Attention book enthusiasts: The much-anticipated event in the literary calendar is approaching – the 2024 National Book Awards!

This year’s announcement includes twenty-five finalists competing for distinction in various categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and literature for young audiences. Winning titles will be awarded $10,000, a bronze medal, and a statue, while finalists will each receive $1,000 and a bronze medal.

The announcement of the winners will occur on November 20 during the 75th annual awards ceremony in New York, which will be streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and the National Book Foundation’s website.

Complete List of 2024 National Book Awards Finalists

The National Book Awards have celebrated outstanding literature since 1950.

Previous winners include literary giants like William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. This year’s finalists were selected from over 1,900 entries submitted by publishers. Among the 25 titles, five are debut works, and there are ten titles from either university or independent publishers, per the foundation’s announcement.

Here is the complete lineup:

Fiction Finalists

• “Ghostroots” by Pemi Aguda
• “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar
• “James” by Percival Everett
• “All Fours” by Miranda July
• “My Friends” by Hisham Matar

Nonfiction Finalists

• “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” by Jason De León
• “Circle of Hope: A Reckoning With Love, Power and Justice in an American Church” by Eliza Griswold
• “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia” by Kate Manne
• “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie
• “Whiskey Tender” by Deborah Jackson Taffa

Poetry Finalists

• “Wrong Norma” by Anne Carson
• “mother” by m.s. RedCherries
• “Modern Poetry” by Diane Seuss
• “Something About Living” by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Translated Literature Finalists

• “The Book Censor’s Library” by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain
• “Ædnan” by Linnea Axelsson, translated from Swedish by Saskia Vogel
• “The Villain’s Dance” by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, translated from French by Roland Glasser
• “Taiwan Travelogue” by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King
• “Where the Wind Calls Home” by Samar Yazbek, translated from Arabic by Leri Price

Young People’s Literature Finalists

• “Buffalo Dreamer” by Violet Duncan
• “The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky” by Josh Galarza
• “The First State of Being” by Erin Entrada Kelly
• “Kareem Between” by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
• “The Unboxing of a Black Girl” by Angela Shanté