National Book Award Winners 2025 List

National Book Award Winners 2025 List. Winners in all five categories (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature) were announced at the 75th national book awards on wednesday, november 20, 2025. 25 finalists of the national book awards 2025, have been revealed by the national book foundation and new york times.

Hundreds attended the 2025 national book awards, but despite the tuxedos, gowns and lofty gilded ceilings, the 75th annual ceremony felt more intimate than. Winners of the national book awards receive $10,000, a bronze medal, and statue;