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2021 National Book Award Winners
Browse the 2021 National Book Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.
Fiction
Winner and nominees for the 2021 National Book Award Fiction category.
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Abundance
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Bewilderment
Finalist
Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Intimacies
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Finalist
Matrix
Finalist
The Prophets
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The Souvenir Museum
Finalist
Zorrie
Young People's Literature
Winner and nominees for the 2021 National Book Award Young People's Literature category.
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Home Is Not a Country
Finalist
The Legend of Auntie Po
Longlist
The Mirror Season
Longlist
A Snake Falls to Earth
Finalist
Too Bright to See
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Children's
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Children's Book: Fiction (paperback)
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Fiction (Hardcover)
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Fiction (Paperback)
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Picture Book (Hardcover)
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Children's Book: Fiction (hardcover)
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Mystery (hardcover)
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Mystery (paperback)
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Original Paperback
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