On October 5, the respective 2021 National Book Award judges for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature revealed their short-list selections in each category.
Presenting our eight Penguin Random House imprint Finalists:
Fiction
- MATRIX by Lauren Groff (Riverhead)
Edited by Sarah McGrath - THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones, Jr. (Putnam)
Edited by Sally Kim - HELL OF A BOOK by Jason Mott (Dutton)
Edited by John Parsley
Nonfiction
- A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib (Random House)
Edited by Ben Greenberg - ALL THAT SHE CARRIED: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles (Random House)
Edited by Molly Turpin
Young People’s Literature
- THE LEGEND OF AUNTIE PO by Shing Yin Khor, (Kokila)
Edited by Namrata Tripathi - LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB by Malinda Lo, (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
Edited by Andrew Karre - TOO BRIGHT TO SEE by Kyle Lukoff, (Dial Books for Young Readers)
Edited by Ellen Cormier
Congratulations Penguin Random House Publisher Services clients in the Young People’s Literature and Translated Literature categories:
Revolution In Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon, (Listening Library Audio coming this fall; Candlewick Press; distributed by PRH Canada)
Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei, Translated, from the Chinese, by Canaan Morse (New York Review Books)
When We Cease To Understand The World by Benjamín Labatut, Translated, from the Spanish, by Adrian Nathan West (New York Review Books)
The judges next gather together on Wednesday, November 17 to choose the five winners, to be announced that evening at the National Book Foundation’s virtual Awards ceremony. Onward to November 17!
A sell sheet and order form featuring our National Book Award Finalists for 2021 can be found below:
