If you love reading as much as YDL does, you’re probably excited for October, and National Book Month!
Started by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is a celebration of all things book-related. The month used to coincide with the announcement of the National Book Award finalists, and although the National Book Foundation no longer sponsors the celebration, the finalists will still be announced this October.
Celebrate National Book Month by–surprise–reading books! You can find your favorite or try something new in our catalog. We’re always adding new books to our shelves; explore what’s new in our stacks.
View the Finalists:
Fiction:
Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
Gayl Jones, The Birdcatcher
Beacon Press
Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Sarah Thankam Mathews, All This Could Be Different
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Alejandro Varela, The Town of Babylon
Astra House / Astra Publishing House
Poetry:
Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
Gayl Jones, The Birdcatcher
Beacon Press
Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Sarah Thankam Mathews, All This Could Be Different
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Alejandro Varela, The Town of Babylon
Astra House / Astra Publishing House
Young People’s Literature:
Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans
Algonquin Young Readers / Workman Publishing
Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Publishers
Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Norton Young Readers / W. W. Norton & Company
Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
Razorbill / Penguin Random House
Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
Random House Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House
Nonfiction:
Meghan O’Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Ecco / HarperCollins Publishers
David Quammen, Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
Simon & Schuster
Ingrid Rojas Contreras, The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir
Doubleday / Penguin Random House
Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Translated Literature:
Jon Fosse, A New Name: Septology VI-VII
Translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls
Transit Books
Scholastique Mukasonga, Kibogo
Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti
Archipelago Books
Mónica Ojeda, Jawbone
Translated from the Spanish by Sarah Booker
Coffee House Press
Samanta Schweblin, Seven Empty Houses
Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
Yoko Tawada, Scattered All Over the Earth
Translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani
New Directions Publishing