Nonfiction Book Awards 2024. My friends, by hisham matar. Publishers submitted a handsome total 671 books for consideration in the 2024 national book award for nonfiction, running right past last year’s 638 entries.

The books are selected by monitoring early. New york (ap) — percival everett’s “james,” his acclaimed retelling of mark twain’s “the adventures of huckleberry finn,” is a fiction nominee for the national book.