NMLP P-013771 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Good Lord Bird

James McBride · Riverhead Books · 2013

The US Riverhead hardcover of 2013 is the true first edition. It won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. The true first predates the award; later jacket states add the award medallion.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013771 for "The Good Lord Bird" by James McBride (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013771, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).