Author honors
“Master of the Senate,” the third volume of Robert Caro’s epic chronicle of the life and times of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is among the finalists for the 53rd annual National Book Awards.
Other nonfiction nominees announced Wednesday included Steve Olson’s “Mapping Human History,” Atul Gawande’s “Complications,” Devra Davis’ “When Smoke Ran Like Water” and Elizabeth Gilbert’s “The Last American Man.”
The fiction finalists are “You Are Not a Stranger Here,” a debut story collection by Adam Haslett; “Big If,” by Mark Costello; Julia Glass’ “Three Junes”; Brad Watson’s “The Heaven of Mercury”; and “Gorgeous Lies,” by Martha McPhee.
The awards, sponsored by the National Book Foundation, will be announced Nov. 20. Winners get $10,000.
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