Inanunsyo ng National Book Development Board (NBDB) at ng Manila Critics Circle (MCC) ang mga finalist ng 42nd National Book Awards, na nakatakdang gaganapin sa Nobyembre.
Taun-taon, kinikilala at ipinagdiriwang ng National Book Awards ang pinakanamumukod-tanging mga aklat na isinulat, idinisenyo, at inilathala sa Pilipinas.
Para sa 42nd National Book Awards, 326 na pamagat ng libro ang naisumite sa 31 kategorya na binubuo ng apat na wika, ito ay Filipino, English, Bikolano, at Ilokano.
Ayon sa NBDB, ang 42nd National Book Awards ay “kasabay din ng dalawang taong paghahanda ng Pilipinas habang ginagawa nito ang kasaysayan bilang pangalawang bansa sa Southeast Asia na napili bilang Guest of Honor noong 2025 sa pinakamalaking book fair sa mundo, ang Frankfurter. Buchmesse.”
Narito ang opisyal na listahan ng mga finalist:
Dibisyong Pampanitikan
Nobela (Ingles)
- “1762: Isang Nobela” ni Vin dela Serna Lopez
- “The Awakening Volume One of Alamat, A History of the Awakened” ni Kadi Serafica
- “But for the Lovers” ni Wilfrido D. Nolledo
- “Specimen Zero: A Science Fiction Novel” ni Joel Pablo Salud
- “Wild Song” ni Candy Gourlay
Nobela (Filipino)
- “Hoy, Pong!” ni Macky Cruz
- “Materials in Complexity” ni Minamahal Anthony G. Mendoza III
- “Teorya ng Unang Panahon” by Edgar Calabia Samar
Maikling Fiction (Ingles)
- “Barcelona” ni Criselda Yabes
- “The Collected Stories of Gregorio C. Brillantes” ni Jonathan Chua (Editor)
Maikling Fiction (Filipino)
- “26: Dagli Diagrams” ni Jayson Visperas Fajardo
- “Mga Kalansay sa Hardin ng Panginoon: Isang Koleksiyon ng Maikling Kuwento” by Ronaldo Soledad Vivo, Jr.
- “Mula Ilog at Iba Pang Kuwento” by Romulo P. Baquiran Jr.
- “Pamalakaya” ni Arnold Matencio Valledor
- “Pamarapara” ni Arnold Matencio Valledor
Non-Fiction Prose (English)
- “Balik-Tanaw: The Road Taken” ni Soledad S. Reyes
- “Daraga: Mirrors & Memory Essays” ni Marne Kilates
- “Everything Is Fiction: Essays” ni Vicente Garcia Groyon
- “The Singing Detainee and the Librarian with One Book: Essays on Exile” ni Michael Beltran
- “Will You Happen, Past the Silence, through the Dark? Remembering Leonard Ralph Casper” ni Linda Ty-Casper
Non-Fiction Prose (Filipino)
- “Oas: Essays” ni Abdon M. Balde Jr.
- “Patinig at Iba Pang Sanaysay” by Soliman A. Santos
- “Virac: Tatlong Sanaysay” by Emmanuel Barrameda
Antolohiya (Ingles)
- “Wala nang Bordered Lives: The Humanities and the Post-COVID-19 Recovery” ni Dinah Roma (Editor)
- “Route 55: 55-Word Workforce Narratives during the COVID-19 Pandemic)” ni Joey A. Tabula (Editor)
- “Rx Narratives: Anthology of Creative Nonfiction of Filipino Internists) ni Joey A. Tabula, Noel P. Pingoy, at Sandra A. Tankeh-Torres (Mga Editor)
Antolohiya (Filipino)
- “Anti-Katha: Currents of Experimental Stories in the Philippines” nina Rolando B. Tolentino at Rommel B. Rodriguez (Mga Editor)
- “Mga Bata, Buhay, Bansa: Ang Kasaysayan ni Rene O. Villanueva sa Panitikang Pambata” nina Eugene Y. Evasco at Cheeno Marlo M. Sayuno (Mga Editor)
- “Bio(Lente): Mga Bagong Kuwento sa Karanasan ng Karahasan at Tao” nina Rolando B. Tolentino, German Villanueva Gervacio, at Januar Yap
- “Ningning at Liwanag: Antolohiya ng 10 Nagwagi sa Gawad Maningning Miclat sa Tula (2003-2021)” by Alma Cruz Miclat (Editor)
- “Screenshot: Lines of Sight” ni Joey A. Table (Editor)
Kritisismong Pampanitikan/Cultural Studies
- “Ang Bisa ng Pag-uulit sa Katutubong Panitikan” by Alvin B. Yapan
- “Everything is Realism: Essays on Narrative Craft” ni Vicente Garcia Groyon
- “Lualhati Bautista, Nobelista: Ang Mapagpalayang Sining ng Kababaihan sa Pilipinas” by E. San Juan, Jr.
