2024 National Book Awards Longlist

1.
James
James 4.47 avg rating β€” 372,471 ratings
2.
Creation Lake
Creation Lake 3.38 avg rating β€” 28,208 ratings
3.
Modern Poetry: Poems
Modern Poetry: Poems 4.28 avg rating β€” 974 ratings
4.
The Book Censor's Library
The Book Censor's Library 3.86 avg rating β€” 9,058 ratings
5.
Pink Slime
Pink Slime 3.57 avg rating β€” 5,669 ratings
6.
The Most
The Most 3.31 avg rating β€” 12,117 ratings
6.
All Fours
All Fours 3.46 avg rating β€” 160,965 ratings
8.
Martyr!
Martyr! 4.19 avg rating β€” 111,705 ratings
9.
My Friends
My Friends 4.30 avg rating β€” 11,326 ratings
10.
Rejection
Rejection 3.83 avg rating β€” 19,643 ratings
11.
Life on Earth: Poems
Life on Earth: Poems 4.40 avg rating β€” 113 ratings
12.
[...]: Poems
[...]: Poems 4.45 avg rating β€” 882 ratings
12.
Spectral Evidence: Poems
Spectral Evidence: Poems 4.05 avg rating β€” 190 ratings
14.
Silver: Poems
Silver: Poems 3.74 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
15.
Something About Living
Something About Living 4.46 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
16.
Γ†dnan
Γ†dnan 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,695 ratings
17.
Woodworm
Woodworm 4.11 avg rating β€” 21,387 ratings
18.
Buffalo Dreamer
Buffalo Dreamer 4.17 avg rating β€” 922 ratings
19.
Ghostroots: Stories
Ghostroots: Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,550 ratings
20.
Catalina
Catalina 3.58 avg rating β€” 6,937 ratings
21.
Yr Dead
Yr Dead
by: Sam Sax
3.86 avg rating β€” 1,111 ratings
22.
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension 4.29 avg rating β€” 11,383 ratings
23.
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,758 ratings
24.
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling 4.30 avg rating β€” 2,226 ratings
25.
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church 3.98 avg rating β€” 967 ratings
26.
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,059 ratings
27.
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder 4.01 avg rating β€” 24,312 ratings
28.
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,080 ratings
29.
A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America
A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America 4.15 avg rating β€” 199 ratings
30.
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,603 ratings
31.
Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders 4.34 avg rating β€” 603 ratings
32.
Wrong Norma
Wrong Norma 4.19 avg rating β€” 951 ratings
33.
The Book of Wounded Sparrows: Poems (Volume 2) (Con[text]ual)
The Book of Wounded Sparrows: Poems (Volume 2) (Con[text]ual) 4.11 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
34.
Mother
Mother 4.20 avg rating β€” 255 ratings
35.
Liontaming in America
Liontaming in America 4.41 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
36.
The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom
The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom 4.07 avg rating β€” 163 ratings
37.
On the Calculation of Volume I
On the Calculation of Volume I 3.72 avg rating β€” 15,165 ratings
38.
The Villain's Dance
The Villain's Dance 3.33 avg rating β€” 131 ratings
39.
El Desbarrancadero/ The Edge of the Abyss
El Desbarrancadero/ The Edge of the Abyss 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,865 ratings
40.
Taiwan Travelogue
Taiwan Travelogue 4.14 avg rating β€” 2,151 ratings
41.
Where the Wind Calls Home
Where the Wind Calls Home 3.48 avg rating β€” 183 ratings
42.
Ariel Crashes a Train
Ariel Crashes a Train 3.93 avg rating β€” 618 ratings
43.
Wild Dreamers
Wild Dreamers 3.66 avg rating β€” 318 ratings
44.
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky 4.01 avg rating β€” 700 ratings
45.
The First State of Being
The First State of Being 4.07 avg rating β€” 4,419 ratings
46.
Everything We Never Had
Everything We Never Had 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,542 ratings
47.
Kareem Between
Kareem Between 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,557 ratings
48.
The Unboxing of a Black Girl
The Unboxing of a Black Girl 4.36 avg rating β€” 623 ratings
49.
Free Period
Free Period 4.03 avg rating β€” 449 ratings
50.
Mid-Air
Mid-Air 4.25 avg rating β€” 985 ratings