As of Friday, September 15th, the National Book Awards have released their longlists for their 2023 prizes for Fiction, Literature in Translation, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. The mission of the National Book Foundation is to “celebrate the best literature published in the United States, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in our culture.” Indeed, the selections for this year’s longlist touch on several poignant aspects and perspectives on the world today.  You can purchase any of these titles at Books & Books, and we are also delighted to virtually host Juan Cárdenas and Lizzie Davis on Wednesday, September 20th, to discuss their longlisted translated work The Devil in the Provinces. 

Keep reading for your Books & Books guide to every 2023 National Book Award Longlist.

Fiction

 Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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 Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal

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Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan

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 This Other Eden by Paul Harding

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Loot by Tania James

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Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips (Preorder)

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A Council of Dolls Mona Susan Power

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The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen 

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Blackouts by Justin Torres (Preorder)

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Holler, Child by LaToya Watkins 

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Translated Literature

The Devil of the Provinces by Juan Cárdenas, translated by Lizzie Davis

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Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

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Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop, translated by Sam Taylor (Preorder)

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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann

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The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato

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No One Prayed Over Their Graves by Khaled Khalifa, translated by Leri Price

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The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, translated by Lara Vergnaud

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This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes

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Abyss by Pilar Quintana, translated by Lisa Dillman

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 On A Woman’s Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated by Lucy Scott

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Nonfiction

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

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King: A Life by Jonathan Eig 

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A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Preorder)

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When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

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Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

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The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever by Prudence Peiffer

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Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Valiant

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I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams

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Poetry

How to Communicate by John Lee Clark

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The Diaspora Sonnets by Oliver de la Paz

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Vexations by Annelyse Gelman

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Promises of Gold José Olivarez

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from unincorporated territory [åmot] by Craig Santos Perez

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West: A Translation by Paisley Rekdal

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Tripas by Brandon Som

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Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan

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suddenly we by Evie Shockley

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From From by Monica Youn

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Young People’s Literature

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

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Gather Kenneth M. Cadow

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Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

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Huda F Cares by Huda Fahmy

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Big by Vashti Harrison

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The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

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Hidden Systems by Dan Nott

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The First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

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Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

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More Than A Dream by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long

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