Here are the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards
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Tue, 6 October 2026Fri, 16 October 2026
What it is about
Edwidge DanticatMorgan ThomasNational Book AwardsSalman RushdieKyle MaclachlanTiffany TsaoBrenda HillmanVictoria ChangGabriel DuckelsMohamed MbougarsarrPerri KlassSusan StewartSamar YazbekJoseph OsmundsonCamonghne FelixH Mart Michelle ZaunerDavid LevithanVicente Luis MoraHannah Lillith AssadiJulian Randall
Who published it, and when
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NPR News
publishingperspectives.com
6 Oct, 14:30over 10 days16 Oct, 12:40
How it spread - 2 original reports
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- NPR News14:30first to report
Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood.
Fri, 16 October 2026
1 report- publishingperspectives.com12:40
Finalists for National Book Awards announced. Across the five categories, 14 authors and translators have been previously honored by the National Book Foundation.