{"id":14377,"date":"2014-10-15T12:09:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=14377"},"modified":"2014-10-16T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T17:53:16","slug":"2014-national-book-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/10\/15\/2014-national-book-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 National Book Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, the finalists for the 2014 National Book Award were announced.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fiction:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>All the Light We Cannot See<\/strong><\/em>, by Anthony Doerr<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>An Unnecessary Woman<\/strong><\/em>, by Rabih Alameddine<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Lila<\/strong><\/em>, by Marilynne Robinson<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Redeployment<\/strong><\/em>, by Phil Klay<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Station Eleven<\/strong><\/em>, by Emily St. John Mandel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Nonfiction:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Can&#8217;t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?<\/em><\/strong>, by Roz Chast<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes<\/strong><\/em>, by Anand Gopal<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh<\/strong><\/em>, by John Lahr<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China<\/strong><\/em>, by Evan Osnos<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Meaning of Human Existence<\/strong><\/em>, by Edward O. Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Poetry:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Faithful and Virtuous Night<\/strong><\/em>, by Louise Gl\u00fcck<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Second Childhood<\/strong><\/em>, by Fanny Howe<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>This Blue<\/strong><\/em>, by Maureen N. McLane<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Feel Trio<\/strong><\/em>, by Fred Moten<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Citizen: An American Lyric<\/strong><\/em>, by Claudia Rankine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Young People&#8217;s Literature:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Threatened<\/em><\/strong>, by Eliot Schrefer<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights<\/em><\/strong>, by Steve Sheinkin<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Noggin<\/em><\/strong>, by John Corey Whaley<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Revolution: The Sixties Trilogy, Book Two<\/em><\/strong>, by Deborah Wiles<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Brown Girl Dreaming<\/em><\/strong>, by Jacqueline Woodson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2014 National Book Award finalists have been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2014\/10\/15\/2014-national-book-award-finalists\"><u>Read the 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