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National Book Award Winners Announced

Despite heavy damage to their building due to Hurricane Sandy, the National Book Foundation’s spirits weren’t dampened and they carried on with the celebration of this year’s best books. The winners were announced last night at a red-carpet, black-tie event. Here are the award-winning titles along with links to Booklist reviews.

Fiction

The Round House, by Louise Erdrich

Nonfiction

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo

Poetry

Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations, by David Ferry

Young People’s Literature

Goblin Secrets, by William Alexander

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