
National Book Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the 2019 National Book Awards were announced today. It’s an exciting day for book-lovers everywhere! Why is that? Well, readers eagerly anticipate the announcement so they can begin reading the most highly acclaimed titles of the year. For those of you wondering what all the hubbub is surrounding this award, allow us to give you a little background information. The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to commemorate the best writing throughout America. The Awards honor the best American Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and YA Literature. A panel of judges create a longlist with ten titles in each category, which then gets whittled down to five finalists (the shortlist) and finally one winner, who pockets a cool $10,000. Copies of the books on both the longlist and shortlist along with the official winners can be found in the Westchester Library catalog.
Fiction Shortlist
Winner:Â Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Nonfiction Shortlist
Winner:Â The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Translated Literature Shortlist
Winner:Â Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by Ottilie Mulzet, Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Poetry Shortlist
Winner: Sight Lines by Arthur Sze