Some of the outstanding books from 2011. More to be announced in the coming months! 
National Book Award
Fiction: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Nonfiction: The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Poetry: Head Off and Split by Nikky Finnery
Young People’s Literature: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Pulitzer Prize
Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
General Nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Biography: Washington: A Life by Rob Chernow
History: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner
Man Booker Prize
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Newbery
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Caldecott
A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee by Phillip Christian Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
Printz Award for Young Adult Literature
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
