July, Rushdie, m.s. RedCherries, Axelsson & Vogel, Duncan Among 11 PRH ‘24 NBA Contenders
WOW news from New York announced October 1 by the National Book Foundation.
Eleven of the 50 shortlisted titles selected by the judges in each of the Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction categories are published by Penguin Random House imprints, and will contend for 2024 National Book Awards, with our representation in Nonfiction and Fiction particularly strong.
Our Finalists:
FICTION
MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar (Knopf HC and E-book; Random House Audio)
JAMES by Percival Everett (Doubleday HC and E-book; Random House Audio)
ALL FOURS by Miranda July (Riverhead Books HC and E-book; Penguin Audio)
MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (Random House HC and E-book; Random House Audio)
NONFICTION
KNIFE: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie (Random House HC and E-book; Random House Audio)
SOLDIERS AND KINGS: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León (Viking Books HC and E-book; Penguin Audio)
UNSHRINKING: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne (Crown HC and E-book; Random House Audio)
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
BUFFALO DREAMER by Violet Duncan (Nancy Paulsen Books HC & E-book; Listening Library Audiobook)
KAREEM BETWEEN by Shifa Saltagi Safadi (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers HC & E-book; Listening Library Audiobook)
POETRY
MOTHER by m.s. RedCherries (Penguin Books trade paperback and E-book; Penguin Audio)
TRANSLATED LITERATURE
ÆDNAN by Linnea Axelsson, Translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel (Knopf HC and E-book; Random House Audio)
Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose newest book “The Message,” is published by One World October 1, will present the Foundation’s 2024 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to W. Paul Coates, publisher, community activist, and founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digital Printers.
Following the judges’ voting in the afternoon, the five NBA category winners will be presented Wednesday evening, November 20, at the Foundation’s traditional downtown Manhattan black-tie dinner.
Congratulations, and fingers, toes, and hearts crossed for our shortlisted titles’ authors and their publishers.