2023 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating — 82,474 ratings
2.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating — 37,425 ratings
3.
Huda F Cares?
Huda F Cares? 4.21 avg rating — 4,080 ratings
4.
Loot
Loot 3.79 avg rating — 7,610 ratings
5.
suddenly we
suddenly we 4.28 avg rating — 183 ratings
6.
More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 4.33 avg rating — 84 ratings
7.
Kairos
Kairos 3.36 avg rating — 21,794 ratings
8.
Big
Big 4.63 avg rating — 4,503 ratings
9.
This Other Eden
This Other Eden 3.77 avg rating — 20,240 ratings
10.
Blackouts
Blackouts 3.74 avg rating — 11,078 ratings
11.
Night Watch
Night Watch 3.72 avg rating — 19,478 ratings
12.
A Council of Dolls
A Council of Dolls 4.02 avg rating — 6,869 ratings
13.
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era 4.34 avg rating — 5,898 ratings
14.
Ordinary Notes
Ordinary Notes 4.54 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
15.
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World 4.33 avg rating — 10,391 ratings
16.
How to Communicate: Poems
How to Communicate: Poems 4.11 avg rating — 200 ratings
17.
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 2,431 ratings
18.
From From: Poems
From From: Poems 4.13 avg rating — 351 ratings
19.
The Diaspora Sonnets
The Diaspora Sonnets 3.93 avg rating — 118 ratings
20.
The Words That Remain
The Words That Remain 4.06 avg rating — 5,623 ratings
21.
Trace Evidence: Poems
Trace Evidence: Poems 3.91 avg rating — 410 ratings
22.
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not 4.24 avg rating — 10,329 ratings
23.
Gather
Gather 4.38 avg rating — 2,356 ratings
23.
The Lost Year
The Lost Year 4.47 avg rating — 4,911 ratings
25.
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
by: Dan Nott
4.23 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
26.
Abyss
Abyss 3.92 avg rating — 9,667 ratings
27.
Simon Sort of Says
Simon Sort of Says
by: Erin Bow
4.28 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
28.
A First Time for Everything
A First Time for Everything 4.37 avg rating — 7,914 ratings
29.
Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #1)
Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel (Parachute Kids #1) 4.23 avg rating — 3,791 ratings
30.
Temple Folk
Temple Folk 3.71 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
31.
Ponyboy
Ponyboy 3.64 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
32.
The End of Drum-Time
The End of Drum-Time 3.92 avg rating — 4,273 ratings
33.
Holler, Child: Stories
Holler, Child: Stories 4.13 avg rating — 897 ratings
34.
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History 4.15 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
35.
King: A Life
King: A Life 4.65 avg rating — 11,034 ratings
36.
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial 4.32 avg rating — 3,033 ratings
37.
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice 4.32 avg rating — 18,744 ratings
38.
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever 4.13 avg rating — 445 ratings
39.
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction 4.20 avg rating — 329 ratings
40.
Vexations
Vexations 4.38 avg rating — 87 ratings
41.
Promises of Gold
Promises of Gold 4.36 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
42.
From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]
From Unincorporated Territory [åmot] 4.34 avg rating — 166 ratings
43.
West: A Translation
West: A Translation 4.41 avg rating — 144 ratings
44.
Tripas: Poems
Tripas: Poems 3.87 avg rating — 311 ratings
45.
The Devil of the Provinces
The Devil of the Provinces 3.44 avg rating — 969 ratings
46.
Beyond the Door of No Return
Beyond the Door of No Return 3.62 avg rating — 1,865 ratings
47.
No One Prayed Over Their Graves
No One Prayed Over Their Graves 3.58 avg rating — 462 ratings
48.
This Is Not Miami
This Is Not Miami 4.14 avg rating — 5,448 ratings
49.
On a Woman's Madness
On a Woman's Madness 3.25 avg rating — 604 ratings
50.
The Most Secret Memory of Men
The Most Secret Memory of Men 4.18 avg rating — 14,570 ratings