Supposedly Fun | National Book Award for Fiction Winner Reaction for 2023 @SupposedlyFun | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The National Book Award for Fiction announced its winner for 2023 and I have thoughts! We’ll also talk about the other winners, the other finalists, the ceremony, book banning, Oprah’s Book Club, Pulitzer odds, and time zones. Expand for more information. 👇

Links 💻
The Award Ceremony: youtube.com/watch?v=E4b8nqUaptw
The NB Foundation Website: nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2023

Further Viewing 🎥
Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/Uvv1Tc5srKo
My Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/6Iy7CI_0GrU
My Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/DX5I5mIK-nM
My Booker Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/9ChoJhJxAPc

The Winner 🥇
Blackouts, Justin Torres

The Finalists 🥈
Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Temple Folk, Aaliyah Bilal
This Other Eden, Paul Harding
The End of Drum-Time, Hanna Pylväinen

The Longlisted Books 🥉
Ponyboy, Eliot Duncan
Loot, Tania James
Night Watch, Jayne Anne Phillips
A Council of Dolls, Mona Susan Power
Holler, Child: Stories, Latoya Watkins

Other Winners 📚
Young People’s Literature: Dan Santat, First Time For Everything
Translated Literature: The Words That Remain, Stênio Gardel (translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato)
Poetry: from unincorporated territory [åmot], Craig Santos Perez
Nonfiction: The Rediscovery of America, Ned Blackhawk

#NationalBookFoundation #NationalBookAwards @NationalBook

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