2013 National Book Award Winners

Awards List

Fiction

The Good Lord Bird (Winner)
James McBride

Aug-2013
/ Historical

Tenth of December (Finalist)
George Saunders

Jan-2013
/ General Fiction

The Flamethrowers (Finalist)
Rachel Kushner

Apr-2013
/ Literary

Bleeding Edge (Finalist)
Thomas Pynchon

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

The Lowland (Finalist)
Jhumpa Lahiri

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

The End of the Point (Longlist)
Elizabeth Graver

Mar-2013
/ Literary

Alt-Country (Longlist)
Tom Drury

May-2013
/ Literary

Fools (Longlist)
Joan Silber

May-2013
/ Literary

Someone (Longlist)
Alice McDermott

Sep-2013
/ Literary

Young People's Literature

The Thing About Luck (Winner)
Cynthia Kadohata

Jun-2013
/ General Fiction

Far Far Away (Finalist)
Tom Mcneal

Jun-2013
/ Horror

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp (Finalist)
Kathi Appelt

Jul-2013
/ General Fiction

Boxers & Saints Boxed Set (Finalist)
Gene Luen Yang

Sep-2013
/ Graphic Novel

Picture Me Gone (Finalist)
Meg Rosoff

Oct-2013
/ Mystery

A Tangle of Knots (Longlist)
Lisa Graff

Feb-2013
/ Fantasy

The Summer Prince (Longlist)
Alaya Dawn Johnson

Mar-2013
/ Science Fiction

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (Longlist)
Kate DiCamillo

Sep-2013
/ Action Adventure

The Real Boy (Longlist)
Anne Ursu

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

Two Boys Kissing (Longlist)
David Levithan

Sep-2013
/ Romance

Award Categories

Children's

Children's Book: Fiction (hardcover)

Children's Book: Fiction (paperback)

Picture Book (Hardcover)

Science Fiction (hardcover)

Science Fiction (paperback)

Young People's Literature

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

2013 National Book Award (Awarded by National Book Foundation)

Awards List

Fiction

Young People's Literature

Award Categories

Award Years