Aspen Words: All Longlist Nominees

1.
The Five Wounds
The Five Wounds 4.13 avg rating — 19,167 ratings
2.
Abundance
Abundance 3.83 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
3.
Bewilderness
Bewilderness 3.84 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
4.
Salt Houses
Salt Houses 4.01 avg rating — 19,226 ratings
5.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,371 ratings
6.
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky 4.09 avg rating — 16,030 ratings
7.
Mad Country
Mad Country 3.53 avg rating — 253 ratings
8.
What We Lose
What We Lose 3.60 avg rating — 14,100 ratings
9.
The Devil and Webster
The Devil and Webster 3.61 avg rating — 2,078 ratings
10.
The Leavers
The Leavers
by: Lisa Ko
3.89 avg rating — 50,025 ratings
11.
The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
by: Bandi
3.99 avg rating — 7,142 ratings
12.
Black Moses
Black Moses 3.43 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
13.
Harmless Like You
Harmless Like You 3.79 avg rating — 2,674 ratings
14.
The Refugees
The Refugees 3.86 avg rating — 21,720 ratings
15.
The Tower of the Antilles
The Tower of the Antilles 3.51 avg rating — 165 ratings
16.
The Graybar Hotel: Stories
The Graybar Hotel: Stories 3.63 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
17.
Music of the Ghosts
Music of the Ghosts 3.84 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
18.
The Locals
The Locals 3.34 avg rating — 3,096 ratings
19.
Lucky Boy
Lucky Boy 4.14 avg rating — 13,527 ratings
20.
Difficult Women
Difficult Women 3.95 avg rating — 30,034 ratings
21.
Chemistry
Chemistry 3.74 avg rating — 25,274 ratings
22.
The End We Start From
The End We Start From 3.40 avg rating — 15,224 ratings
23.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,013 ratings
24.
Friday Black
Friday Black 4.04 avg rating — 18,511 ratings
25.
The Boat People
The Boat People 3.98 avg rating — 7,284 ratings
26.
A Lucky Man
A Lucky Man 3.90 avg rating — 2,150 ratings
27.
Brother
Brother 3.98 avg rating — 11,889 ratings
28.
America Is Not the Heart
America Is Not the Heart 3.97 avg rating — 5,636 ratings
29.
Gun Love
Gun Love 3.69 avg rating — 5,859 ratings
30.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,602 ratings
31.
Petit pays
Petit pays 4.25 avg rating — 26,668 ratings
32.
Where the Dead Sit Talking
Where the Dead Sit Talking 3.34 avg rating — 5,541 ratings
33.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating — 25,024 ratings
34.
Severance
Severance
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 122,936 ratings
35.
Bring Out the Dog: Stories
Bring Out the Dog: Stories 3.71 avg rating — 526 ratings
36.
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi 3.79 avg rating — 3,663 ratings
37.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,303 ratings
38.
Heads of the Colored People
Heads of the Colored People 4.11 avg rating — 7,907 ratings
39.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,518 ratings
40.
Opioid, Indiana
Opioid, Indiana 3.34 avg rating — 2,374 ratings
41.
Your House Will Pay
Your House Will Pay
by: Steph Cha
4.08 avg rating — 10,195 ratings
42.
Dominicana
Dominicana 4.11 avg rating — 37,059 ratings
43.
Patsy
Patsy 3.91 avg rating — 11,851 ratings
44.
Sabrina & Corina
Sabrina & Corina 4.18 avg rating — 14,680 ratings
45.
The Other Americans
The Other Americans 3.90 avg rating — 18,890 ratings
46.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The Beekeeper of Aleppo 4.17 avg rating — 169,976 ratings
47.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
48.
The Beadworkers
The Beadworkers 4.11 avg rating — 918 ratings
49.
The Affairs of the Falcóns
The Affairs of the Falcóns 3.73 avg rating — 1,983 ratings
50.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating — 5,089 ratings
51.
The World Doesn't Require You
The World Doesn't Require You 3.64 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
52.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,067 ratings
53.
Lot
Lot 3.75 avg rating — 10,179 ratings
54.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,006 ratings
55.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating — 82,541 ratings
56.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday 3.64 avg rating — 2,910 ratings
57.
Against the Loveless World
Against the Loveless World 4.50 avg rating — 27,491 ratings
58.
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind 3.15 avg rating — 163,834 ratings
59.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,800 ratings
60.
The New Wilderness
The New Wilderness 3.67 avg rating — 16,010 ratings
61.
Fiebre Tropical
Fiebre Tropical 3.81 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
62.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,341 ratings
63.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating — 87,961 ratings
64.
The Office of Historical Corrections
The Office of Historical Corrections 4.17 avg rating — 35,967 ratings
65.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,643 ratings
66.
If I Had Two Wings
If I Had Two Wings 3.83 avg rating — 864 ratings
67.
A Children's Bible
A Children's Bible 3.72 avg rating — 39,357 ratings
68.
A Girl Is a Body of Water
A Girl Is a Body of Water 4.15 avg rating — 8,335 ratings
69.
Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating — 36,470 ratings
70.
Memorial
Memorial 3.57 avg rating — 37,148 ratings
71.
What Strange Paradise
What Strange Paradise 4.04 avg rating — 16,116 ratings
72.
Things We Lost to the Water
Things We Lost to the Water 3.75 avg rating — 11,439 ratings
73.
The Arsonists' City
The Arsonists' City 4.31 avg rating — 7,708 ratings
74.
The Startup Wife
The Startup Wife 3.56 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
75.
Swimming Back to Trout River
Swimming Back to Trout River 3.87 avg rating — 2,667 ratings
76.
Radiant Fugitives
Radiant Fugitives 3.65 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
77.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating — 39,954 ratings
78.
Libertie
Libertie 3.49 avg rating — 15,592 ratings
79.
Hell of a Book
Hell of a Book 4.03 avg rating — 25,826 ratings
80.
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev 3.82 avg rating — 32,780 ratings
81.
Bewilderment
Bewilderment 3.91 avg rating — 68,466 ratings
82.
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself 3.78 avg rating — 3,734 ratings
83.
What Storm, What Thunder
What Storm, What Thunder 3.95 avg rating — 3,076 ratings