National Book Award Winners: 2008.
FEATURE.
First published November 20, 2008 (Booklist Online).
The winners of the 59th National Book Awards were announced November 19, 2008 in New York City. For more information on the National Book Award, visit http://www.nationalbook.org/.
Fiction
Shadow Country. By Peter Matthiessen. Modern Library, $40 (9780679640196).
Nonfiction
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. By Annette Gordon-Reed. Norton, $35 (9780393064773).
Poetry
Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems. By Mark Doty. HarperCollins, $22.95 (9780060752477).
Young People’s Literature
What I Saw and How I Lied. By Judy Blundell. Scholastic, $16.99 (9780439903462).