National Book Award for Nonfiction 2006

Nominations

WinnerThe Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust BowlTimothy Egan
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68Taylor Branch
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green ZoneRajiv Chandrasekaran
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and PresentPeter Hessler
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11Lawrence Wright