Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 National Book Awards, presented to U.S. authors for the best books published in the United States during the award year:

Nonfiction: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Fiction: The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Young People’s Literature: Goblin Secrets by William Alexander

Poetry: Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations by David Ferry