Here are the 2026 National Book Awards finalists.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the finalists in all five categories—Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature—for the 2026 National Book Awards. Until then, here are the finalists: Hannah Lillith Assadi, Paradiso 17 Knopf / Penguin Random House Edwidge Danticat, Dèy Knopf / Penguin Random House Julián Delgado Lopera, Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You Liveright / W. Arnold, Holloway Clarion Books / HarperCollins Publishers Tae Keller, When Tomorrow Burns Random House Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House Keala Kendall, That Which Feeds Us: A Hawaiian Gothic Random House Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House David Levit
