National Book Award Shortlist 2024 Nominations. After a long ceremony and lots of wonderful speeches about books, presenting the winners of the 2024 national book awards: The national book awards announced the finalists for its 2024 prizes on tuesday, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literature in translation and young people’s.

Each year, the national book award finalists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature gather the evening before the national book awards ceremony. The national book foundation has announced the finalists for the 2024 national book awards.