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The new yorker presents the 2016 national book awards finalists, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature. The book must be published in print with a, but it need not have an isbn. The 2020 ippys are open until the final deadline of. Here are the gold, silver and bronze medalists in our 80 national categories.
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