2025 Longlist for Fiction

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The Wilderness: A Novel
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The Wilderness: A Novel
by Angela Flournoy
Flashlight: A Novel
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Flashlight: A Novel
by Susan Choi
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
by Rabih Alameddine
The Antidote: A Novel
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The Antidote: A Novel
by Karen Russell
The Sisters: A Novel
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The Sisters: A Novel
by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
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North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
by Ethan Rutherford
A Guardian and a Thief: A Novel (Signed Book) Pre-Order Now
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A Guardian and a Thief: A Novel (Signed Book)
by Megha Majumdar
Palaver: A Novel Pre-Order Now
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Palaver: A Novel
by Bryan Washington
The Pelican Child: Stories Pre-Order Now
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The Pelican Child: Stories
by Joy Williams
Only Son Pre-Order Now
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Only Son
by Kevin Moffett

2025 Longlist for Nonfiction

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad
When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
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When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
by Jordan Thomas
The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
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The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
by Helen Whybrow
Things in Nature Merely Grow
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Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State
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Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State
by Caleb Gayle
For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising
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For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising
by Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy
Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening
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Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening
by Ben Ratliff
Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care
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Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care
by Claudia Rowe
The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam
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The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam
by Lana Lin
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy Pre-Order Now
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Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
by Julia Ioffe

2025 Longlist for Poetry

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I Do Know Some Things
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I Do Know Some Things
by Richard Siken
The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
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The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
by Patricia Smith
Scorched Earth: Poems
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Scorched Earth: Poems
by Tiana Clark
Stay Dead
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Stay Dead
by Natalie Shapero
Becoming Ghost: Poetry
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Becoming Ghost: Poetry
by Cathy Linh Che
Death of the First Idea: Poems
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Death of the First Idea: Poems
by Rickey Laurentiis
Death Does Not End at the Sea
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Death Does Not End at the Sea
by Gbenga Adesina
Terror Counter
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Terror Counter
by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi
The New Economy Pre-Order Now
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The New Economy
by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Cold Thief Place
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Cold Thief Place
by Esther Lin

2025 Longlist for Translated Literature

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Perfection
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Perfection
by Vincenzo Latronico, Sophie Hughes (Translator)
We Do Not Part: A Novel
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We Do Not Part: A Novel
by Han Kang, e. yaewon (Translator), Paige Aniyah Morris (Translator)
Hunchback: A Novel
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Hunchback: A Novel
by Saou Ichikawa, Polly Barton (Translator)
The Remembered Soldier
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The Remembered Soldier
by Anjet Daanje, David McKay (Translator)
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel
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We Computers: A Ghazal Novel
by Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairweather-Vega (Translator)
Sad Tiger
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Sad Tiger
by Neige Sinno, Natasha Lehrer (Translator)
We Are Green and Trembling
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We Are Green and Trembling
by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Robin Myers (Translator)
On the Calculation of Volume, Book III Pre-Order Now
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On the Calculation of Volume, Book III
by Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell (Translator)
Sleep Phase
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Sleep Phase
by Mohamed Kheir, Robin Moger (Translator)
The Queen of Swords Pre-Order Now
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The Queen of Swords
by Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney (Translator)

2025 Longlist for Young People's Literature

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The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze
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The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze
by Derrick Barnes
Truth Is: A Novel in Verse
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Truth Is: A Novel in Verse
by Hannah V. Sawyerr
The Corruption of Hollis Brown
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The Corruption of Hollis Brown
by K. Ancrum
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
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The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
by Daniel Nayeri
A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez
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A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez
by María Dolores Águila
(S)Kin
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(S)Kin
by Ibi Zoboi
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
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A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
by Mahogany L. Browne
Song of a Blackbird
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Song of a Blackbird
by Maria van Lieshout
A World Worth Saving
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A World Worth Saving
by Kyle Lukoff
The Leaving Room Pre-Order Now
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The Leaving Room
by Amber McBride

All 2024 Nominees

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James (2024 B&N Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
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James (2024 B&N Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
by Percival Everett
Martyr!
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Martyr!
by Kaveh Akbar
All Fours: A Novel
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All Fours: A Novel
by Miranda July
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
by Jason De León
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie
The First State of Being (Newbery Medal Winner)
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The First State of Being (Newbery Medal Winner)
by Erin Entrada Kelly
My Friends: A Novel
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My Friends: A Novel
by Hisham Matar
Taiwan Travelogue (National Book Award Winner)
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Taiwan Travelogue (National Book Award Winner)
by Yang Shuang-zi
The Book Censor's Library
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The Book Censor's Library
by Bothayna Al-Essa, Ranya Abdelrahman (Translator), Sawad Hussain (Translator)
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
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Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
by Deborah Taffa
Kareem Between
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Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Modern Poetry: Poems
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Modern Poetry: Poems
by Diane Seuss
Something about Living (National Book Award Winner)
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Something about Living (National Book Award Winner)
by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Wrong Norma
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Wrong Norma
by Anne Carson
[...]: Poems
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[...]: Poems
by Fady Joudah

National Book Awards Winners by Year

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All National Book Awards Winners

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James (2024 B&N Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
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James (2024 B&N Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
by Percival Everett
Holes (Newbery Medal Winner)
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Holes (Newbery Medal Winner)
by Louis Sachar
Inside Out and Back Again (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
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Inside Out and Back Again (Newbery Honor Award Winner)
by Thanhhà Lai
The Year of Magical Thinking (National Book Award Winner)
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The Year of Magical Thinking (National Book Award Winner)
by Joan Didion
Brown Girl Dreaming
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Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
The Poet X
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Color Purple (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
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The Color Purple (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
by Alice Walker
Just Kids
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Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Invisible Man (National Book Award Winner)
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Invisible Man (National Book Award Winner)
by Ralph Ellison
All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy #1) (National Book Award Winner)
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All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy #1) (National Book Award Winner)
by Cormac McCarthy
Last Night at the Telegraph Club (National Book Award Winner)
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club (National Book Award Winner)
by Malinda Lo
Gravity's Rainbow (National Book Award Winner)
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Gravity's Rainbow (National Book Award Winner)
by Thomas Pynchon, Frank Miller (Illustrator)
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
by Jason De León
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
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The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)
by Colson Whitehead
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
by Ned Blackhawk