- “Pagmangno: Babae, Bansa, Ekolohiya, Bicol” ni Paz Verdades M. Santos
Pag-aaral sa Media
- “Ang Mahaba’t Kagyat na Buhay ng Indie Sinema” by Rolando B. Tolentino and Aristotle J. Atienza (Editors)
- “Martial Law Melodrama: Lino Brocka’s Cinema Politics” ni Jose B. Capino
- “Sine Tala Volume 1: Philippine Cinema and History, Sine Tala
- Volume 2: Philippine Cinema and Culture, and Sine Tala Volume 3: Philippine Cinema and Literacy” ni Nick Deocampo
Tula (Ingles)
- “Panahon na Para Umuwi: Mga Bago at Nakolektang Tula” ni Marjorie Evasco
- “Kafka sa Tropiko: Mga Tula” ni Krip Yuson
- “Moving with Moonrise: Haibuns” ni Ma. Milagros T. Dumdum
- “A Row of Lamps: Poems” ni Jaime Dasca Doble
- “Planet Nine: Mga Tula” ni Joel M. Toledo
Tula (Filipino)
- Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles – “Our Short is Everything”
- “Sa Antipolo pa rin ang Antipolo” by Abner E. Dormiendo
- “Arasahas: Mga Tula” ni Jaya Jacobo
- “Arawán” ni Christian Rey Pilares
- “Turno Kong Nokturno: Mga Bago at Piling Tula” by Lamberto E. Antonio
Mga Graphic Novel at Komiks (Ingles)
- “Parched Earth Chronicles: The Complete Edition” – Isinulat at inilarawan nina Mark Anthony Mijares, Erik Guzman Pingol, Franco Sarmiento, Alfred John Lauzon, at Mauro Vargas
- “Trese 8: Shadow Agents” – Isinulat ni Budgette Tan at inilarawan ni KaJo Baldisimo
- “Sa Kaliwa” – Isinulat at inilarawan ni Ren Galeno
- “Anong sinasabi?” – Isinulat at inilarawan ni CJ Reynaldo
Mga Graphic Novel at Komiks (Filipino)
- “Ella Arcangel Volume Three: The Blessing of Fire” – Isinulat at inilarawan ni Julius Villanueva
- “Meläg II: Balikbayan” – Isinulat at inilarawan ni B. Redila
- “Sining Killing – Isinulat at inilarawan ni Randy Valiente
- “Sskait Comics 3: Multoserye” – Isinulat at inilarawan ni AJ Bacar
- “Tabi Po: Harana ng Aswang” – Written and illustrated by Mervin Malonzo
Isinalin na Aklat (Ingles)
- “Ikigai And Other Selected Stories (And Other Selected Stories)” – Tagasalin: Marjorie Evasco; May-akda: Manu Avenido
- “Home: Esther Wall” – Tagasalin: Merlie M. Aluna; May-akda: Ester Tapia “The Ravaged World” – Tagasalin: Soledad S. Reyes; May-akda: Rosario de Guzman-Lingat
- “The Vanished – Tagasalin: Ned Parfan; May-akda: Chuckberry Pascual
Isinalin na Aklat (Filipino)
- “Benjamin” – Mga Tagasalin: John E. Barrios at Fennie Mae T. Tanangonan; Author: Angel Magahum
- “It Ends with Us – Tagasalin: Sheila Mendoza; May-akda: Colleen Hoover
- “Mga Kuwentong Bayan para sa Gabing Maulan (Tales for a Rainy Night)” – Translator: Chuckberry J. Pascual; Author: Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
- “Palâisgën: Epikong-bayan ng mga magsasaka ng Aborlan, Palawan” – Mga Tagasalin: Paul D. Jagmis, Sr. at Mary Grace A. Jagmis; Mga Nag-ambag: Paul D. Jagmis Sr., Gem-Gem Bagued, Fernando Lingsa, at Delia Gardener
