2025 National Book Award Finalists 2025. The national book awards announced the finalists for its 2025 prizes on tuesday, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literature in translation and young people’s. The finalists for the 2025 national book awards have been announced by the national book foundation.

Just in time to fill your fall reading list, the national book awards, which celebrates the year’s best writing, has announced its 2025 finalists in five categories—fiction, nonfiction,. 1, will vie for the prize in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature.