2018 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating β€” 214,328 ratings
2.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating β€” 379,554 ratings
3.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating β€” 138,777 ratings
4.
Where the Dead Sit Talking
Where the Dead Sit Talking 3.34 avg rating β€” 5,542 ratings
5.
The Friend
The Friend 3.74 avg rating β€” 54,738 ratings
6.
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises 4.18 avg rating β€” 3,865 ratings
7.
Florida
Florida 3.77 avg rating β€” 34,599 ratings
8.
The Emissary
The Emissary 3.41 avg rating β€” 13,101 ratings
9.
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
A Very Large Expanse of Sea 4.07 avg rating β€” 66,148 ratings
10.
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction 4.15 avg rating β€” 34,783 ratings
11.
Gun Love
Gun Love 3.69 avg rating β€” 5,861 ratings
12.
Heads of the Colored People
Heads of the Colored People 4.11 avg rating β€” 7,909 ratings
13.
The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating β€” 161,816 ratings
14.
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War 4.15 avg rating β€” 768 ratings
14.
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy 4.39 avg rating β€” 3,306 ratings
16.
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth 3.76 avg rating β€” 16,289 ratings
17.
The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,928 ratings
18.
Flights
Flights 3.75 avg rating β€” 35,864 ratings
19.
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 4.11 avg rating β€” 4,163 ratings
19.
Wait, Blink
Wait, Blink 3.43 avg rating β€” 888 ratings
21.
One Part Woman: A Novel
One Part Woman: A Novel 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,937 ratings
22.
We'll Fly Away
We'll Fly Away 4.05 avg rating β€” 2,364 ratings
22.
Aetherial Worlds: Stories
Aetherial Worlds: Stories 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,007 ratings
24.
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 4.25 avg rating β€” 9,244 ratings
24.
What the Night Sings
What the Night Sings 4.06 avg rating β€” 2,783 ratings
26.
The Journey of Little Charlie
The Journey of Little Charlie 4.05 avg rating β€” 2,122 ratings
27.
Blood Water Paint
Blood Water Paint 4.15 avg rating β€” 9,750 ratings
28.
A Lucky Man
A Lucky Man 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,151 ratings
29.
The Boatbuilder
The Boatbuilder 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,011 ratings
30.
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation 4.06 avg rating β€” 384 ratings
31.
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 4.21 avg rating β€” 4,312 ratings
32.
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,191 ratings
33.
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life 3.98 avg rating β€” 4,475 ratings
34.
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke 4.03 avg rating β€” 310 ratings
35.
We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights
We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,388 ratings
36.
Wobble (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Wobble (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 3.62 avg rating β€” 194 ratings
37.
feeld
feeld 4.14 avg rating β€” 823 ratings
38.
Be With
Be With 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,049 ratings
39.
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,349 ratings
40.
Museum of the Americas
Museum of the Americas 3.85 avg rating β€” 175 ratings
41.
Ghost Of
Ghost Of 4.34 avg rating β€” 1,306 ratings
42.
Indecency
Indecency 3.92 avg rating β€” 636 ratings
43.
Lo terciario / The Terciary
Lo terciario / The Terciary 4.41 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
44.
Monument: Poems New and Selected
Monument: Poems New and Selected 4.39 avg rating β€” 690 ratings
45.
Eye Level: Poems
Eye Level: Poems
by: Jenny Xie
4.14 avg rating β€” 1,544 ratings
46.
Disoriental
Disoriental 4.20 avg rating β€” 6,311 ratings
47.
Comemadre
Comemadre 3.66 avg rating β€” 2,423 ratings
48.
Love
Love 3.63 avg rating β€” 3,075 ratings
49.
Trick
Trick 3.72 avg rating β€” 3,814 ratings
50.
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,050 ratings