A TOTAL of 28 titles published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press were finalists in the 39th National Book Awards.

The finalists, covering titles released in 2019 and 2020, were announced by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle on June 15.

According to NBDB, the award honors the most prestigious book titles written, designed, and published in the Philippines.

The awards will be given on July 2022, it added.

The titles published by Ateneo Press nominated for the National Book Awards can be found at https://booksphilippines.gov.ph/39th-national-book-awards-finalists/?fbclid=IwAR2UUTQhU2n280HXOPQLWozeqKG-TooF8IYPjFMq2EEg4QEhJzY8fL3ASdI