The National Book Award finalists were announced this week. One of the finalists for nonfiction is this year's One Book One Community selection Behind the Beautiful Forevers! This year's finalists for fiction and nonfiction are:

Fiction

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

Nonfiction

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
The Boy Kings of Texas by Domingo Martinez
House of Stone by Anthony Shadid
Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum

The winners will be announced November 14.