Here is the 2019 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction.
It’s here: the final day of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements. Yep, it’s time for the fiction list, as chosen by judges Dorothy Allison, Ruth Dickey, Javier Ramirez, Danzy Senna (Chair), and Jeff VanderMeer from a pool of 397 submitted books. It includes two debut short story collections, three debut novels, and only one book from a previous National Book Award winner, Colson Whitehead.
The finalists in all categories will be announced on October 8, and the winners revealed at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 20 in New York City. And if you missed all the excitement this week, check out the longlists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, and Nonfiction, too.
The 2019 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction:
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
Random House / Penguin Random House
Susan Choi, Trust Exercise
Henry Holt & Company / Macmillan Publishers
Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina: Stories
One World / Penguin Random House
Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
Laila Lalami, The Other Americans
Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House
Kimberly King Parsons, Black Light: Stories
Vintage / Penguin Random House
Helen Phillips, The Need
Simon & Schuster
Julia Phillips, Disappearing Earth
Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Penguin Press / Penguin Random House
Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
Doubleday / Penguin Random House
