The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Longlist

1.
A Map for the Missing
A Map for the Missing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,567 ratings
2.
Post-Traumatic
Post-Traumatic 3.70 avg rating — 5,583 ratings
3.
Brown Girls
Brown Girls 3.89 avg rating — 8,616 ratings
4.
When We Were Sisters
When We Were Sisters 3.92 avg rating — 6,331 ratings
5.
Nobody's Magic
Nobody's Magic 3.59 avg rating — 973 ratings
6.
The School for Good Mothers
The School for Good Mothers 3.53 avg rating — 121,338 ratings
7.
Activities of Daily Living
Activities of Daily Living 3.83 avg rating — 916 ratings
8.
The Sign for Home
The Sign for Home 4.24 avg rating — 7,555 ratings
9.
Shadows of Pecan Hollow
Shadows of Pecan Hollow 3.82 avg rating — 5,791 ratings
10.
Lungfish
Lungfish 3.56 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
11.
What the Fireflies Knew
What the Fireflies Knew 3.84 avg rating — 14,518 ratings
12.
NSFW
NSFW 3.47 avg rating — 4,396 ratings
13.
Fire Season
Fire Season 3.39 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
14.
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies 4.07 avg rating — 3,534 ratings
15.
Portrait of a Thief
Portrait of a Thief 3.44 avg rating — 31,197 ratings
16.
The Boy With a Bird in His Chest
The Boy With a Bird in His Chest
by: Emme Lund
3.72 avg rating — 2,440 ratings
17.
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling 3.96 avg rating — 57,328 ratings
18.
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
by: Noor Naga
3.93 avg rating — 11,499 ratings
19.
Vagabonds!
Vagabonds! 3.81 avg rating — 3,087 ratings
20.
The Candid Life of Meena Dave
The Candid Life of Meena Dave 4.12 avg rating — 25,098 ratings
21.
Border Less
Border Less 3.85 avg rating — 179 ratings
22.
Little Rabbit
Little Rabbit 3.71 avg rating — 3,256 ratings
23.
Big Girl
Big Girl 3.89 avg rating — 2,487 ratings
24.
The Immortal King Rao
The Immortal King Rao 3.66 avg rating — 4,092 ratings