National Book Award > NBA 2017
The National Book Awards is an American literary prize that is uniquely traditional and was established by the National Book Foundation in 1950. The awards are open to authors who are American citizens and have had their book published by an American publisher.
The evening before the Awards Ceremony the National Book Foundation hosts a private Medal Ceremony. At this event each finalist receives $1000, a medal, and a citation from the panel of judges; following this, all twenty nominees read from their book at the Finalists Reading. The winners in each category are announced the following evening, and each is awarded $10,000 and a bronze sculpture.
Shop the nominees in each category below.
American Street by Robin (NRT) Ibi; Miles Zoboi
$91.03 NZD
Category: Young People's Literature
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Adam (NRT) Rita; Lazarre-White Williams-Garcia
$62.78 NZD
Category: Young People's Literature
Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman
$22.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Haris Abadi is a man in search of a cause, an Arab-American with a conflicted past trying to cross into Syria to join the fight against a tyrannical regime. On his way he meets Amir, a former Syrian revolutionary whose wife, Daphne, is beautiful and sophisticated but haunted by grief. As Haris and Daphn ...Show more
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Finalist for the 2017 National Book Award "[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right . . ." - The Atlantic "This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains. . . . If you're worried about what all ...Show more
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
$30.00 NZD
Category: Young People's Literature
National Book Award Winner! Perfect for fans of NBC's "This Is Us," Robin Benway’s beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms—how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it. Being the middle child has its ups an ...Show more
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
$25.00 NZD
Category: Young People's Literature
National Book Award Finalist! Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing ...Show more
In the Language of My Captor by Shane McCrae
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Acclaimed poet Shane McCrae’s latest collection is a book about freedom told through stories of captivity. Historical persona poems and a prose memoir at the center of the book address the illusory freedom of both black and white Americans. In the book’s three sequences, McCrae explores the role mass en ...Show more
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
"In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off ...Show more
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction “A fascinating and moving account of a courageous and resourceful woman. Beautifully written and utilizing previously untapped sources it sheds new light both on the father of our country and on the intersections of slavery and freedom.” —Eric Foner, ...Show more