2018 PEN America Literary Awards Longlist

1.
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 102,310 ratings
2.
Ali: A Life
Ali: A Life 4.46 avg rating — 3,892 ratings
3.
History of Wolves
History of Wolves 3.40 avg rating — 29,098 ratings
4.
Sour Heart
Sour Heart 3.69 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
5.
A Horse Walks into a Bar
A Horse Walks into a Bar 3.52 avg rating — 15,410 ratings
6.
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine 4.31 avg rating — 21,431 ratings
7.
Sunshine State: Essays
Sunshine State: Essays 3.40 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
8.
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us 4.06 avg rating — 2,787 ratings
9.
Sonora
Sonora 3.59 avg rating — 808 ratings
10.
The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead
The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead 3.49 avg rating — 463 ratings
11.
Black Jesus and Other Superheroes
Black Jesus and Other Superheroes 4.06 avg rating — 119 ratings
12.
What Counts as Love
What Counts as Love 3.95 avg rating — 73 ratings
13.
Cardinal and Other Stories
Cardinal and Other Stories 4.52 avg rating — 31 ratings
14.
A Thousand Distant Radios
A Thousand Distant Radios 4.12 avg rating — 52 ratings
15.
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby 3.84 avg rating — 2,103 ratings
16.
Some Say the Lark
Some Say the Lark 4.14 avg rating — 203 ratings
17.
Eastman Was Here
Eastman Was Here 3.30 avg rating — 202 ratings
18.
My Soul Looks Back
My Soul Looks Back 3.61 avg rating — 923 ratings
19.
Augustown
Augustown 4.30 avg rating — 3,841 ratings
20.
The Tower of the Antilles
The Tower of the Antilles 3.51 avg rating — 165 ratings
21.
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa 4.05 avg rating — 1,348 ratings
22.
For Want of Water and Other Poems
For Want of Water and Other Poems 3.74 avg rating — 102 ratings
23.
Lessons on Expulsion
Lessons on Expulsion 4.02 avg rating — 706 ratings
24.
Ordinary Beast: Poems
Ordinary Beast: Poems 4.02 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
25.
Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD
Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
26.
The Book of Emma Reyes
The Book of Emma Reyes 4.27 avg rating — 4,433 ratings
27.
The Book of Whispers
The Book of Whispers 4.21 avg rating — 623 ratings
28.
The Impossible Fairy Tale
The Impossible Fairy Tale
by: Han Yujoo
3.26 avg rating — 853 ratings
29.
Notes of a Crocodile
Notes of a Crocodile 3.82 avg rating — 8,556 ratings
30.
Katalin Street
Katalin Street 4.13 avg rating — 3,756 ratings
31.
Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place
Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place 4.55 avg rating — 51 ratings
32.
You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages
You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages 3.89 avg rating — 1,613 ratings
33.
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story 4.15 avg rating — 984 ratings
34.
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London 3.58 avg rating — 4,031 ratings
35.
The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here? 3.79 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
36.
The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival
The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival 3.47 avg rating — 58 ratings
37.
Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life 4.37 avg rating — 866 ratings
38.
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River 3.93 avg rating — 3,217 ratings
39.
No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America 3.87 avg rating — 4,179 ratings
40.
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst 4.39 avg rating — 29,586 ratings
41.
The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record
The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record 3.92 avg rating — 299 ratings
42.
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen 4.23 avg rating — 16,885 ratings
43.
The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport
The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport 4.01 avg rating — 270 ratings
44.
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception 3.78 avg rating — 297 ratings
45.
Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971
Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971 3.80 avg rating — 186 ratings
46.
City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles 3.74 avg rating — 167 ratings
47.
Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
by: Joe Tone
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 443 ratings
48.
Iron Ambition: My Life With Cus D'amato
Iron Ambition: My Life With Cus D'amato 3.95 avg rating — 651 ratings
49.
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse 4.46 avg rating — 3,328 ratings