2005 National Book Award Nominees

Fiction
The March, E.L. Doctorow
Veronica, Mary Gaitskill
Trance, Christopher Sorrentino
Holy Skirts, Rene Steinke
Europe Central, William T. Vollman


Non-Fiction
Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion, Alan Burdick
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius, Leo Damrosch
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves, Adam Hochschild


Poetry
Where Shall I Wander, John Ashbery
Star Dust: Poems, Frank Bidart
Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965-2005, Brendan Galvin
Migration: New and Selected Poems, W.S. Merwin
The Moment’s Equation, Vern Rutsala


Young People's Literature
The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall
Where I Want to Be, Adele Griffin
Inexcusable, Chris Lynch
Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Walter Dean Myers
Each Little Bird That Sings, Deborah Wiles