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The judges stated, “It’s a masterful and propulsive account that chronicles a devastatingly transformative series of events whose aftereffects reverberate to this day.” Each of the winners receives $50,000, making the Kirkus award quite the prize.
The National Book Foundation Announces the Finalists for the 76th National Book Awards
The National Book Finalists are finally here! As an avid nonfiction reader, I always keep an eye out for many true stories on the finalist list, which includes:
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- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
- Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy by Julia Ioffe
- Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
- Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care by Claudia Rowe
- When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan Thomas
Nonfiction is always a tough category. Deeply researched projects go head-to-head with memoirs and personal essays, and they often outnumber the more personal works. This year, the finalists include a range of genres, from Yiyun Li’s memoir to Julia Ioffe’s feminist history of Russia. The winner will be announced during the ceremony on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 8 p.m. EST.
The Winners of the Lammys are here!
The Lambda Literary Awards have a host of different categories, including Bisexual Nonfiction, Trans Nonfiction, and LGBTQ+ Nonfiction, Lesbian Memoir/Biography, and Gay Memoir/Biography. This year, the winners include:
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