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    Here are the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards…

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    November 20, 2024, 9:57pm

    After a long ceremony and lots of wonderful speeches about books, presenting the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards:

    YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE:

    Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between
    G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House

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    TRANSLATED LITERATURE:

    Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Taiwan Travelogue
    Translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
    Graywolf Press

    You can read an excerpt from the book here.

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    POETRY:

    Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Something About Living
    University of Akron Press

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    NONFICTION:

    Jason De León, Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
    Viking Books / Penguin Random House

    You can read an interview with De León here.

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    FICTION:

    Percival Everett, James
    Doubleday / Penguin Random House

    You can read more about Percival Everett here.

    2024 National Book Awards award winners winners

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