2017 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 426,042 ratings
2.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,383 ratings
3.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,782 ratings
4.
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 102,326 ratings
5.
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach 3.61 avg rating — 90,143 ratings
6.
The Leavers
The Leavers
by: Lisa Ko
3.89 avg rating — 50,027 ratings
7.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,437 ratings
8.
A Kind of Freedom
A Kind of Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 5,837 ratings
9.
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia 4.19 avg rating — 6,914 ratings
10.
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
by: Chen Chen
4.26 avg rating — 4,211 ratings
11.
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need 4.10 avg rating — 10,393 ratings
12.
Miss Burma
Miss Burma 3.61 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
13.
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 3.83 avg rating — 10,182 ratings
14.
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America 4.37 avg rating — 4,460 ratings
15.
Barren Island
Barren Island 3.81 avg rating — 253 ratings
16.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,183 ratings
17.
The Blood of Emmett Till
The Blood of Emmett Till 4.27 avg rating — 8,800 ratings
18.
Far from the Tree
Far from the Tree 4.25 avg rating — 48,349 ratings
18.
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News 3.17 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
20.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down 4.25 avg rating — 132,979 ratings
21.
American Street
American Street
by: Ibi Zoboi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,859 ratings
22.
Orphan Island
Orphan Island 3.68 avg rating — 11,699 ratings
23.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 4.01 avg rating — 79,972 ratings
24.
Dark at the Crossing
Dark at the Crossing 3.61 avg rating — 1,690 ratings
24.
The King Is Always Above the People: Stories
The King Is Always Above the People: Stories 3.50 avg rating — 1,517 ratings
26.
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America 4.16 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
27.
Where Now: New and Selected Poems
Where Now: New and Selected Poems 4.24 avg rating — 75 ratings
27.
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America 4.29 avg rating — 4,898 ratings
29.
In the Language of My Captor
In the Language of My Captor 4.15 avg rating — 486 ratings
29.
Don't Call Us Dead
Don't Call Us Dead 4.46 avg rating — 12,106 ratings
29.
Afterland
Afterland 3.98 avg rating — 606 ratings
32.
What Girls Are Made Of
What Girls Are Made Of 3.78 avg rating — 3,475 ratings
33.
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 3.79 avg rating — 2,381 ratings
34.
All the Wind in the World
All the Wind in the World 3.35 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
35.
Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 4.13 avg rating — 598 ratings
36.
The Book of Endings (Akron series in poetry)
The Book of Endings (Akron series in poetry) 3.74 avg rating — 226 ratings
37.
Magdalene
Magdalene 4.10 avg rating — 1,232 ratings
38.
Whereas
Whereas 4.38 avg rating — 4,227 ratings
39.
Square Inch Hours: Poems
Square Inch Hours: Poems 3.44 avg rating — 75 ratings
40.
You Bring the Distant Near
You Bring the Distant Near 3.96 avg rating — 4,469 ratings