Current and Previous winners of the National Book Awards

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Current and historical winners of the National Book Awards, with links to further information at BookBrowse.

National Book Awards

First awarded in 1950, the National Book Awards recognize the best of American literature. The Awards are announced in November.

Current and Previous Award Winners:
	2012
	2011
	2010
	2009
	2008
	2007
	2006
	2005
	2004
	2003
	2002





2012
	National Book Award for Fiction: The Round House by Louise Erdrich

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

	National Book Award for Poetry: Bewilderment by David Ferry

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Goblin Secrets by William Alexander





2011
	National Book Award for Fiction: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

	National Book Award for Poetry: Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai





2010
	National Book Award for Fiction: Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: Just Kids by Patti Smith

	National Book Award for Poetry: Lighthead by Terrance Hayes

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine





2009
	National Book Award for Fiction: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: The First Tycoon by T.J. Stiles

	National Book Award for Poetry: Transcendental Studies by Keith Waldrop

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Claudette Colvin by Phillip M Hoose





2008
	National Book Award for Fiction: Shadow Country (Modern Library) by Peter Matthiessen

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed

	National Book Award for Poetry: Fire to Fire by Mark Doty

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell





2007
	National Book Award for Fiction: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner

	National Book Award for Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie





2006
	National Book Award for Fiction: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M. T. Anderson





2005
	National Book Award for Fiction: Europe Central by William Vollman

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall





2004
	National Book Award for Fiction: The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Godless by Pete Hautman





2003
	National Book Award for Fiction: The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: The Canning Season by Polly Horvath





2002
	National Book Award for Fiction: Three Junes by Julia Glass

	National Book Award for Nonfiction: Master of the Senate by Robert Caro

	National Book Award for Young People's Literature: The House of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

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Current and historical winners of the National Book Awards, with links to further information at BookBrowse.