National Book Award
The National Book Awards, presented by the National Book Foundation since 1950, honor the best American literature across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature.
When is the next National Book Award announced?
The National Book Award is typically announced in November. The 2026 winners are expected around November 2026. The most recent winners were announced on November 20, 2025. This page is updated as soon as new winners are announced.
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Punks: New & Selected Poems
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Nights and Days
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The Far Field(posth.)
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Paterson: Book ThreeandSelected Poems(two books)
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Four Hundred Million Customers: The Experiences—Some Happy, Some Sad, of an American Living in China, and What They Taught Him
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See also
- Agatha Awards
- Anthony Awards
- Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Booker Prize
- Bram Stoker Awards
- Caldecott Medal
- Carnegie Medal
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Costa Book Awards
- Edgar Awards
- Giller Prize
- Hugo Awards
- International Booker Prize
- Kirkus Prize
- Lambda Literary Awards
- Locus Awards
- Michael L. Printz Award
- Miles Franklin Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award
- Nebula Awards
- Newbery Medal
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- PEN/Faulkner Award
- PEN/Hemingway Award
- Pulitzer Prizes
- Women’s Prize for Fiction
- World Fantasy Awards