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National Book Awards Finalists Announced

Posted Oct 11, 2012

Yesterday the finalists for the National Book Award were announced. The fiction finalists are:

The Yellow Birds, by Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, a first novel by Ben Fountain

A Hologram for the King, by Bay Area writer Dave Eggers

The Round House, by Louise Erdrich

This is How You Lose Her, short stories by Junot Diaz, who recently won a MacArthur "genius grant."

In the non-fiction category, finalists are:

The Passage of Power, fourth volume of Robert A Caro's series on Lyndon B. Johnson

The Boy Kings of Texas, a memoir by Domingo Martinez

Winners will be announced in New York on November 14.

Find out about these finalists and those in other categories, along with a list of all past finalists and winners, at http://www.nationalbook.org/

Posted by: Nancy Davis

Nancy is the branch manager of the Corte Madera and Marin City libraries.

This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.

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