imprint: Bold Type Books
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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Longlist - Poetry
Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
by Kevin Young
Publication Date: Feb 02, 2016
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780385351508
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Finalist - Poetry
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by Rita Dove
Publication Date: May 17, 2016
List Price: $39.95
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780393285949
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Longlist - Poetry
Bestiary: Poems
by Donika Kelly
Publication Date: Oct 11, 2016
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 80 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781555977580
Imprint: Graywolf Press
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Parent Company: Graywolf Press
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Longlist - Young People’s Literature
Booked
by Kwame Alexander
Publication Date: Apr 05, 2016
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780544570986
Imprint: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Finalist - Young People’s Literature
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Publication Date: Nov 01, 2016
List Price: $18.99
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780553496680
Imprint: Delacorte Press
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Longlist - Young People’s Literature
Ghost: Running for His Life or From It?
by Jason Reynolds
- A Top 10 Book in the “Children’s Books from the 21st Century” Category
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Publication Date: Aug 30, 2016
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781481450157
Imprint: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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Winner - Young People’s Literature
March Book Three
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, Illustrated by Nate Powell
Publication Date: Aug 02, 2016
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781603094023
Imprint: Top Shelf Productions
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Parent Company: Top Shelf Productions