Isinalin na Aklat (Ingles)
- “Ang Munting Prinsipe” – Mga Tagasalin: Cles B. Rambaud at Faye Q. Flores-Melegrito; May-akda: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Drama at Pelikula
- “Collected Plays 1: Revitalizing Tradition in Three Full-Length Films” ni Nicanor G. Tiongson
- “Collected Plays 2: Resurrecting History in Three Full-Length Musicals” ni Nicanor G. Tiongson
- “Lutong Bahay” by Glecy Cruz Atienza
- “The Journey of Prince Bahaghari” by Aina Ysabel B. Ramolete and Vladimeir B. Gonzales
Maikling Fiction sa Bikol
- “Dyurnal Intris” ni Jerome M. Hipolito
- “Kalatraban sa Alkawaraan” ni Niles Jordan Breis
Tula sa Bikol
- “The Santero Kan Santo Entierro” ni DB Gonzaga
- “Salamat sa Diyos: Mga Tula” ni Jaime Jesus Uy Borlagdan
- “Kalagnon: Mga Tula” ni Jaime Jesus Uy Borlagdan
- “Kinaburong Lanub” ni Kristian Sendon Cordero
- “Walang katapusang Pabalon at iba pang Huyon-Huyon: Mga Tula” ni Raul Giga Bradecina
Dibisyong Hindi Pampanitikan
Art
- “Julio Nakpil (1867-1960) Collected Works Volume Two: Band and Orchestral Music” ni Maria Alexandra Iñigo Chua (Editor)
- “Nineteenth-Century Masters of Angono Art” ni James Owen Saguinsin
- “Philippine Colonial Photography of the Cordilleras (1860-1930)” ni Jonathan Best
Agham Panlipunan
- “Mahabang Laro ng Conflict: Isang Dekada ng Karahasan sa Bangsamoro” nina Francisco J. Lara, Jr. at Nikki Philline C. de la Rosa (Mga Editor)
- “Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies” nina Dada Docot, Stephen B. Acabado, at Clement C. Camposano (Mga Editor)
- “Re-Imagining Post-Pandemic Societies: Alternative Practices across Southeast Asia Volume 2” ni Eduardo C. Tadem, Benjamin B. Velasco, Jose Monfred C. Sy, Ananeza P. Aban, Rafael Vicente V. Dimalanta, Honey B. Tabiola, at Ryan Joseph C. Martinez (Mga Editor)
- “Saints of Resistance: Devotions in the Philippines under Early Spanish Rule” ni Christina H. Lee
- “Anthology of Women’s Voices: Priestesses to Presidents” nina Nenita Pambid Domingo (Editor) at Brandon J. Macapagal Reilly (Associate Editor)
Pilosopiya
- “Critical Theory at the Margins: Applying Herbert Marcuse’s Model of Critical Social Theory to the Philippines” ni Jeffrey Ocay
- “Ang Metaphysics ng Banal na Eukaristiya” ni Raymun J. Festin, SVD
Kasaysayan
- “Abaca Frontier: The Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformation of Davao, 1898-1941” ni Patricia Irene Dacudao
- “Dauntless” ni Marie Silva Vallejo
- “Mga Aso sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas” ni Ian Christopher B. Alfonso
- “Tales of the Post-Plantation: Unlikely Protagonists of Modern Philippine Banana History” ni Robin Thiers
- “Tigaon 1969: Mga Kuwento ng Hindi Masasabing CPP-NPA, KM, at SDK” ni Soliman M. Santos Jr.
