Award overlap

Books Recognized by Both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Awards

No book has won both the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Awards. 16 were shortlisted or recognized by both.

Years are award years. The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize · National Book Awards

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorThe Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeNational Book Awards
North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship EstherEthan Rutherford
  • 2025 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2025 Finalist (Fiction)
Martyr!Kaveh Akbar
  • 2024 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2024 Finalist (Fiction)
Chain-Gang All-StarsNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  • 2023 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2023 Finalist (Fiction)
When We Were SistersFatimah Asghar
  • 2022 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2022 Longlist (Fiction)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers
  • 2021 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2021 Longlist (Fiction)
The ProphetsRobert Jones
  • 2021 Longlist (First Novel)
  • 2021 Finalist (Fiction)
Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart
  • 2020 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2020 Finalist (Fiction)
Disappearing EarthJulia Phillips
  • 2019 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2019 Finalist (Fiction)
On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousOcean Vuong
  • 2019 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2019 Longlist (Fiction)
There ThereTommy Orange
  • 2018 Winner (First Novel)
  • 2018 Longlist (Fiction)
What Belongs to YouGarth Greenwell
  • 2016 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2016 Longlist (Fiction)
The Turner HouseAngela Flournoy
  • 2015 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2015 Finalist (Fiction)
A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaAnthony Marra
  • 2013 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2013 Longlist (Fiction)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkBen Fountain
  • 2012 Winner (First Novel)
  • 2012 Finalist (Fiction)
The Yellow BirdsKevin Powers
  • 2012 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2012 Finalist (Fiction)
FieldworkMischa Berlinski
  • 2007 Shortlist (First Novel)
  • 2007 Finalist (Fiction)