National Book Award1998

Given by National Book Foundation

20 Works 45,835 Books 1,345 Reviews ½ 4.0
Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize given to writers by writers and administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Each year, the show more Foundation selects a total of twenty Judges, including five in each of the four Award categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. Judges are published writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field, and in some cases, are past NBA Finalists or Winners. One of the five Judges on each panel is selected as the panel chair. This person acts as the voice of the panel and the liaison to the Foundation. The Foundation staff takes no part in the Judges’ deliberations, except to verify a submission’s eligibility. show less
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All, Winner (400), Finalist (1,801), Longlist (500)
Categories:
All, Arts and Letters (57), Autobiography (Hardcover) (3), Autobiography (Paperback) (1), Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover) (12), Autobiography/Biography (Paperback) (15), Biography (8), Biography (Hardcover) (2), Biography (Paperback) (4), Biography and Autobiography (3), Children's Books (14), Children's Books (Hardcover) (4), Children's Books (Paperback) (4), Children's Books, Fiction (Hardcover) (10), Children's Books, Fiction (Paperback) (8), Children's Books, Nonfiction (10), Children's Books, Nonfiction (Hardcover) (4), Children's Books, Picture Books (Hardcover) (5), Children's Books, Picture Books (Paperback) (6), Children's Fiction (Hardcover) (4), Children's Fiction (Paperback) (5), Children's Literature (10), Children's Picture Books (Hardcover) (5), Children's Picture Books (Paperback) (5), Contemporary Affairs (9), Contemporary Thought (4), Current Interest (Hardcover) (4), Current Interest (Paperback) (5), Fiction (477), Fiction (Hardcover) (14), Fiction (Paperback) (16), First Novel (19), First Work of Fiction (3), General Nonfiction (Hardcover) (19), General Nonfiction (Paperback) (17), General Reference Books (Hardcover) (3), General Reference Books (Paperback) (5), Hardcover (2), History (9), History (Hardcover) (21), History (Paperback) (12), History and Biography (39), Most Distinguished Novel (1), Most Original Book (1), Mystery (Hardcover) (5), Mystery (Paperback) (5), Nonfiction (407), Original Paperback (5), Paperback (4), Philosophy and Religion (10), Poetry (331), Religion/Inspiration (Hardcover) (5), Religion/Inspiration (Paperback) (3), Science (Hardcover) (18), Science (Paperback) (18), Science Fiction (Hardcover) (9), Science Fiction (Paperback) (1), Science, Philosophy, and Religion (18), The Sciences (16), Translated Literature (58), Translation (54), Western (4), Young People's Literature (197), No Category (4)
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All, 2023 (50), 2022 (50), 2021 (49), 2020 (50), 2019 (49), 2018 (50), 2017 (40), 2016 (40), 2015 (40), 2014 (40), 2013 (42), 2012 (20), 2011 (20), 2010 (20), 2009 (20), 2008 (20), 2007 (16), 2006 (20), 2005 (20), 2004 (20), 2003 (20), 2002 (20), 2001 (20), 2000 (20), 1999 (20), 1998 (20), 1997 (20), 1996 (20), 1995 (15), 1994 (15), 1993 (15), 1992 (15), 1991 (15), 1990 (10), 1989 (9), 1988 (9), 1987 (10), 1986 (8), 1985 (9), 1983 (90), 1982 (79), 1981 (67), 1980 (105), 1979 (13), 1978 (9), 1977 (15), 1976 (12), 1975 (25), 1974 (28), 1973 (25), 1972 (31), 1971 (32), 1970 (31), 1969 (30), 1968 (24), 1967 (29), 1966 (19), 1965 (22), 1964 (25), 1963 (24), 1962 (36), 1961 (35), 1960 (40), 1959 (25), 1958 (29), 1957 (41), 1956 (26), 1955 (29), 1954 (3), 1953 (33), 1952 (32), 1951 (3), 1950 (8), 1936 (2), 1935 (1)
Announced:
November 2023: Winner2023 Recent

Winner 4

WorkCategoryYear
Charming Billy by Alice McDermottFiction1998
Slaves in the Family by Edward BallNonfiction1998
This Time: New and Selected Poems by Gerald SternPoetry1998
Holes by Louis SacharYoung People's Literature1998

Finalist 20

WorkCategoryYear
Charming Billy by Alice McDermottFiction1998
Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra GoodmanFiction1998
The Healing by Gayl JonesFiction1998
Damascus Gate by Robert StoneFiction1998
A Man in Full by Tom WolfeFiction1998
Slaves in the Family by Edward BallNonfiction1998
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold BloomNonfiction1998
There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok by Yaffa EliachNonfiction1998
A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage by Beth KephartNonfiction1998
All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery by Henry MayerNonfiction1998
This Time: New and Selected Poems by Gerald SternPoetry1998
The Art of the Lathe by B. H. FairchildPoetry1998
The Little Space: Poems Selected and New, 1968-1998 (Pitt Poetry Series) by Alicia OstrikerPoetry1998
Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems 1968-1998 by Linda PastanPoetry1998
From the Devotions: Poems by Carl PhillipsPoetry1998
Holes by Louis SacharYoung People's Literature1998
The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods by Ann CameronYoung People's Literature1998
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack GantosYoung People's Literature1998
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War by Anita LobelYoung People's Literature1998
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard PeckYoung People's Literature1998

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