--- description: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hanya Yanagihara remain in the running title: Here Are the Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f82f51d7ca0df13/6988682d196cf46498038823/fates-and-furies.jpeg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are the Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 14, 2015 2:00 PM CUT  Riverhead by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 14, 2015 2:00 PM CUT The finalists have been announced for the 2015 National Book Awards, and it’s good news for several favorites. Though Hanya Yanagihara lost out on the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, she remains a contender in the National Book Awards’ fiction race for _A Little Life_. In non-fiction, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ _Between the World and Me_ made the cut as well, continuing a winning streak for the author who was named a [MacArthur “genius”](http://time.com/4053672/macarthur-genius-grant-2015-ta-nehisi-coates-lin-manuel-miranda/ "undefined") last month. Each finalist will receive $1,000, and the winners, who will be announced in a ceremony on Nov. 18, will receive $10,000. Here is the full list of finalists by category: **Fiction:** * Karen E. Bender, [_Refund_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1619024551/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Angela Flournoy, [_The Turner House_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0544303164/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Lauren Groff, [_Fates and Furies_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1594634475/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Adam Johnson, [_Fortune Smiles_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812997476/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Hanya Yanagihara, [_A Little Life_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385539258/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") **Non-fiction:** * Ta-Nehisi Coates, [_Between the World and Me_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812993543/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Sally Mann,[ _Hold Still_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316247766/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Sy Montgomery, [_The Soul of an Octopus_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451697716/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Carla Power, [_If the Oceans Were Ink_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805098194/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Tracy K. Smith, [_Ordinary Light_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307962660/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") **Poetry:** * Ross Gay, [_Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0822963310/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Terrance Hayes, [_How to Be Drawn_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143126881/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Robin Coste Lewis, [_Voyage of the Sable Venus_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1101875437/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Ada Limón, [_Bright Dead Things_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1571314717/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Patrick Phillips, [_Elegy for a Broken Machine_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385353758/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") **Young people’s literature:** * Ali Benjamin, [_The Thing About Jellyfish_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316380865/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Laura Ruby, [_Bone Gap_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062317601/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Steve Sheinkin, [_Most Dangerous_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596439521/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Neal Shusterman,[ _Challenger Deep_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061134112/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") * Noelle Stevenson, [_Nimona_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062278231/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") 2015 National Book Awards Finalists Announced ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4072984/national-book-award-finalists-2015/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4072984/national-book-award-finalists-2015/"},"headline":"Here Are the Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards","datePublished":"2015-10-14T14:00:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:46:57.036Z","description":"Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hanya Yanagihara remain in the running","url":"https://time.com/4072984/national-book-award-finalists-2015/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f82f51d7ca0df13/6988682d196cf46498038823/fates-and-furies.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f82f51d7ca0df13/6988682d196cf46498038823/fates-and-furies.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"fates-and-furies","caption":"","creditText":"Riverhead","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4072984/national-book-award-finalists-2015/","name":"Here Are the Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Belarusian Author Wins Nobel Prize For Literature","description":"Svetlana Alexievich is praised for blending literature and journalism.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TnKMjCbN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-08T14:32:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TnKMjCbN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4072984/national-book-award-finalists-2015/","duration":"PT36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4072984/national-book-award-finalists-2015/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```