National Book Award for Fiction Public

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Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction (known as the American Book Award from 1980-1983).

  1. Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by 

    5 stars

    A SEARING AND PROFOUND SOUTHERN ODYSSEY BY NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER JESMYN WARD

    In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2017 for Fiction

  2. The Friend by 

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    When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2018 for Fiction

  3. Trust Exercise by 

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    In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2019 for Fiction

  4. Interior Chinatown by 

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    Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2020 for Fiction

  5. Hell of a Book by 

    5 stars

    An astounding work of fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott, always deeply honest, at times electrically funny, …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2021 for Fiction

  6. The Rabbit Hutch by 

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    The automobile industry has abandoned Vacca Vale, Indiana, leaving the residents behind, too. In a run-down apartment building on the …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2022 for Fiction

  7. Blackouts by ,

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    A metafiction narrating the ways bibliophilia, logomania and homosexuality entangle people and organize them into lives.

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2023 for Fiction

  8. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by 

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    In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher …

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    Winner, National Book Awards 2025 for Fiction

  9. James: A Novel by 

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    A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point …

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