Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
The National Book Awards have been awarded every November by the National Book Foundation in the United States since 1950. We list winners from 1990, and winners and finalists for the last three years.
See the other National Book Awards category winners and all the other literary prize winners we list.
2023
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Blackouts Justin Torres Winner
- Chain-Gang All-Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal
- This Other Eden Paul Harding
- The End of Drum-time Hanna Pylväinen
2022
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The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty Winner
- The Birdcatcher Gayl Jones
- The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories Jamil Jan Kochai
- All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
- The Town of Babylon Alejandro Varela
2021
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Hell of a Book Jason Mott Winner
- Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr
- Matrix Lauren Groff
- Zorrie Laird Hunt
- The Prophets Robert Jones, Jr.
2020
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Interior Chinatown Charles Yu Winner
- Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam
- A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw
- Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart
2019
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Trust Exercise Susan Choi Winner
- Sabrina & Corina: Stories Kali Fajardo-Anstine
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James
- The Other Americans Laila Lalami
- Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips
2018
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The friend Sigrid Nunez Winner
- A lucky man Jamel Brinkley
- Florida Lauren Groff
- Where the dead sit talking Brandon Hobson
- The great believers Rebecca Makkai
2017
- Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward Winner
- Dark at the Crossing Elliot Ackerman
- The Leavers Lisa Ko
- Pachinko Min Jin Lee
- Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Carmen Maria Machado,
2016
- The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead Winner
- The Throwback Special Chris Bachelder
- News of the World Paulette Jiles
- The Association of Small Bombs Karan Mahajan
- Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson
2015
- Fortune smiles: stories Adam Johnson Winner
- Refund: stories Karen E. Bender
- The Turner house Angela Flournoy
- Fates and Furies Lauren Groff
- A little life Hanya Yanagihara
2014
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Redeployment Phil Klay Winner
- An unnecessary woman Rabih Alameddine
- All the light we cannot see Anthony Doerr
- Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
- Lila Marilynne Robinson
2013
- The Good Lord Bird James McBride Winner
- The flamethrowers Rachel Kushner
- The lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
- Bleeding edge Thomas Pynchon
- Tenth of December George Saunders
2012
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The round house Louise Erdrich Winner
- This is how you lose her Junot Diaz
- A hologram for the king Dave Eggers
- Billy Lynn’s long halftime walk Ben Fountain
- The yellow birds Kevin Powers
2011
- Salvage the bones Jesmyn Ward Winner
2010
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Lord of misrule Jaimy Gordon Winner
2009
- Let the great world spin Colum McCann Winner
2008
- Shadow country Peter Matthiessen Winner
2007
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Tree of smoke Denis Johnson Winner
2006
- The echo maker Richard Powers Winner
2005
- Europe Central William Vollmann Winner
2004
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The news from Paraguay Lily Tuck Winner
2003
- The great fire Shirley Hazzard Winner
2002
- Three Junes Julia Glass Winner
2001
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The corrections
Jonathan Franzen Winner
2000
- In America Susan Sontag Winner
1999
- Waiting Ha Jin Winner
1998
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Charming Billy Alice McDermott Winner
1997
- Cold mountain Charles Frazier Winner
1996
- Ship fever and other stories Andrea Barrett Winner
1995
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Sabbath’s theater Philip Roth Winner
1994
- A frolic of his own William Gaddis Winner
1993
- The shipping news E. Annie Proulx Winner
1992
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All the pretty horses Cormac McCarthy Winner
1991
- Mating Norman Rush Winner
1990
- Middle passage Charles Johnson Winner
