Vox staff write: “Every year, the National Book Foundation nominates 25 books to be eligible to win a National Book Award. The nominations highlight fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young adult books. For the past 9 years, the Vox staff has read them all, and we’ve shared our thoughts on what’s worthy. The winners were announced on Wednesday, November 16. Our musings on the 2022 nominees and winners are below.”