September 16, 2022, 10:15am
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the 10 books on the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction.
The judges for this year’s award are Ben Fountain (Chair), Brandon Hobson, Pam Houston, Dana Johnson, and Michelle Malonzo. The 10 longlistees were chosen from a total of 463 books submitted by publishers; the finalists in all categories will be announced on October 4, and winners will be announced at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 16.
Here’s the longlist:
Fatimah Asghar, When We Were Sisters
One World / Penguin Random House
Ramona Emerson, Shutter
Soho Crime / Soho Press
Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
Gayl Jones, The Birdcatcher
Beacon Press
Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Sarah Thankam Mathews, All This Could Be Different
Viking Books / Penguin Random House
Leigh Newman, Nobody Gets Out Alive
Scribner / Simon & Schuster
Marytza K. Rubio, Maria, Maria & Other Stories
Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company
Alejandro Varela, The Town of Babylon
Astra House / Astra Publishing House