2023 National Book Award Winners

Awards List

Fiction

Blackouts

Blackouts (Winner)
Justin Torres

Oct-2023
/ Literary

Young People's Literature

A First Time for Everything

A First Time for Everything (Winner)
Dan Santat

Mar-2023
/ General Fiction

Fiction

The End of Drum-Time

The End of Drum-Time (Finalist)
Hanna Pylvainen

Jan-2023
/ Literary

This Other Eden

This Other Eden (Finalist)
Paul Harding

Jan-2023
/ Literary

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Chain-Gang All-Stars (Finalist)
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

May-2023
/ Literary

Temple Folk

Temple Folk (Finalist)
Aaliyah Bilal

Jul-2023
/ Literary

Young People's Literature

The Lost Year

The Lost Year (Finalist)
Katherine Marsh

Jan-2023
/ Historical

Big

Big (Finalist)
Vashti Harrison

May-2023
/ General Fiction

Gather

Gather (Finalist)
Kenneth M. Cadow

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

Huda F Cares

Huda F Cares (Finalist)
Huda Fahmy

Oct-2023
/ General Fiction

Fiction

Loot

Loot (Longlist)
Tania James

Jun-2023
/ Literary

Ponyboy

Ponyboy (Longlist)
Eliot Duncan

Jun-2023
/ Literary

A Council of Dolls

A Council of Dolls (Longlist)
Mona Susan Power

Aug-2023
/ Literary

Holler, Child: Stories

Holler, Child: Stories (Longlist)
LaToya Watkins

Sep-2023
/ Literary

Night Watch

Night Watch (Longlist)
Jayne Anne Phillips

Sep-2023
/ Literary

Young People's Literature

Simon Sort of Says

Simon Sort of Says (Longlist)
Erin Bow

Feb-2023
/ General Fiction

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not (Longlist)
Alyson Derrick

Apr-2023
/ Contemporary Romance

Parachute Kids

Parachute Kids (Longlist)
Betty C. Tang

Apr-2023
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Children's Book: Fiction (hardcover)

Children's Book: Fiction (paperback)

Fiction (Hardcover)

Fiction (Paperback)

Mystery (hardcover)

Mystery (paperback)

Original Paperback

Picture Book (Hardcover)

Science Fiction (hardcover)

Science Fiction (paperback)

Young People's Literature

Award Years