Here Are The Finalists For The 2017 National Book Awards
The National Book Foundation winnowed the list of contenders for its literary prize to just 20 — or five finalists each in four categories. Among them are Jesmyn Ward, Min Jin Lee and Frank Bidart.
It began with more than 1,500 books.
With all the works submitted by publishers, the judges for this year's National Book Awards have had their hands (and bookshelves) full the past few months., , and .
