You know what’s better than Superbowl predictions or presidential polls? Guessing which book is going to win a National Book Award, of course! Grab a friend or a book club and check this year’s finalists in fiction, translated literature, and poetry:
Jamel Brinkley
Fiction Finalist
Terrance Hayes
PoetryFinalist
Négar Djavadi, Trans. by Tina Kover
Translated Literature Finalist
Jenny Xie
Poetry Finalist
Olga Tokarczuk, Trans. by Jennifer Croft
Translated LiteratureFinalist
Lauren Groff
Poetry Finalist
Diana Khoi Nguyen
Poetry Finalist
Justin Phillip Reed
Poetry Finalist
Hanne Ørstavik, Trans. by Martin Aitken
Translated Literature Finalist
Yoko Tawada, Trans. by Margaret Mitsutani
Translated Literature Finalist
Sigrid Nunez
Fiction Finalist
Rebecca Makkai
Fiction Finalist
Domenico Starnone, Trans. by Jhumpa Lahiri
Translated Literature Finalist
Brandon Hobson
Fiction Finalist
Rae Armantrout
Poetry Finalist
Happy reading, and don’t forget to check back at the National Book Awards 2018 website to find out the winners!