2025 National Book Award Longlist - Fiction and Translated Fiction

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Overview

This is a list of books that made the fiction and translated fiction longlists for the 2025 National Book Award. This challenge does not include the young adult, non-fiction, or poetry longlists.

Challenge Books

1

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

Rabih Alameddine

2

Flashlight by Susan Choi

Flashlight

Susan Choi

3

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

The Wilderness

Angela Flournoy

4

The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

The Sisters

Jonas Hassen Khemiri

5

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

A Guardian and a Thief

Megha Majumdar

6

Only Son by Kevin Moffett

Only Son

Kevin Moffett

7

The Antidote by Karen Russell

The Antidote

Karen Russell

8

North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford

North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther

Ethan Rutherford

9

Palaver by Bryan Washington

Palaver

Bryan Washington

10

The Pelican Child: Stories by Joy Williams

The Pelican Child: Stories

Joy Williams

11

On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle

On the Calculation of Volume III

On the Calculation of Volume #3

Solvej Balle

12

The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera

The Queen of Swords

Jazmina Barrera