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2008 National Book Award
Fiction
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National Book AwardHome
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National Book AwardTelex from Cuba
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National Book AwardThe End
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National Book AwardThe Lazarus Project
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Nonfiction
WinnerThe Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
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National Book AwardFinal Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
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National Book AwardThe Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
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National Book AwardThe Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order
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National Book AwardThis Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
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Poetry
WinnerFire to Fire: New and Selected Poems
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National Book AwardBlood Dazzler
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National Book AwardCreatures of a Day
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National Book AwardWatching the Spring Festival
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National Book AwardWithout Saying
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Young People's Literature
WinnerWhat I Saw and How I Lied
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National Book AwardChains
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National Book AwardThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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National Book AwardThe Spectacular Now
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National Book AwardThe Underneath
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