The finalists for the 2015 National Book Award have been announced.
The list for fiction includes:
Karen E. Bender, Refund: Stories (Soft Skull/Counterpoint Press)
Angela Flournoy, The Turner House (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House)
Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles: Stories (Random House)
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life (Doubleday/ Penguin Random House)
Recognitions will also be awarded in the nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature categories.
The list for fiction includes:
Karen E. Bender, Refund: Stories (Soft Skull/Counterpoint Press)
Angela Flournoy, The Turner House (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House)
Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles: Stories (Random House)
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life (Doubleday/ Penguin Random House)
Recognitions will also be awarded in the nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature categories.