See the 2026 National Book Award finalists : NPR
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Key Points:
- Edwidge Danticat has been named a finalist for the National Book Award for the third time with her novel *Dèy*, which tells the story of a woman witnessing a violent gun attack in a Miami mall.
- Danticat was previously a finalist for the award in 1995 for *Krik? Krak!* and in 2007 for *Brother, I'm Dying*.
- The 2026 National Book Award fiction finalists also include Hannah Lillith Assadi, Julián Delgado Lopera, Valeria Luiselli, and debut novelist Morgan Thomas.
- In nonfiction, finalists include Camonghne Felix, Colin Asher, Sara Nović, Joseph Osmundson, and Abdelrahman ElGendy, with works blending memoir and social commentary.
- The winners of the National Book Awards will be announced on November 18, 2026.
