The Finalists in the Running for 2016 National Book Awards, were announced last week…
(I was traveling, so only getting around to posting about these now)
How many of these have you read?
Who would you pick as the winner in each category?
(We’ve marked our guess with *** )
[ Fiction ] [ NonFiction ] [ Poetry ] [ Young People ]
Fiction:
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”160″ identifier=”0393249468″ locale=”US” src=”https://englewoodreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/51syuD88auL.SL160.jpg” tag=”douloschristo-20″ width=”106″] [easyazon_link identifier=”0393249468″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]The Throwback Special: A Novel[/easyazon_link]
Chris Bachelder
W.W. Norton
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”160″ identifier=”0062409204″ locale=”US” src=”https://englewoodreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/51P955iTJJL.SL160.jpg” tag=”douloschristo-20″ width=”118″] [easyazon_link identifier=”0062409204″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]News of the World: A Novel[/easyazon_link]
Paulette Jiles
Wm. Morrow
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”160″ identifier=”B010N18IO0″ locale=”US” src=”https://englewoodreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/51oapDYDgmL.SL160.jpg” tag=”douloschristo-20″ width=”104″]*** [easyazon_link identifier=”B010N18IO0″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]The Association of Small Bombs: A Novel[/easyazon_link]
Karan Mahajan
Viking
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”160″ identifier=”0385542364″ locale=”US” src=”https://englewoodreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/61Z4YBdNxDL.SL160.jpg” tag=”douloschristo-20″ width=”105″][easyazon_link identifier=”0385542364″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]The Underground Railroad: A Novel[/easyazon_link]
Colson Whitehead
Doubleday
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”160″ identifier=”0062359983″ locale=”US” src=”https://englewoodreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/61yfe82OhpL.SL160.jpg” tag=”douloschristo-20″ width=”106″] [easyazon_link identifier=”0062359983″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]Another Brooklyn: A Novel[/easyazon_link]
Jacqueline Woodson
Amistad
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