The 2006 National Book Awards were announced in November. The winners are:
Fiction: The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers.
Nonfiction: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, by Timothy Egan
Poetry: Splay Anthem, by Nathaniel Mackey
Young People's Literature: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson
A list of all the nominees is available at the National Book Foundation's website.
