National Book Award Finalist Winners

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Winners

	Tiranan sydän by Pajtim Statovci 3.84 avg rating — 1,647 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa 3.75 avg rating — 15,477 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga 4.18 avg rating — 529 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa 3.69 avg rating — 1,982 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Be Recorder: Poems by Carmen Gimenez Smith (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 259 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky 4.48 avg rating — 2,994 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I: New and Selected Poems by Toi Derricotte 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tradition by Jericho Brown 4.34 avg rating — 2,647 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solitary by Albert Woodfox 4.40 avg rating — 1,665 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 2,414 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forché (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 1,371 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 8,334 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 27,133 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 8,791 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James 3.44 avg rating — 14,977 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 4,316 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 23,697 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis 4.09 avg rating — 1,681 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor 4.27 avg rating — 5,772 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson 4.11 avg rating — 2,625 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flights by Olga Tokarczuk 3.80 avg rating — 13,969 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trick by Domenico Starnone 3.69 avg rating — 1,475 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love by Hanne Ørstavik 3.62 avg rating — 1,513 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disoriental by Négar Djavadi 4.25 avg rating — 2,409 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Translated Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eye Level: Poems by Jenny Xie 4.15 avg rating — 895 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Of by Diana Khoi Nguyen 4.30 avg rating — 456 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes 4.29 avg rating — 2,122 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wobble by Rae Armantrout 3.70 avg rating — 123 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Poetry (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler 4.13 avg rating — 855 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 10,091 ratings National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars