National Book Award Finalists for 2008
By Kristen on Oct 17, 2008 in Literary News
National Book Award Finalists for 2008 Announced!
For the complete list including children’s literature and poetry, visit the NBA site!
Fiction
- The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
- Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
- Shadow Country by Peter Mattheissen
- Home by Marilynne Robinson
- The End by Salvatore Scibona
Nonfiction:
- The Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
- The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
- The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer
- Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler
- The Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order by Joan Wickersham
I’ve only read Home (and loved it!) — Has anyone read any of the others? Any buzz on who might win?
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