2016 National Book Award Winners

Awards List

Fiction

The Underground Railroad (Winner)
Colson Whitehead

Sep-2016
/ Historical

The Association of Small Bombs (Finalist)
Karan Mahajan

Mar-2016
/ Literary

The Throwback Special (Finalist)
Chris Bachelder

Mar-2016
/ Literary

Another Brooklyn (Finalist)
Jacqueline Woodson

Aug-2016
/ General Fiction

News of the World (Finalist)
Paulette Jiles

Oct-2016
/ Historical

The Portable Veblen (Longlist)
Elizabeth McKenzie

Jan-2016
/ Literary

What Belongs to You (Longlist)
Garth Greenwell

Jan-2016
/ Literary

Imagine Me Gone (Longlist)
Adam Haslett

May-2016
/ Literary

Sweet Lamb of Heaven (Longlist)
Lydia Millet

May-2016
/ Fantasy

Miss Jane (Longlist)
Brad Watson

Jul-2016
/ Literary

Young People's Literature

Raymie Nightingale (Finalist)
Kate DiCamillo

Apr-2016
/ General Fiction

Ghost (Finalist)
Jason Reynolds

Sep-2016
/ General Fiction

When the Sea Turned to Silver (Finalist)
Grace Lin

Oct-2016
/ Historical

The Sun Is Also a Star (Finalist)
Nicola Yoon

Nov-2016
/ Contemporary Romance

Pax (Longlist)
Sara Pennypacker

Feb-2016
/ General Fiction

Burn Baby Burn (Longlist)
Meg Medina

Mar-2016
/ Historical

Booked (Longlist)
Kwame Alexander

Apr-2016
/ General Fiction

When the Moon Was Ours (Longlist)
Anna-Marie McLemore

Oct-2016
/ Fantasy

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

2016 National Book Award (Awarded by National Book Foundation)

Awards List

Fiction

Young People's Literature

Award Categories

Award Years