2020 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating β€” 831,800 ratings
2.
The Undocumented Americans
The Undocumented Americans 4.38 avg rating β€” 25,060 ratings
3.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies 4.15 avg rating β€” 40,552 ratings
4.
Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown 3.95 avg rating β€” 68,985 ratings
5.
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,753 ratings
6.
Afropessimism
Afropessimism 4.25 avg rating β€” 878 ratings
7.
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl 4.19 avg rating β€” 6,059 ratings
8.
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem 4.32 avg rating β€” 7,901 ratings
9.
Minor Detail
Minor Detail 4.19 avg rating β€” 36,370 ratings
10.
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) 4.25 avg rating β€” 104,805 ratings
11.
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind 3.15 avg rating β€” 163,834 ratings
12.
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain 4.30 avg rating β€” 180,976 ratings
13.
The Great Offshore Grounds
The Great Offshore Grounds 3.58 avg rating β€” 1,946 ratings
14.
Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto
Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,041 ratings
15.
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays (21st Century Essays)
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays (21st Century Essays) 4.40 avg rating β€” 766 ratings
15.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating β€” 156,133 ratings
17.
Obit
Obit 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,100 ratings
18.
The Galleons: Poems
The Galleons: Poems 4.26 avg rating β€” 359 ratings
19.
DMZ Colony
DMZ Colony 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,196 ratings
20.
The Family Clause
The Family Clause 3.82 avg rating β€” 3,737 ratings
21.
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season 4.05 avg rating β€” 43,021 ratings
22.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating β€” 179,623 ratings
23.
King and the Dragonflies
King and the Dragonflies 4.31 avg rating β€” 9,959 ratings
24.
The Index of Self-Destructive Acts
The Index of Self-Destructive Acts 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,900 ratings
25.
If I Had Two Wings
If I Had Two Wings 3.83 avg rating β€” 864 ratings
26.
A Burning
A Burning 3.72 avg rating β€” 52,147 ratings
27.
A Children's Bible
A Children's Bible 3.72 avg rating β€” 39,357 ratings
28.
If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future 3.72 avg rating β€” 2,546 ratings
29.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
by: Les Payne
4.34 avg rating β€” 4,839 ratings
30.
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,842 ratings
31.
A Treatise on Stars
A Treatise on Stars 3.83 avg rating β€” 263 ratings
32.
Travesty Generator
Travesty Generator 4.05 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
33.
Fantasia for the Man in Blue
Fantasia for the Man in Blue 4.03 avg rating β€” 132 ratings
34.
Borderland Apocrypha
Borderland Apocrypha 4.40 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
35.
Guillotine: Poems
Guillotine: Poems 4.34 avg rating β€” 838 ratings
36.
The Age of Phillis
The Age of Phillis 4.41 avg rating β€” 488 ratings
37.
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree 3.77 avg rating β€” 4,793 ratings
38.
The Helios Disaster
The Helios Disaster 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,012 ratings
39.
High as the Waters Rise
High as the Waters Rise 3.08 avg rating β€” 314 ratings
40.
Tokyo Ueno Station
Tokyo Ueno Station 3.45 avg rating β€” 28,924 ratings
41.
Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat
Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat 4.10 avg rating β€” 7,390 ratings
42.
The Bitch
The Bitch 3.84 avg rating β€” 13,002 ratings
43.
We Are Not Free
We Are Not Free 4.31 avg rating β€” 12,022 ratings
44.
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box 4.34 avg rating β€” 715 ratings
45.
Apple: Skin to the Core
Apple: Skin to the Core 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,471 ratings
46.
Every Body Looking
Every Body Looking 3.78 avg rating β€” 3,810 ratings
47.
When Stars Are Scattered
When Stars Are Scattered 4.60 avg rating β€” 31,200 ratings
48.
Trowbridge Road
Trowbridge Road 4.16 avg rating β€” 563 ratings
49.
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure 4.40 avg rating β€” 444 ratings
50.
The Way Back
The Way Back 3.67 avg rating β€” 1,300 ratings