WinnerHell of a Book
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2021 National Book Award
Fiction
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National Book AwardCloud Cuckoo Land
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National Book AwardMatrix
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National Book AwardThe Prophets
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National Book AwardZorrie
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Nonfiction
WinnerAll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
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National Book AwardA Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
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National Book AwardCovered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
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National Book AwardRunning Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
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National Book AwardTastes Like War: A Memoir
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Poetry
WinnerFloaters
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National Book AwardA Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure
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National Book AwardSho
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National Book AwardThe Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void
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National Book AwardWhat Noise Against the Cane
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Translated Literature
WinnerWinter in Sokcho
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National Book AwardPeach Blossom Paradise
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National Book AwardPlanet of Clay
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National Book AwardThe Twilight Zone
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National Book AwardWhen We Cease to Understand the World
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Young People's Literature
WinnerLast Night at the Telegraph Club
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National Book AwardMe (Moth)
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National Book AwardRevolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
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National Book AwardThe Legend of Auntie Po
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National Book AwardToo Bright to See
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