We are so excited to announce that the 2015 National Book Award judges’ finalist selections were announced this morning, and Penguin Random House is privileged to have these eight titles honored:
Fiction
FORTUNE SMILES by Adam Johnson (Random House)
FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff (Riverhead)
A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday)
Nonfiction
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)
ORDINARY LIGHT by Tracy K. Smith (Knopf)
Poetry
HOW TO BE DRAWN by Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books)
VOYAGE OF THE SABLE VENUS by Robin Coste Lewis (Knopf)
ELEGY FOR A BROKEN MACHINE by Patrick Phillips (Knopf)
Congratulations to all! Fingers crossed for the National Book Awards Ceremony, Wednesday, November 18 in New York.