Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Hello Everyone! Hunter and I are back! The winner of the National Book Award gets announced this week. So, Hunter and I are here to talk about the short list. The books we are surprised did not make it! We break down our thoughts on each book and in the end we pick our winner. Did we agree? Come and find out!

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Books Discussed

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
Matrix by Lauren Groff (Riverhead)
Zorrie by Laird Hunt (Bloomsbury)
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. (Putnam)
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (Dutton)