Last month we brought you the longlists in each category for the National Book Awards 2018, and now it’s time for the finalists! There are five finalists in each category, making 25 books in all, with an extra category added this year for translated literature too.
The winners for each category will be announced on November 14th, but for now let’s take a look at those finalists and the books that made the final cut.
From the Fiction Longlist, the finalists are:
From the Nonfiction Longlist, the finalists are:
From the Poetry Longlist, the finalists are:
From the Translated Longlist, the finalists are:
From the Young People’s Literature Longlist, the finalists are:
Word of the Day – Counterpoise
February 1, 2025
Word of the Day – Counterpoise
Word of the Day - Counterpoise (verb) cown-ter-poyz
Word of the Day – Behemoth
January 25, 2025
Word of the Day – Behemoth
Word of the Day - Behemoth (noun) beh-hee-moth
Word of the Day – Gamut
January 23, 2025
Word of the Day – Gamut
Word of the Day - Gamut (noun) ga-muht
Word of the Day – Epochal
January 21, 2025
Word of the Day – Epochal
Word of the Day - Epochal (adj) ep-ok-al
Word of the Day – Animadvert
December 28, 2024
Word of the Day – Animadvert
Word of the Day - Animadvert (verb) an-im-ad-vert
Word of the Day – Vigil
December 24, 2024
Word of the Day – Vigil
Word of the Day - Vigil (noun) vij-il