Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction. These ten titles were selected from a pool of 451 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Fiction are Matt
The National Book Foundation has unveiled the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction. Ten exceptional titles have been chosen from a pool of 451 submissions, each brought to the attention of the judges by their respective publishers. This year's esteemed Fiction judges are Matt Bell, Caro De Robertis (Chair), Danielle King, Akhil Sharma, and Diane Wilson.
The final round of selections will be revealed on October 6, with the National Book Awards Ceremony taking place on November 18. Here are the ten titles that made the 2026 Fiction longlist: Hannah Lillith Assadi's Paradiso, Kimberly Blaeser's Red Ants, Edwidge Danticat's Dèy, Julián Delgado Lopera's Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You, Louise Erdrich's Python’s Kiss, Marlon James' The Disappearers, Valeria Luiselli's Beginning Middle End, Alexander Maksik's Passengers, Kenan Orhan's The Renovation, and Morgan Thomas's Mad Eden.
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