Check out the 2024 National Book Awards winners and our read-alike titles, suggested by Oak Park’s fantastically well-read librarians!
The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in America. Learn more about how the awards work from the National Book Foundation »
The winners & readalikes
The winners
- Fiction: James by Percival Everett
- Nonfiction: Soldiers & Kings: Survival & Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León
- Poetry: Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
- Translated literature: Taiwan Travelogue by Lin King & Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
- Young people's literature: Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
