Calling all book clubs, and those who like to chase award winning books. The National Book Award Winners 2018 were announced this week at a ceremony in New Year City and we have the list in full here.
It’s a little over a month since the National Book Award Finalists were announced and if you were keenly awaiting the winners, here they are.
Fiction Winner
The Friend
Nonfiction Winner
The New Negro
Poetry Winner
Indecent
Translated Literature Winner
The Emissary
Young People’s Literature Winner
The Poet X
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