2013 National Book Award Winners

Awards List

Fiction

The Good Lord Bird (Winner)
James McBride

Aug-2013
/ Historical

Young People's Literature

The Thing About Luck (Winner)
Cynthia Kadohata

Jun-2013
/ General Fiction

Fiction

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

Young People's Literature

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

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

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

Fiction

Young People's Literature

Fiction

Young People's Literature

Award Categories

Award Years