Fiction
Nonfiction
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Translated Literature
The Emissary, by Yoko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani
Poetry
Indecency, by Justin Phillip Reed
Young People's Literature
The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
For the long list of finalist, click here to go to the National Book Foundation website.