National Book Awards

Non-Fiction Finalists

The winners of the 59th Annual National Book Awards will be announced on the evening of November 19th, 2008. There's still plenty of time to celebrate good writing and the best of American literature by adding nominated books to your reading list. Nominees in the non-fiction category are:

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpen Faust

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordo-Reed

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jame Mayer

Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler

The Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order by Joan Wickersham