Vannacht zijn de winnaars van de National Book Awards (jaarlijks sinds 1950) bekendgemaakt.

Fiction:
Rabih Alameddine – The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
Grove Press / Grove Atlantic

Nonfiction:
Omar El Akkad – One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Knopf / Penguin Random House

Poetry:
Patricia Smith – The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
Scribner / Simon & Schuster

Translated Literature:
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara – We Are Green and Trembling
Vertaald door Robin Myers
New Directions Publishing

Young People’s Literature:
Daniel Nayeri – The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
Levine Querido