#National Book Award

2 books tagged with national book award, sorted by rating.

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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

5/5

Fiction & Literature

James

by Percival Everett

5/5

Fiction & Literature

Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

5/5

An unnamed Black narrator recounts his journey from the South to Harlem, grappling with racial identity and social invisibility in mid-twentieth century America. A landmark of American literature that explores the complexities of race, individuality, and what it means to be truly seen.

Fiction & Literature

James

by Percival Everett

5/5

Percival Everett retells Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim, the enslaved man who escapes down the Mississippi with Huck. This Jim is a sharp, literate man who hides his intelligence behind the dialect white people expect to hear. The novel won the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Fiction & Literature