With a National Book Award winner announced tonight, check out free, interactive lists celebrating these master writers' words.
Vocabulary from The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Vocabulary from Tenth of December by George Saunders
Vocabulary from The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Vocabulary from The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Vocabulary from The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri