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National Book Awards Announce 2025 Finalists Across Five Categories

Winners will be named Nov. 19 in New York, alongside lifetime honors for George Saunders and Roxane Gay.

Kiran Desai’s ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ Draws Strong Early Reviews After Two Decades of Writing