2013 National Book Award Longlist

1.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,044 ratings
2.
Black Aperture: Poems
Black Aperture: Poems 4.32 avg rating — 1,058 ratings
3.
Pacific
Pacific
by: Tom Drury
3.72 avg rating — 744 ratings
4.
The End of the Point
The End of the Point 3.21 avg rating — 2,231 ratings
5.
The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers 3.51 avg rating — 23,701 ratings
6.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,700 ratings
7.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 55,467 ratings
8.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,225 ratings
9.
Someone
Someone 3.78 avg rating — 19,775 ratings
10.
Bleeding Edge
Bleeding Edge 3.61 avg rating — 13,748 ratings
11.
Fools: Stories
Fools: Stories 3.73 avg rating — 935 ratings
12.
Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State
Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State 3.58 avg rating — 441 ratings
13.
Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami 3.80 avg rating — 562 ratings
14.
The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA
The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA 3.36 avg rating — 321 ratings
15.
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin 3.67 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
16.
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields 3.59 avg rating — 5,807 ratings
17.
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 4.31 avg rating — 396 ratings
18.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America 4.13 avg rating — 12,370 ratings
19.
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832 4.16 avg rating — 765 ratings
20.
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington 3.89 avg rating — 657 ratings
21.
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief 4.04 avg rating — 44,513 ratings
22.
Metaphysical Dog
Metaphysical Dog 3.97 avg rating — 741 ratings
23.
Bury My Clothes
Bury My Clothes 4.28 avg rating — 58 ratings
24.
Stay, Illusion: Poems
Stay, Illusion: Poems 4.05 avg rating — 559 ratings
25.
So Recently Rent a World: New and Selected Poems
So Recently Rent a World: New and Selected Poems 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings
26.
Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 3.67 avg rating — 126 ratings
27.
The Big Smoke
The Big Smoke 4.04 avg rating — 519 ratings
28.
American Amnesiac
American Amnesiac 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
29.
Transfer of Qualities
Transfer of Qualities 3.92 avg rating — 64 ratings
30.
Incarnadine: Poems
Incarnadine: Poems 4.17 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
31.
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp 3.94 avg rating — 5,215 ratings
32.
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 3.88 avg rating — 52,424 ratings
33.
A Tangle of Knots (A Tangle of Knots, #1)
A Tangle of Knots (A Tangle of Knots, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 9,601 ratings
34.
The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince 3.56 avg rating — 4,731 ratings
35.
The Thing About Luck
The Thing About Luck 3.68 avg rating — 5,334 ratings
36.
Two Boys Kissing
Two Boys Kissing 4.07 avg rating — 48,446 ratings
37.
Far Far Away
Far Far Away 3.87 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
38.
Picture Me Gone
Picture Me Gone 3.38 avg rating — 4,513 ratings
39.
The Real Boy
The Real Boy
by: Anne Ursu
3.97 avg rating — 6,187 ratings
40.
Boxers & Saints
Boxers & Saints 4.22 avg rating — 1,943 ratings