2016 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,559 ratings
2.
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy 3.87 avg rating — 29,315 ratings
3.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,371 ratings
4.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,886 ratings
5.
What Belongs to You
What Belongs to You 3.78 avg rating — 14,938 ratings
6.
Another Brooklyn
Another Brooklyn 3.87 avg rating — 41,164 ratings
7.
The Performance of Becoming Human
The Performance of Becoming Human 3.96 avg rating — 627 ratings
8.
Imagine Me Gone
Imagine Me Gone 3.69 avg rating — 19,790 ratings
9.
The Portable Veblen
The Portable Veblen 3.46 avg rating — 8,176 ratings
9.
Miss Jane
Miss Jane 3.94 avg rating — 5,823 ratings
11.
America's War for the Greater Middle East
America's War for the Greater Middle East 4.24 avg rating — 2,146 ratings
12.
Bestiary: Poems
Bestiary: Poems 4.16 avg rating — 1,893 ratings
13.
The Throwback Special
The Throwback Special 3.55 avg rating — 2,695 ratings
14.
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America 4.06 avg rating — 2,061 ratings
15.
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy 4.45 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
16.
The Association of Small Bombs
The Association of Small Bombs 3.57 avg rating — 14,516 ratings
17.
Sweet Lamb of Heaven
Sweet Lamb of Heaven 3.02 avg rating — 3,667 ratings
18.
Blackacre: Poems
Blackacre: Poems 3.95 avg rating — 482 ratings
19.
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story 4.25 avg rating — 2,466 ratings
20.
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice 4.26 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
21.
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck 3.77 avg rating — 2,591 ratings
22.
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by: Rita Dove
4.26 avg rating — 201 ratings
23.
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right 4.12 avg rating — 17,563 ratings
24.
World of Made and Unmade: A Poem
World of Made and Unmade: A Poem
by: Jane Mead
4.09 avg rating — 135 ratings
25.
Look: Poems
Look: Poems 4.31 avg rating — 2,644 ratings
26.
The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition
The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition 4.22 avg rating — 272 ratings
27.
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War 4.05 avg rating — 1,327 ratings
28.
When the Moon Was Ours
When the Moon Was Ours 3.88 avg rating — 11,103 ratings
29.
Raymie Nightingale
Raymie Nightingale 3.95 avg rating — 22,284 ratings
29.
March: Book Three (March, #3)
March: Book Three (March, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 21,409 ratings
31.
Pax (Pax, #1)
Pax (Pax, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 62,759 ratings
32.
When the Sea Turned to Silver
When the Sea Turned to Silver
by: Grace Lin
4.36 avg rating — 6,475 ratings
33.
Burn Baby Burn
Burn Baby Burn 3.79 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
34.
Booked (The Crossover, #2)
Booked (The Crossover, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 19,520 ratings
34.
Ghost (Track, #1)
Ghost (Track, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 50,150 ratings
34.
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star 3.95 avg rating — 353,182 ratings
37.
Archeophonics (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Archeophonics (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 3.88 avg rating — 198 ratings
38.
The Selected Poems of Donald Hall
The Selected Poems of Donald Hall 4.31 avg rating — 322 ratings
39.
The Abridged History of Rainfall (McSweeney's Poetry Series)
The Abridged History of Rainfall (McSweeney's Poetry Series) 4.02 avg rating — 223 ratings
40.
Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015 4.21 avg rating — 90 ratings