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Announcing the 2026 Science + Literature Selected Titles

The National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announced with The Associated Press the selected titles for the fifth year

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Applications for the 26/27 Teacher Fellowship Are Now Open

Calling all teachers! Applications for the 2026/27 National Book Foundation Teacher Fellowship are now open! All interested applicants can start thei

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Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced

Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced

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Watch the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony

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Watch the 2025 National Book Awards Finalist Reading

Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National

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Watch the 2025 Teens Read the National Book Awards

Teens Read the National Book Awards brings the excitement and prestige of the National Book Awards to an audience of young people through an exclusive

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Jeff Hiller, Emmy-Winning Actor, Comedian, and Writer to Host 76th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner

GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae to join as live musical guest New York, NY (October 16, 2025) – The National Book Foundati

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2025 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’

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2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Fiction Find The New Yorker’s announcement here. The National Book Foundation today announced the

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