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National Book Foundation Announces 2026 National Book Awards Finalists
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The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards on Tuesday, with five nominees in each of five categories. Fiction finalists include Edwidge Danticat, Valeria Luiselli and Morgan Thomas. Winners will be announced on Nov. 18 in Manhattan and receive $10,000 each.
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The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards on Tuesday, with five nominees in each of five competitive categories. The announcement was reported by NPR, the Associated Press and The Seattle Times. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
In fiction, the finalists are Edwidge Danticat for “Dèy,” Valeria Luiselli for “Beginning Middle End,” Hannah Lillith Assadi for “Paradiso 17,” Julián Delgado Lopera for “Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You,” and Morgan Thomas for “Mad Eden.” The books take on issues such as gender identity, criminal justice and the Middle East, according to the Associated Press. Danticat’s story of a mass shooting and its aftermath takes place in Miami, Haiti and Brooklyn; Assadi’s novel follows the journey of an exiled Palestinian; Luiselli’s family narrative spans generations and continents; Delgado Lopera’s work is set in Colombia; and Thomas’ novel features a transgender healthcare worker in Florida. [ 3 ]
In the translation category, Karl Ove Knausgaard is a finalist for “The School of Night,” translated by Martin Aitken. Other nominees include Vicente Luis Mora’s “Centroeuropa,” translated by Rahul Bery; Intan Paramaditha’s “Night of a Thousand Hells,” translated by Stephen J. Epstein and Tiffany Tsao; Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s “Pure Men,” translated by Lara Vergnaud; and Samar Yazbek’s “Your Pr….” [ 3 ]
The AP noted a notable omission: Marlon James’ “The Disappearers,” a Booker Prize finalist that had been on the National Book Awards fiction longlist of 10 released last month, was not among the finalists. The novel is centered around the beating of a group of gay men in Jamaica in the 1980s. NPR, meanwhile, highlighted that three-time finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize, and that nonfiction books among the finalists cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood. [ 1 , 3 ]
Winners will each receive $10,000 and will be revealed during a Nov. 18 dinner ceremony in Manhattan. Honorary medals will be presented to Salman Rushdie and Perri Klass. [ 3 ]
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The awards are a major recognition in American literature, and the finalists’ subjects—gender identity, criminal justice and the Middle East—reflect current cultural debates. The omission of Marlon James’ highly anticipated novel may draw attention to the selection process.
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- The National Book Foundation announced five finalists in each of five competitive categories for the 2026 National Book Awards on Tuesday. [ 3 ]
- Fiction finalists include Edwidge Danticat, Valeria Luiselli, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Julián Delgado Lopera and Morgan Thomas. [ 3 ]
- Karl Ove Knausgaard is a finalist in the translation category for “The School of Night,” translated by Martin Aitken. [ 3 ]
- Marlon James’ “The Disappearers” was not among the finalists despite being on the fiction longlist of 10 released last month. [ 3 ]
- Winners will each receive $10,000 and will be announced during a Nov. 18 dinner ceremony in Manhattan. [ 3 ]
- Honorary medals will be presented to Salman Rushdie and Perri Klass. [ 3 ]
- NPR noted that nonfiction books among the finalists cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood. [ 1 ]
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- The full title of Samar Yazbek’s book is unknown. The article text is cut off mid-sentence, so the complete title cannot be confirmed.
- The specific nonfiction finalists and their titles are not given. Only NPR mentions nonfiction categories, but no titles or authors are provided in the documents.
- The exact time of the announcement is not stated. The documents provide publication times but do not specify when the National Book Foundation made the announcement.