2018 National Book Award Winners

Awards List

Fiction

The Friend (Winner)
Sigrid Nunez

Feb-2018
/ General Fiction

Where the Dead Sit Talking (Finalist)
Brandon Hobson

Feb-2018
/ General Fiction

A Lucky Man: Stories (Finalist)
Jamel Brinkley

May-2018
/ Literary

Florida (Finalist)
Lauren Groff

Jun-2018
/ General Fiction

The Great Believers (Finalist)
Rebecca Makkai

Jun-2018
/ Literary

An American Marriage (Longlist)
Tayari Jones

Feb-2018
/ Literary

Gun Love (Longlist)
Jennifer Clement

Mar-2018
/ Literary

Heads of the Colored People: Stories (Longlist)
Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Apr-2018
/ General Fiction

The Boatbuilder (Longlist)
Daniel Gumbiner

May-2018
/ Literary

There There (Longlist)
Tommy Orange

Jun-2018
/ Literary

Young People's Literature

The Poet X (Winner)
Elizabeth Acevedo

Mar-2018
/ General Fiction

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (Finalist)
Leslie Connor

Jan-2018
/ Mystery

The Journey of Little Charlie (Finalist)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Feb-2018
/ Action Adventure

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (Finalist)
M.T. Anderson

Sep-2018
/ Fantasy

What the Night Sings (Longlist)
Vesper Stamper

Feb-2018
/ Historical

Blood Water Paint (Longlist)
Joy McCullough

Mar-2018
/ General Fiction

We'll Fly Away (Longlist)
Bryan Bliss

May-2018
/ General Fiction

A Very Large Expanse of Sea (Longlist)
Tahereh Mafi

Oct-2018
/ Contemporary 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

2018 National Book Award (Awarded by National Book Foundation)

Awards List

Fiction

Young People's Literature

Award Categories

Award Years