National Book Award for Nonfiction 2024

by National Book Foundation
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10 books
The National Book Award for Nonfiction is one of five US annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers". The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field".
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Winner
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Longlist

There's Always This Year

On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, 2024

Magical/Realism

Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, 2024

Our Moon

How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
Rebecca Boyle, 2024

The War Below

Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
Ernest Scheyder, 2024

A Great Disorder

National Myth and the Battle for America
Richard Slotkin, 2024