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2007 National Book Awards

Fiction

Tree of Smoke Winner
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Finalists
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
Varieties of Disturbance by Lydia Davis
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Like You’d Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard

Nonfiction

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA Winner
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner
Finalists
Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton
Ralph Ellison: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad

Poetry

Time and Materials: Poems, 1997-2005 Winner
Time and Materials: Poems, 1997-2005
by Robert Hass
Finalists
Magnetic North by Linda Gregerson
The House on Boulevard St. by David Kirby
Old Heart by Stanley Plumly
Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006 by Ellen Bryant Voigt

Young People's Literature

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Winnner
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Finalists
Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One by Kathleen Duey
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

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