FICTION
WINNER: Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule
Finalists:
Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America
Nicole Krauss, Great House
Lionel Shriver, So Much for That
Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel
NON-FICTION
WINNER: Patti Smith, Just Kids
Finalists:
Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
John W. Dower, Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq
Justin Spring, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward
Megan K. Stack, Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
WINNER: Kathryn Erskine, Mockingbird
Finalists:
Paolo Bacigalupi, Ship Breaker
Walter Dean Myers, Lockdown
Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer