National Book Award

Age of Ambition

The Unwinding An Inner History of the New America By Packer, George

Behind the Beautiful Forevers [life, Death, and Hope in A Mumbai Undercity] By Boo, Katherine

The Swerve How the World Became Modern By Greenblatt, Stephen

Just Kids By Smith, Patti

The First Tycoon The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner) By Stiles, T.J.

The Hemingses of Monticello An American Family By Gordon-Reed, Annette

Legacy of Ashes The History of the CIA By Weiner, Tim

The Worst Hard Time The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl By Egan, Timothy

The Year of Magical Thinking By Didion, Joan