2022 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
Scattered All Over the Earth
Scattered All Over the Earth 3.25 avg rating β€” 6,396 ratings
2.
Shutter (Rita Todacheene #1)
Shutter (Rita Todacheene #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 15,979 ratings
3.
The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch 3.51 avg rating β€” 36,285 ratings
4.
When We Were Sisters
When We Were Sisters 3.92 avg rating β€” 6,331 ratings
5.
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,065 ratings
6.
The Birdcatcher
The Birdcatcher 3.03 avg rating β€” 1,652 ratings
7.
All My Rage
All My Rage 4.48 avg rating β€” 61,033 ratings
8.
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School 4.25 avg rating β€” 28,975 ratings
9.
Swim Team
Swim Team 4.27 avg rating β€” 9,463 ratings
10.
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,557 ratings
11.
If I Survive You
If I Survive You 3.68 avg rating β€” 12,951 ratings
12.
All This Could Be Different
All This Could Be Different 3.83 avg rating β€” 19,755 ratings
13.
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,741 ratings
14.
Look at This Blue
Look at This Blue 3.66 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
15.
Balladz
Balladz 3.71 avg rating β€” 364 ratings
16.
Golden Ax
Golden Ax really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 666 ratings
17.
The Rupture Tense: Poems
The Rupture Tense: Poems
by: Jenny Xie
3.91 avg rating β€” 385 ratings
18.
Kibogo
Kibogo 3.80 avg rating β€” 892 ratings
19.
Mummy Eaters (African Poetry Book)
Mummy Eaters (African Poetry Book) 4.40 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
20.
Seasons of Purgatory
Seasons of Purgatory 3.48 avg rating β€” 196 ratings
20.
Seven Empty Houses
Seven Empty Houses 3.69 avg rating β€” 12,975 ratings
22.
The Books of Jacob
The Books of Jacob 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,803 ratings
23.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice 4.41 avg rating β€” 2,644 ratings
23.
Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Maizy Chen's Last Chance
by: Lisa Yee
4.27 avg rating β€” 5,029 ratings
25.
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix 4.06 avg rating β€” 5,097 ratings
26.
Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories
Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,123 ratings
27.
Maria, Maria and Other Stories
Maria, Maria and Other Stories 3.81 avg rating β€” 769 ratings
28.
The Town of Babylon
The Town of Babylon 3.93 avg rating β€” 3,552 ratings
29.
Bright Unbearable Reality
Bright Unbearable Reality 3.79 avg rating β€” 164 ratings
30.
Ted Kennedy: A Life
Ted Kennedy: A Life 4.33 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
31.
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time 3.35 avg rating β€” 3,398 ratings
32.
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,205 ratings
33.
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation 3.97 avg rating β€” 7,598 ratings
34.
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,001 ratings
35.
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir 4.04 avg rating β€” 4,267 ratings
36.
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice 4.50 avg rating β€” 3,050 ratings
37.
Lost & Found: A Memoir
Lost & Found: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating β€” 8,661 ratings
38.
Still Life
Still Life 4.12 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
39.
Punks: New & Selected Poems
Punks: New & Selected Poems 4.26 avg rating β€” 453 ratings
40.
Best Barbarian: Poems
Best Barbarian: Poems 4.09 avg rating β€” 406 ratings
41.
Duende: Poems, 1966-Now
Duende: Poems, 1966-Now really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
42.
As She Appears
As She Appears 4.07 avg rating β€” 175 ratings
43.
Ibn Arabi's Small Death
Ibn Arabi's Small Death 4.21 avg rating β€” 11,270 ratings
44.
A New Name: Septology VI-VII (Septology, 3)
A New Name: Septology VI-VII (Septology, 3)
by: Jon Fosse
4.48 avg rating β€” 2,152 ratings
45.
Jawbone
Jawbone 3.69 avg rating β€” 11,667 ratings
46.
The Employees
The Employees
by: Olga Ravn
3.65 avg rating β€” 24,736 ratings
47.
Where You Come From
Where You Come From 4.15 avg rating β€” 12,583 ratings
48.
The Ogress and the Orphans
The Ogress and the Orphans 4.28 avg rating β€” 8,487 ratings
49.
A Thousand Steps into Night
A Thousand Steps into Night 3.77 avg rating β€” 6,192 ratings
50.
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution 4.18 avg rating β€” 268 ratings