2008 National Book Award Winners

a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy

Started in 1950, the National Book Awards are among the country's most eminent literary prizes. The winners are selected by an independent, expert and volunteer five-member judging panel (where can I volunteer?) and the winners each receive a $10,000 cash prize and a bronze sculpture; finalists each receive $1,000, a medal, and a citation from the panel jury. Semi-finalists? A rejection letter suitable for framing. ;-)

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Shadow_Country_Fiction');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/081298062X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Shadow_Country_Fiction');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/081298062X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Shadow Country (Fiction) by Peter Matthiessen onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Shadow_Country_Fiction');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Shadow_Country_Fiction');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/081298062X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 912 page paperback \|$10.88 \|11 reviews This book also appears on The National Book Award for Fiction


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/The_Hemingses_of_Monticello_An_American_Family_Nonfiction');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393064778'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/The_Hemingses_of_Monticello_An_American_Family_Nonfiction');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393064778'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (Nonfiction) by Annette Gordon-Reed onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/The_Hemingses_of_Monticello_An_American_Family_Nonfiction');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/The_Hemingses_of_Monticello_An_American_Family_Nonfiction');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0393064778'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 800 page hardcover \|$21.16 \|12 reviews This book also appears on: Amazon's Best of 2008: Best Histories Biographies & Memoirs from the New York Times' Best Books of 2008 List The New York Times' 52 (not just 50!) Notable Non-Fiction Books of 2008


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/What_I_Saw_And_How_I_Lied_Young_Peoples_Literature');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0439903467'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/What_I_Saw_And_How_I_Lied_Young_Peoples_Literature');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0439903467'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">What I Saw And How I Lied (Young People's Literature) by Judy Blundell onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/What_I_Saw_And_How_I_Lied_Young_Peoples_Literature');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/What_I_Saw_And_How_I_Lied_Young_Peoples_Literature');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0439903467'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 288 page hardcover \|$11.55 \|3 reviews This book also appears on 35 Going on 13: The Year's Best Teen Fiction for Adults


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Fire_to_Fire_New_and_Selected_Poems_Poetry');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060752513'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Fire_to_Fire_New_and_Selected_Poems_Poetry');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060752513'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (Poetry) by Mark Doty onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Fire_to_Fire_New_and_Selected_Poems_Poetry');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/2008_National_Book_Award_Winners/Fire_to_Fire_New_and_Selected_Poems_Poetry');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060752513'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 336 page paperback \|$10.87 \|1 review

Know any books we should add to the list above? .