Awards, which include a cash stipend, are given to books written by U.S. citizens "that have contributed most significantly to human awareness, to the vitality of our national culture and to the spirit of excellence." Panels of three judges select the winners from candidates that were published during the previous calendar year. Categories have changed through the years.
2019 Winner for Fiction
2019 Winner for Poetry
2019 Winner for Non Fiction
2019 Winner for Translated Literature
2019 Winner for Young People's Literature
2018 Winner for Fiction
2018 Winner for Poetry
2018 Winner for Translated Literature
2018 Winner for Young People's Literature
2017 Winner for Fiction
The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Hardcover)
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2017 Winner for Nonfiction
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2017 Winner for Poetry
2017 Winner for Young People's Literature
2016 Winner for Fiction
2016 Winner for Nonfiction
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2016 Winner for Poetry
2016 Winner for Young People's Literature
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2015 Winner for Fiction
2015 Winner for Nonfiction
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2015 Winner for Poetry
2015 Winner for Young People's Literature
2014 Winner for Fiction
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2014 Winner for Nonfiction
2014 Winner for Poetry
2014 Winner for Young People's Literature
2013 Winner for Fiction
2013 Winner for Nonfiction
2013 Winner for Poetry
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2013 Winner for Young People's Literature
2012 Winner for Fiction
2012 Winner for Nonfiction
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2012 Winner for Poetry
2012 Winner for Young People's Literature
2011 Winner for Fiction
2011 Winner for Nonfiction
2011 Winner for Poetry
2011 Winner for Young People's Literature
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2010 Winner for Fiction
2010 Winner for Nonfiction
2010 Winner for Poetry
2010 Winner for Young People's Literature