Anastasia Tsioulcas at NPR: The finalists for this year’s National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, who also writes fiction. The winners of each category will be announced on Nov. 19 at an event in New York City. Also being honored are…
