National Book Award for Nonfiction 2021

10 books on the longlist. The winner and the finalists come first.

• All That She Carried Tiya Miles

  

  All That She Carried

  Tiya Miles

  Winner
• A Little Devil in America Hanif Abdurraqib

  

  A Little Devil in America

  Hanif Abdurraqib

  Finalist
• Covered with Night Nicole Eustace

  

  Covered with Night

  Nicole Eustace

  Finalist
• Running Out Lucas Bessire

  

  Running Out

  Lucas Bessire

  Finalist
• Tastes Like War Grace M. Cho

  

  Tastes Like War

  Grace M. Cho

  Finalist
• How the Word Is Passed Clint Smith

  

  How the Word Is Passed

  Clint Smith
• The Black Civil War Soldier Deborah Willis

  

  The Black Civil War Soldier

  Deborah Willis
• The Free World Louis Menand

  

  The Free World

  Louis Menand
• The Ground Breaking Scott Ellsworth

  

  The Ground Breaking

  Scott Ellsworth
• The Sum of Us Heather McGhee

  

  The Sum of Us

  Heather McGhee