2022 National Book Award (Awarded by National Book Foundation)

Awards List

Fiction

The Rabbit Hutch
(Winner)
Tess Gunty

The Town of Babylon
(Finalist)
Alejandro Varela

The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
(Finalist)
Jamil Jan Kochai

All This Could Be Different
(Finalist)
Sarah Thankam Mathews

The Birdcatcher
(Finalist)
Gayl Jones

Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories
(Longlist)
Leigh Newman

Maria, Maria & Other Stories
(Longlist)
Marytza K. Rubio

Shutter
(Longlist)
Ramona Emerson

If I Survive You
(Longlist)
Jonathan Escoffery

When We Were Sisters
(Longlist)
Fatimah Asghar

Young People's Literature

All My Rage
(Winner)
Sabaa Tahir

Maizy Chen's Last Chance
(Finalist)
Lisa Yee

The Ogress and the Orphans
(Finalist)
Kelly Barnhill

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
(Finalist)
Sonora Reyes

A Thousand Steps into Night
(Longlist)
Traci Chee

Swim Team
(Longlist)
Johnnie Christmas

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
(Longlist)
Isaac Blum

Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution
(Longlist)
Sherri Winston

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
(Longlist)
Anna-Marie McLemore

Award Categories

Children's

Children's Book: Fiction (hardcover)

Children's Book: Fiction (paperback)

Fiction

Fiction (Hardcover)

Fiction (Paperback)

First Novel

Mystery (hardcover)

Mystery (paperback)

Original Paperback

Picture Book (Hardcover)

Science Fiction (hardcover)

Science Fiction (paperback)

Young People's Literature

Award Years

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