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National Book Awards 2014

The 2014 National Book Awards went to Redeployment by Phil Klay (Fiction), Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos (Nonfiction) and Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück (Poetry), with winners in 1 more category. 20 books were finalists and 40 books made the longlist across 4 categories.

Winners

Fiction

  1. Redeployment by Phil Klaysource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnossource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glücksource (opens in a new tab)

Young People's Literature

  1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Fiction

  1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerrsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddinesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Lila by Marilynne Robinsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandelsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chastsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopalsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahrsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankinesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Second Childhood by Fanny Howesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Feel Trio by Fred Motensource (opens in a new tab)
  4. This Blue by Maureen N. McLanesource (opens in a new tab)

Young People's Literature

  1. NOGGIN by John Corey Whaleysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Revolution: The Sixties Trilogy, Book Two by Deborah Wilessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Threatened by Eliot Schrefersource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

Fiction

  1. Orfeo by Richard Powerssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Some Luck by Jane Smileysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The UnAmericans by Molly Antopolsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCrackensource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Wolf in White Van by John Darniellesource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewartsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic by John Demossource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941–1942 by Nigel Hamiltonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 by Ronald C. Rosbottomsource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. A Several World by Brian Blanchfieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Collected Poems by Mark Strandsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Gabriel: A Poem by Edward Hirschsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Roget's Illusion by Linda Bierdssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Road to Emmaus by Spencer Reecesource (opens in a new tab)

Young People's Literature

  1. 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Girls Like Us by Gail Gilessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Greenglass House by Kate Milfordsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Skink—No Surrender by Carl Hiaasensource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)

About the National Book Awards

From nationalbook.org year pages. Each book appears once, at its highest tier, as the Foundation lists it: longlisted books that became finalists or winners are listed only at that tier. Longlists began in 2013; Translated Literature began in 2018. Translated Literature entries name the original author as author and the translator(s) as translator.

Organization: National Book Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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