Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction)"A virtuosic portrait." -New York Times Book Review"A tender, glowing novel." -Anthony Doerr, Guardian, "Best Books of the Year""Pages that are... This description may be from another edition of this product.
The 2021 National Book Award finalists were announced last week. This prestigious annual literary award includes five different categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature—with five finalists for each. Read on for the twenty-five books that made the cut.
Summer reading and historical fiction go hand in hand. We love the experience of losing ourselves in another time and place—and learning about some historic facts and figures as we go. Here we feature some of the most exciting new titles so far from 2021.