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Here are the 20 books nominated for the 2017 national book awards. Jesmyn ward wins major prize for sing, unburied, sing. Earlier this week, we shared the lists in the categories of young peoples literature, poetry, and nonfiction. Selected from these lists of five finalists in each category, the winners will be named at the annual national book awards ceremony on november 15, 2017. Check out this list of winning titles from the young peoples lit category. A gentleman in moscow by amor towles, fiction, 2017. Marek halter is an, author, artist, human rights activist and educator. The excellence in ethics award is a very distinctive national award that the american subcontractors association asa gives to subcontractors from around the country for instilling high standards of integrity within their firm. Elliot ackerman, dark at the crossing knopf penguin random house.
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