Working my way through the Man Booker Prize longlist is going well, but several will not be published in the United States until later in the year.

Turning to award winners closer to home, I found the site of winners from the National Book Award with commentary on every winner since 1950 –  a great resource for books I have missed reading and a reminder of some great ones I remember reading.

79 National Book Awards Fiction Winners

And for nonfiction – from one of my favorite bookstores:

National Book Awards for Nonfiction

The longlist of finalists for 2016 will be announced soon in September.

Related Reviews of Former Winners:

• Let the Great World Spin
• Lord of Misrule
• Waiting
• Just Kids
• The Swerve