WinnerThe Underground Railroad
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2016 National Book Award
Fiction
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National Book AwardAnother Brooklyn
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National Book AwardNews of the World
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National Book AwardThe Association of Small Bombs
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National Book AwardThe Throwback Special
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Nonfiction
WinnerStamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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National Book AwardBlood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
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National Book AwardNothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
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National Book AwardStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
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National Book AwardThe Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
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Poetry
WinnerThe Performance of Becoming Human
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National Book AwardArcheophonics
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National Book AwardCollected Poems 1974 – 2004
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National Book AwardLook
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National Book AwardThe Abridged History of Rainfall
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Young People's Literature
WinnerMarch: Book Three
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National Book AwardGhost
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National Book AwardRaymie Nightingale
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National Book AwardThe Sun Is Also a Star
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National Book AwardWhen the Sea Turned to Silver
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