Thursday, October 15, 2009

National Book Award Finalists

This week the National Book Award Finalists were announced. Have you read any of these?
Fiction
American Salvage by Bonnie Campbell
Let the Great World Spin by colum McCann
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
Far North by Marcel Theroux
Nonfiction
Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook by David Carroll
Remarkable Creatures by Sean Carroll
Fordlandia: Rise & Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by G. Grandin
Poison KIng: Life & Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by A. Mayor
First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbility by T. J. Stiles
Poetry
Versed by R. Armantrout
Or to Begin Again by A. Lauterbach
Speak Low by C. Phillips
Open Interval by L. Van Clief-Stefanon
Transcendental Studies by K. Waldrop
Young People's Literature
Charles and Emma by D. Heiligman
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by P. Hoose
Stitiches by D. Small
Jumped by R. Williams-Garcia
Lips Touch: Three Times by L. Taylor

Winners will be announced on November 18.

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