Katatawanan, Palakasan, Pamumuhay, at Negosyo
- “Pagpapalawak ng Madiskarteng Pananaw: Pagbabalik-tanaw sa mga Aralin mula sa Kasaysayan at sa mga Klasiko” ni René B. Azurin
- “Paseos de Intramuros: A Guidebook to Manila’s Walled City” ni Jose Victor Z. Torres
- “Salumpuwit: Upuan, Pamumuhay, Muwebles” ni Gerard Lico
- “Thrive! A Parent’s Journey to Resilience” nina Cherie Ann Lo, Joanna Herrera, Karyl Christine A. Abog, Maria Lyn Domingo, Rhoanne N. Ramas, at Melinda Tan
- “The Way Out Is In: Living and Loving, Pandemic and Beyond” ni Ma. Lourdes Arellano Carandang
Pagkain
- “Heritage Dishes of the Philippines” ni Lady Camille L. de Guia
Agham
- “Abaca Virus Diseases: Epidemics and Control” ni Avelino D. Raymundo
- “Rediscovering Laguna de Bay: A Vital Natural Resource in Crisis” ni Josefino C. Comiso, Maria Victoria O. Espaldon, at Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava (Mga Editor)
- “Wild City: A Photographic Guide to Amphibians, Mammals, and Reptiles of Metro Manila” nina Jelaine Gan, Trinket Constantino, at Abby Favis
Espirituwalidad at Teolohiya
- “Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place” ni Grace Nono
- “The Eucharist: Continuing Global Project” ni Aurelio C. Joaquin
- “Debosyonal ng Pinoy: The Partner of the Bible: Pinoy Version” ni Kerlyn Bobadilla, Ru dela Torre, Rigel Fortaleza et al.
- “Ang Providence ay Sapat: Pagtitiwala sa Kontrol ng Diyos sa Krisis” ni Mel Caparros
- “What do you seek? Pastoral Accompaniment of Couples Living Together in A New Union” ni Bobby V. Cena
Mga propesyon
- “A Cardiologist’s Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure” ni Alan S. Tenerife
- “Hospital Bullies in the Philippine Clerkship and Residency Training: A Book of Discernment for Physicians, Nurses, and Psychologists Volume 3” ni Erwin L. Manzano
- “PR Matters: Isang Communicator’s Guide to the Dynamic World of Public Relations ng mga Miyembro ng International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Philippine Chapter
- “Workplace Well-being in the Philippines: A Guidebook” ni Ma. Tonirose D. Mactal, Emerald Jay D. Ilác, at Jaimee Felice Caringal-Go (Mga Editor)
- “The Written Property: A Freelance Writer’s Guide to Copyright” nina Imelda Morales at Mark Robert Dy (Mga Editor)
Pamamahayag
- “COVID-19 sa Balita ng mga Naghahanap, Mga Hamak, at mga Santo” ni Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
- “Serve” ni Jo-Ann Q. Maglipon (Editor)
- “View from the Foxhole: Shaping the Political into the Personal” ni Joel Pablo Salud
Disenyo
- “A Death Foretold: The Ninoy Aquino Assassination Remembered” – Editors: Sarge Lacuesta, An Mercado-Alcantara, and Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta; Taga-disenyo: Tom Estrera III
- “Mga Aso sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas” – May-akda at Disenyo: Ian Christopher B. Alfonso
- “Everything Is Fiction: Essays” – Author: Vicente Gracia Groyon; Mga Designer: Troy Binco at Ace Vincent Molo
- “Panahon na para Umuwi: Mga Bago at Nakolektang Tula” – May-akda: Marjorie Evasco; Designer: Felix Mago Miguel Jr.
- “Piña Futures: Weaving Memories and Innovations” – May-akda: Randy M. Madrid; Designer: Felix Mago Miguel Jr.
— CDC, GMA Integrated News
