Here are the finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards

Becky Harlan

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, who also writes fiction .

The winners of each category will be announced on Nov. 19 at an event in New York City.

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