The other day, the
longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction was released:
The Throwback Special
by Chris Bachelder
What Belongs to You
by Garth Greenwell
Imagine Me Gone by
Adam Haslett
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
The Association of
Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
The Portable Veblen
by Elizabeth McKenzie
Sweet Lamb of Heaven
by Lydia Millet
Miss Jane by Brad
Watson
The Underground
Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Another Brooklyn by
Jacqueline Woodson
The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary
awards presented to American authors for books published in the United States during
the award year. National Book Awards are
currently given to one book (author) annually in each of four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young
people's literature. For a complete list
of all longlists, see http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2016.html#fic.
A finalist list of 5 titles will be released on October 13;
the winner, who will receive $10,000 and a bronze sculpture, will be announced
on November 16.
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