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    "original_url": "https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/06\/books\/national-book-award-finalists.html?emc=edit_nn_20261007&nl=the-morning&segment_id=227657",
    "parsed_content": "What to ReadFind Your Next BookFantasyScience FictionThrillersRomanceAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTHere Are the Finalists for the 2026 National Book AwardsNovels by Edwidge Danticat and Valeria Luiselli are among the books up for the fiction prize, while Karl Ove Knausgaard\u2019s latest is a contender for the translated literature prize.Listen \u00b7 6:01 min Share full articleClockwise from top left: Edwidge Danticat, Valeria Luiselli, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Camonghne Felix.Credit...Clockwise from top left: Naima Green for The New York Times; Maria Moratti\/Getty Images; David Levenson\/Getty Images; Jati LindsayBy Ash WuReporting from New YorkOct. 6, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards on Tuesday across the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people\u2019s literature. Winners will be announced during a ceremony in New York on Nov. 18.The foundation will also honor the novelist Salman Rushdie, who was grievously injured during a stabbing in 2022, with the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and the pediatrician, writer and literacy advocate Perri Klass with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.Here is a full list of the finalists.FictionThe fiction finalists include several books about how immigration can shape personal identity. In \u201cParadiso 17\u201d by Hannah Lillith Assadi, a Palestinian \u00e9migr\u00e9 on his deathbed recounts the story of fleeing his home during in 1948 after Israeli displacement, only to spend the rest of his life adrift. A mother and daughter navigate continents and languages in Valeria Luiselli\u2019s novel \u201cBeginning Middle End.\u201d And \u201cD\u00e8y,\u201d by Edwidge Danticat, plumbs the emotional depths of a Haitian American real estate agent who survives a mass shooting.BEGINNING MIDDLE END, by Valeria LuiselliBeginning Middle End Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readD\u00c8Y, by Edwidge DanticatD\u00e8y Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readMAD EDEN, by Morgan ThomasMad Eden Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readPARADISO 17, by Hannah Lillith AssadiParadiso 17 Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readPRETEND YOU\u2019RE DEAD AND I CARRY YOU, by Juli\u00e1n Delgado LoperaPretend You're Dead and I Carry You Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTNonfictionMany of this year\u2019s nonfiction finalists experiment with literary form. Camonghne Felix blends memoir with political analysis in \u201cLet the Poets Govern.\u201d Colin Asher\u2019s \u201cThe Midnight Special\u201d explores the lives of five musicians and the music they made in prison. And in \u201cSpawning Season,\u201d the microbiologist Joseph Osmundson brings in his scientific background while describing the challenges of building a family during an era of climate change.HUNA: A Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming, by Abdelrahman ElGendyHuna Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readLET THE POETS GOVERN: A Declaration of Freedom, by Camonghne FelixLet the Poets Govern Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readTHE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL: The Secret Prison History of American Music, by Colin AsherThe Midnight Special Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readMOTHER TONGUE, by Sara Novi\u0107Mother Tongue Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readSPAWNING SEASON: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood, by Joseph OsmundsonSpawning Season Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTPoetryCollections with ecological themes dominate the poetry category. The experimental poet Victoria Chang places poems about nature and the afterlife beside embroidered photographs in \u201cTree of Knowledge.\u201d Brenda Hillman\u2019s \u201cStill House in the Desert\u201d examines the author\u2019s childhood through an ecological lens, and \u201cBramble,\u201d by Susan Stewart, invokes thorns as symbols of struggle.BRAMBLE, by Susan StewartBramble Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readEXHIBIT G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza, by Fady JoudahExhibit G Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readHIDE, by Carolina EbeidHide Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readSTILL HOUSE IN THE DESERT, by Brenda HillmanStill House in the Desert Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readTREE OF KNOWLEDGE, by Victoria ChangTree of Knowledge Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readTranslated literatureIn translated literature, Karl Ove Knausgaard, the Norwegian author best known for his autobiographical series \u201cMy Struggle,\u201d is a finalist for \u201cThe School of Night,\u201d a Faustian tale of artistic success. Vicente Luis Mora\u2019s \u201cCentroeuropa\u201d takes place in early-19th-century Prussia, and Samar Yazbek\u2019s \u201cYour Presence Is a Danger to Your Life\u201d incorporates interviews with 26 Palestinians receiving medical treatment in Doha, Qatar.CENTROEUROPA, by Vicente Luis Mora; translated from the Spanish by Rahul BeryCentroeuropa Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readNIGHT OF A THOUSAND HELLS, by Intan Paramaditha, translated from the Indonesian by Stephen J. Epstein and Tiffany TsaoNight of a Thousand Hells Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readPURE MEN, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; translated from the French by Lara VergnaudPure Men Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readTHE SCHOOL OF NIGHT, by Karl Ove Knausgaard; translated from the Norwegian by Martin AitkenThe School of Night Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readYOUR PRESENCE IS A DANGER TO YOUR LIFE: Voices of Survival and Witness in Gaza, by Samar Yazbek; translated from the Arabic by Leri PriceYour Presence Is a Danger to Your Life Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYoung people\u2019s literatureSome of the finalists for the young people\u2019s literature category tackle difficult subjects. Keala Kendall\u2019s \u201cThat Which Feeds Us\u201d makes a haunting metaphor, in more ways than one, out of colonialism in Hawaii; David Levithan and Gabriel Duckels\u2019s \u201cThe Fight of Our Lives\u201d teaches young readers about the AIDS epidemic; and Elana K. Arnold\u2019s \u201cHolloway\u201d sends a neurodivergent Jewish teenager back in time to Paris in 1946.THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: AIDS in America, by David Levithan and Gabriel DuckelsThe Fight of Our Lives Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readHOLLOWAY, by Elana K. ArnoldHolloway Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readSHOOK, by Julian RandallShook Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readTHAT WHICH FEEDS US: A Hawaiian Gothic, by Keala KendallThat Which Feeds Us Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readWHEN TOMORROW BURNS, by Tae KellerWhen Tomorrow Burns Save to your reading list:Want to readHave readAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT"
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