The National Book Foundation has set its short list for the National Book Awards. The awards will be given November 14 in New York. Below is the list of finalists:
FICTION:Junot D'az, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER (Riverhead Books)Dave Eggers, A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (McSweeney?s Books)Louise Erdrich, THE ROUND HOUSE (Harper)Ben Fountain, Billy LynnS LONG HALFTIME WALK (Ecco)Kevin Powers, THE YELLOW BIRDS (Little, Brown and Company)NON FICTION:Anne Applebaum, IRON CURTAIN: THE CRUSHING OF EASTERN EUROPE, 1945-1956 (Doubleday)Katherine Boo, BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: LIFE, DEATH, AND HOPE IN A MUMBAI UNDERCITY (Random House)Robert A. Caro, THE PASSAGE OF POWER: THE YEARS OF LYNDon Johnson, VOLUME 4 (Knopf)Domingo Martinez, THE BOY KINGS OF TEXAS (Lyons Press)Anthony Shadid, HOUSE OF STONE: A MEMOIR OF HOME, FAMILY, AND A LOST MIDDLE EAST (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)Videos